Head - Leadership Development - Financial Services Group

Our client is one of the largest domestic financial services group.

The role is to support the overall leadership development strategy across the group and design learning programs/interventions to meet the strategic needs of the firms. The incumbent will be responsible for designing and delivering leadership interventions with a clear focus on building the talent pipeline and leaders of tomorrow.

Key Responsibilities:

- Prepare and execute organizational strategy and plans to meet leadership development need across the group.

- Business Diagnostics (with various levels / functions) to understand the organization better like identifying current and future learning needs.

- Market Research of existing Academies / Corporate universities in India / abroad with best practices and learning.

- Detailed short term and long term operationalizing plans.

- Work with the business leadership team to ensure learning solutions and programs to support business drivers.

- Develop and implement consistent methods and metrics to measure the effectiveness of training.

- Implement training projects employing blended instructional technology and solutions; including traditional classroom, web-based, and other innovative forms of learning.

- Create sound maintenance plans to keep updated programs with changing business needs, e-learning technology and business strategy.

- Utilize sound performance diagnostic techniques and consultative skills to drive interventions to improve organizational (not limited to individual) performance.

- Drive the leadership capability building agenda by leveraging the Talent management and development processes.

- Build and manage the entire back end process to handle Learning Needs Identification, Calendar Announcement, Nomination Tracking, Training Effectiveness Measurement, MIS Reporting and Budget Management.

- Identify competency, knowledge and talent gaps and develop specific programs for the filling of the gaps. Areas of activity will include talent management through proper Succession Planning Programs / Leadership Development programs for key contributor and management positions.

- Continually assess the competitiveness of all programs and practices against the relevant comparable companies, industries and market.

Ideal Candidate:

- Minimum qualification: Post graduation in HR with more than 10 years of relevant experience.

- Should have worked in a similar role and spearheaded the L&D function for at least 3 to 4 years.

- Strong oral and written communication skills.

- Demonstrated success in a training role and ability to influence behaviors of others.

- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and multi tasking skills.

- Ability to work independently.

- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted-