Head of People & Culture (m/f/d)

Your mission

Leading a People & Culture team of four, you will drive People Operations, Organisational Development and Talent Acquisition, building scalable structures that support our international and ambitious growth. As a strategic partner to the leadership team, you will shape our people strategy, strengthen our culture and create an outstanding employee experience.

Your key responsibilities

• Develop and execute the People & Culture strategy, aligning people initiatives with business objectives and international growth plans.
• Build and continuously improve scalable People Operations, ensuring efficient processes across the entire employee lifecycle.
• Drive Organisational Development, including organisational design, leadership development, performance management and change initiatives.
• Being part of the leadership board, partner with leadership as a strategic advisor and liaise with team leads on team planning, talent management, and organisational effectiveness.
• Own and continuously improve the Talent Acquisition strategy, ensuring an outstanding candidate experience and attracting top talent across all business functions.
• Establish data-driven people processes, KPIs and reporting to support informed decision-making and business performance.
• Lead, coach and develop a People & Culture team of four, fostering a high-performing and collaborative people function.
• Ensure compliant and pragmatic HR practices across multiple regions, working closely with local specialists where required.

Your profile

• Leadership experience in People & Culture, Organisational Development, People Operations or HR, ideally within a scale-up or other high-growth. international environment (moving from 200 team members forward to the next stage).
• Strong background in People Operations, Organisational Development and Talent Acquisition with experience leading and developing teams while building scalable people processes in a project-based organisation.
• Strategic, hands-on and entrepreneurial mindset with excellent leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Data-driven, comfortable navigating growth and change, and passionate about building high-performing teams and outstanding employee experiences.
• Solid understanding of UAE employment law; experience across the UAE, KSA and/or Europe is a plus.
• Is comfortable challenging leadership, asking difficult questions and pushing boundaries.

Why us?

• Unified CAT A Silver Premium Medical Insurance provided as standard to all team members - yes, you read that correctly, we all enjoy the same insurance category benefits!
• Complimentary lunches provided daily in our Dubai office canteen.
• Team Engagement Initiatives - team-building activities, health and wellness drives, etc.
• Team Socials - team BBQs, season opening and closing parties.
• Worker’s Compensation and Accident Insurance.
• Annual Flight Allowance.
• Recruitment Referral Bonus Scheme for team members who refer successful applicants for our open positions.
• Project Referral Bonus Scheme for team members who refer successful project leads.
• The opportunity to work in an international and multi-cultural team with collaboration across our offices in the Middle East and Europe.
• Collaborative and motivated working environment.
• Trusting and partnership-based cooperation across all units.
• An innovative and growth-oriented company with a matrix organizational structure and an open corporate culture.