Group Head of Organisation Design at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

• The Group Head of Organisation Design establishes and leads the strategic foundation for Human Capital and Career Architecture across the Group. The role is accountable for designing, governing, and embedding core Organisation Design disciplines including Job Design, Job Evaluation, Job Architecture, organisation and job data management, Position Management, Business Sizing, and large‑scale organisation transformation initiatives to ensure alignment with Group strategy.
• This leader drives enterprise‑wide organisational effectiveness through expert stewardship of OD frameworks, provides thought leadership on organisational capability and structure, and delivers results through a high‑performing team of specialists.

Key Result Areas:

Internal Client Relationship Management

• Manage relationships with strategic internal clients and act as a business partner to them, building high levels of professional credibility and mutual trust, and mobilising appropriate internal and/or external resources to support in delivering business strategy and plans.

Strategic Workforce Planning

• Develop key strategic insights based on external and internal information sources and develop and analyze complex resourcing scenarios to enable the development of the strategic workforce plan.

Functional Strategy Formation

• Lead the development and implementation of strategy for an important area of responsibility within a function, anticipating complex issues, challenges, and opportunities and ensuring integration with wider functional strategy.

Organizational Design

• Provide specialist insights within a multidisciplinary team to evaluate the current-state organization, to develop and evaluate future-state organizational design propositions, and to clarify the costs and business benefits of change.

Organizational Capability Building

• Evaluate the capabilities of staff within the department to identify gaps and prioritize development activities. Implement the organization's formal development framework within the area of responsibility. Coach and mentor others to support the development of the organization's talent pool.

Role Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in HR Management / Business (Degree)
• Experience in Organisation wide OD methodology (advantageous)
• Minimum of 8 years of demonstrated, effective OD experience
• Demonstrated success in implementing transformation, strategic workforce planning, career planning and engagement strategies
• Proven track record (at least 5 years) of managing multiple, complex Org designs successfully
• Proven ability to work in a highly collaborative environment
• Proactive problem-solver

Skills

• Adaptive Thinking, Business Requirements Analysis, Change Management, Collaboration, Current State Assessment, Customer Service, Customer Value Management, Data Compilation, Executing Plans, Futures Thinking, Innovation, Leading with Influence, Oral Communications, Organizational Design, Personal Mastery, Policies & Procedures, Presenting Solutions, Product Change Management, Project Organization, Readiness Assessments, Strategic Thinking, Work Execution

Competencies

Action Oriented

• Builds Effective Teams
• Business Insight
• Collaborates
• Communicates Effectively
• Decision Quality
• Develops Talent
• Drives Engagement

Education

• Bachelors Degree (B)

Closing Date

30 January 2026 , 23:59