People Operations Team Lead

Would you like to be part of a value-driven, commercially oriented international environment where we enable global trade every day? We are looking for a People Operations Team Lead to join the People Operations Advisory Africa team, leading the delivery of People Advisory services across SAI & EAA (Southern Africa & Islands and Eastern Africa), while contributing to wider Africa, regional, and global people initiatives.

You will lead a team that serves as a trusted People Advisory partner to employees, leaders and stakeholders, delivering high-quality HR support through case management and advisory services. Your team ensures that every employee’s interaction, whether routine or complex, is handled with professionalism, empathy, and a strong focus on the employee experience.

You will have a unique opportunity to apply your leadership and advisory capabilities working closely with diverse and highly skilled colleagues across Africa and globally. You will also play a key role in connecting regional needs with global People priorities and overall strategy. The role is based in Cape Town, South Africa.

WHAT WE OFFER:

When you join Maersk, you’ll find that the world is your workplace. You’ll work in a culturally diverse, stimulating environment, surrounded by new ideas and different ways of doing things. We believe in individual performance within highly professional teams supported by our distinctive values. To us teamwork means acceptance, respect, dedication, and the idea that we can achieve more when we all pull together.

Living our values means competing in the marketplace in an ethical way so our name is synonymous with being a credible and valuable business partner. Through Constant Care and Humbleness, we strive to prepare for the future, while never forgetting that our customers and competitors are key to our ability to improve. In our daily work, Uprightness and Our Employees mean that transparency and accountability in everything we do go hand in hand with being an inspiring, challenging place to work.

At Maersk, we take pride in hiring the best person for the job – irrespective of gender, age, nationality, or religious belief.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Your role as a People Operations Team Lead is to guide the delivery of People Advisory services, manage and mentor a multi-cultural, geographically distributed team of People Advisors, and ensure alignment with regional and global People Operations strategy.

You will be responsible for:

Team Leadership & Capability Development

Operational Excellence

Regional & Global Collaboration