HR Manager - Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

An unnamed pharmaceutical employer in Amman seeks an HR Manager with eight to fifteen years of experience and fluent Arabic and English.

Responsibilities

• Lead HR strategy, workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding and employer branding in line with business objectives.
• Manage performance, succession, talent reviews, job-aligned KPIs, competency frameworks, learning and leadership development.
• Handle employee relations, investigations, discipline, engagement, compensation and benefits, coordinating payroll with Finance.
• Maintain policies, HRIS, personnel files and dashboards and ensure labour, social-security and HR-related GMP compliance.
• Support audits, training records and inspection readiness while partnering with Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering and Supply Chain.
• Develop the HR team and continuous improvement, measuring time/quality of hire, turnover, retention, training, performance reviews, engagement, absence, hiring costs and compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s in HR, business, industrial engineering or related study; an HR/business master’s and professional certification are preferred.
• Eight to fifteen years of progressive HR experience, including three to five years as HR Manager or Senior HR Business Partner; the source’s classification field lists ten-plus years.
• Pharmaceutical or other regulated manufacturing experience is strongly preferred, including support to production, quality, engineering and supply chain.
• Fluent Arabic/English; knowledge of Jordan labour/social-security requirements, GMP, GDP, HRIS, Office and training matrices.
• Strategic thinking, business partnering, talent acquisition, organisational development, analytics and change management.

Terms and application

• Full-time in Amman for an unnamed pharmaceutical employer. Original posting date: 18 August 2026.
• Pay and deadline are not stated. Apply through the original vacancy page.