People Manager

3 weeks ago


Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hyperspace Full time

Our Story

HyperSpace is a Dubai/Riyadh based future forward entertainment company, building a new format of location based entertainment linking physical and digital experience and customer engagement. Our parks sit at the convergence of social media arena and real world video game, engaging our audience meaningfully through an IRL physical experience and through digital engagement and gameplay post-visit. Our parks are powered by tokens and digital assets, and run on a game economy mirroring AAA gaming environments, and are purpose built for a new generation of content creators and players.

To date we have opened up our first entertainment attraction - AYA - a 40,000sq-ft digital immersive experience park located in Dubai, which is seeing an average of 2,000 visitors a day. We will open two House of Hype locations, each 100,000sq-ft at Riyadh Boulevard and Dubai Mall in Q4 2023.

The Role

Hyperspace is looking for a People Manager whose mission will be to oversee all aspects of human resources practices and processes.

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop and provide People-strategy, vision and plans to the leadership and board covering regarding People functions across the organization.
- Managing activities such as job design, full cycle of recruitmentand selection process, employee relations, performance management, training & development, and talent management.
- Bridge management and employee relations by addressing demands, grievances or other issues.
- Communicates and enforces appropriate employee policies and programs, ensures policy awareness, assists employees with queries and mediates where necessary.
- Identify training needs and develop learning and development programs to enhance employees' skills and competencies.
- Improve employee experience by proactively identifying and proposing solutions and delivering initiatives to deliver exceptional HR support to employees.
- Work closely with the finance team to understand people costs and HR budget where necessary, ensuring optimal ways of working and information is shared in the most efficient way.
- Perform other tasks and duties to support the business and organization.

About You
- Proven working experience minimum of 5 years in the GCC, preferably in a start-up, entertainment, Hospitality or tech environment is desirable.
- Good understanding of the local labour law and legal compliance.
- Open-minded attitude, intercultural mindset, curious, good listener, positive and constructive spirit
- Ability to handle confidential information with integrity and discretion.
- Strong people & team management skills

The behaviors we value:

- **Great Humans make Great History -** Deliver Awesome, Win Together, Trust in Teamwork
- **Future Forward - **Be bold, Be decisive, Think ahead. Technology is not an idea, it is a tool.
- **Faster = Stronger -** Momentum makes Monuments. Learn fast, Measure and Act Accordingly

Our commitment

At Hyperspace, we are committed to creating an inclusive and representative environment, because we know that different experiences, perspectives and backgrounds make for a better workplace. We celebrate differences and promote a culture where you can bring your full self to work. We promise to give you the same opportunities as everyone else and we won't discriminate against you at any point in the process. This includes how we source talent, our interview process, our conditions of employment and feedback. We are based in the heart of the city, one of the coolest and most vibrant work places, our home is in the Dubai Design District.



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