Human Resources Business Partner (Sports & Lifestyle Division)
Talent Hunt DMCC · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Seeking a commercially-minded HR Business Partner to oversee human resources strategy and people operations across fast-growing Sports & Lifestyle Division. This division manages a premier portfolio of multi-entity sports academies, athletic facilities, specialized retail, and community wellness spaces (including premium F&B and café concepts) across the UAE.In this role, you will embed deeply within multiple business units, acting as the principal strategic and operational HR partner to division heads. You will oversee a dynamic, customer-centric workforce comprising corporate division executives, elite coaching and training specialists, and large-scale hospitality, café, and guest relations teams. The ideal candidate will balance high-energy operational compliance with strategic workforce planning to support division profitability, facility expansions, and an exceptional member experience.Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic Business Partnering: Align human capital initiatives directly with seasonal sports calendars, peak facility usage times, and localized operational metrics across multiple sports and lifestyle subsidiaries.Workforce Planning & Facility Mobilization: Partner with facility operations and talent acquisition teams to execute precise headcount forecasting. This enables rapid staffing mobilization for new facility launches, tournament seasons, camp programs, and community wellness events.Employee Relations & Community Culture: Direct employee relations for a matrixed, guest-facing workforce. Oversee compliance regarding high-energy customer service environments, facility safety standards, employee wellness initiatives, and frontline service staff grievance frameworks.Compliance & UAE Labor Law: Ensure absolute adherence to the UAE Labor Law, MOHRE regulations, Emiratisation quotas, visa allocations for international athletic staff, and corporate immigration policies.Performance & Talent Pipeline: Administer performance evaluation frameworks optimized for coaching, F&B/café hospitality, and management levels. Manage retention risks within high-demand training and specialty hospitality roles, while building localized succession plans for facility managers.HR Data & Roster Optimization: Evaluate facility manpower utilization, shift and roster efficiencies, turnover trends, and structural HR costs to advise executive management on operational optimizations within the division.Requirements & QualificationsExperience: Minimum 5–8 years of progressive HRBP experience, ideally within a large-scale sports management group, premium hospitality, health & fitness club chain, or leisure/entertainment brand in the UAE.Industry Acumen: Proven background managing complex human resource challenges across multiple concurrent commercial entities spanning athletic facilities, academies, and guest services (F&B/Retail).Legal Expertise: Expert, up-to-date knowledge of UAE Labor Law and MOHRE procedural frameworks.Stakeholder Management: Exceptional interpersonal and negotiation skills, capable of influencing both corporate executive directors and high-energy facility, academy, and café managers.Education: Bachelor’s degree in HR Management, Business Administration, or related fields. Professional HR accreditations (e.g., CIPD, SHRM) are highly preferred.