Talent Management Specialist

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Talent Management

• Manage and anchor core talent review processes such as People Potential Review (PPR) and succession planning.
• Partner with business and HR leaders to translate business strategy into talent implications, capability needs, and leadership pipeline actions.
• Support design and evolution of career frameworks and talent segmentation aligned to business priorities.
• Synthesize talent data and discussions into clear insights, risks, and actions for leadership forums.

2. Building People Capability

• Own end‑to‑end performance management processes, including:
• Goal setting and alignment
• Individual Development Plans (IDPs)
• Year‑end performance appraisals
• Ensure process rigor, timelines, governance, and quality of outputs
• Track completion, effectiveness, and interdependencies across performance cycles.
• Diagnose process issues and continuously improve experience, and impact.

3. Compensation & Benefits Support

• Support mid‑year and year‑end rewards processes from C&B perspective, owning the data readiness, modeling and updates
• Enable employee awareness and leadership readiness through clear documentation, data packs, and communication support.
• Provide analytical inputs for reward decision‑making while ensuring process fairness and consistency.

4. Thought Partnership & Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a problem‑solving partner to business and HR stakeholders—not just a process executor.
• Bring a consulting lens to ask the right questions, challenge assumptions, and recommend practical solutions.
• Connect business priorities with people processes in a coherent, outcome‑oriented way.
• Influence through clarity of thought, data, and structured communication.

Candidate Profile:

Education

• Tier 1 / Tier 2 MBA (mandatory)

Experience

• 4–5 years of total work experience
• Mandatory stint in a reputed consulting firm (strategy / HR / management consulting)
• Experience working on structured problem statements, stakeholder management, and data‑driven recommendations

Key Skills & Capabilities

• Strong analytical and numerical skills; comfortable working with data, trackers, and insights
• Ability to balance hands‑on execution with strategic perspective
• High comfort with process design, governance, and rigor
• Strong written and verbal communication—able to engage credibly with senior stakeholders
• Structured thinker with high attention to detail and follow‑through