People Intelligence and Enablement

1001 Absa Bank; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Absa is seeking a VP: People Intelligence & Enablement to join the Learning, Performance and Talent COE. This role translates people strategy into evidence-based decisions, bringing together workforce planning, people analytics and strategic insight to support leaders and build a forward-looking view of organisational needs.

The ideal candidate will have strong stakeholder management, data storytelling skills, and experience in senior business intelligence or executive reporting within financial

Qualifications

• Translate people data into actionable insights.
• Support strategic workforce planning aligned to CIB’s business strategy.
• Integrate talent, performance and learning intelligence.
• Provide executives with clear reporting and data storytelling.
• Enable planning to connect people priorities with business needs.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

People analytics

Data storytelling

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Education/Training and Development

Job description

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. Belonging at Absa Absa is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from suitably qualified individuals from diverse backgrounds. In support of our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) commitments and Employment Equity objectives, preference may be given to candidates from underrepresented designated groups, including persons with disabilities. We encourage applicants who may require reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process to let us know so that appropriate support can be provided.

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) At Absa, our story is not a single narrative. It’s thousands of individual journeys unfolding across Africa and beyond. From colleagues serving customers in local communities to teams shaping financial solutions across borders, Absa is built on people who bring their lived experiences, ambitions and perspectives into the workplace every day. Whether you’re starting your career, a seasoned leader or somewhere in between, your contribution is seen, valued and connected to something bigger.

Our presence across Africa – which spans personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management, and insurance – exists because of the people who show up in their roles with purpose. Across Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, our colleagues are shaping what Absa becomes in each market. Beyond the continent, teams in global offices and a technology hub support and extend the stories that prove that African talent can lead, influence and innovate on the global stage. At Absa, your story matters because progress is driven by human experience, not hierarchy. When people are enabled to bring their whole selves to work, they don’t just build careers. They help shape the future of Africa’s financial services landscape.