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Salt South Africa

Head of Talent

Salt South Africa

  • R208,300 per month
  • Permanent Executive position
  • Braamfontein (Braampark)
  • Posted 04 Sep 2025 by Salt South Africa
  • Expires in 32 days
  • Job 2621423 - Ref 398732258366819
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About the position




About the Role

We are seeking a seasoned People Executive: Talent with a proven track record in global talent leadership to drive our worldwide talent agenda. This role will lead our centralised Centre of Excellence (CoE), defining strategic vision, governance frameworks, and global standards for talent management, while enabling regional teams to execute effectively in diverse markets.

You will shape global workforce strategies, strengthen our employer brand internationally, and oversee talent acquisition and analytics across multiple regions. This is a high-impact role for a senior leader experienced in complex, matrixed organisations, where global insight and local adaptability are key.



Key Responsibilities

Global Talent Strategy & Planning

  • Design and implement a unified global talent strategy aligned with business goals and anticipated workforce shifts.

  • Define global principles, tools, and frameworks that ensure consistency across regions while enabling local adaptation.

  • Forecast strategic talent needs, including leadership pipelines, critical role risks, and emerging capabilities, ensuring a proactive, globally informed approach.

Employer Branding

  • Define and govern a globally consistent employer brand, ensuring alignment with the EVP and international talent attraction goals.

  • Enable regional teams to tailor campaigns to local cultures while maintaining a cohesive global narrative.

Talent Acquisition

  • Lead the global talent acquisition strategy, balancing standardisation with local flexibility for different regions and functions.

  • Set and govern global recruitment performance standards, ensuring consistent high-quality hiring across all geographies.

  • Partner with regional and functional leaders to align hiring with long-term business priorities and global workforce planning.

Talent Analytics

  • Drive the use of predictive talent analytics to inform global workforce decisions, mitigate risks, and optimize leadership pipelines.

  • Oversee global talent dashboards and metrics, ensuring data-driven insights guide succession planning, mobility, development, and diversity initiatives.

Leadership & Governance

  • Establish and enforce "global minimum standards" for talent management, while providing structured guidance for regional flexibility.

  • Lead cross-functional, international teams with clarity, influence, and credibility.



What We're Looking For

  • Education: Master's Degree in HR, Organisational Psychology, or related field.

  • Experience: 10-12 years of global talent management and executive development experience, including at least 5 years in senior management. Proven success in leading recruitment and talent transformation in complex, multinational organisations.

  • Expertise & Skills:

    • Deep understanding of global workforce strategy and talent management principles.

    • Expertise in employer branding, talent acquisition, and international HR ecosystems.

    • Strong systems thinking and talent analytics capability.

    • Ability to influence senior leaders and drive global talent initiatives across diverse regions.

    • Commercial acumen, critical thinking, resilience, and emotional maturity.

    • Fluency in AI and data-driven approaches to modern talent practices.







Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Desired Skills:

  • Talent
  • People
  • Human Resources

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Salt South Africa

About the agency

Salt is a global, award-winning digital recruitment agency, connecting people and businesses within Creative, Marketing, Sales, and Technology. Over 250 consultants are “Creating Futures” around the world and change the lives of 1000s of people each year by helping them to start new roles in some of the most exciting start-ups, scale ups, agencies or large global powerhouses. We cover permanent as well as contract roles and have offices in Auckland, Cape Town, Dubai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London, Melbourne, New York, Singapore, and Sydney. Our services range from single hires to covering complete outsourcing solutions involving business change. We partner with our clients to find and place not only the best individual talent but also produce the most impressive and exciting digital teams across the globe. In New Zealand, our market coverage extends to Accounting & Finance, Business Support & Operations, and Supply Chain & Logistics. Salt recently acquired APAC-based specialist digital, tech, media, and sales firm, Xpand and talent agency Recruit Digital in South Africa in order to further increase our global talent services. Together with the new teams, we will have a stronger presence in the market as they join our vision in “Creating Futures” for our customers globally that will positively impact the digital economy.

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