Job Description

Job description:

Location: Dubai, UAE

Department: Human Resources / People Office

Employment Type: Full-Time

Role Purpose

The People Strategy Manager will act as a strategic enabler to the business -- shaping,

executing, and optimizing people and organizational initiatives that drive growth,

capability development, leadership depth, and workforce effectiveness. The role

requires a data-driven, commercially-minded HR professional who partners with

leadership to translate business objectives into scalable people strategies across talent,

performance, engagement, and organizational design.

This is a future-facing role -- focused on workforce transformation, capability uplift,

and retention of high-impact talent.

Key Responsibilities

1. People Strategy & Workforce Planning

? Develop and execute a multi-year people strategy aligned with business growth plans.

? Lead strategic workforce planning (supply-demand, skills gap, succession pipelines).

? Build people analytics dashboards to enable leadership decision-making.

? Design organizational structures that optimize cost, agility, and capability depth.

2. Talent & Capability Development

? Partner with leadership to define critical roles and develop talent pipelines.

? Implement talent review frameworks, succession planning, and leadership

readiness plans.

? Drive reskilling and upskilling initiatives for future-ready workforce development.

? Oversee high-potential programs and leadership acceleration roadmaps.

3. Performance & Culture

? Enhance performance management frameworks to drive accountability and

outcomes.

? Embed OKR / KPI-led culture across business functions.

? Partner with business heads to build engaged, high-performance teams.

? Lead culture-shaping initiatives aligned with company values and EVP.

4. Organizational Effectiveness & Change

? Lead people-centric change programs for business transformation initiatives.

? Review operating models to improve productivity and collaboration.

? Identify inefficiencies and drive continuous improvement across HR processes.

5. Employee Experience & Engagement

? Design employee experience blueprint from onboarding to career progression.

? Implement listening mechanisms (surveys, focus groups, analytics).

? Drive retention and engagement strategies with measurable impact.

6. HR Business Partnering

? Work directly with senior leadership as trusted advisor.

? Provide insight-led recommendations on people, structure, and workforce risk.

? Ensure compliance with UAE Labour Law and free-zone regulations.

Required Experience & Competencies

- 7-9 years progressive HR / People Strategy / HRBP / OD experience.

-Strong background in organizational development, talent strategy, and performance systems.
-Prior experience in the IT industry is highly preferred.

-Experience working in multinational or fast-growing regional organizations (preferred).

-Strong stakeholder management and executive-level communication capability.

-Proven capability in HR analytics / data-driven decision-making

-Exposure to UAE market workforce dynamics preferred.

Education

? Bachelor's degree in HR / Business / Organizational Psychology or related field.

? Master's degree or HR certifications (CIPD / SHRM) preferred.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to AED11,000.00 per month

Location:

* Dubai (Preferred)