Group HR Manager - Oil & Gas

Client of Foreground

Role Purpose

To lead and institutionalize the group-wide HR function, ensuring alignment of people practices, workforce strategy, and regulatory compliance across all operating markets, while building and embedding the HR infrastructure required to support current operations and future expansion, particularly in Saudi Arabia.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement a unified group HR policy framework that reflects regional labor law variations, while driving consistency in core practices such as compensation, contracts, onboarding, and grievance management.
• Build the HR infrastructure for the groups Saudi operations from the ground up including local labor law compliance, Saudization planning, organizational design, and HR systems integration.
• Act as the primary HR business partner to group leadership, supporting workforce planning, succession development, and strategic restructuring across Lebanon, Iraq, KSA, and North Africa.
• Oversee local HR teams or outsourced partners in each market, coaching them on group policy enforcement, employee relations, and documentation integrity.
• Standardize group-wide job evaluation, grading systems, and compensation governance to ensure fairness, internal mobility, and market competitiveness.
• Develop regional talent acquisition strategies with a focus on hard-to-fill technical roles, cross-border recruitment, and employer brand alignment across geographies.
• Partner with legal, compliance, and finance to ensure labor and tax compliance, especially in high-risk or emerging regulatory environments such as Iraq and early-stage KSA.
• Introduce core people analytics and HRIS platforms to support real-time visibility on headcount, turnover, cost-to-employ, and regulatory reporting.