Assistant Manager – Learning & Development

Growth For Impact; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Growth For Impact in Bengaluru is seeking an Learning & Development professional to conceptualize and drive development initiatives across the organization. You will design learning journeys for early careers, technical talent, first-time managers, and leadership, and oversee flagship programs like Graduate Program and Hi‑Potential initiatives.

You will translate business priorities into measurable outcomes, evaluate impact, and partner with HR and leaders to identify capability gaps.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of relevant experience in L&D, Talent Development or related roles.
• Proven experience designing organization-wide talent development programs.
• Strong program/project management and stakeholder skills.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, design, and execute learning initiatives across the organization.
• Design learning journeys for early careers, technical talent, and leadership.
• Drive flagship programs such as Graduate Program and leadership development.
• Translate business priorities into measurable learning outcomes.
• Evaluate programs for effectiveness, scalability and impact.
• Partner with HR and leaders to identify capability requirements.

Skills

L&D strategy

Talent development

Leadership development

Program management

Stakeholder management

Learning analytics

Tools

LMS/LXP

Job description

ROLE

• Conceptualize, design, execute and continuously improve learning and talent development initiatives across the organization.


• Design and manage learning journeys for early careers, technical talent, first-time managers, high-potential talent and leadership.


• Drive flagship programs such as the Graduate Program, First-Time Managers Academy, Hi-Potential Program, leadership development and ESLIP.


• Translate business priorities into structured learning journeys with clear outcomes and success measures.


• Continuously evaluate and improve programs for effectiveness, scalability and impact.


• Partner with business leaders, function heads and HR to identify current and future capability requirements.


• Develop capability interventions aligned to organizational domains.


• Build foundational, advanced and specialist learning pathways in partnership with technical SMEs, external experts and learning partners.


• Support future-skills initiatives across AI/ML, BESS, Energy & Utilities technologies and emerging capabilities.


• Identify emerging capability requirements and recommend interventions.


• Champion a culture of continuous, self-directed learning and promote the #IOwnMyDevelopment initiative.


• Drive learning goals, certification, development initiatives, communities of practice, peer learning and knowledge‑sharing forums.


• Design engaging content using storytelling, business cases, simulations and experiential learning.


• Leverage digital and AI-enabled tools to enhance learning effectiveness and employee experience.


• Support manager and leadership development in people management, feedback, coaching, performance, delegation, collaboration, communication, decision-making and leading change.


• Contribute to leadership development and succession initiatives through targeted capability interventions.


• Support evaluation, implementation and adoption of LMS/LXP and digital learning solutions.


• Track engagement, feedback, learning gain and application; use data to identify gaps and improvement opportunities.


• Own end-to-end program execution including planning, communications, vendors, facilitators, logistics and governance.


• Manage multiple initiatives simultaneously while maintaining quality and timelines.


• Build effective relationships with business leaders, HR, SMEs, vendors, consultants and external institutions.


• Stay current on L&D, talent, leadership, technology and future-skills trends.


• Challenge existing approaches, experiment with new formats and technologies, and scale successful practices.

REQUIREMENTS

• 4-6 years of relevant experience in L&D, Talent Development, Leadership Development or related roles.


• Proven experience designing and executing organization-wide talent development programs.


• Strong program/project management and stakeholder management skills.


• Excellent communication, facilitation and content-development capabilities.


• Strong analytical, problem-solving and consulting skills.


• Ability to translate business requirements into practical talent solutions.


• Comfort with LMS/LXP platforms, digital learning and learning analytics.


• Independent thinker who takes initiative without step‑by‑step direction.


• Ownership from concept through execution and closure.


• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, constantly evolving environment and manage competing priorities effectively.


• Strong work ethic, integrity and reliability.


• Bias for action, curiosity and proactive problem‑solving approach.


• Willingness to challenge conventional approaches constructively and recommend better solutions.


• Collaborative, detail‑oriented and able to influence stakeholders.


• Data‑driven decision‑making using sound judgment.


• Genuine passion for building people capability and organizational effectiveness.