About the position
Responsible for aligning people strategy with business objectives, enabling digital transformation, and building high-performing, future-fit teams within a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic HR Leadership
- Partner with executive and senior technology leadership to shape and execute a people strategy aligned to the digital and technology roadmap.
- Provide strategic input on organisational design, workforce planning, and talent capability for IT, engineering, and digital functions.
- Lead change management initiatives linked to digital transformation, systems implementation, and new ways of working.
Talent Management & Workforce Planning
- Drive end-to-end talent management, including attraction, retention, succession planning, and leadership development for scarce and critical skills.
- Oversee recruitment strategies for IT, engineering, and digital roles, ensuring access to top-tier and diverse talent.
- Implement robust performance management and career progression frameworks tailored to technical and digital roles.
Employee Relations & Culture
- Build a high-performance, inclusive, and values-driven culture within technology and digital teams.
- Provide guidance on employee relations, labour legislation, and dispute resolution in line with South African labour law.
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on people, culture, and organisational matters.
Learning, Development & Capability Building
- Identify current and future skills requirements within IT, engineering, and digital environments.
- Partner with Learning & Development to design upskilling, reskilling, and leadership programmes.
- Support agile ways of working, innovation, and continuous improvement through targeted capability development.
HR Governance, Risk & Compliance
- Ensure HR policies, practices, and processes comply with labour legislation, internal governance, and organisational standards.
- Monitor and manage people-related risks within technology and digital environments.
- Ensure effective use of HR metrics, analytics, and reporting to inform decision-making.
Transformation & B-BBEE
- Support employment equity, transformation, and diversity initiatives within technical and digital teams.
- Partner with leadership to ensure alignment with B-BBEE and transformation objectives.
Key Stakeholders
- Executive and Senior Management
- IT, Engineering, and Digital Leadership Teams
- Group HR and Centres of Excellence
- External recruitment and talent partners
Minimum Requirements
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Postgraduate qualification (Honours / Master’s / MBA) will be advantageous.
Experience
- Minimum 8 years’ experience in a senior HR leadership role, preferably within IT, engineering, technology, or digital environments.
- Proven experience partnering with senior leadership in complex, fast-paced organisations.
- Demonstrated experience in organisational design, change management, and talent management within technical or digital teams.
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong understanding of HR practices within IT, engineering, and digital ecosystems.
- Solid knowledge of South African labour legislation and HR governance.
- Experience supporting agile, product, or project-based teams.
- Strong strategic thinking, business acumen, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
- Data-driven approach with experience using HR metrics and analytics.
Key Competencies
- Strategic partnering
- Leadership and influence
- Change agility
- Talent and capability development
- Commercial and digital mindset
- Integrity and professionalism
Success Measures
- Effective alignment of people strategy with digital and technology objectives.
- Improved attraction, retention, and development of critical IT and digital talent.
- Strong leadership capability and succession pipelines.
- Positive employee engagement and culture outcomes within technology and digital teams.
Desired Skills:
- Engineering
- IT
- Communications
