HR Director

Job Description

Role Type: On Site

Role Overview

Our client is a dynamic, entrepreneurial Family Office based in Dubai, overseeing a diverse portfolio of investments and operating businesses across multiple sectors and geographies.

The Family Office is seeking a highly experienced HR Director to build, lead, and continuously evolve a fit‑for‑purpose people strategy in a fast‑paced, high‑expectation environment.

This is a senior, trusted advisor role requiring exceptional judgement, discretion, and the ability to operate both strategically and hands on. The HR Director will play a critical role in shaping culture, strengthening leadership capability, and ensuring robust governance while supporting rapid growth and change.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver a pragmatic, scalable HR and people strategy aligned with the family's long term objectives and values
• Act as a trusted advisor to the Principal, Board, and senior leadership on all people related matters
• Build a high performance culture balancing professionalism, confidentiality, and entrepreneurial agility
• Support organisational design, succession planning, and leadership development across the portfolio

• Establish and continuously improve core HR frameworks, policies, and processes suitable for a family office environment
• Ensure compliance and relevant international employment regulations
• Oversee employee relations, performance management, and complex people issues with sound judgement and sensitivity
• Implement and optimize HR systems, data, and reporting as required

• Lead executive and niche hiring across the Family Office and operating businesses, including senior leadership appointments
• Develop approaches to talent attraction, retention, and reward in highly competitive markets
• Drive learning, development, and capabilitybuilding initiatives, particularly at leadership level
• Support Emiratisation initiatives where applicable

• Champion the Family Office's values and desired behaviours across all levels
• Build strong engagement, wellbeing, and communication practices in a high pressure environment
• Operate with absolute discretion when handling sensitive family, leadership, and employee matters

• Provide HR leadership and guidance to portfolio companies as required (hands on or advisory)
• Partner with external advisors (legal, immigration, payroll, rewards, search) as appropriate
• Support M&A activity from a people and integration perspective where relevant

Candidate Profile

• Proven experience in a senior HR leadership role (HR Director / Head of HR / VP HR) within a family office, Technology, private investment environment, founder led business, or fast growing multinational
• Demonstrated track record of building HR functions, leading change, and supporting scaleup environments
• Experience working across multiple jurisdictions and cultures

• Highly credible, commercially minded HR leader with strong influencing skills
• Comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels
• Exceptional judgement, discretion, and emotional intelligence
• Pragmatic, solutionsfocused, and resilient in highexpectation settings
• Able to navigate ambiguity and work at pace without extensive infrastructure

• Degree in HR, Business, Law, or related discipline
• Professional HR qualification (e.g. CIPD or equivalent) strongly preferred

• Opportunity to shape the people agenda at the heart of a high profile Family Office
• Significant exposure to senior decisionmakers and diverse investments
• Ability to build something meaningful and long term rather than operate within heavy bureaucracy
• Competitive compensation package aligned with seniority and impact

The role comes with great benefits and renumeration !!

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