We are seeking a people-first HR professional as People Lead, blending strategy with delivery — handling sensitive employee relations cases, rolling out HR system features, and coaching managers through performance conversations, all while keeping compliance watertight and culture thriving, fully remote.
About the Role — People Strategy & Execution
Core Scope: Owning People strategy roadmap and translating business goals into long-term people strategy
Team Leadership: Leading, mentoring, and developing the People team
Leadership Access: Representing the People function and advising Leadership on all people matters
Work Format: Fully remote, collaborating across multiple countries and time zones
Compliance Focus: Ensuring 100% compliance with UAE labour law
Career Impact & HR Leadership Opportunity
Total Flexibility: Fully remote role, work from wherever you do your best work
Technical Ownership: Own the Employee lifecycle framework and performance management design
Strategic Influence: Partner directly with the Leadership Team to drive wider business objectives
Career Growth: Join a collaborative, ambitious People Team passionate about employee experience
 Position Overview
You’re a people-first HR professional who blends strategy with delivery, thriving in a fast-moving creative environment and understanding how to balance people’s priorities with business needs. You’ll own the People strategy roadmap, employee lifecycle, and performance management framework, while acting as a senior point of escalation for complex employee relations matters.
 Why This Role Matters: As People Lead, you represent the People function and advise Leadership on all people-related matters, partnering with the Leadership Team to drive wider business objectives, own the People strategy roadmap, translating business goals into a long-term people strategy aligned with growth and culture, oversee all hiring activity and the full employee lifecycle, from onboarding through offboarding, own the design and execution of the performance management framework, running review cycles and calibration, act as a senior point of escalation for complex employee relations matters, and ensure 100% compliance with UAE labour law while overseeing immigration, visas, and contracts for a global workforce.
 Key Responsibilities
Leadership Partnership & Team Management
- Represent the People function and advise Leadership on all people-related matters
- Lead, mentor, and develop the People team, setting clear priorities
People Strategy & Data
- Own the People strategy roadmap, translating business goals into long-term people strategy
- Define, track, and deliver People reports and dashboards covering KPIs
Employee Lifecycle & Talent
- Oversee all hiring activity, onboarding, and offboarding experiences
- Own the design and execution of the performance management framework
Employee Relations, Culture & Compliance
- Act as a senior point of escalation for complex employee relations matters
- Ensure 100% compliance with UAE labour law and oversee immigration, visas, and contracts
Qualifications & Requirements
Experience Requirements
- 7 years’ generalist expertise across the entire employee lifecycle
- Experience with policies, processes, employee relations matters, and escalations
- Experience developing and managing a team
- Experience managing review cycles
- Experience working directly with a leadership team to drive wider business objectives
Essential Skills
- Strong knowledge of UAE labour law
- Agency to manage up
Nice to Have
- Hiring and talent pipelining experience
- Understanding of global mobility
About the Opportunity
This role offers the chance to join a collaborative, ambitious People Team that’s passionate about building exceptional teams and creating brilliant employee experiences. This is a fully remote role, giving you the flexibility to work from wherever you do your best work while collaborating with colleagues across multiple countries and time zones — ideal for someone who loves bringing order to complexity and takes pride in creating an outstanding hiring experience.
Career Excellence: Lead people strategy and employee lifecycle management for a fast-moving, globally distributed organization, in a fully remote role with direct leadership influence.
 Who Should Apply?
- Senior HR Generalists:Â With 7+ years across the full employee lifecycle
- UAE Labour Law Specialists:Â Deeply familiar with local compliance requirements
- People Team Managers:Â Experienced leading, mentoring, and developing HR teams
- Performance Management Leaders:Â Comfortable owning review cycles and talent frameworks
- Remote-First HR Professionals:Â Comfortable collaborating across multiple countries and time zones
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