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Head of Human Resources - Strategy

The Head of HR Strategy and Organizational Development is responsible for developing and executing the Bank’s overall HR strategy in alignment with its business objectives. This role drives organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, talent strategy, and HR transformation initiatives to ensure the Bank has the right people, structures, and capabilities to deliver its long-term vision. The position also serves as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on all matters relating to human capital, organizational design, and employee experience.

Main duties



  • Develop and execute the overall HR strategy aligned with the Bank’s business goals, ensuring effective translation of organizational vision into actionable people strategies and long-term workforce planning.
  • Lead organizational design and development initiatives by reviewing and redesigning structures, roles, and reporting lines to improve efficiency, agility, and capability alignment across business units.
  • Drive talent strategy and workforce planning by overseeing talent acquisition approaches, identifying future skill requirements, addressing critical talent gaps, and building succession planning and leadership pipeline frameworks.
  • Utilize HR analytics and workforce data to support strategic decision-making, monitor key HR KPIs (including attrition, engagement, productivity, and workforce costs), and provide insights and recommendations to senior management.
  • Lead initiatives to enhance employee experience and organizational culture, ensuring alignment of HR policies with the Bank’s values and partnering with leadership to strengthen engagement across all levels.
  • Drive HR transformation and innovation by leading digital HR initiatives, process improvements, and benchmarking against industry best practices and global HR trends.
  • Act as a strategic advisor to the Executive Management Team, collaborating with business heads, finance, and operations on strategic workforce and organizational issues.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop HR strategy teams and specialists, fostering a high-performance culture and ensuring effective stakeholder engagement across the Bank.


Prerequisites



  • A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field (Master’s degree such as MBA or HR specialization preferred).
  • At least 10–15 years of progressive HR experience, including significant exposure to strategic HR leadership roles within large or complex organizations (banking or financial services experience preferred).
  • Proven experience in organizational design, workforce planning, HR analytics, and HR transformation initiatives.


Skills



  • Strong expertise in HR strategy development, organizational design, and workforce planning
  • Advanced knowledge of HR analytics and data-driven decision-making
  • Proven leadership and stakeholder management skills at executive level
  • Strong change management and transformation leadership capability
  • Excellent communication, influencing, and presentation skills
  • Ability to build, lead, and mentor high-performing HR teams
  • Strong business acumen and understanding of banking/financial services environment (preferred)
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