Human Resources Director (EMIRATI)

Salt is hiring an experienced HR Director for a senior people leadership opportunity in Dubai, UAE. This role is ideal for an experienced HR leader who can shape the people agenda, strengthen organisational capability, and build practical HR solutions that support business growth, workforce effectiveness, and long term talent priorities. If you are an experienced HR leader with a strong track record across people strategy, organisational effectiveness, talent, and transformation, we would love to hear from you.

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Company Overview

At Salt Solutions Group, we help organisations solve growth, transformation and workforce challenges through a unique combination of talent, consulting and delivery solutions. For over two decades, we've partnered with ambitious start-ups, scale-ups and global enterprises to build teams, deliver projects and create futures. With locations across five continents, we help businesses scale faster and deliver critical outcomes. Not activity. Outcomes. Creating Futures. Globally.

Quick Details

• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary Range: Not Specified
• Experience: 10 Year+
• Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline, with a recognised HR certification such as CIPD, SPHR, or equivalent.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape and lead the people agenda across the organisation, ensuring HR priorities support business growth, capability building, and long term workforce needs.
• Strengthen organisational effectiveness through workforce planning, role design, succession planning, and initiatives that improve how teams are structured and deployed.
• Oversee the end to end employee lifecycle, ensuring strong practices across attraction, development, performance, rewards, and retention.
• Build a consistent and scalable HR operating model, improving policies, service delivery, governance, and collaboration across the wider business.
• Lead major people related change initiatives, supporting leaders through organisational transformation and embedding new ways of working.
• Develop a high performing HR team, strengthen internal capability, and ensure leadership has reliable people insights to support better decision making.

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive HR experience.
• Broad generalist HR background with strong exposure to talent, organisation effectiveness, workforce planning, rewards, performance, and HR operations.
• Proven experience advising senior leadership and translating business priorities into practical people solutions.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, change management, and strategic planning capability.
• Fluency in both Arabic and English, with strong digital literacy and confidence working with HR systems and data.

Benefits

• Opportunity to influence the people agenda at a senior level.
• Modernise HR practices.
• Help build the workforce, leadership capability, and organisational structures needed for future growth.