Head of Technical Training

Momentum-Investments; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Momentum Investments seeks a Head of Technical Training to lead the strategy, design and delivery of learning solutions across Wealth, Collective Investments and Annuities. You will partner with Service leadership and Product teams to translate complex information into structured, practical learning journeys that improve client and employee capability.

You will oversee learning technology, analytics, and governance, ensuring content is accurate, current and aligned to business priorities, with a

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of adult learning principles and instructional design.
• Experience leading technical training and digital learning initiatives.
• Proven ability to deliver large-scale learning programs with measurable outcomes.
• Experience with LMS, content authoring tools and LXPs.
• Stakeholder collaboration with Service, Product and Compliance teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the technical training strategy for the Service environment across Wealth, Collective Investments and Annuities.
• Lead delivery of engaging, accessible learning content through digital, blended and facilitated formats.
• Drive adoption of digital learning platforms to support scalable capability development.
• Establish quality assurance and measure learning analytics for impact and improvement.

Skills

Adult learning principles

Instructional design

Learning technologies

Team leadership

Large-scale learning programs

Education

Tertiary qualification in Education / HR / L&D / Psychology / Business

Tools

Learning Management Systems

Content authoring tools

Learning Experience Platforms

Job description

Through our client-facing brands and our other specialist brands, Momentum Group enables business and people from all walks of life to achieve their financial goals and life aspirations. We help people grow their savings, protect what matters to them and invest for the future. We help companies and organisations care for and reward their employees and members. Through our own network of advisers or via independent brokers and utilising new platforms Momentum Group provides practical financial solutions for people, communities and businesses.

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Role Purpose

To lead the technical training strategy, design, delivery and continuous improvement of learning solutions for the Service environment across Wealth, Collective Investments and Annuities. The role sits within Human Capital and partners closely with Service leadership and business stakeholders to ensure employees have the technical knowledge, confidence and capability required to deliver consistent, world-class service to clients.

The Head: Technical Training works in close partnership with Product, Governance, Human Capital, Employee Experience and Service teams to ensure technical training content is accurate, current, practical and aligned to business priorities. The role translates product, operational, regulatory and service capability needs into structured learning journeys that are engaging, measurable, quality assured and easy to apply in the flow of work.

Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Education, Human Resources, Learning and Development, Psychology, Business, Digital Learning or a related field. A postgraduate qualification will be advantageous.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in learning and development, technical training, capability development, digital learning, instructional design or a related environment.
• At least 3 years’ experience leading technical training, digital learning, blended learning or capability-building initiatives in a service, operations or client-facing environment.
• Experience leading teams and managing learning technologies, including learning management systems, content authoring tools and/or learning experience platforms.
• Strong understanding of adult learning principles, instructional design, learner experience design, learning technologies and blended learning practices.
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale learning programmes or capability initiatives with measurable outcomes and continuous improvement.
• Experience working with Service leadership, Business Unit Human Capital teams, learning designers, multimedia designers, Product teams, subject matter experts, external vendors and senior stakeholders.
• Experience in financial services, investments, insurance, annuities, collective investments, wealth management, banking or another regulated environment will be advantageous.

Duties & Responsibilities

Digital Learning Strategy & Execution

• Develop and execute the technical training strategy for the Service environment across Wealth, Collective Investments and Annuities, aligned to Human Capital priorities and business capability needs.
• Lead the delivery of engaging, accessible and business-relevant learning content through digital, blended and facilitated learning channels.
• Drive the adoption and effective use of digital learning platforms to support scalable, relevant and learner-centred capability development across the business.
• Ensure that learning initiatives are practical, value-adding and linked to clearly defined learner, capability and business outcomes.

Capability Development Execution

• Partner with Service leadership, Business Unit Human Capital teams, Product teams and subject matter experts to identify technical capability gaps and translate these into structured learning journeys.
• Oversee the design and delivery of timely, relevant and practical technical training solutions that improve service capability, operational consistency, compliance confidence and employee effectiveness.
• Ensure learning experiences are practical, role-specific and consistent across the Service environment, while allowing for business-unit nuance where required.
• Coordinate with Employee Experience, multimedia designers and delivery partners to ensure capability-building solutions are engaging, easy to apply and aligned to business context.

Learning Technology & Innovation

• Optimise the use of learning technologies and systems, including learning management systems, content authoring tools and other digital platforms that support scalable technical capability development.
• Monitor learning technology trends and innovations and apply relevant practices to improve reach, engagement, accessibility and learning effectiveness.
• Champion strong learner experience principles, including user-centric design, mobile-first accessibility and practical application in the flow of work.

Quality Assurance & Measurement

• Establish and maintain quality assurance standards, governance and evaluation mechanisms for all technical training and digital learning solutions.
• Track and interpret learning analytics to measure adoption, engagement, completion, learner experience, behaviour change and business impact where measurable.
• Use learner insights, stakeholder feedback and performance data to continuously improve content relevance, learning effectiveness and business alignment.

Client

• Champion a learner, employee and client-centric approach to technical training and digital learning that improves capability, consistency and practical application across the business.
• Translate complex product, investment, regulatory, operational and process information into clear, accessible and role-relevant learning experiences for Service employees.
• Partner with Product, Compliance, Technology, Digital, Client Experience and Service teams to remove learning friction, improve technical confidence and strengthen end-to-end service
• Create effective feedback loops with business stakeholders and learners to ensure learning content remains current, relevant and responsive to changing business, client and regulatory needs.

People

• Set clear performance expectations, delivery priorities, and development plans for team members involved in technical training to ensure world class delivery.
• Promote modern learning practices, user-centric design, digital confidence, quality execution, and data-informed decision-making within the team.
• Build strong working relationships with Subject Matter Experts, Product teams and Service leaders to ensure the correct technical content is trained, validated and continuously updated. Product teams remain accountable for content accuracy, while the Technical Training team ensures the content is translated into effective learning and delivered consistently.

Finance

• Align technical training priorities to business value, capability risk, operational priorities, strategic initiatives and measurable learner outcomes.
• Plan and manage learning resources, vendors, platforms and programme budgets responsibly, ensuring that investment supports relevant and value-adding solutions.
• Evaluate the return on learning effort by monitoring adoption, completion, engagement, learner experience, behaviour change and business impact where measurable

• Digital learning strategy execution and capability development.
• Digital learning design, learner experience design and mobile-first learning principles.
• Learning technology enablement, including LMS, LXPs, content authoring tools and digital learning platforms.
• Instructional design, adult learning principles and blended learning methodologies.
• Learning analytics, programme evaluation, governance, quality assurance and impact measurement.
• Stakeholder collaboration, business partnering and senior stakeholder influence.
• Team leadership, coaching, delivery discipline and people development.
• Project management, vendor management and content partner management.
• Innovation, technology orientation, communication, practical problem-solving and data-driven decision-making.
• Accountability, professional credibility, adaptability, quality orientation and continuous improvement.