Human Resources Business Partner

About the role

Raytheon Emirates is hiring a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to join its team in Abu Dhabi, in a fast-paced defense environment with an international, multicultural workforce. The HRBP partners with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to align HR initiatives across programs, supports business reporting and executive briefings, and coordinates key activities across locations.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to align and execute people strategies with business objectives.
• Embed RTX values into people and business processes to strengthen talent development and employee engagement.
• Lead and support organizational change initiatives that improve effectiveness and employee experience.
• Advise managers on organizational structure, roles, reporting lines, spans of control and job leveling.
• Partner with stakeholders on workforce planning and talent mobility to meet current and future business needs.
• Translate business priorities into practical HR strategies and provide data-driven insights to strengthen leadership capability and team performance.
• Serve as a trusted HR advisor to business leaders and employees, and help build high-performing teams.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business Administration or a related field and 5 years of relevant HR experience, or an advanced degree with at least 3 years of experience.
• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner supporting business leaders, managers and/or program teams.
• Strong understanding of talent management, performance management, organizational effectiveness and employee relations.
• Experience partnering across multiple HR functions to deliver integrated HR solutions.
• Excellent communication, influencing, stakeholder-management and relationship-building skills; able to work in a fast-paced, complex, multicultural environment.

Preferred qualifications

• Professional HR certification such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR or SPHR.
• Previous experience in aerospace, defense, engineering or technology, and in a matrixed or multinational organization.
• Experience supporting employees and leaders across multiple countries, HRIS platforms and workforce analytics (preferably Workday).
• Strong understanding of local employment practices and HR requirements in the UAE.