UAE People Ops Lead - Onsite HR & Office Owner

Disrupt; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Disrupt is expanding its People Operations footprint in the UAE. We seek a hands-on generalist responsible for the full UAE employee lifecycle, benefits, visa handling, and regulatory compliance. You will partner with the central team while running UAE-specific programs on the ground.

You will own onboarding, benefits, health insurance, and office operations, ensuring a smooth, compliant experience for UAE-based staff while contributing to local culture and processes.

Qualifications

• Several years in HR/People Ops or UAE office administration.
• Solid knowledge of UAE employment, labour law, visas, and health insurance.
• Hands-on onboarding, benefits, and day-to-day HR operations.
• Comfort dealing with authorities and vendors (MOHRE, DHA/DoH, GDRFA/ICP, PROs).
• Total ownership mindset; you close things out without waiting to be asked.

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day UAE People Operations end-to-end.
• Coordinate new hire offers, visas, onboarding processes.
• Administer the group UAE health insurance programme and benefits.
• Ensure UAE compliance with labour, immigration, and health insurance rules.
• Manage the UAE visa and Emirates ID lifecycle for employees and dependants.
• Run the UAE office operations, facilities, vendors, and contracts.
• Plan and run internal events to build culture across the UAE site.

Skills

HR generalist UAE

UAE labour law

Visa & immigration

Onboarding coordination

Benefits administration

Office operations

Job description

Disrupt is expanding its People Operations footprint in the UAE. We seek a hands-on generalist responsible for the full UAE employee lifecycle, benefits, visa handling, and regulatory compliance. You will partner with the central team while running UAE-specific programs on the ground.

You will own onboarding, benefits, health insurance, and office operations, ensuring a smooth, compliant experience for UAE-based staff while contributing to local culture and processes.