Talent & Capability Lead (L&D) - Multiple Locations

Vodafone Idea Limited; India; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Vodafone Idea Limited is seeking a Talent & Capability Lead (M3/ General Manager) in India to design and drive strategic talent management and learning initiatives. This role fosters a high-performance culture and develops top talent across the organization.

You will lead end-to-end learning programs, create learning journeys, manage budgets and governance, and partner with leaders to enable talent mobility and leadership readiness across functions.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree/MBA in Human Resources or related discipline.
• Experience designing and executing talent and capability strategies in a large, complex, matrix organization.
• Significant experience in Talent Management, L&D, Employee Engagement and Capability Building.

Responsibilities

• Design and drive Talent & Capability strategy for the function.
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify capability gaps and design learning interventions.
• Establish governance with dashboards and MIS for tracking ROI of talent and learning initiatives.
• Lead end-to-end lifecycle of national learning academies and rollouts across functions.

Skills

Talent strategy

Stakeholder management

Training needs analysis

Learning design

Instructional design

Program evaluation

Matrix organization

Business outcomes

Communication

Facilitation

Education

Master’s/MBA in HR

Job description

Role

Talent & Capability Lead

Job Level/ Designation

M3/ General Manager

Function / Department

Human Resources

Job Purpose

Designing and driving strategic Talent Management and Learning initiatives that align with the overarching business strategy goals. This role is pivotal in fostering a high-performance culture, identifying and developing high-potential talent, and ensuring the workforce is equipped with the critical skills required to meet current and future business demands in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Key Result Areas/Accountabilities

• Talent & Capability Strategy Working closely with the functional teams to create the capability strategy for the function.
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify current and future capability gaps, conduct Training needs analyses across functions and design targeted learning interventions.
• Establish mechanisms to measure the effectiveness, impact and ROI of talent and learning initiatives through metrics like learner feedback and business outcome.
• Identify and adopt external and internal best practices in capability development and management.
• Creation of role-wise learning paths/ learning journeys/ learning curriculums
• Create and manage dashboards, MIS to ensure robust governance
• Overall management of the Circle L&D Budget
• Training design and delivery - Delivery of programs designed for national rollouts.
• Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of the National Learning Academies across functions.
• Lead the design and delivery of learning programs for national and circle rollouts.
• Create and curate bespoke content based on business and functional requirements.
• Design interventions using contemporary principles of instructional design.
• Identify and partner with internal facilitators, subject matter expert and learning partners within the circle for training delivery.
• Drive digital learning interventions through assigning and driving closure of E-Learning courses
• Talent Management
• Partner to drive the National Talent Management framework for identifying, developing and retaining Top Talent
• Enable IDPs for Top Talent and key cohorts within the Circle
• Drive initiatives that improve Talent mobility, internal career progression and leadership readiness
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – Drive D&I initiatives as a strategic business agenda
• Drive initiatives to strengthen the inclusive and respectful culture
• Create bespoke programs for women colleagues in the organization for enabling them to take bigger, broader roles in the organization
• Employee Engagement – Partner with Circle HRBP and leaders to build a highly engaged and connected workforce.
• Champion employee engagement initiatives that strengthen culture, collaboration and employee experience.
• Design and drive engagement charters and interventions for business units and teams.
• Enable meaningful conversations, leadership connect and a culture of continuous feedback and development.

Core Competencies, Knowledge, Experience

• Strategic ability to define and execute Talent & Capability strategies aligned to business objectives
• Strong Stakeholder Management: Exceptional ability to influence, coach, and partner with senior leadership, Corporate and cross-functional teams
• Expertise in Training Needs Analysis and translating business requirements into learning solutions.
• Strong capability in learning design, instructional design and program evaluation.
• Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization and build trust across diverse stakeholders
• Strong business orientation with the ability to connect Talent & Capability interventions to measurable business outcomes.
• Strong communication, presentation, facilitation and analytical skills

Must have technical / professional qualifications

• Master’s degree/ MBA in Human Resources or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and executing talent and capability strategies in a large, complex and matrix organization.
• Significant experience in Talent Management, L&D, Employee Engagement and Capability Building