Summary
The Boring Company is hiring a Human Resources Manager for its UAE operation, reporting from Dubai. The role leads HR matters across benefits, compensation, training, payroll, employee relations, performance, investigations, HR systems, and onboarding, and partners with legal to meet UAE labor requirements. Applicants need a bachelor’s degree, at least five years of HR leadership experience, and at least five years of HR experience in the UAE, with strong knowledge of UAE labor law. The position may involve extended hours, weekend work, and travel of up to 20%.
The posting
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The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.
Responsibilities
- Point of contact for all HR matters such as but not limited to benefits, compensation, training, payroll, and employee relations.
- Manage performance, investigations, make recommendations for corrective action, and lead terminations.
- Maintain a productive relationship with managers in UAE; meet regularly to discuss morale, areas of improvement, and performance.
- Review and respond to matters complex in nature that have been escalated due to risk, urgency, or severity.
- Manage the integration, configuration, and administration of HR systems.
- Outline team priorities and timelines and manage team performance toward achieving goals.
- Primary point of contact for entire UAE operation.
- Key partner with HR operations on HR systems including onboarding, workers' compensation, and LOA management
- Approve time cards, modify pay rates, implement one-off payments, and ensure payment of salaried and hourly employees bi-weekly.
- Facilitate the new-hire onboarding process, including generating offer letters, and auditing background checks.
- Lead HR initiatives and projects.
- Set up and work with legal to outline and comply with legal requirements as required by UAE Labor Law.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- 5+ years of experience in an HR leadership position.
- 5+ years of HR experience in the UAE
- Strong working knowledge of UAE labor laws and work requirements
Preferred Skills and Experience
- 8+ years of experience in an HR leadership position.
- Acute attention to detail and strong multitasking skills.
- Ability to work independently and with little direction.
- Ability to quickly and reasonably prioritize tasks.
- Strong communications skills with the ability to communicate with internal/external customers, vendors, management etc. in both formal and informal situations.
- An analytical mindset that thrives on formulating strategy and presenting data.
- Highly organized with a strong sense of urgency.
Additional Requirements
- Position may require extended hours and weekend work.
- Able to travel for short and extended trips as needed. Up to 20% travel.
Reporting Location: Dubai, UAE (multiple local locations)
Culture
We're a team of dedicated, smart, and scrappy people. Our employees are passionate about our mission and determined to innovate at every opportunity.
Benefits
We offer employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, paid vacation, and a competitive amount of equity for all permanent employees.
The Boring Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with The Boring Company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.