Regional People Manager, Middle East

Act as the local People point of contact for people related initiatives and develop a deep understanding of the business. These initiatives include recruitment, employee engagement, retention, performance planning, compliance, employee relations, career development, and people organisational transformation.

Have worked in global organisations and can support leaders across different countries and different timezones. You re able to help bridge cultural differences and advocate for employees in a regional and global matrixed environment.

Have worked with employees and managers across all aspects of the employee life cycle. This includes advising on HR-related matters, whilst maintaining localised HR related systems, ensuring Freezone/Mainland compliance and legal obligations whilst communicating with internal and central departments to uphold the Dow Jones culture of collaboration.

Collaborate with the People Business Partner, APAC & Middle East, on global HR projects assigned by the Senior Director, People. This will involve aligning clear goals and objectives to strategically support the organisation, stakeholders and connected with business goals.

Demonstrate the ability to navigate and make decisions effectively amidst ambiguity, addressing issues even when established processes or systems are absent. Throughout this, you will communicate openly and transparently, acting with good intent when collaborating with our business, team, and partners.

Foster and maintain strong connections with the wider People Team. This requires excellent relationship-building skills. As needed, you will contribute to the development of localised human resource policies, practices, and systems, to attract, retain, and mobilise talent, thereby supporting business priorities and fostering a competitive advantage.

Be responsible for managing, reviewing, and providing necessary documentation and compliance to local legislation. This is done in tandem with the central People Operations team.