Chief Manager - Learning and Development

Organization Context Position Title: Lead – Leadership & Professional Skills Development Reports To: Head – Talent, Learning and Culture Location: Gurgaon A. Job Purpose

• The incumbent would be responsible for shaping and executing Air India’s leadership and professional development strategy. This role shall ensure that leaders at all levels are equipped to drive a high-performance, people-centric culture.
• The incumbent shall also enable professional skills development of Air India employees to make them more productive & effective in their roles
• The role entails diagnosing learning needs, designing and executing impactful learning / capability development interventions to scale, collaborate with key internal & external stakeholders to build immediate & long-term capability across the organization

B. Key Accountabilities

• Lead design & implementation of overall Leadership Development strategy & initiatives / programs, aligned with business priorities and leveraging relevant learning methodologies for leaders and people managers across levels
• Design & implement capability development programs for special talent groups like High Potentials, Critical role successors, women leaders etc.
• Develop professional skills based on Air India’s competencies or otherwise to enable Air India employees to be more effective & productive individuals, thus succeeding in their roles and getting ready for future roles
• Leverage interventions like learning journeys, immersions, coaching / mentoring programs, projects, feedback etc. to build capabilities in a sustainable way
• Assist in developing a learning culture in the organisation
• Plan and manage budgets optimally
• Calendarize interventions and communicate the same to all stakeholders
• Define, track and assess measures of success / impact of different learning interventions
• Engage senior business and HR leaders to identify capability gaps and co-create impactful learning solutions.
• Partner with HRBP colleagues across the life cycle of interventions. Collaboration is key in this role
• Build a strong learning partner ecosystem and partner with them to build required organisation capabilities
• Leverage digital learning tools & new-age methodologies (blended learning, simulations, social learning, etc.) to enhance leadership and professional skills.
• Assess, develop and implement leadership development processes, tools, resources, solutions, and organization development interventions to achieve the overarching goals of the organization.