Head of HR Operations – EMEA & APAC

Confidential; Doha; On-site; QAR 300,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking an experienced HR Operations Leader to oversee cross-border HR activities in Qatar and beyond. You will steer governance, payroll interfaces and compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

Responsibilities include driving standardisation, automation, and global HR process design, partnering with Legal, Finance and HRBPs, while guiding a small on-site operations team in Doha.

Qualifications

• Significant multi-country HR operations experience across EMEA and APAC.
• Strong knowledge of international employment legislation and compliance.
• Experience within complex multinational organisations.
• Experience with payroll, governance, data privacy and operational controls.
• Fluent English; Arabic preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead HR operations across multiple international jurisdictions.
• Ensure compliance with local employment law and governance.
• Translate local requirements into scalable global HR processes.
• Drive HR process standardisation, ESS/MSS, automation and digital transformation.
• Advise on restructures and workforce transitions.
• Partner with HRBPs, Legal, Payroll, Finance and Centres of Excellence.
• Maintain HR data, audit, governance and operational controls.
• Identify regional HR risks and mitigations.
• Provide guidance to a small HR Operations team.

Skills

HR Operations

Employment law

Multinational experience

HRIS & automation

Payroll & governance

Stakeholder management

Organisational change

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Law

Tools

HRIS

Automation tools

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead HR Operations expertise across multiple international jurisdictions.
• Ensure compliance with local employment legislation and HR governance requirements.
• Translate local requirements into scalable global HR processes.
• Drive HR process standardisation, ESS/MSS, automation and digital transformation.
• Advise on restructures, workforce transitions and complex operational HR matters.
• Partner with HRBPs, Legal, Payroll, Finance and Centres of Excellence.
• Maintain strong HR data, audit, governance and operational controls.
• Identify regional HR risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Provide guidance to a small HR Operations team.

Experience Required

• Significant multi-country HR Operations experience across EMEA and APAC/Asia.
• Strong knowledge of international employment legislation and compliance.
• Experience within complex multinational organisations.
• Strong HR technology, HRIS, automation and process transformation experience.
• Experience with payroll, governance, data privacy and operational controls.
• Strong senior stakeholder management and advisory capability.
• Experience supporting restructures and organisational change.
• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Law or related field.
• Fluent English; Arabic preferred not essential

Candidates must be willing to be based full-time and on-site in Qatar.