Head - Talent Management - Services/Education Industry

New Setup | Reports to CHRO | Leadership Role

- We are hiring a Head of Talent Management for a leading, high-growth organization in the services/education ecosystem

- This is a greenfield leadership role to design and institutionalize enterprise-wide talent strategy for a 1000 employee organization.

This is NOT an L&D or training role.

We are looking for a pure strategic Talent Management leader.

Role Charter (Weightage):

1) HiPo Identification & Leadership Pipeline - 35%

- Build enterprise succession architecture

- Design future-ready leadership bench

- Assess critical roles & successors

- Create differentiated development journeys for HiPos

2) Talent Strategy & Organization Capability - 25%

- Partner with CHRO & business leaders

- Workforce planning & talent architecture

- Build scalable TM frameworks for growth

3) Performance Management Systems - 20%

- Design modern PMS framework

- Calibration processes

- Performance culture transformation

- Link PMS to rewards & career progression

4) Succession Planning - 10%

- Enterprise succession planning across leadership levels

5) Leadership Development & L&D Oversight - 10%

- Strategic oversight only

- NOT program execution

- NOT training operations

Ideal Candidate Profile:

- 15-20 years total experience

- Current/Recent role in Talent Management / OD / Leadership Development

- Demonstrated experience building TM frameworks at scale

- Strong stakeholder management with CXO leadership

- Exposure to organizations with structured people practices

- Ability to build systems from scratch

Not Suitable For:

- Pure L&D or Training heads

- HRBP-only profiles without enterprise TM exposure

- Execution-heavy roles without strategy ownership

- Campus hiring / TA backgrounds

- Consultants without in-house implementation experience

- Location - Bangalore (full-time, on-site)

- Compensation - Around - 50 LPA (depending on fit)

- Reporting - Directly to CHRO