Group Head of Leadership and Culture

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Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

The Group Head of Leadership & Culture is a senior, enterprise‑wide role responsible for defining and stewarding a unifying culture narrative for a diversified Group, architect the frameworks and operating mechanisms that embed that culture, and strengthen leadership effectiveness so that strategy, values and daily behaviours are visibly aligned across clusters and functions.

The role sets Group‑wide culture standards and “tight–loose” guardrails, partners with Exco and cluster leaders to align leadership teams, and designs leadership development that shifts mindsets and habits at scale. It establishes a robust culture measurement rhythm (including the Group’s culture survey) and translates insight into targeted interventions, closing the loop through people analytics and outcomes tracking. In doing so, the role champions inclusion and engagement, ensures all culture work advances business performance, and builds a positive, productive environment in which employees and customers thrive.

Key Result Areas:

• Strategic leadership: Serves as a strategic partner to the Human Capital Executive team, ensuring the organisation’s values are reflected in daily practices and embedded consistently across the Group.

• Culture development: Defines, implements and sustains the organisational culture by establishing Group-wide standards, strengthening engagement, and enabling improved employee satisfaction and performance.

• Leadership development & effectiveness (including Exco succession): Shapes and drives the leadership development agenda, enabling Exco and senior leadership alignment, building long‑term succession readiness, and elevating leadership effectiveness across all clusters.

• DEI and engagement: Champions diversity, equity and inclusion, including stewardship of Employee Resource Groups, and ensures DEI principles are integrated into culture, leadership practices and employee experience.

• Stakeholder relations: Builds and manages relationships with key stakeholders including community partners, industry bodies and government entities to advance the organisation’s culture, leadership maturity and social impact commitments.

What This Role Entails

• Leadership by example: Models the organisation’s cultural values through consistent behaviour, fostering trust, community and accountability.

• Strategic alignment: Ensures that people practices, leadership behaviours and cultural initiatives are aligned to the organisation’s strategic goals and support the achievement of business outcomes.

• Data‑driven decisions: Uses people analytics, culture‑survey insights and organisational diagnostics to shape priorities, measure impact and guide targeted interventions.

• Advocacy: Acts as a trusted advocate for employees and leaders, balancing employee experience with strategic priorities, and ensuring culture initiatives accelerate organisational performance.

Requirements: Skills, Qualifications, Experience required

• Tertiary qualification in HR Management / Business (Degree)

• Experience in Organisation wide Leadership and Culture methodology (advantageous)

• Minimum of 8 years of demonstrated, effective Leadership experience

• Demonstrated success in implementing engagement strategies

• Proven track record (at least 5 years) of managing multiple, complex organization wide culture projects successfully

• Proven ability to work in a highly collaborative environment

• Proactive problem-solver

Competencies

• Collaboration (relating)

• Customer First

• Execution

• Innovation (perspective)

• Leading with Influence

• Personal Mastery (Learning)

• Strategic

Skills

Adaptive Mindset, Change Management, Employee Relationships, Organization Design and Development, Policies & Procedures, Policy Development, Policy Implementation, Strategic Planning, Verbal Communications

Competencies

Action Oriented

Balances Stakeholders

Business Insight

Communicates Effectively

Courage

Drives Engagement

Instills Trust

Interpersonal Savvy

Education

NQF Level 7 - Degree, Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalent (Required)

Closing Date

17 February 2026 , 23:59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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