Dubai, United Arab Emirates
I build HR technology that solves real problems, because I have lived both sides of it. As Head of Product and Co Architect at infithra (KPI Business Advisors), I lead a 20+ member cross-functional organization: engineering, UI/UX, QA, DevOps, implementation, and sales, while simultaneously running Group HR operations for our own workforce across UAE and India. That dual mandate is rare. It means every product decision I make is grounded in operational reality, not just theory. Over 9+ years, I have developed deep expertise across the full HRIS/HRMS/HCM spectrum: ▸ Product Architecture: Co designed a multi-tenant, GCC-compliant SaaS HRIS platform supporting UAE, KSA, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait & Oman under one unified system. ▸ Multi-Country Payroll: Hands on working knowledge across GCC (WPS, DEWS, EOSB), India (PF, ESI, TDS, Gratuity), and US (Federal/State taxes, benefits) via Workday & PeopleSoft at a Fortune 500 financial services firm. ▸ Presales & Deal Closure: 50+ enterprise HRIS/HCM demos delivered across GCC industries. I translate client complexity into winning solution architectures. ▸ Team Leadership: Managed 20+ across 6 teams. Set sprint goals, performance benchmarks, and delivery cadences aligned to product milestones. ▸ Hire to Retire Expertise: Built and governed complete HR module suites: Recruitment, Onboarding, Core HR, Attendance, Leave, Payroll, Performance, Off boarding & EOSG. I am certified PMP® and have delivered implementations for clients across retail, hospitality, construction, financial services, education, and free zones. 📩 [email protected] | Open to connect and collaborate.
▸ Directed Oracle HRMS presales across UAE & GCC demos, solution workshops, requirement scoping, converting pipeline into contracted HRIS/HCM implementations. ▸ Served as Group HR Head: full ownership of recruitment, UAE & India multi-entity payroll, leave, disciplinary processes, and end-of-service calculations per UAE Labour Law. ▸ Managed multiple concurrent HRIS implementation projects as functional and strategic lead. ▸ Deployed biometric-to-ERP integrations enabling real-time payroll and automated journal entries. ▸ Delivered C-level HRIS consulting: translating complex HR workflows into scalable product features adopted across multi-country client environments.
Co-architected infithra: a scalable, multi tenant HRIS/HRMS/HCM SaaS platform supporting 6 GCC countries (UAE, KSA, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman) under a unified, compliant architecture. ▸ Lead a 20+ member cross-functional organization across 6 teams: UI/UX, Engineering, QA, DevOps, Client Implementation, and Sales. ▸ Dual role as Group HR Head — managing talent acquisition, UAE & India payroll, performance reviews, leave, grievances, and end-of-service processing for our own workforce. ▸ Own the full product roadmap from discovery and solution blueprints through UAT, security testing, and production deployment, reducing post launch defect rate by 40%. ▸ Led 50+ enterprise HRIS/HCM presales demos, contributing directly to deal closures across GCC industries: retail, hospitality, construction, financial services. ▸ Achieved 95%+ on-time go-live rate across all client implementations. ▸ Built complete hire-to-retire module suite: Recruitment · Onboarding · Core HR · Attendance · Leave · Payroll · Performance · Off-boarding · EOSG: aligned to GCC labour laws. ▸ Established ISO aligned SDLC processes and managed DevOps pipelines for zero-downtime SaaS releases.
Job description (not limited to): ▸ Implementation and Execution of 360 degree HR & School Projects of Human Resource Information System (HRIS) i.e. WebHR and School Database Management System (SDMS) i.e. Smart Pupils for clients/customers as per their business needs and requirements. ▸ Serving and Handling 360 degree HR function for more than 15 clients of UAE including DIFC, Free Zone, School, and College, etc. ▸ Collaborate and overall control with the wider HR, Payroll, HRIS, and Administration team of clients are on ensuring the overall functionality of HRIS i.e. WebHR and SDMS i.e. Smart Pupils. ▸ Managing the operations of payroll functions for the purpose of delivering services in conformance. Statutory compliance, payroll compensation (Reconciliation of Monthly Payroll), End of Service Benefits, DEWS, Social Insurance, Approval of WPS, and Payroll File (SIF). ▸ Performance management system and administration. Work with team leads to define and track objectives, KPIs, weightage, annual appraisals, midterm appraisals & probationary appraisals across the business. ▸ Managing the overall function of Recruitment, Payroll Setup, Expense, Reimbursements, adjustments, deductions, Timesheets, Attendance, Leave Management, Salary, Payslip, WPS, Non WPS, SIF Files, Overtime calculations and Final Settlements as per the standard of UAE Labour Law. Also providing continuous support in other HR based tasks i.e. Employee Engagement with Social HRMS, HR Forms & Letters, Training and Development, etc. ▸ Supervising and handling the entire function of School Database Management System i.e. Administration, Academics, Portal Access of Teacher, Student & Parent, Structure of Exams, Fees, Study Plan, etc. ▸ Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering policies and helping to resolve the HR related queries and issues.
Job description (not limited to): ▸ Manage employee payroll by analyzing their leave & absence calendar, taking into considerations various applicable deductions (including taxes), and process paychecks. ▸ Manage employee Benefits, enrollment, updates and cancellation through third party vendors. ▸ Create, maintain, and terminate employee records on the payroll system (Workday & PeopleSoft). ▸ Manage Induction and New Hire Orientation of new hires in Organization. ▸ Perform validation on processed payrolls across the organizations to spot and modify any human and/or system errors. ▸ Participated in the transition from PeopleSoft to cloud-based system – Workday. ▸ Manage Recruitment by analyzing the Job Descriptions, taking the deserving candidates into consideration through CV Screening in LinkedIn. ▸ Manage Telephonic Interviews and arranging the further round of interviews with leadership. ▸ Actively facilitate educational learning sessions for the entire India Organization by collaborating with business leaders across geographies, and sometime outside organization; as a member of the India Employee Engagement Team. Tools used: Workday, PeopleSoft, Document Express, Kenexa, and other internal Ameriprise tools.