HR Business Partner (PX Lead) IMEA

The PX Lead for IMEA is BTS's dedicated HR Business Partner for the UAE, Africa and India offices (approximately 65 people). Reporting to the Head of People Experience, MOW (most of the world), the role is the strategic and operational people partner to IMEA leadership, aligning workforce decisions with business priorities across the full employee lifecycle. This role emphasizes creating capacity for leaders, accelerating the talent agenda, stewarding the culture, leveraging data/analytics, and improving / streamlining global & MOW PX processes.

• Serve as the trusted HR partner to IMEA leadership and people managers, participating in meetings, talent reviews, and workforce planning discussions

• Advise on org design, span of control, and structure changes as the business evolves

• Advise leaders

• Own end-to-end hiring for IMEA roles: briefing managers, coordinating search and headhunters (where needed), managing candidate experience up until onboarding.

• Apply the MOW Recruitment Process and keep an accurate view of open roles and pipeline health.

• Run the annual talent review cycle for IMEA, ensuring calibration and succession plans for critical roles

• Partner with managers on career development and internal mobility across the sub-region

• Identify skill gaps and coordinate leadership development, upskilling, and career pathing

• Coach managers through performance conversations, team dynamics, and change management

• Handle ER matters directly, escalating to head of PX or legal when required

• Stay current on local employment law across UAE, South Africa, and India, while keeping policies updated.

• Use workforce data (headcount, turnover, survey results) to identify risks and recommend action. Analyse data and create ad hoc reporting info for leaders.

• Drive the engagement survey locally and the follow-up action plan.

• Lead local rollout of MOW-wide people initiatives and support organizational change

• Manage resignation/termination processing and exit interviews, ensuring a professional and compliant exit experience

• 6+ years progressive HR experience, including HRBP or generalist roles

• Multi-market exposure across the Middle East, Africa, and/or India. Preferably with an international background, with the ability to navigate cross-cultural dynamics effectively.

• Comfortable operating as a strategic partner and a hands-on operator

• Strong data literacy: comfortable with dashboards and people analytics

• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills

• Consulting mindset: a proven ability to solve complex business challenges and drive measurable outcomes.

• Fluent English; Arabic or another local language is a plus

BTS is a global professional services firm founded in 1986 in Stockholm, helping organizations move from strategy to execution through leadership development, coaching, and talent transformation. With over 1,200 experts across six continents, BTS partners with many of the world's largest companies.

Reports to: Head of People Experience, MOW

Location: Johannesburg, Dubai, or India (other locations e.g. Egypt possible)

Scope: UAE, Africa, India