# Daniella Lee

Daniella Lee is a remote worker on Himalayas, Senior HR Manager at Huda Beauty, based in United Arab Emirates.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@daniellalee

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Senior HR Manager at Huda Beauty, who led a distributed HR team of six across three regions.
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| Detail | Value |
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| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | United Arab Emirates |
| Authorized to work in | United Arab Emirates |
| Salary expectations | 60k+ GBP |
| Job categories | Senior HR Manager, Head Of HR, HR Manager, HR Business Partner |
| Skills | EMEA HR Partner, Employee Lifecycle Management, Employee Relations, Performance Management, Succession Planning, HR Policy Design, Employment Law Compliance, UAE Labor Law, Talent Development, Workforce Planning, Manager Coaching, Culture And Engagement, HR Operations, HRIS, Workforce Data |

## About

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At Huda Beauty, I functioned as de facto Head of HR for the UAE, UK, and US, owning HR strategy and operations across the three regions. I led a distributed HR team of six and partnered with senior leadership on hiring bars, performance frameworks, and engagement initiatives.

As Head of HR at Skybound Wealth Group, I owned HR across the UAE, UK, and Switzerland and reported directly to the COO. I designed talent development programmes, succession planning, and performance assessments across multiple EMEA jurisdictions.

At Nimbus Consultancy, I built the HR operational backbone from the ground up, including an 80-page HR Handbook. I implemented 360 reviews and engagement surveys; turnover decreased and headcount doubled within six months.

Earlier, I delivered HR business partnering to companies in Bali as a Freelance HR Consultant at Smart PM, and supported 2,000 employees across 62 businesses as an HR Advisor at Headlam Group Plc. I'm CIPD Level 5 qualified, hold a UAE Employment Law Certificate, and have experience across EMEA and remote-first organisations.
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## Experience

### Senior HR Manager

[Huda Beauty](https://himalayas.app/companies/huda-beauty). Mar 2024 - Sep 2025

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Functioned as de facto Head of HR for the UAE, UK, and US, owning HR strategy and operations across three regions for a 200+ employee global beauty brand. Led a distributed HR team of 6 and partnered with senior leadership to build hiring bars, performance frameworks, and engagement initiatives.
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Skills: HR-Strategy, Employee-Relations, Performance-Management, Team-Leadership, Engagement-Strategy, UAE-Labor-Law, Employment-Law, US-Employment-Law

### Head of HR

Skybound Wealth Group. Nov 2022 - Mar 2024

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Head of HR reporting directly to the COO for a 100-employee financial services group, owning HR across the UAE, UK, and Switzerland with additional EOR-managed employees in other European markets. Designed talent development programmes, succession planning, and performance assessments across multiple EMEA jurisdictions.
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Skills: HR-Strategy, Talent-Development, Succession-Planning, Performance-Management, Employee-Relations, HRIS, Payroll, Compliance, UAE-Labor-Law, Employment-Law, Swiss-Labour-Law

### HR Manager

Nimbus Consultancy. Jan 2021 - Nov 2022

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Built the HR operational backbone from the ground up for a startup consultancy, designing an 80-page HR Handbook and establishing onboarding, culture, and engagement initiatives. Reduced turnover and doubled headcount within 6 months by implementing 360 reviews and engagement surveys.
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Skills: HR-Operations, Onboarding, Cultures, Engagement, 360-Degree-Reviews, Turnover-Reduction, Policy-Design

### Freelance HR Consultant

Smart PM. May 2019 - Jan 2021

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Delivered HR business partnering to small, medium, and startup companies across Bali, advising leaders on performance management, succession planning, and employee relations.
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Skills: HR-Business-Partnering, Performance-Management, Succession-Planning, Employee-Relations

### HR Advisor

Headlam Group Plc. Mar 2014 - Dec 2018

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One of only 3 HR staff supporting 2,000 employees across 62 businesses in the UK, managing end-to-end recruitment, training coordination, and monthly HR metrics reporting.
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Skills: Recruitment, training-coordination, HR-Metrics, Employee-Relations

### HR & Operations Support

Ever After Bloom

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Run HR-adjacent operations for a small UAE-based business on the side, applying the same process discipline used in corporate HR roles to day-to-day administration.
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Skills: HR-Operations, Administration

## Education

### DPG Learning

CIPD Level 5, HR Management

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Completed CIPD Level 5 in HR Management.
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### Pinsent Masons

Certificate, Employment Law

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Earned a certificate in UAE Employment Law.
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## Tech stack

- Oracle
- Google Analytics
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- BambooHR
- Google Workspace
- Microsoft Office 365
- Asana
- ClickUp
- Google Chrome
- Anthropic Claude API
- ChatGPT

To contact Daniella, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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