Talent Development Manager

StepStone Group; Sandton; Hybrid; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading talent development firm in Sandton is seeking a Talent Development Manager to coach and train sales employees while aligning L&D initiatives with commercial objectives. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience in Talent Management and a proven ability to drive performance through innovative training solutions. This role offers a hybrid working model and benefits that contribute to work-life balance.

Benefits

20 days annual leave

Paid sick leave

Family leave

Hybrid working model

Volunteering days

Maternity and Paternity leave

Group life cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Discovery Flexicare

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in Talent Management.
• Experience in a sales environment.
• Proven experience in delivering coaching sessions.
• Ability to design and facilitate workshops.
• Strong customer focus and consulting skills.

Responsibilities

• Coach, onboard and train employees in sales roles.
• Partnership with the Head of Sales for alignment in coaching.
• Track, measure, and report on L&D impact.
• Implement global Learning & Development standards.
• Identify development needs and advise leaders.
• Design and facilitate trainings and workshops.

Skills

Coaching

Sales training

Workshop facilitation

Intercultural awareness

Job description

Job Description

The Talent Development Manager will work across our region, joining our local South Africa people team and reporting directly to the People Lead for South Africa with a dotted line to our Global Team Lead of Learning and Development and a strong dotted line into the Head of Sales for South Africa to ensure alignment, accountability, and direct impact on sales performance through coaching, training, and developmental initiatives. Your role will be to support the Go-To-Market organisations as well as to drive the implementation of global L&D standards. A key focus area will be to collaborate closely with the Head of Sales (South Africa) to align L&D initiatives to commercial objectives, with a 60 / 40 focus split: 60% dedicated to coaching and enablement within the Sales organisation, and 40% to broader global L&D standard implementation. Acting as a strategic advisor and coach to leaders, you will identify development priorities, design and deliver engaging workshops and trainings, and enhance our talent development offerings.

What will this role look like on a day-to-day basis?

1. Coach, onboard and train employees particularly in sales roles in South Africa and across the region.
2. Work in close partnership with Head of Sales (South Africa) and Sales Line Managers to ensure developmental efforts complement and do not override the managers' coaching responsibilities but instead strengthen alignment and reinforce sales leadership.
3. Actively track, measure, and report on L&D impact within the sales function, ensuring accountability to sales-related performance goals (e.g., KPI improvements, onboarding ramp time, competency development and improvement in success rate for PIP programs).
4. Drive the implementation of global Learning and Development standards, considering local and functional requirements (40%).
5. Serve as a trusted Learning and Development partner to the business leaders in close collaboration with People Partners.
6. Identify development needs and advise people leaders on individual and team development initiatives.
7. Design and facilitate workshops and trainings (e.g., Strengthsfinder) and deliver individual coaching sessions (e.g., 360° feedback).
8. Review and continuously improve existing offerings based on a deep understanding of business needs, ensuring a state-of-the-art Learning and Development portfolio.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in Talent Management within a dynamic, performance-driven environment.
• Experience in a sales environment, working with people to achieve KPIs and sales targets.
• Proven experience in applying diagnostic tools and delivering both individual and team coaching sessions.
• Demonstrated ability to independently design, facilitate and moderate trainings and workshops.
• Strong customer focus with confident consulting skills across all organizational levels.
• Openness to intercultural collaboration and a high level of intercultural awareness.
• Hands-on mindset with innovative ideas and a results-oriented approach.
• Willingness to travel to our other offices occasionally if required.

Additional Information

We are a community here that cares as much about your life outside work as how you feel when you’re with us. Because your job shouldn’t take over your life, it should enrich it. Here are some of the benefits we offer :

• 20 days annual leave and extra days between Christmas and New Year.
• Paid sick leave from day one.
• 16 days of family leave per year.
• Hybrid working model.
• Volunteering days.
• Maternity and Paternity leave benefits.
• Group life Cover including disability and Funeral cover.
• 24 / 7 Employee Assistance Programme.
• Discovery Flexicare.

Our Commitment

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.