Vodafone Idea - General Manager - Talent & Capability Lead

Role: Talent & Capability Lead (L&D)
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:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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:
- Masters 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.