About Devyani International Limited

Devyani International Limited is one of India's largest quick-service restaurant (QSR) operators and a flagship franchisee partner of global brands such as KFC, Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee, alongside its own brands such as Vaango. With a large and quick-growing network of stores, a manufacturing and supply chain backbone, and a diverse workforce across corporate, regional and store levels, DIL is building a people system that can scale with the business.

Role Purpose To design, build and run the talent architecture of DIL – frameworks, performance, careers, succession and organization design – so that the right people are in the right roles, growing at the right pace, and the organization is ready for its next phase of growth.

Key Responsibilities

- Talent Frameworks

- Design and roll out competency, grading and role-architecture frameworks across corporate, regional and operations functions.
- Build job families, role charters and leveling guidelines that ensure internal equity and clarity.
- Partner with HRBPs and business leaders to keep frameworks relevant as the business evolves.

2. Performance Management
- Own the end-to-end performance management cycle: goal setting (KRA/OKR), mid-year and year-end reviews, calibration and ratings distribution.
- Improve process, tools and manager capability to drive a performance-differentiated culture.
- Analyse performance data and provide insights to leadership; link outcomes to rewards, development and talent decisions.

3. Career Paths & Mobility
- Design career architecture and progression pathways, including functional, cross-functional and store-to-corporate movement.
- Define promotion criteria and run promotion cycles with governance and consistency.
- Drive internal mobility and job-posting practices to build a strong internal talent pipeline.

4. Talent Reviews & Succession Planning
- Lead annual talent review and succession planning cycles (9-box, potential assessment, readiness mapping)



for critical and leadership roles.
- Build and maintain talent pools and bench strength for key positions; track successor readiness.
- Create targeted development plans for high-potential talent, in coordination with L&D.;

5. Organization Development (OD)
- Support organization design, restructuring and span-and-layer analysis in partnership with business heads.
- Run OD diagnostics, engagement and culture interventions, and change-management initiatives.
- Facilitate leadership alignment and team-effectiveness workshops.

6. Analytics & Governance
- Build talent dashboards (performance, potential, attrition risk, bench strength, promotion and mobility metrics).
- Ensure HRIS/talent-system data integrity and drive digitization of talent processes.
- Benchmark practices against industry and best-in-class organizations.

Key Stakeholders

- Internal: CHRO, HR leadership, HRBPs, business and functional heads, Compensation & Benefits, L&D;, Talent Acquisition
- External: Consulting and assessment partners, HR tech vendors, industry peers

Qualifications & Experience
- MBA/PGDM (HR) from a Tier 1 institute: XLRI, MDI, SCMHRD, TISS, SIBM or equivalent.
- 3–4 years of relevant experience in talent management / OD / HR business partnering, with demonstrated ownership of at least two of: talent frameworks, performance management, career paths, talent reviews, succession planning.
- Retail, FMCG, QSR, FMCD. Candidates from other industries with strong talent management exposure will also be considered.

Skills & Competencies
- Strong conceptual and framework-building ability with a bias for practical execution.
- Analytical mindset; comfortable with HR data, dashboards and Excel/HRIS tools.
- Excellent stakeholder management and the ability to influence senior leaders.
- Strong facilitation, communication and presentation skills.
- Comfort with scale, ambiguity and a fast-paced, multi-location environment.
- Working knowledge of assessment tools, talent review methodologies and OD interventions.

📌 Lead - Talent Management (Gurugram)
🏢 Devyani International
📍 Gurugram