Overview
Head of Epistemological Assets Jobs in Johannesburg Metropolitan Area at Tsogo Sun Digital.
Title: Head of Epistemological Assets
Company: Tsogo Sun Digital.
Location: Johannesburg Metropolitan Area
Purpose of the Role
The Head of Epistemological Assets serves as the custodian of the organisation’s understanding of itself.
This role is responsible for identifying, synthesising, and communicating the ideas, insights, narratives and frameworks that define the business. The position connects disparate activities, initiatives, and knowledge across the organisation into coherent stories that clarify who we are, what we do, why we do it, and where we are heading.
The role operates at the intersection of communication, collaboration, organisational learning, and cultural stewardship.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the overarching narrative of the business.
- Translate complex business activities, decisions, and outcomes into accessible and compelling stories.
- Surface hidden connections between initiatives, teams, capabilities, and priorities.
- Identify, capture, and curate the organisation’s knowledge assets.
- Build frameworks that help employees, leaders, partners, and stakeholders understand the evolution of the business.
- Articulate purpose, direction, and impact.
- Help ensure important lessons, insights, and discoveries are maximised.
- Create mechanisms that enable knowledge sharing, sense-making, and organisational learning.
- Produce explanatory materials that strengthen alignment and understanding across the business.
What Success Looks Like
- The organisation can clearly explain what it does and why it matters.
- Knowledge generated across the business becomes reusable.
- Stakeholders experience greater clarity, coherence, and alignment.
- The business develops a distinctive and authentic voice.
Ideal Profile
- Exceptional ability to synthesise information across multiple disciplines and domains.
- Natural storyteller with strong strategic thinking capabilities.
- Curiosity and a systems-thinking mindset.
- Skilled at extracting insights from ambiguity and complexity.
- Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
- Comfortable operating across operational and cultural contexts.
- Ability to identify patterns, themes, and emerging ideas before they become obvious.