Associate Manager - HR Business Partnering

About the role

Shalina Healthcare, a large privately owned pharmaceutical business with headquarters in Dubai, is looking for an Associate Manager - Human Resources (Business Partnering). The incumbent acts as a strategic advisor and trusted partner to business leaders, aligning HR initiatives with organizational objectives and driving talent strategy, workforce planning, employee engagement and change management.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with senior business leaders to turn business goals into HR strategies and give data-driven insights on workforce and organizational matters
• Drive workforce planning aligned to short- and long-term business objectives
• Ensure HR policies, procedures and compliance frameworks are implemented and understood by managers and employees, and work with Legal and Compliance on labor law and statutory requirements
• Own end-to-end recruitment, from hiring requirements and sourcing to offer management and closure, and manage structured onboarding, probation reviews and confirmation
• Lead performance management cycles, talent reviews, succession planning and leadership development, and build capability plans with the Talent & Learning CoE
• Drive employee engagement initiatives, act as a culture ambassador, champion diversity, equity and inclusion, and support restructuring, role redesign and change management
• Track key metrics such as attrition, engagement, performance ratings and productivity, and present dashboards and recommendations to leadership

Required profile

• Secondary or tertiary qualification in Human Resources
• Minimum 6 years of progressive experience in business partnering, preferably in a sales environment within a multi-country, matrix organization
• Knowledge of HR programs, processes and local labor regulations applied to complex organizational issues
• Proven experience partnering with senior leadership, managing ambiguity and influencing stakeholders in a matrix organization

Required skills

• Advanced knowledge of MS Office and HRMS systems, with comfort learning new technical systems
• Strong analytical, design and problem-solving capabilities
• Strong interpersonal skills and global mindset with cultural fluency

To apply, candidates upload a recent copy of their CV; a member of the Talent Acquisition team will then be in touch.