Learning Partner / Lead – Technical Capability & Workforce Transformation
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Job summary
Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India Private Limited seeks a Learning Partner / Lead for Technical Capability & Workforce Transformation to guide future-ready capabilities across the organization. You will collaborate with engineering leaders, HR, and partners to identify skill needs and deliver scalable learning programs in AI, SDV, cloud, and software engineering domains.
The role emphasizes strategic advisory, capability development, and measurement of business impact to accelerate
Qualifications
- Master's degree in a relevant field with strong leadership and program design experience.
- 12+ years of relevant experience in technical learning, capability development, or workforce transformation.
- Proven track record partnering with engineering/technical organizations to drive capability initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Strategic partnership with engineering leaders to define capability roadmaps.
- Design and deploy technical learning journeys and development frameworks.
- Lead upskilling and reskilling initiatives aligned with future technology roadmaps.
- Drive AI literacy and adoption of AI-enabled learning solutions.
Skills
Education
Job description
Learning Partner / Lead – Technical Capability & Workforce Transformation Group : Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI) is the largest R&D center of Mercedes-Benz AG outside Germany, driving innovation across vehicle engineering, software, autonomous systems, digital technologies, electrification, and enterprise IT. As the industry evolves toward Software-Defined Vehicles, AI-enabled engineering, connected mobility, and sustainable transportation, building future-ready capabilities remains critical to sustaining MBRDI's position as a world-class engineering organization.
The Learning Partner – Technical Capability & Workforce Transformation serves as a strategic advisor to the business, driving future-ready technical capabilities across MBRDI. Partnering with engineering leaders, HRBPs, technical experts, academia, and industry partners, the role identifies emerging skill needs, leads upskilling and reskilling initiatives, and delivers scalable capability solutions in areas such as AI, digital engineering, and next-generation automotive technologies, aligned to future business and technology roadmaps.
- Serve as the primary Technical Learning Partner, building trusted relationships with leaders and stakeholders across the organization.
- Consult with business leaders to understand strategic priorities, capability gaps, workforce challenges, and future skill requirements.
- Translate business and technology strategies into scalable learning and capability-building interventions.
- Collaborate with HRBPs and leadership teams to define and execute technical workforce transformation roadmaps.
- Own and govern the Technical Learning portfolio, ensuring alignment to business priorities and emerging technology trends.
- Design, curate, and deploy technical learning journeys, certification pathways, and development frameworks.
- Establish and manage competency frameworks across engineering and technology domains.
- Drive organization-wide upskilling and reskilling initiatives focused on current and future workforce requirements.
- Evaluate learning effectiveness and continuously optimize solutions to maximize business impact and learner experience.
Lead capability-building initiatives across strategic domains including:
- Artificial Intelligence & Generative AI
- Software Engineering & DevOps
- Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV)
- Cloud Technologies
- Autonomous Driving & ADAS
- Data Engineering & Analytics
- Vehicle Electronics & E/E Architectures
- Digital Twins & Simulation
- Systems Engineering
- Electrification & Battery Technologies
- Functional Safety (ISO 26262)
- Develop workforce readiness strategies that proactively address emerging technology shifts and future business needs.
- Drive AI literacy and AI fluency initiatives across engineering populations.
- Design role-based capability programs for engineers, architects, technical leads, product owners, managers, and leaders.
- Champion adoption of AI-enabled learning, productivity, and engineering solutions.
- Curate practical learning experiences in areas such as:
- Prompt Engineering
- AI for Requirements Engineering
- AI-Assisted Software Development
- AI-Enabled Design & Innovation
- Engineering Co-Pilots
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- AI for Testing & Validation
- Promote responsible and ethical use of AI across learning ecosystems.
- Create hands-on learning ecosystems through:
- Technical Bootcamps
- Hackathons & Innovation Challenges
- Technical Labs & Sandboxes
- Simulation-Based Learning
- Engineering Communities of Practice
- Industry Expert Sessions
- Design Sprints
- Internal Faculty Networks
- Enable engineers to build practical proficiency through application-driven learning rather than classroom-based interventions alone.
- Continuously evaluate emerging learning technologies and industry best practices.
- Drive adoption of AI-enabled learning platforms, skills intelligence solutions, virtual learning environments, and digital capability ecosystems.
- Lead digitalization and automation of learning processes, systems, and workflows.
- Act as SME for learning technologies, capability assessments, and learning analytics.
- Establish capability metrics and learning analytics frameworks.
- Measure effectiveness, capability growth, business impact, certification outcomes, learner adoption, and workforce readiness.
- Leverage data-driven insights to inform capability investments and future learning priorities.
- Present actionable recommendations to senior leadership based on learning and capability trends.
- Build strategic partnerships with universities, research institutions, industry bodies, startups, and technology providers.
- Manage external learning partners, consultants, and vendors to ensure quality, innovation, and business value.
- Develop and nurture a strong internal faculty and technical expert network.
- Manage technical learning budgets and ensure optimal utilization of investments.
- Act as a Capability Consultant.
- Influence senior engineering leaders on workforce transformation priorities.
- Anticipate future capability requirements and build proactive solutions.
- Drive measurable business outcomes through capability development.
- Establish scalable, future-ready learning ecosystems that accelerate engineering excellence.
- Position MBRDI at the forefront of technical capability development within the global automotive and mobility ecosystem.
- Strategic Consulting
- Stakeholder Management
- Organizational Development
- Learning Strategy
- Assessment & Development Centers
- Adult Learning Principles
- Learning Experience Design
- Artificial Intelligence & Generative AI
- Systems Engineering
- SDV & Automotive Software
- Prompt Engineering
- Agentic AI
- Functional Safety
- Cloud Technologies
- Digital Engineering
- Software Engineering Practices
- Master's Degree in Engineering, Technology, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Learning Sciences, or a related discipline.
- 12+ years of relevant experience in Technical Learning, Capability Development, Engineering Workforce Transformation, Learning Consulting, or Talent Development.
- Minimum 4 years of experience partnering directly with technical or engineering organizations.
- Experience within Automotive, Mobility, Software, Electronics, Semiconductor, Technology, or Engineering-intensive environments preferred.
- Demonstrated success in leading large-scale upskilling, reskilling, and capability transformation initiatives.
- Relevant certifications in Learning, AI, Project Management, Systems Engineering, Agile, Data Analytics, or Change Management will be advantageous.
This role will help shape the future engineering workforce of Mercedes-Benz by enabling capabilities required for Software-Defined Vehicles, AI-driven engineering, autonomous mobility, and sustainable transportation. The position combines business consulting, technical capability transformation, learning innovation, and workforce strategy to ensure MBRDI continues to be a destination for world-class engineering talent and a globally recognized center of excellence.
Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India Private Limited
India-Karnataka-Bangalore
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development India, Embassy Crest 'Embassy Crest' Plot No 5, EPIP Zone, Phase 1, 560 066
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