Regional Human Resources Director

Future Technology Systems Co. (FutureTEC); Kuwait City; On-site; KWD 28,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

FutureTEC is seeking a Regional HR Director to lead people strategy, governance, and workforce planning across Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain. This senior role partners with the CEO to develop scalable, high-impact HR practices.

You will oversee HR operations, talent acquisition and management, compensation and rewards, performance management, and organizational design, ensuring compliance and strong stakeholder collaboration to drive growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR or related field.
• 12+ years of progressive HR leadership experience.
• Experience across multiple countries, entities, or dispersed operations.
• Strong knowledge of HR governance, organizational design, workforce planning, performance management, and employment practices.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder-management, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Fluent in English; Arabic is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute regional HR strategy aligned with business objectives and growth plans.
• Lead workforce planning and manpower budgeting with CEO, Finance, and leaders.
• Drive organizational design, role clarity, grading structures, and reporting lines.
• Establish and maintain regional HR policies, governance frameworks, procedures, and standards.
• Lead performance management framework with measurable objectives and reviews.
• Oversee compensation, benefits, salary structures, incentives, and rewards.
• Lead talent management, succession planning, and leadership development.
• Govern HR operations including contracts, records, onboarding, offboarding, and changes.
• Ensure compliance with labor laws and governance requirements across regional operations.
• Manage complex employee relations, discipline, grievances, and performance matters.
• Develop HR dashboards and management reporting on headcount, turnover, costs, and metrics.
• Strengthen organizational culture, engagement, and internal communication.

Skills

HR Strategy

Workforce Planning

Organizational Design

Talent Management

Employee Relations

Leadership & Stakeholder Mgmt

Compensation & Benefits

HR Governance

English Proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Management, or related discipline

Job description

Location: Kuwait

Scope: Regional – Kuwait, Jordan & Bahrain

Employment Type: Full-time

Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer

About the Role

FutureTEC is seeking an experienced Regional HR Director to lead our people strategy, HR governance, organizational development, and workforce planning across our regional operations.

This is a senior leadership role for an HR professional who combines strategic thinking with strong execution capability. The successful candidate will work closely with the CEO and leadership team to build scalable people practices, strengthen organizational capability, develop leadership talent, and ensure that FutureTEC’s HR function continues to evolve alongside the company’s growth.

Under FutureTEC’s organizational model, HR encompasses HR Operations, Talent Acquisition, and Talent Management, making this role accountable for the overall direction and effectiveness of the people function.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute FutureTEC’s regional HR strategy in alignment with the company’s business objectives and growth plans.
• Lead workforce planning and manpower budgeting, working closely with the CEO, Finance, Division Heads, and business leaders.
• Drive organizational design, role clarity, grading structures, reporting lines, and workforce optimization.
• Establish and maintain regional HR policies, governance frameworks, procedures, and standards.
• Lead the company’s performance management framework, ensuring measurable objectives, accountability, regular reviews, and performance improvement.
• Develop and oversee compensation, benefits, salary structures, incentives, and employee reward frameworks.
• Lead talent management, succession planning, career development, leadership development, and employee capability-building initiatives.
• Provide governance and leadership over the Talent Acquisition function, ensuring recruitment activities are aligned with approved workforce plans, budgets, and organizational priorities.
• Oversee HR Operations, including contracts, employee records, onboarding, offboarding, leave management, employment changes, and HR administration.
• Ensure compliance with applicable labor laws, employment regulations, and internal governance requirementsacross FutureTEC’s regional operations.
• Lead complex employee relations, disciplinary, grievance, and performance-management matters while ensuring consistency and fairness.
• Develop HR dashboards and management reporting covering headcount, turnover, recruitment, workforce cost, performance, retention, and other key people metrics.
• Strengthen FutureTEC’s organizational culture, employee engagement, leadership standards, and internal communication practices.
• Support senior management in organizational change, restructuring, succession, and transformation initiatives.
• Continuously improve HR systems, processes, controls, documentation, and automation.
• Build, develop, and lead a strong regional HR team capable of supporting FutureTEC’s continued growth.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Management, or a related discipline.
• Typically 12+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant experience in a senior HR leadership position.
• Strong experience managing a broad HR function encompassing HR operations, performance management, talent management, organizational development, compensation & benefits, and workforce planning.
• Demonstrated experience supporting senior executives and advising CEOs, executive management, and business leaders on people and organizational matters.
• Experience managing HR across multiple countries, entities, business units, or geographically dispersed operations is strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of HR governance, organizational design, workforce planning, performance management, and employment practices.
• Proven ability to establish and improve HR policies, processes, systems, and management controls.
• Strong analytical and commercial awareness, including understanding of headcount budgets, workforce cost, productivity, and organizational efficiency.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder-management, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• High degree of integrity, discretion, professionalism, and sound judgment.
• Excellent command of English; Arabic is highly advantageous.

Preferred Background

Experience within one or more of the following environments would be advantageous:

Technology services, IT consulting, professional services, telecommunications, financial services, multinational organizations, or large regional groups.

Previous experience in a fast-growing or transforming organization, where the candidate has helped build or significantly strengthen the HR function, would be particularly valuable.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for more than an HR administrator. The successful candidate should be able to operate as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, challenge constructively when required, translate business strategy into people priorities, and remain sufficiently hands-on to ensure strong execution.

The Regional HR Director will play an important role in building a scalable organization capable of supporting FutureTEC’s continued growth across its markets, technology practices, and service lines.