Senior HR Business Partner

Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX); Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to collaborate with senior leaders across high-impact units. You will provide advisory support, coach leaders, and ensure people decisions align with regulatory and business priorities.

You will drive end-to-end performance management, support restructurings, manage headcount planning with Talent Acquisition, and escalate high-risk employee relations issues to the Associate Director HR Business Partnership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or a related field from an accredited university.
• 6-8 years of experience in HR Business Partnering or related field.
• Familiarity with Local Authority regulations and personnel would be an advantage.
• Excellent communication skills (listening, verbal, written). Language: English; Arabic preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to provide HR advisory and support effective decision-making.
• Provide constructive challenge and coaching to leaders on people matters applying HR frameworks, policies and best practices.
• Act as a trusted HR advisor on complex employee and organizational matters, escalating high-risk issues to the Associate Director.
• Support the execution and cascading of the HR strategy into departmental plans and coordination with interfacing functions.
• Lead the end-to-end performance management cycle for assigned units per DMCC frameworks.
• Identify high performers, underperformance trends and succession risks within supported functions and recommend actions.
• Advise on organization structure, spans and layers, role validity and clarity and capability needs.
• Support restructuring, growth and transformation initiatives by managing people impacts at the unit level.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and the Associate Director HRBP on unit-level headcount planning and hiring requirements.
• Act as escalation point for high-risk employee relations cases; guide resolution strategies with stakeholders.
• Support application of employee relations frameworks by monitoring trends and coaching leaders on compliant practices.
• Ensure all people-related reports for assigned units are timely and accurate and meet requirements.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field

Job description

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders of highly complex high‑impact business units and/or corporate functions to provide HR advisory and support effective people decision‑making.
• Provide constructive challenge and coaching to leaders on people matters applying HR frameworks, policies and best practices.
• Act as a trusted HR advisor on complex employee and organizational matters within assigned units, escalating sensitive high‑risk or enterprise‑wide issues to the Associate Director.
• Support the execution and cascading of the HR strategy into departmental plans, ensuring alignment with business priorities and coordination with interfacing functions.
• Lead the end‑to‑end performance management cycle for assigned business units, ensuring effective execution in line with DMCC frameworks.
• Identify high performers, underperformance trends and succession risks within supported functions and recommend appropriate actions.
• Advise on organization structure, spans and layers, role validity amp clarity and capability needs within assigned business units.
• Support restructuring, growth and transformation initiatives by managing people impacts and execution at the unit level.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and the Associate Director Human Resource Business Partnership on unit‑level headcount planning and hiring requirements in line with approved workforce plans.
• Act as an escalation point for high‑risk employee relations cases within supported functions, guiding resolution strategies and collaborating with relevant stakeholders while escalating enterprise‑wide or precedent‑setting matters to the Associate Director Human Resource Business Partnership.
• Support the application of employee relations frameworks by monitoring trends, identifying emerging risks and coaching leaders on appropriate and compliant people practices.
• Ensure that all people‑related reports for assigned business units are prepared timely and accurately and meet DMCC s and departmental requirements, policies and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or a related field from an accredited university.
• 6-8 years of experience in HR Business Partnering or any related field.
• Familiarity with Local Authority regulations and personnel would be an advantage.
• Excellent communication skills (listening, verbal, written).
• Language skills: English - senior proficiency; Arabic preferred.