Role Purpose

To design, drive, and institutionalize leadership development strategies and interventions that build a robust leadership pipeline, enhance managerial effectiveness, and strengthen organizational capability in alignment with business growth and transformation objectives.

Experience & Qualification

Experience

- 18+ years of progressive experience in Leadership Development, Learning & Development, Talent Management, Executive Development, or Organisation Development
- Proven experience in designing and deploying leadership development frameworks across managerial and senior leadership levels

- Experience working with business leaders to identify and address leadership capability gaps
- Exposure to large-scale leadership transformation initiatives, talent acceleration programs, and succession planning processes

Education

- Post Graduate Degree in Human Resources, Organisational Psychology, Management, Behavioural Sciences, Learning & Development, or related disciplines
- Certifications in Leadership Coaching, Psychometric Assessments, Executive Development, Change Management, or Facilitation will be an advantage
- Candidates from Tier 1 / Tier 2 institutes (e.g., IIMs, XLRI, TISS, ISB, MDI, SPJIMR, reputed global universities) preferred

Key Skills & Competencies

- Strong expertise in leadership development frameworks and adult learning methodologies
- Deep understanding of leadership competencies, succession management, and talent acceleration practices

- Experience with executive coaching, assessment centers, psychometric tools, and 360-degree feedback processes
- Strong facilitation skills across managerial,



leadership, and executive audiences
- Consulting mindset with exceptional stakeholder management capability

- Strategic thinking coupled with solid execution and project management skills
- Ability to influence senior leadership and drive enterprise-wide initiatives
- Strong communication, presentation, and storytelling skills

- High degree of business acumen and organizational awareness

Desired Attributes

- Passion for developing leaders and building organizational capability
- Business-first mindset with strong people orientation
- Ability to translate business challenges into leadership capability solutions
- Strong learning agility and continuous improvement orientation
- Comfortable operating in dynamic and evolving business environments
- Credibility and executive presence to engage with senior leadership teams
- Balance between strategic vision and operational execution

Reporting & Working Relationships

Reports To: Head – Learning & Development

Works Closely With

- Business Leaders
- HR Business Partners
- Talent Management COE
- Learning & Development COE
- External Faculty, Coaches, and Leadership Development Partners

Success Measures

- Leadership pipeline strength and succession readiness
- Internal talent movement and promotion effectiveness
- Leadership capability assessment improvements
- High-potential talent retention
- Business impact of leadership programs
- Employee engagement and leadership effectiveness scores
- Program participation, completion, and application metrics
- Stakeholder satisfaction and leadership adoption measures

📌 Managerial Role in Leadership development - L&D (Chennai)
🏢 Sundaram Finance
📍 Chennai