Human Resources Director (EMIRATI)

Salt; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt seeks an senior HR leader to shape people strategy, strengthen organisational capability, and deliver practical HR solutions that align with business growth and long-term talent priorities. The role requires guiding HR priorities, workforce design, succession planning, and a scalable operating model across the organisation.

The ideal candidate has 12+ years of progressive HR experience, a broad generalist background, and proven ability to advise senior leadership and translate business

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive HR experience.
• Broad generalist HR background with strong exposure to talent, organisation effectiveness, workforce planning, rewards, performance, and HR operations.
• Proven experience advising senior leadership and translating business priorities into practical people solutions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline, with a recognised HR certification such as CIPD, SPHR, or equivalent.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, change management, and strategic planning capability.
• Fluency in both Arabic and English, with strong digital literacy and confidence working with HR systems and data.

Responsibilities

• Shape and lead the people agenda across the organisation, ensuring HR priorities support business growth, capability building, and long term workforce needs.
• Strengthen organisational effectiveness through workforce planning, role design, succession planning, and initiatives that improve how teams are structured and deployed.
• Oversee the end to end employee lifecycle, ensuring strong practices across attraction, development, performance, rewards, and retention.
• Build a consistent and scalable HR operating model, improving policies, service delivery, governance, and collaboration across the wider business.
• Lead major people related change initiatives, supporting leaders through organisational transformation and embedding new ways of working.
• Develop a high performing HR team, strengthen internal capability, and ensure leadership has reliable people insights to support better decision making.

Skills

12+ years HR experience

Arabic & English bilingual

HR strategy

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

HR certification (CIPD/SPHR or equivalent)

Job description

We are hiring an for a senior people leadership opportunity in , .

This role is ideal for an experienced HR leader who can shape the people agenda, strengthen organisational capability, and build practical HR solutions that support business growth, workforce effectiveness, and long term talent priorities.

• -Shape and lead the people agenda across the organisation, ensuring HR priorities support business growth, capability building, and long term workforce needs.
• -Strengthen organisational effectiveness through workforce planning, role design, succession planning, and initiatives that improve how teams are structured and deployed.
• -Oversee the end to end employee lifecycle, ensuring strong practices across attraction, development, performance, rewards, and retention.
• -Build a consistent and scalable HR operating model, improving policies, service delivery, governance, and collaboration across the wider business.
• -Lead major people related change initiatives, supporting leaders through organisational transformation and embedding new ways of working.
• -Develop a high performing HR team, strengthen internal capability, and ensure leadership has reliable people insights to support better decision making.
• -12+ years of progressive HR experience.
• -Broad generalist HR background with strong exposure to talent, organisation effectiveness, workforce planning, rewards, performance, and HR operations.
• -Proven experience advising senior leadership and translating business priorities into practical people solutions.
• -Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline, with a recognised HR certification such as CIPD, SPHR, or equivalent.
• -Strong leadership, stakeholder management, change management, and strategic planning capability.
• -Fluency in both Arabic and English, with strong digital literacy and confidence working with HR systems and data.

This is an opportunity to influence the people agenda at a senior level, modernise HR practices, and help build the workforce, leadership capability, and organisational structures needed for future growth.

If you are an experienced HR leader with a strong track record across people strategy, organisational effectiveness, talent, and transformation, we would love to hear from you.

***Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted***