Client description:

Our client is a global Digital Experience Engineering, Product Engineering Services, Analytics & AI/ML and Consulting company, in rapid scale-up mode. With their unique capabilities in robust engineering and elegant design, they help their clients harness disruptive digital technologies for sustainable strategic business advantage. As a high-end provider of emerging technologies solutions, they invest heavily in continuous training and development of their teams, through their in-house learning academy.

Role details:

• Title / Designation: Talent Development Director
• Role type: IC (Individual Contributor)
• Reporting to: Head of Digital Engineering (VP)
• Location: Chennai

Role & responsibilities:

• Design enterprise-wide talent development (TD) strategy and roadmap, on a continual future-ready basis, aligned to and evolving with business needs
• Translate the TD roadmap into training programs
• Curate training programs, with detailed course curriculum, bespoke for the skill sets / competencies / solutions stacks in scope
• Steer decisions on execution of training programs for building capacity, capabilities and competencies, as a combination of in-house delivery and through external partnerships
• Promote and facilitate certifications to increase the number of certified professionals in the company
• Own all incidental activities and deliverables like Training Needs Analysis and Training Effectiveness Analysis, Enterprise Skills Inventory / Matrices, Talent Pipelines and suchlike, with a perspective on skilling, cross-skilling, up-skilling and reskilling
• Travel – as required – to other company locations and to campuses

Candidate requirements:

• 20 years of experience with about 10-12 years in technology delivery and about 10 years of recent experience in technology training
• Proficiency in one or more of Core Java / Java, QA, DevOps, Full Stack Development, Cloud (especially Microsoft Azure), AI & ML / Data Analytics – highly preferable
• Passion for talent development, from both company and people standpoint
• Ability to work with varied employee groups (Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, Gen Alpha)
• Collaborative leadership – working with the business heads to devise relevant strategies
• Exemplary data analysis and data handling skills
• Program management
• Public speaking
• Highly skilled in problem solving, conflict resolution, negotiating and influencing
• Willingness to travel (about 10% or less) within country, to visit other office locations and campuses of educational institutions

Assessment process:

• Interview by Head – HR
• Interview by Head – Engineering
• Psychometric Assessment
• Interview by CEO
• Wrap-up discussion with HR