L&D Head

Pakka Limited; Faizabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Pakka Limited in India is seeking a Learning & Development Head to design and drive a future-ready learning ecosystem, strengthen leadership capability, accelerate talent development, and foster a culture where continuous learning becomes a way of life.

You will lead leadership development, succession management, learning governance, and analytics; build structured pathways and learning academies; enable coaches, and measure impact to deliver tangible business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Talent or Organizational Development.
• Proven experience in leadership development frameworks.
• Strong exposure to succession planning and capability-building initiatives.
• Experience in creating learning academies and digital learning ecosystems.
• Track record of measuring learning impact with data and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement leadership development architecture aligned with business strategy.
• Build leadership capability roadmaps across different leadership levels.
• Identify future leadership capabilities required for organizational growth.
• Develop robust succession planning frameworks for critical roles.
• Identify and nurture high-potential talent across the organization.
• Strengthen leadership bench strength and readiness for future challenges.
• Conduct organization-wide capability gap assessments.
• Design learning interventions that improve business and functional capability.
• Create structured learning pathways linked to career growth and organizational priorities.
• Lead management trainee, graduate trainee, and emerging leader development programs.
• Design accelerated growth journeys for identified talent pools.
• Measure effectiveness and impact of development initiatives.
• Establish coaching and mentoring frameworks.
• Enable leaders to become coaches and people developers.
• Foster an enterprise-wide culture of learning, growth, and self-development.
• Define learning effectiveness metrics and success measures.
• Drive adoption of LMS and digital learning platforms.
• Ensure governance, reporting accuracy, data integrity, and continuous improvement of learning initiatives.

Skills

Leadership Development

Talent Management

Learning & Development

Organizational Development

Job description

Learning & Development Head who can create a future-ready learning ecosystem, strengthen leadership capability, accelerate talent development, and build a culture where continuous learning becomes a way of life. If you are excited about transforming talent, developing leaders, designing impactful learning journeys, and driving measurable business outcomes through capability building, we would love to hear from you.

What You'll Be Responsible For:

1. Leadership Development

• Design and implement leadership development architecture aligned with business strategy.
• Build leadership capability roadmaps across different leadership levels.
• Identify future leadership capabilities required for organizational growth.

2. Talent & Succession Management

• Develop robust succession planning frameworks for critical roles.
• Identify and nurture high-potential talent across the organization.
• Strengthen leadership bench strength and readiness for future challenges.

3. Learning & Capability Building

• Conduct organization-wide capability gap assessments.
• Design learning interventions that improve business and functional capability.
• Create structured learning pathways linked to career growth and organizational priorities.

4. Talent Development Programs

• Lead management trainee, graduate trainee, and emerging leader development programs.
• Design accelerated growth journeys for identified talent pools.
• Measure effectiveness and impact of development initiatives.

5. Coaching & Development Culture

• Establish coaching and mentoring frameworks.
• Enable leaders to become coaches and people developers.
• Foster an enterprise-wide culture of learning, growth, and self-development.

6. Learning Analytics & Governance

• Define learning effectiveness metrics and success measures.
• Drive adoption of LMS and digital learning platforms.
• Ensure governance, reporting accuracy, data integrity, and continuous improvement of learning initiatives.

What We're Looking For:

• 10+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, or Organizational Development.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing leadership development frameworks.
• Strong exposure to succession planning, talent reviews, and capability-building initiatives.
• Experience in creating learning academies, learning pathways, and digital learning ecosystems.
• Track record of measuring learning impact using data and analytics.

Success in This Role Looks Like:

• Strong leadership readiness across critical positions.
• Healthy succession pipeline for key roles.
• Improved organizational capability and talent density.
• High adoption of learning platforms and development programs.
• Measurable business impact from learning interventions.
• A thriving culture of coaching, mentoring, and continuous learning.