Job Description

A JSE-listed organisation based in Sandton is seeking an experienced Industrial / Organisational Psychologist. The role is responsible for leading and governing psychometric assessment practices across the Group, ensuring ethical compliance, scientific rigour, and strong linkage to talent, promotion, succession, and career development decisions across multiple brands.
This role plays a critical part in enabling data-driven people decisions within a fast-growing, complex organisation.
Skills:

• Master's degree in Industrial / Organisational Psychology (MComm or MA)
• Registered with the HPCSA as an I/O Psychologist (Independent Practice)
• Strong expertise in psychometric assessment, test theory, interpretation, and feedback
• Experience designing and governing assessment frameworks and batteries
• Career development, talent management, and succession planning expertise
• Strong analytical capability with ability to translate assessment data into insights
• Vendor, psychologist network, and assessment partner management experience

Job description:

• Lead and govern group-wide psychometric assessment practices for recruitment, promotion, development, and succession
• Ensure all assessment tools and processes comply with HPCSA guidelines, POPIA, and ethical standards
• Oversee assessment administration, interpretation, reporting, and feedback delivery
• Maintain and continuously refine the Group's approved battery of assessments in line with best practice
• Maximise the use of assessment data to inform promotions, internal mobility, and career pathways
• Coordinate and manage external and internal psychologist networks, vendors, SLAs, and contracts
• Provide individual and group psychometric feedback sessions to employees and leaders
• Translate assessment results into actionable talent insights for senior leadership and HR stakeholders
• Lead the design and implementation of a Group-wide career development framework
• Support succession planning, talent reviews, and identification of high-potential employees
• Partner with leadership to embed consistent, fair, and defensible people decisions across the Group

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