HRBP Middle East & Africa - Manager

Strategic Partnership & Transformation Act as a trusted strategic advisor to the Middle East and Africa Market/Function Leader and their leadership Team, translating business strategy, transformation goals, and market/team dynamics into clear, actionable people priorities. Provide insight, challenge, and guidance on organisational effectiveness, talent, and culture, particularly in periods of change and growth. Lead people input into business transformation initiatives, ensuring leadership, structure, capability, and culture evolve in line with scale and maturity. Champion and embed change in leadership mindset and behaviours to support sustainable performance and long-term growth. Ensure talent, capability, and capacity planning are aligned to immediate business priorities and longer-term strategic objectives. Provide expert guidance on complex employee relations matters, balancing risk management, consistency, and employee experience. Design and implement scalable, repeatable solutions to address recurring ER themes and improve leadership confidence and capability. Ensure people decisions align with policy, values, and legal requirements across multiple jurisdictions. Operate effectively within a global HR CoE model, leveraging specialist expertise while maintaining clear ownership and accountability. Collaborate closely with Reward, People Operations, and HR CoEs to ensure joined-up, consistent delivery across a diverse, global workforce. Coach and influence leaders to strengthen decision-making, accountability, and people leadership capability across performance management, employee relations, and change. Provide pragmatic, commercial advice to leaders navigating complex people matters, enabling confident and consistent decision-making. Partner with Talent and Learning CoEs to deliver practical, business-led leadership development solutions aligned to current and future capability needs. Extensive, progressive HR experience, with a strong track record as an HR Business Partner in professional services and/or start-up environments. Demonstrated success operating in fast-changing, ambiguous, and scaling organisations, with a passion for transformation and continuous improvement. Proven experience leading organisational design, restructuring, and cultural transformation initiatives. Deep expertise in employee relations, including designing scalable solutions to address recurring issues and improve leadership effectiveness. Strong commercial and operational acumen, balancing strategic outcomes with hands-on execution. Experience working within a global HR CoE model and across multiple territories and stakeholder groups. Highly effective influencer and coach, able to challenge constructively and build trusted relationships at all leadership levels. Data-driven mindset, with experience using people analytics and insights to inform decision-making and measure impact. To be adapted for each role: Experience supporting this market & language requirements in English