Lead, Benefits & Recognition, Design, Governance, Data - Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street

Standard Bank Group; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in South Africa is seeking a Lead for Benefits & Recognition to design and govern solutions that enhance the employee experience. This role involves strategic alignment with the overall talent agenda and requires extensive knowledge of multi-geography programs, coupled with proven experience in a multinational environment. The candidate must be skilled in fostering relationships and leveraging data-driven insights to optimize benefits and recognition processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a NQF 7 Degree required.
• More than 10 years understanding of People & Culture Value Chain.

Responsibilities

• Designs and governs B&R solutions to drive employee engagement.
• Continuously innovate SBG B&R solutions and services.

Skills

Communication

Coaching

Data Quality

Strategic Alignment

Business Acumen

Education

NQF 7 Degree

Job description

Job title : Lead, Benefits & Recognition, Design, Governance, Data - Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg Deadline : July 06, 2025 Quick Recommended Links

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Job Description

• Designs and governs SBG Benefits & Recognition (B&R) solutions and services to achieve broader talent objectives and contribute to a compelling Employee Value Proposition to drive employee engagement, business growth, commerciality and competitive positioning. Delivers to business outcomes across divergent product and geography needs and the P&C value chain to achieve strategic relevance of B&R as a talent lever. Innovates and measures value of B&R solutions, data and governance across SBG.

Qualifications

Minimum of a NQF 7 Degree

Experience required

• More than 10 years extensive understanding of the entire People & Culture Value Chain, specifically the role of Benefits & Recognition as a lever to realise talent strategies, business objectives (commerciality) and reputational relevance.
• Demonstrated experience of working in a multinational company with senior leadership teams in the enablement of complicated people programmes.
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience of how data and digital tactics can be applied to optimise the employee experience, solutioning and reporting.
• Demonstrated experience in developing people and or organisational transformation programs with a particular focus on multi-geography and multi-Business Units in the workplace.
• Demonstrated track record in multi-geography solution design and optimisation methodologies across people practices to better enable business objectives and employee experience is required.
• Evidence of having fostered a network of internal and external stakeholders with a demonstrated ability to build constructive relationships. Experience in influencing leaders and peers on the applicability of benefit and recognition frameworks and solutions.
• Experience leading initiatives within / across complex environments and geographies, motivating and coaching individuals and developing a culture of continuous development and personal improvement.
• Continuously innovate and improve the SBG B&R solutions, services, tactics, challenging existing practices and aligning with desired business outcomes and the talent agenda. Analyse insights into the local experience with B&R solutions, service and tactics, distill patterns and put in place actions for improvement that will include modelling alternative solutions and making mistakes (where variables are too long-term to be reliably predicted).
• Support new Benefits & Recognition requirements by reviewing industry / market long-term trends and diagnostics, conduct due diligence to assist with the identification of new opportunities for continuous improvement and the sustainability of CoE solutioning.
• Provide expert input to the review of material B&R changes / amendments across the SBG footprint and this includes the management of change across the value chain and other P&C value chain partners.

Additional Information

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Developing Expertise
• Exploring Possibilities
• Generating Ideas
• Inviting Feedback
• Making Decisions
• Providing Insights
• Team Working
• Upholding Standards
• Business Acumen (P&C)
• Coaching and Mentoring Operational Practices
• Consulting Agility
• Data Quality
• HCM Business Systems
• Organisational Awareness
• P&C Process Improvement
• Resource & Capacity Optimization
• Solution Delivery
• Solution Design
• Strategic Alignment & Execution
• Strategic Business Relationship Management