Senior Manager, Talent Management

Location: Addis Ababa

 Organization: Kifiya

Deadline: October 29, 2026

Job Description

Department: Human Resources

Reports To: Director, People and Culture

About Kifiya:

Kifiya is an AI-powered financial and market infrastructure company advancing inclusive economic growth across Africa. We design and deploy risk decisioning systems, intelligent financial infrastructure, and market linkage platforms that unlock credit, insurance, payments, and capital access for MSMEs and smallholder farmers. We build the AI, data, and financial infrastructure that helps financial institutions serve hard-to-finance segments at scale.

Business Unit Description

The Human Resources function at Kifiya plays a strategic role in enabling organizational scalability, performance excellence, and talent sustainability across all business units. HR partners closely with leadership to translate business strategy into people, structure, capability, and culture solutions.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager, Talent Management, leads Kifiya’s end-to-end talent strategy, including learning and development, performance management, succession planning, and leadership development. The role ensures the organization has the right talent, capabilities, and pipelines to support long-term growth.

Key Responsibilities

Learning and Development Strategy

• Design and lead Kifiya’s enterprise-wide Learning and Development (L&D) strategy aligned with business priorities and future skill requirements.
• Establish learning governance frameworks, standards, and curricula across technical, leadership, and functional domains.
• Build scalable learning pathways for different employee segments (early career, professional, managerial, leadership).

Leadership Development and Capability Building

• Design and implement leadership development programs for first-time managers, senior managers, and high-potential talent.
• Develop manager capability frameworks focused on performance management, coaching, decision-making, and people leadership.
• Support business continuity through structured leadership readiness initiatives.

Performance and Capability Development

• Lead performance management framework design and execution.
• Drive learning, leadership development, and succession planning initiatives.

Talent Analytics and Governance

• Monitor talent KPIs (turnover, time-to-hire, internal mobility, bench strength).
• Provide strategic talent insights to executive leadership.

Succession Planning and High-Potential Programs

• Lead the design and implementation of succession planning frameworks for critical roles.
• Identify, assess, and develop high-potential talent through structured development programs and learning journeys.
• Provide talent development insights to senior leadership to support long-term organizational resilience.

Key Outputs

• Enterprise Learning and Development Strategy and annual learning roadmap
• Leadership development and manager capability programs
• Succession planning framework and high-potential development pipelines
• Learning impact dashboards and capability gap analyses
• Standardized learning curricula and development pathways

Qualifications and Experience

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR, Management, Business Administration, or related field (Master’s preferred)

Experience

• 10–12 years’ experience in talent management or strategic HR roles
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management capability
• Experience in fintech, technology, or consulting environments preferred

Core Competencies

• Strategic thinking and systems design
• Leadership and capability development expertise
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
• Data-driven approach to learning effectiveness
• Change management and cultural alignment
• High integrity, professionalism, and influence without authority

Required Skills