Human Resources Business Partner

Prattwhitney; Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; AED 300,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Raytheon Emirates is seeking an experienced Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to join its multinational defense team in the UAE. You will partner with senior leaders to align people strategies with business objectives and coordinate HR initiatives across programs and locations.

The role requires strong change management, stakeholder engagement, and data-driven decision making, with a focus on talent development, employee relations, and organizational effectiveness in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or related field; 5+ years HR experience, or advanced degree with 3+ years experience.
• Proven experience as HR Business Partner supporting leaders, managers and program teams.
• Strong knowledge of talent management, performance management, organizational effectiveness and employee relations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to align people strategies with business objectives.
• Embed RTX values into people processes to strengthen talent development and engagement.
• Lead organizational change initiatives to enhance effectiveness and experience.
• Advise managers on structure, roles, reporting lines, and job leveling.
• Partner on workforce planning and talent mobility to meet business needs.
• Provide data-driven insights to strengthen leadership capability and team performance.
• Serve as trusted HR advisor to leaders and employees.

Skills

People skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Relationship-building

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR or Business Admin

Tools

Workday

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-09-08 Country: United Arab Emirates Location: AE-AZ-ABU DHABI-ADGM TOWER 3 ~ Al Maqam Tower ~ GLOBAL MARKET SQ TWR 3 Position Role Type: Onsite

About Us

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Job Summary

Raytheon Emirates is hiring a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to join its high-performing team in a dynamic, fast-paced defense environment. This role offers the opportunity to work within an international, multicultural workforce. The HRBP will partner with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to align HR initiatives across multiple programs, support business reporting and executive-level briefings, and coordinate key activities and engagements across locations. This position is ideal for proactive, agile HR professionals looking to make an impact in a complex and multicultural environment within the defense sector.

What You Will Do

• Partner with leaders to align and execute people strategies with business objectives.
• Embed RTX values into people and business processes to strengthen talent development and employee engagement.
• Lead and support organizational change initiatives that enhance organizational effectiveness and employee experience.
• Advise managers on organizational structure, roles, reporting lines, spans of control, and job leveling.
• Partner with stakeholders on workforce planning and talent mobility to meet current and future business needs.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the business to proactively identify workforce challenges and opportunities.
• Translate business priorities into practical HR strategies and solutions aligned with organizational needs.
• Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to strengthen leadership capability and team performance.
• Serve as a trusted HR advisor to business leaders and employees.
• Support leaders in building high-performing teams through effective collaboration, team dynamics, and employee engagement.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field and 5 years of relevant HR experience, or an advanced degree with at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Proven experience working as an HR Business Partner supporting business leaders, managers, and/or program teams.
• Strong understanding of talent management, performance management, organizational effectiveness, and employee relations.
• Experience partnering across multiple HR functions to develop and implement integrated HR solutions.
• Excellent communication, influencing, stakeholder-management, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, complex, and multicultural environment.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Professional HR certification such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, or equivalent.
• Previous experience within the aerospace, defense, engineering, or technology industry.
• Experience working in a matrixed or multinational organization.
• Experience supporting employees and leaders across multiple countries or locations.
• Experience with HRIS platforms and workforce analytics/reporting, preferably Workday.
• Experience supporting organizational change, workforce planning, talent development, or organizational design.
• Strong understanding of local employment practices and HR requirements within the UAE.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Privacy Policy and Terms: Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.