Senior Human Capital Business Partner needed at Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited

Role Purpose

• As a Senior Human Capital Business Partner, you will be a trusted strategic advisor to Capability Owners and senior leaders, shaping and executing people strategies that drive business performance and organisational transformation. You’ll lead a high-performing team, championing innovative HR and OD solutions that foster a thriving, agile, and future-ready workforce.

Requirements

• B. Com Honours degree Industrial Psychology or Human Resources.
• Preferred – Registered Industrial Psychologist
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in HC business partnering, covering the full employee lifecycle.
• Strong OD skills and track record.
• Extensive experience in facilitation of OD interventions.
• Proven experience in financial services or a complex, fast-paced environment.
• Strong business acumen and a track record of influencing at a senior level.
• Ability to bring together various skills to deliver exceptional solutions to the business (Employee Experience, Project Management, Transformation, Reporting, L&D, OD and HC teams across Momentum Investments).

Duties & Responsibilities

Process:

• Serve as a key member of the HC Leadership team, co-creating and executing a forward-thinking human capital strategy that enables business success.
• Act as a catalyst for organisational change, collaborating with leaders to anticipate needs, solve complex people challenges, and embed a culture of unreasonable excellence and client obsession.
• Leverage people analytics and market insights and best practice to influence business decisions and deliver measurable value.

Integrated HR & OD Delivery

• Oversee the end-to-end employee lifecycle, ensuring seamless delivery of both transactional and transformational HR and OD initiatives.
• Design and implement integrated people plans—covering workforce planning, talent acquisition, onboarding talent management, succession planning, personal development, L&D and performance management—that align with business priorities.
• Lead organisational design and effectiveness projects, driving engagement, retention, and a high-performance culture.
• Ensure change is managed appropriately by developing change plans in line with the change framework developed.
• Develop OD interventions that will move the business forward and ensure that facilitation are done in line with expectations and results can be measured.

Stakeholder Engagement & Client Experience

• Build and nurture strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, embodying a passion for exceptional service because at Momentum Investments HC we obsess about how we make our clients feel.
• Ensure consistent feedback to Capability Owners and stakeholders to ensure that they are in the know, always.
• Establish feedback loops and action plans to continuously enhance employee engagement, eNPS, and workplace culture. Connect the dots between capabilities and work with the bigger HC team to deliver a wonderful experience across Momentum Investments.
• Champion a client-centric mindset within your team, ensuring every interaction adds value and strengthens trust.

Key member of the leadership team, Functional Capability team Leadership & Capability Building

• Ensure contribution as part of the HC Leadership team (Manco) and challenge the status quo to constantly improve.
• Play a key role to help drive AI and tech solutions within HC to set the broader HC team up for success.
• Represent your teams/clients to ensure that solutions designed and developed, address their need.
• Inspire, coach, and develop a team of HC professionals, fostering growth, innovation, and accountability. Also be a mentor in the bigger HC team and community.
• Align team culture with the broader Momentum Investments HC vision, leading by example and celebrating success.
• Set clear performance standards, monitor delivery, and drive continuous improvement.
• Be a representative and ambassador of the Momentum Investments HC team where you go and contribute (in MI, the Group or externally).
• Develop as a thought leader and fly the Momentum Investments flag high.

Transformation, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

• Ensure that you drive the EE targets set in the capability, track and monitor progress.
• Manage barriers to EE where needed.
• Partner closely with leaders to create a workplace where everyone can thrive.

Governance, Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure all HC and OD practices comply with Group policies, legal requirements, and ethical standards.
• Challenge policies and procedures where they don’t make sense. Don’t just accept the status quo but be part of driving unreasonable excellence.
• Proactively identify and mitigate people-related risks, using analytics to inform preventative actions.
• Manage employee relations with professionalism, partnering with the HC Executive and Head of OD to address trends and implement solutions.

Reporting

• Monthly reporting to relevant Exco members to enable people decisions.
• Contribute to monthly MI Exco reporting to the HC Executive.
• As a Manco member, ensure that reporting for Momentum Investments is relevant and make suggestions for improvements.
• Ad hoc reporting where required given the projects or rhythms in the business.

What Makes This Role Exciting

• Opportunity to shape the future of the organisation through strategic people leadership.
• Direct influence on business outcomes and culture transformation.
• Work alongside visionary leaders and talented teams in a dynamic, high-impact environment.
• Scope to innovate, drive change, and leave a lasting legacy.

Competencies

• Strategic thinking and business partnership
• Organisational development and change leadership
• Stakeholder engagement and influencing
• Data-driven decision making
• Team leadership and talent development
• Client-centricity and service excellence
• Governance, compliance, and risk management
• Curiosity to try new things and approaches especially engaging with technology and how it can enable capacity and drive efficiency