Human Capital Business Partner

**Who are we?**

Sanlam Life and Savings (SLS) is focused on serving our retail and corporate clients in South Africa and further developing our strategic advantages in the South African market. Sanlam Life and Savings consists of the following business units Retail Mass, Corporate, Risk and Savings, Glacier and various business enabling functions. The Sanlam Life and Savings Office provides strategic direction, coordination and support to the four clusters, as well as performing governance oversight that includes assurance provided by second line of defense functions in SLS, to enable us to meet our business objectives.

At Sanlam we believe in creating and cultivating a positive, energised working environment that gives you every opportunity to achieve success. Sanlam is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society.

**What will you do?**
- The HR Business Partner for “Technology Talent” will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing people strategies that enable Sanlam’s Technology function to attract, grow, and retain top-tier technical talent in the SRS business. This role partners closely with leaders across IT delivery to build a high-performing, engaged and future-fit workforce.
- The HRBP will act as an advisor and hands-on partner, ensuring that HR practices are tailored to the unique needs of technology professionals and aligned to agile ways of working.

**Outputs / Core Tasks**:

- **Talent Acquisition & Recruitment**
- Lead full-cycle recruitment for technical roles, from workforce planning to onboarding.
- Develop sourcing strategies for niche tech skills using platforms like LinkedIn, GitHub and tech communities.
- Conduct CV screening and competency-based interviews.
- Provide market insights on tech talent trends, salary benchmarks and competitor activity.
- Partner with hiring managers to define role profiles and selection criteria.
- **Onboarding & Integration**
- Co-design onboarding journeys tailored to agile teams and technology environments.
- Facilitate cultural assimilation and team integration for new hires.
- Ensure onboarding accelerates productivity and embeds Sanlam’s tech values.
- Partner with relevant stakeholders to ensure seamless systems access and setup.
- **Talent Management & Development**
- Drive career pathing and growth frameworks for tech talent.
- Support succession planning for critical roles in the technology team.
- Promote internal mobility and cross-functional development.
- Collaborate with L&D team to curate learning experiences aligned to tech competencies.

**Outputs / Core Tasks: continued**
- **Performance Enablement**
- Coach managers on performance conversations, feedback loops and managing under-performance.
- Use data to identify performance trends and recommend interventions.
- **Employee Engagement & Experience**
- Co-create engagement strategies that resonate with tech professionals (autonomy, mastery, purpose).
- Use pulse surveys, feedback tools and listening sessions to surface needs and drive action.
- Champion psychological safety, inclusion and innovation within tech teams.
- **Culture & Organisation Effectiveness**
- Facilitate cultural alignment across newly integrated tech teams into SRS.
- Support operating model transitions, role clarity and team effectiveness.
- Use change management tools to monitor cultural impact and cohesion.
- **Line Manager Enablement**
- Act as an advisor to line managers on team dynamics, conflict resolution and change leadership.
- Provide guidance on HR policies.
- Enable managers to lead high-performing, agile teams.

**What will make you successful in this role?**

**Role Requirements**:
**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field.

**Experience**:

- Minimum 5 years HRBP experience, with at least 2 years supporting technology or digital teams.
- Proven track record in HR delivery within agile, cloud or engineering environments and influencing senior stakeholders.

**Knowledge and Skills**
- HR Consulting and Solutions orientation
- Data analysis and interpretation and trend analysis within complex business environment
- Business understanding
- Complex HR Support

**Competencies**:

- Cultivate Innovation - creating new and better ways for the team to be successful.
- Client Focus - building strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills to deliver customer-centric solutions.
- Drives Results - consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
- Collaborates - building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared
- objectives.
- Adaptability & Flexibility (being resilient) in fast-paced, agile environment.
- A Tech savvy mindset.
- Analytical and data-driven decision making.

**Personal Attributes**
- Courage - Contributing through othe