Overview
A dual-focus, hands-on HR Business Partner role embedded within a rapidly scaling technical organization. This position splits its focus between driving technical people structures for the Product & Digital unit and providing comprehensive generalist HR coverage across the broader business. It is ideally suited for an HR professional comfortable working closely alongside product, engineering, and design teams in a fast-paced environment.
Core Responsibilities
1. Technical People Partnering (Primary Focus)
Career Pathways & Frameworks: Design and document career routes, role levels, and clear progression criteria for technical and digital roles.
Capability & Skills Mapping: Define competency frameworks, evaluate existing skill gaps, and translate findings into strategic hiring or upskilling initiatives.
Onboarding & Training: Shape and manage product training bootcamps and continuous upskilling tracks to optimize team onboarding and growth.
Organizational Design: Partner with leadership to refine product development processes, healthy operational workflows, and clear division of responsibilities.
2. Generalist HR Support (Secondary Focus)
Employee Lifecycle Management: Oversee onboarding, offboarding, contracts, contractual modifications, and core compliance administration.
Employee Relations & Negotiations: Lead employment offer negotiations and guide leadership through employee relations cases to ensure consistency and compliance.
Data-Driven Insights: Provide reporting on workforce trends, organizational risks, and opportunities to support leadership decision-making.
Candidate Profile
Essential Criteria:
Solid generalist HR experience at the HR Business Partner level, including contract management and employee relations.
Proven track record designing career frameworks, competency matrices, or capability progression models.
Dedicated experience partnering directly with product, digital, engineering, or design teams.
Deep understanding of organizational design and agile workflows within knowledge-based environments.
Strong communication skills with an ability to translate ambiguous goals into clear operational frameworks while working independently.
Desirable Criteria:
Familiarity with the UAE or wider GCC labor regulations and markets.
Professional exposure to consulting, govtech, or public policy ecosystems.
Previous experience developing structured onboarding bootcamps or technical learning paths.
Skills Required
- Generalist HR experience at HR Business Partner level, including contract management and employee relations
- Proven experience designing career frameworks, competency matrices, or capability progression models
- Experience partnering directly with product, digital, engineering, or design teams
- Deep understanding of organizational design and agile workflows in knowledge-based environments
- Strong communication skills and ability to translate ambiguous goals into clear operational frameworks, with ability to work independently
- Familiarity with UAE or wider GCC labor regulations and markets
- Professional exposure to consulting, govtech, or public policy ecosystems
- Experience developing structured onboarding bootcamps or technical learning paths
What We Do
Cygnify offers Talent Acquisition as a Service (TAaaS), providing a fully-managed team of experts, AI tools, and a candidate database on a flexible, month-to-month subscription model.
