HR Business Partner

Dentsu aegis network

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Business Directors, Managing Directors, and department heads to align HR strategy with business goals.
• Support workforce planning, org design, and team structuring for media functions.
• Provide insights on hiring strategy, retention risks, and team capability gaps.
• Advise leadership on people-related decisions, including promotions, restructuring, and succession planning.
• Collaborate closely with Talent Acquisition on hiring for media roles
• Support onboarding and integration of new hires into fast-paced client accounts.
• Drive talent mapping and succession planning for key media roles.
• Support new account launches and team setups.
• Partner with leadership on building new departments or expanding service lines.
• Develop scalable HR frameworks and policies suited for agency growth.
• Drive performance review cycles and calibration processes.
• Coach managers on performance conversations and development planning.
• Support underperformance management and improvement plans where necessary.
• Act as the first point of contact for employee relations matters.
• Handle conflict resolution, disciplinary processes, and employee concerns.
• Foster a high-performance culture aligned with agency values.
• Ensure HR policies comply with local labor laws.
• Oversee compensation reviews, benefits alignment, and salary benchmarking for media roles.
• Support audits and ensure documentation accuracy.

Requirements

• 5 8 years of HR experience.
• Mandatory experience within a Media / Advertising / Digital Agency environment.
• Strong understanding of media agency roles and structures (Planning, Buying, Performance, Strategy, Creative integration).
• Experience supporting team setups, scaling operations, or new account launches.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leadership.
• Experience handling performance management and employee relations cases.
• Solid understanding of local and regional labor law and HR compliance.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to link HR initiatives to business outcomes.
• Experience working in fast-growing or matrixed agency environments.
• Exposure to multi-market or regional setups (MENA experience is a must).
• Data-driven mindset with ability to interpret HR metrics.
• Confident, proactive, and solution oriented with a positive mindset.