People Intelligence and Enablement

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

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Job Summary

VP: People Intelligence & Enablement to join the Learning, Performance and Talent COE at Absa CIB. Will be appointed to support the Lead to translate people strategy into evidence-based business decisions. Bringing together workforce planning, people analytics and strategic insight, the successful candidate will help leaders understand people and capabilities required to deliver business strategy and build a forward-looking view of organisational needs. This role complements the mandates of Talent Operations and Learning, providing the intelligence and stakeholder enablement that support informed decisions.

The ideal candidate will have a commercial degree (Six Sigma Black Belt qualification ideal) and 10 years plus experience working in a financial services enviro in a senior business intelligence or executive reporting role. Strong stakeholder management and data storytelling skills combined with strategic workforce planning capability and insight into talent and performance.

Job Description

• Translate people data into actionable insights, highlighting workforce risks, opportunities and business implications.
• Support strategic workforce planning by identifying future people and capability needs aligned to CIB’s business strategy.
• Integrate talent, performance and learning intelligence to inform priorities and decisions across the portfolio.
• Equip executives and stakeholders with clear reporting, compelling data storytelling and decision-relevant insight.
• Enable strategic planning and measurement to connect people priorities with business needs.

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Education, Training and Development (Required)