Joan Agborndip Oben

I am a senior HR executive and certified coach with more than 15 years’ international experience designing and delivering people solutions that strengthen organisational resilience, performance and inclusion. I partner with executive teams to translate strategy into workforce plans, HRIS‑enabled decision making and measurable people outcomes across multicultural, regulated and fast‑moving contexts. I am looking for interim VP/Head of HR assignments, fixed‑term consulting and transformation programmes across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, to bring both strategic oversight and hands‑on operational delivery.

My talent acquisition approach treats hiring as a strategic capability rather than an administrative task. I design sourcing strategies, employer value propositions and competency frameworks that attract technical and leadership talent for hard‑to‑fill roles, including expat and local hire mixes. I implement structured selection systems — competency interviewing, assessment centres, data‑driven shortlisting and calibrated hiring panels — that reduce time‑to‑hire, improve quality of hire and increase early retention. I partner with hiring managers on workforce segmentation, market mapping and talent pooling to create predictable pipelines and targeted contingency plans for critical roles.

Diversity, equity and culture are central to my practice. I operationalise DEI by removing bias from job design, shortlisting and interviewing; embedding equitable remuneration and promotion pathways; and advising on flexible work and mobility policies that broaden access to opportunity. I design inclusive leadership programmes and coaching interventions that develop behavioural capability among managers, while building representative leadership pipelines and accountability frameworks. I measure progress with tailored people metrics and dashboards that surface inclusion gaps, retention differentials and promotion equity so leaders can make evidence‑based decisions.

On HR operations and systems I facilitate HRIS initiatives that make workforce data actionable. I have implemented Power BI dashboards and ERP integrations to illuminate critical role risks, cost‑to‑serve and diversity outcomes, enabling rapid, evidence‑based decisions during programme shifts and crises. I design shared services models, vendor governance and audit‑ready controls that improve service turnaround and ensure compliance in multi‑country operations.

I coach leaders and HR teams to translate policy into practice, improving manager capability in recruitment, performance conversations and culture stewardship. I combine principled leadership with pragmatic execution and a focus on building sustainable local capacity so organisations can scale responsibly. I am available for interim leadership, targeted transformation and fixed‑term consulting projects globally.