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AI Transformation Practice Lead – Global

AI Transformation Practice Lead – Global

NTT Ltd.Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
1 day ago
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Overview

Job title : AI Transformation Practice Lead – Global

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg

Deadline : November 20, 2025

Responsibilities

  • AI Academy Development & Strategy – Lead the redesign, expansion, and governance of the AI Academy as NTT DATA Inc.’s flagship capability platform. Build the Academy strategy, design operating model, assemble team capability, and define the end-to-end learning portfolio. Reposition the existing AI Academy (currently outside of L&D) under a unified strategy and L&D governance. Ensure scalability, role relevance, and measurable business impact of AI learning offerings.
  • AI Transformation for Talent COE – Partner with the Global Head of Learning Tech & Partnerships, Talent COE leaders, and P&C Transformation workstreams to integrate AI into HR / Talent processes and products. Advise on how AI can enhance recruitment, performance, career mobility, and learning workflows. Ensure guardrails and ethical frameworks are embedded into AI use cases across the Talent COE.
  • Redesign & Capability Pilots – Lead efforts to help NTT DATA Inc. rethink and redesign work in light of AI adoption — clarifying which tasks are best performed by AI, which remain human-led, and how new hybrid models of work should operate. Partner closely with the NTT AI Office, aXet team, and Strategic Workforce Planning leads to ensure work redesign efforts align with enterprise priorities. Launch and steward capability pilots that equip employees and managers with the mindsets, skill sets, and ethical practices required for the future of work.
  • Career Architecture Alignment – Collaborate with the Global Head of Career Architecture to integrate AI skills, capabilities, and redesigned work expectations into NTT’s evolving career framework. Ensure career paths reflect future-of-work realities and AI-enabled roles.
  • Executive Talent Partnership – Work closely with the Global Head of Executive Talent to embed AI and future-of-work leadership into the criteria and development pathways for senior executives.
  • Innovation Leadership – Bring strong innovation skills to reimagine how L&D integrates AI into capability building. Lead experimentation and creative problem-solving to link AI transformation with other Talent COE priorities.
  • Coalition Building & Thought Leadership – Build strong partnerships with the NTT AI Office and aXet, ensuring alignment between corporate AI strategy and people capability initiatives. Act as an internal and external thought leader on AI capability and transformation. Represent L&D on AI-related governance and transformation forums.

Success Measures

  • Successful relaunch and adoption of the AI Academy as the flagship enterprise capability platform.
  • Demonstrable improvement in employee AI fluency and role-specific capability within 12–18 months.
  • Integration of AI into key Talent COE processes and products with measurable efficiency or experience gains.
  • Scaled adoption of pilots with documented impact on productivity, work redesign, and ways of working.
  • AI skills and expectations embedded into career architecture and executive leadership development.
  • Strong alignment and recognition by AI Office, aXet, and business leaders as a trusted transformation partner.
  • Qualifications & Experience

  • 10+ years in learning, digital transformation, AI enablement, or related roles.
  • Demonstrated experience leading large-scale transformation or capability-building programmes (AI or digital highly desirable).
  • Strong knowledge of AI technologies, including GenAI, and their application to workforce transformation.
  • Experience designing or leading academies, centres of excellence, or capability frameworks.
  • Background in talent / HR processes (recruitment, mobility, performance, learning) and how AI can reshape them.
  • Proven ability to innovate and lead creative transformation initiatives, ideally in L&D, talent, or future-of-work contexts.
  • Experience collaborating with career architecture, talent management, or executive development teams is highly desirable.
  • Exceptional stakeholder management, coalition-building, and influencing skills at senior levels.
  • Strong communication and thought leadership ability; able to design engagement campaigns that drive adoption.
  • Ideal Candidate Profile

  • A pioneer who combines strategic vision with pragmatic execution.
  • Equally comfortable operating at conceptual / strategic level (framing AI capability roadmap) and at execution level (pilots, governance, adoption).
  • Credible and confident with both business executives and technical / AI experts.
  • Passionate about enabling people to thrive in an AI-first world.
  • An innovator with strong problem-solving skills, able to connect AI transformation with the broader P&C
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