HR Head - Talent Management

Role Overview

We are looking for a strategic and execution-focused leader to head the Talent Management function for a large and diverse workforce.

The role is centred around enterprise-wide capability building, large-scale learning transformation, leadership development, workforce readiness, talent pipeline development, organizational effectiveness, and change management initiatives.

The ideal candidate should have proven experience designing and deploying scalable learning and OD strategies across large organizations with complex workforce structures, including frontline, operational, corporate, and leadership populations.

Key Responsibilities

Talent & Leadership Development

Build leadership development frameworks for emerging leaders, mid-management, and senior leadership teams.

Drive talent identification, high-potential programs, mentoring frameworks, and career development initiatives.

Establish strategic talent pipelines and internal mobility programs.

Learning & Development Strategy

Define and drive the enterprise-wide L&D strategy aligned to business growth, transformation, and future capability requirements.

Build scalable learning ecosystems for a workforce of 70,000+ employees across multiple functions and geographies.

Lead capability-building initiatives covering technical, functional, behavioral, managerial, and leadership competencies.

Design and execute large-scale learning rollouts for business transformations, new systems, digital platforms, process changes, or product/app launches.

Create structured learning journeys, certification frameworks, and enterprise academies.

Organizational Development (OD)

Lead organizational development interventions to enhance workforce effectiveness, agility, and culture.

Drive organization-wide competency mapping, capability assessment, succession pipeline development, and talent readiness programs.

Partner with business leaders to identify capability gaps and create long-term workforce development strategies.

Design and implement change management frameworks for enterprise transformation initiatives.

Support organizational restructuring, role architecture, and future-skills planning initiatives.

Learning Transformation & Digital Learning

Leverage digital learning platforms, LMS/LXP ecosystems, learning analytics, and AI-enabled learning tools to drive learning effectiveness and adoption.

Introduce modern learning methodologies including blended learning, microlearning, experiential learning, and scalable digital learning interventions.

Measure learning impact through business outcomes, capability metrics, adoption scores, and productivity indicators.

Stakeholder Management

Partner closely with business heads, HR leadership, operations teams, and CXOs to align learning and OD priorities with business goals.

Manage external learning partners, consultants, universities, and leadership coaching ecosystems.

Build a high-performing internal L&D and OD team capable of supporting enterprise-scale initiatives.

Ideal Candidate Profile

15 20 years of progressive HR experience with strong expertise in Learning & Development and Organizational Development.

Post-Graduation in Human Resources Management from a Premier B school preferred.

Proven experience handling enterprise-scale workforce learning initiatives for organizations with large and diverse workforce.

Demonstrated success in driving large-scale learning rollouts during digital transformation, ERP/system implementation, app/product launches, or operational change programs.

Strong exposure to talent mapping, capability building, leadership development, and organization effectiveness.

Experience working in large manufacturing, retail, telecom, BFSI, technology, healthcare, logistics, or consumer-facing organizations with distributed workforce models will be preferred.

Strong strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and execution capability.

Ability to influence senior leadership and drive organization-wide transformation agendas.

Key Competencies

Enterprise Learning Strategy

Organizational Development

Workforce Capability Building

Leadership Development

Talent Mapping & Succession Planning

Change Management

Digital Learning Transformation

Learning Analytics

Stakeholder Management

Large-Scale Program Management

Preferred Background

Candidates who have built and scaled learning frameworks for large workforce environments, especially where rapid adoption and enterprise-wide training deployment were critical, will be highly preferred.

Rolling out training programs for new digital applications/platforms across large employee populations.

Driving enterprise capability transformation initiatives.

Leading organization-wide culture or behavioral transformation programs.

Creating scalable learning academies and workforce readiness frameworks.