Human Resources Business Partner

Confidential; Al Khobar; On-site; SAR 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a Saudi HR Business Partner who can sit close to the FM business, not just process HR tasks, but understand what a team needs to perform well and help managers get there.

You'll work with department heads on hiring, performance, employee relations, and everyday people problems that don't have a policy manual answer. This role requires comfort with HR operations details and the confidence to challenge decisions when needed.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in an HR generalist or HRBP role directly supporting a client group.
• Solid grasp of employment law fundamentals.
• Comfortable making judgment calls and challenging managers when needed.
• Strong interpersonal skills; 70% conversations instead of paperwork.
• Experience with HRIS and basic spreadsheet reporting.

Responsibilities

• Advise managers on performance issues and documentation.
• Lead or support recruitment for client groups with better job specs.
• Handle employee relations cases and know when to escalate to legal or senior HR.
• Track turnover, engagement, and absence; flag trends early.
• Support compensation reviews, promotions, and org changes; ensure paperwork and systems updated.
• Coach managers on effective management and policy adherence.
• Ensure compliance and risk without turning interactions into legal disclaimers.

Skills

HRBP experience

Employment law

People-reading

Decision making

HRIS + reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or business

CIPD/SHRM or similar certification

Tools

HRIS

Job description

We're looking for a Saudi HR Business Partner who can sit close to the FM business (not just process HR tasks, but actually understand what a team needs to perform well and help managers get there).

You'll work directly with department heads on hiring, performance, employee relations, and the everyday people-problems that don't have a policy manual answer. This is a role for someone who's comfortable in the details of HR operations but also confident enough to challenge a manager's decision when it's the right call.

About the Role

Partner with assigned business units to understand their goals, headcount plans, and team dynamics ; you should know these teams well enough to spot problems before they're escalated to you.

Responsibilities

• Advise managers on performance issues, from coaching conversations to formal documentation, making sure things are handled fairly and consistently.


• Lead or support recruitment for your client groups , not just posting jobs, but helping hiring managers write better job specs and make better decisions.


• Handle employee relations cases: grievances, conflicts, investigations. and knowing when to loop in legal or senior HR.


• Track and interpret people data (turnover, engagement, absence) for your business units and flag trends before they become problems.


• Support compensation reviews, promotions, and org changes , including the less glamorous parts, like making sure paperwork and systems are updated correctly.


• Coach managers on how to actually manage, delegation to follow the policy.


• Keep an eye on compliance and risk without turning every interaction into a legal disclaimer.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in an HR generalist or HRBP role, ideally supporting a client group directly rather than working purely in a shared-services function.


• Solid grasp of employment law fundamentals.


• Comfortable with making a judgment call.


• Genuinely good at reading people and situations , this job is 70% conversations, not paperwork.


• Experience with an HRIS and basic comfort with spreadsheets for reporting.


• A bachelor's degree in HR, business, or a related field; CIPD, SHRM, or similar certification is a plus but not a dealbreaker if your experience speaks for itself.

Required Skills

• Experience supporting a fast-growing or restructuring business unit.


• Exposure to org design or workforce planning.


• A track record of pushing back constructively on managers when it mattered.