The Senior Advisor - Capability Development is responsible for shaping and executing the capability, career and talent development strategy for the location.

The role acts as the bridge between employees, leaders and the business, ensuring the organisation has the functional, behavioural and leadership capability required for current and future needs. The role owns the capability agenda for the location, builds robust relationships with employees and leaders, understands workforce sentiment and translates business needs into scalable capability, career and development solutions.

What would you be responsible for:

1. Capability Strategy & Business Partnership

Outcome: The location has the capability it needs today and is building the capability it will need tomorrow.

Responsibilities
• Partner with functional leaders to understand business priorities, capability gaps and workforce requirements.
• Develop and execute the location capability strategy aligned to Group Services priorities.
• Translate business challenges into targeted development and capability-building interventions.




• Serve as a trusted adviser to leaders on capability, talent and organisational development matters.
• Ensure capability considerations are embedded into business planning, transitions and growth initiatives.

2. Career Development & Capability Architecture

Outcome: Employees understand what success looks like, where they can grow and how to get there.

Responsibilities
• Own the competency architecture, career pathways and capability framework for the location.
• Build and maintain structured career development pathways for employees across bands and functions.
• Drive adoption of Career Compass and related career resources.
• Partner with leaders to improve quality of career conversations and development planning.
• Establish capability assessments and proficiency frameworks to support objective development decisions.

3. Learning, Leadership & Development

Outcome: Employees have

📌 Senior Adviser (Bengaluru)
🏢 Rio Tinto
📍 Bengaluru