Head of People & Culture

Recruiter:

Edge Executives

Job Ref:

977026220

Date posted:

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Location: South Africa

Type: Permanent | People Strategy & Development

Lead transformation. Shape the experience.

This is a senior HR leadership role for a dynamic professional ready to embed talent, learning, and change across a function. If you're passionate about aligning people strategies to business goals — and driving engagement, culture, and capability — this is your opportunity to lead the people agenda.

About the Role

You’ll champion talent, development, and change initiatives aligned to business strategy. From learning pathways and succession planning to leadership development and culture transformation, you’ll work with CoEs and function heads to create a great place to work.

What You’ll Do

Align people and business strategy to deliver functional effectiveness

Drive the sourcing strategy to build future capability ahead of need

Implement talent processes: succession planning, career development, and talent reviews

Lead integration of Management Trainees and functional learning pathways

Oversee L&D reporting and the execution of leadership and learning initiatives

Act as change ambassador and culture champion

Collaborate with CoEs to drive employee engagement and organisational development

Facilitate leadership-level interventions that improve effectiveness and adoption

Embed a function-specific curriculum aligned with Tiger’s L&D strategy

What You Bring

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional qualification

8–10 years’ experience in HR, including talent, L&D, and change

Strong track record of implementing people development programmes

Deep business partnering experience and understanding of commercial drivers

Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills

Collaborative leadership style and strategic mindset

What Success Looks Like

High-impact talent and development initiatives with measurable results

Strong alignment between business needs and HR strategy

A culture of learning, engagement, and change-readiness

A business unit recognised as a great place to work

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