Operations People Partner · APAC + MENA

Innovent; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity vesting over four years

Healthcare and retirement plans

4 weeks vacation and sabbatical

Job summary

Innovent is building a global people operations function across Dubai, Sydney, Lahore, and La Paz. You will join a small, product-focused team driving people experience, analytics, and L&D in a fast-moving environment.

You’ll own APAC + MENA people operations, lead L&D programs, and develop reporting to inform executive decisions. The role blends strategy with hands-on execution, often working in war-room style scenarios at scale and across cultures.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in people/HR business partnership.
• Experience across multiple countries.
• Comfortable across cultures.
• Strong systems thinking.
• Experience with recruiting and L&D partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Lead APAC + MENA people operations for Innovent across Dubai, Sydney, Lahore, and La Paz.
• Develop and run L&D programs and people analytics to support growth.

Skills

People partner

Multi-country experience

Cross-cultural

Systems thinking

Recruiting and L&D

Job description

Build the people operations function across Dubai, Sydney, Lahore, and La Paz.

// What you'll own

The role

You'll join a small team focused on the people operations surface of the Innfini platform. The work is product, customer, and consequence — in equal measure. You'll ship to customers running national-scale operations, sometimes from a war room, sometimes from a chemical plant.

APAC + MENA people operations

L&D programs

People analytics and reporting

// What we look for

You

• 01 7+ years people / HR business partnership
• 02 Multi-country experience
• 03 Comfortable across cultures
• 04 Strong systems thinking
• 05 Recruiting and L&D partnership

// What we offer

The deal.

Competitive base + meaningful equity. Salary bands published internally. Equity that vests over four years with a one-year cliff.

Healthcare and retirement that don\'t make you read the fine print. Comprehensive medical, dental, vision. 401(k) match (US) and equivalent country plans elsewhere.

4 weeks vacation. Sabbatical at year five. We\'re a 10-year company on a 30-year problem.

Hybrid, with intent. Tuesday + Thursday in-office at your hub. Heads-down days are protected. Async-by-default for documents, sync for decisions.