Talent Development Partner

Recruiter:

Edge Executives

Job Ref:

760230189

Date posted:

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Talent Development Partner

Location: South Africa
Type: Permanent | Talent & Succession Strategy

Shape potential. Drive performance.

This is a strategic role for an experienced HR professional who thrives on building talent pipelines, enabling performance, and unlocking leadership capability. If you're ready to embed future-fit people practices across a business, this is your opportunity to lead.

About the Role

You’ll lead the talent and performance agenda across the organisation — from designing talent frameworks to enabling succession planning and high performance. Working across HR and business teams, you’ll provide toolkits, insights, and interventions that embed talent mobility and career growth at scale.

What You’ll Do

Design and implement the organisation’s talent and performance strategy
Lead talent reviews, succession planning, and career development initiatives
Develop career ladders and competency frameworks across functions
Build and optimise toolkits, processes, and talent technology
Analyse talent data to inform strategy and close capability gaps
Drive talent acceleration programmes and build internal pipelines
Manage the full performance cycle — from goal-setting to reviews
Align performance management with growth and retention strategies
Partner with business and CoEs to influence and enable action

What You Bring

Degree in HR, Organisational Development, or related field (postgrad an advantage)
10+ years total experience, with 5+ in talent and performance
Proven record in designing and rolling out talent frameworks
Strong understanding of career mobility, succession, and assessment tools
Analytical and pragmatic, with a performance and growth mindset
Excellent collaboration, facilitation, and stakeholder influence skills

What Success Looks Like

Strong succession pipelines and internal mobility
Embedded talent practices linked to business goals
Performance culture that drives accountability and growth
Measurable reduction in regrettable losses and talent risk

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