Head Of Talent Management & Development

Job Summary

The Head of Talent Management & Development leads Inkomoko's CoE talent strategy across East and Central Africa. This leader designs succession frameworks, establishes functional and leadership academies, embeds competency architectures, builds local People & Culture capacity, and tracks talent analytics to support 800+ employees across 5 countries.

Key Roles & Operational Responsibilities

1. Enterprise Talent Management & Succession Governance

• Talent Reviews & Calibration: Design and run multi-country talent review cycles, performance calibrations, and potential assessments across all operating markets.
• Succession Planning: Construct succession frameworks for executive, country leadership, and mission-critical roles, monitoring bench strength and mitigating capability risks.
• Talent Acceleration: Develop high-potential pipelines, leadership acceleration tracks, and internal mobility strategies to optimize talent utilization.

2. Leadership & Functional Capability Academies

• Leadership Strategy: Build and launch enterprise-wide leadership development strategies, executive coaching programs, and peer-learning frameworks.
• Capability Academies: Establish functional capability academies and technical learning pathways aligned with Inkomoko’s business units and field operations.
• Competency Architecture: Maintain and embed the organizational competency framework across recruitment, onboarding, performance reviews, L&D, and promotion decisions.

3. Center of Excellence (CoE) Leadership & Analytics

• Frameworks & Playbooks: Develop standardized talent policies, toolkits, and playbooks to enable consistent execution by country-level People & Culture teams.
• P&C Capacity Building: Train and advise country P&C leads and business executives on talent management, coaching, and succession planning best practices.
• Workforce Analytics: Build talent dashboards and metrics tracking pipeline health, internal mobility rates, learning effectiveness, and leadership readiness.

Foundational Capabilities & Prerequisites

Required Technical Profile & Experience

• Educational Baseline: Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Professional Experience: 8 to 12 years of progressive experience in Talent Management, L&D, Leadership Development, or Organizational Development.
• Multi-Country Scope: Proven track record designing and implementing enterprise-wide talent strategies across multi-country or multi-region organizations.
• CoE Operating Model: Direct experience operating within or leading a Center of Excellence (CoE) human resources framework.
• Competencies: Strong capability in data synthesis, adapting approaches to shifting contexts, enhancing competitive advantage, and technical coaching.

Values Alignment & Diversity Commitment

• Strong alignment with Inkomoko's core values: Purpose, Achievement, Improvement, Bravery, and "We Eat Goat" (turikumwe / tuko pamoja spirit).
• Inkomoko is an equal opportunity employer; women, refugees, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

What Inkomoko Offers

• High-Impact Mission: Direct contribution to building resilient economies and supporting 550,000+ African entrepreneurs by 2030.
• Competitive Package: Competitive monthly base salary + performance-based bonus potential.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Full health insurance (employee + family), staff savings/provident fund, negotiated bank rates for long-term employees, and generous leave policies (annual, parental, and sabbatical options).

Skills Required:

• Hr / Public / Admin
• Sales / Marketing / Business / Management