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About the Role
We are looking for a VP of People who can help the company scale with the right people, in the right roles, at the right cost. You will work closely with senior leadership to shape workforce planning, organization design, performance, leadership capability, hiring, culture, and compliance across our markets. You will be expected to keep the organization lean, high-performing, and compliant while helping the business grow faster than headcount.
What You’ll Do
- Own workforce planning with Finance, including headcount, hiring priorities, organization design, leadership capability, succession, key-person risk, and people metrics
- Lead hiring across all markets, including senior and confidential searches
- Own onboarding, hiring quality, performance cycles, calibration, career leveling, compensation, and reward frameworks
- Embed practical AI use into the People function and help teams adopt AI in ways that improve productivity, decision-making, and ways of working
- Own employment policy and people compliance across the company’s markets of operation, including UAE, KSA, Egypt, Pakistan, and Lebanon
- Lead and grow a lean, high-impact People team
Must-Have
- 12+ years in HR, including at least 5 years leading a People function or major HR division
- Strong talent acquisition experience, including senior hiring, hiring process design, and quality-of-hire measurement
- Strong experience in workforce planning, organization design, and headcount budgeting
- Hands-on knowledge of UAE and KSA labour law
- Experience building or improving performance, leveling, and reward frameworks
- Strong data skills and comfort using people analytics to make decisions
- Practical daily use of AI tools and a clear view on how AI changes HR
- Experience supporting a company through rapid growth, organizational change, or restructuring
Nice to Have
- Experience in fintech, payments, banking, technology, or another regulated sector, ideally within a CBUAE- or SAMA-regulated firm
- Working knowledge of another MEA market beyond UAE and KSA
