# People Business Partner

**Company:** [Mirai Arabian International Company Limited](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/qmej37N59rUdffMpnL5eji.md)
**Location:** Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
**Workplace:** on site

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## Description

The People Business Partner (PBP) is a strategic and hands-on partner to Mirai’s leaders across QA, Product, and Operations. The role is focused on building a high-quality employee journey, strengthening manager capability, and ensuring alignment between business needs and people practices in a fast-scaling, gaming-focused environment.

This position plays a critical role in bridging the gap between HR and teams on the ground, ensuring that people initiatives are practical, impactful, and embedded in day-to-day operations.

### Key Focus Areas 

### 1\. Employee Journey & Experience Ownership

-   Own and continuously improve the full employee journey: From onboarding, development, performance, to offboarding
-   Design and implement a structured and consistent employee journey, with a strong focus on early-career populations
-   Define, track, and act on key experience metrics (onboarding satisfaction, engagement, retention, ESAT)
-   Ensure clear follow-up on feedback and communicate progress and improvements to teams and leadership

### 2\. Onboarding Excellence (Critical Priority)

-   Own the end-to-end onboarding experience, from pre-boarding to 90-day integration
-   Ensure a seamless and high-quality onboarding process for employees and managers
-   Equip managers with clear onboarding frameworks, expectations, and best practices
-   Continuously improve onboarding based on feedback and operational needs
-   Partner with TA and People Operations to ensure seamless and connected employee experience

### 3\. Manager Effectiveness & Leadership Support

-   Act as a trusted partner to managers, supporting them in their role as people leaders
-   Coach managers on performance management, feedback culture, team structure, and employee development
-   Build and reinforce manager best practices, especially for managing junior and intern populations
-   Support leaders in navigating team challenges, engagement topics, and performance situations

### 4\. Organizational Development & Career Management

-   Support organizational design and team structuring aligned with business growth and operational needs
-   Define and implement clear career paths and progression frameworks across disciplines and levels
-   Contribute to talent reviews, workforce planning, and development strategies
-   Ensure alignment between business priorities and employee development opportunities

### 5\. Employee Relations & HR Proximity

-   Act as the main point of contact between the People team and employees
-   Build strong proximity with teams (QA, Marketing, GenAI, etc.) to understand real challenges and needs
-   Handle employee relations topics with fairness, consistency, and professionalism
-   Ensure compliance with Saudi labor law and internal policies

### 6\. HR Initiatives & Continuous Improvement

-   Lead and support targeted HR initiatives based on ESAT results and business priorities
-   Partner with leadership to identify high-impact areas and implement practical solutions
-   Work closely with L&D to ensure alignment between training programs, business needs, and career development
-   Contribute to HR transformation initiatives (processes, tools, scalability)

## Requirements

### What You Will Do (Day-to-Day Impact)

-   Partner closely with managers and team leads to address people challenges and improve team effectiveness
-   Translate business needs into actionable HR solutions
-   Drive implementation of HR processes, not just design
-   Monitor and report on key people metrics and ensure action plans are executed
-   Maintain strong visibility and accessibility across teams

### What We’re Looking For

-   5 to 8+ years of experience in HR, including Business Partnering or similar roles
-   Strong experience in employee experience, organizational development, or talent management
-   Proven ability to operate in fast-paced, scaling, or operational environments
-   Strong coaching and stakeholder management skills
-   Hands-on mindset, with the ability to build and implement from scratch
-   Strong analytical skills with a data-driven approach
-   Knowledge of Saudi labor law
-   Fluent in English; Arabic is a plus

### What Success Looks Like

-   Employees experience a clear, structured, and engaging journey from day one
-   Managers are confident and effective in their people management role
-   HR is seen as a trusted, close, and impactful partner to the business
-   Engagement and retention improve, especially within early-career populations
-   HR initiatives are focused, practical, and clearly linked to business impact
-   PBP related projects and measures are well organized, tracked, and readily visible through quantifiable metrics