Human Resources Manager

Parker Connect; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Connect is seeking an experienced HRBP to act as a trusted advisor to managers and employees across MEA, embedding HR best practices and data-driven decisions. The role emphasizes partnering with leaders, driving talent strategies, and ensuring compliant HR operations.

You will influence workforce planning, performance management, and organizational change, while coaching managers and aligning local execution with regional HR initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant HR experience or 5–10 years of equivalent work experience.
• Broad experience across recruitment, employee relations, performance or talent management, and HR operations.
• Experience in multinational and culturally diverse environments; MEA experience.
• Experience with HR process improvement, HR tech implementation, workflow automation, data analytics or digital change initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted first point of contact for managers and employees on HR matters and escalate high-risk cases.
• Understand MEA priorities and translate them into HR recommendations and actions.
• Support workforce planning, recruitment, performance management, talent review, succession, and career development.
• Coach managers in applying HR policies and maintaining confidentiality.
• Coordinate local execution of regional or corporate HR initiatives and provide feedback to policy owners.
• Contribute to design and governance of HR frameworks, tools and standards.

Skills

HRBP experience

Recruitment

Employee relations

Performance management

Talent management

HR operations

HR analytics

Workflow automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR / business related field

HR analytics certification (desirable)

Job description

• Act as a trusted first point of contact for managers and employees on assigned HR matters, providing practical advice and escalating sensitive, high-risk or exceptional cases appropriately.
• Build an informed understanding of and relevant MEA business priorities, workforce needs and organizational challenges, and translate them into clear HR recommendations and actions.
• Support workforce and organization planning, recruitment, performance management, talent review, succession, career development, employee engagement and change initiatives within the role’s assigned scope.
• Coach and support managers in the consistent application of HR policies, sound people practices and effective employee communication, while maintaining confidentiality and professional judgment.
• Coordinate local execution of agreed regional or corporate HR initiatives, monitor adoption and outcomes, and provide structured feedback to the relevant policy or process owner
• Contribute to the design, documentation, governance and continuous improvement HR frameworks, policies, tools and standards, such as appraisal, career development, remuneration, grading, learning or other assigned domains.
• Apply the principle of central design and local execution by promoting appropriate regional consistency while identifying where local law, market practice or business realities require proportionate adaptation.
• Develop templates, guidance, controls, training materials and knowledge-sharing mechanisms

Experience

• Professional HR experience, ideally in HRBP role
• Relevant technical/professional or postgraduate qualification with 5 years of relevant experience, or 5-10 years of equivalent relevant work experience.
• Broad practical experience across multiple HR disciplines, including recruitment, employee relations, performance or talent management, and HR operations.
• Experience working in a multinational and culturally diverse environment; Middle East & Africa experience
• Demonstrated experience in HR process improvement, HR technology implementation, workflow automation, data analytics or digital change initiatives.
• Experience partnering with business leaders or line managers to convert workforce and organizational needs into practical HR actions.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Management, Psychology or a related field.
• Additional training or certification in HR analytics, digital transformation, project management, process improvement or change management is desirable.