Consultant – Learning & Development
5-8yrs
Hyderabad
Role Summary
We are seeking a highly driven candidate to lead enterprise-wide learning initiatives, capability-building programs, and workforce transformation efforts. The role will be responsible for designing, deploying, and scaling technical, domain, leadership, and early-career learning programs that strengthen organizational capabilities and support business growth.
The ideal candidate will have experience in managing large-scale learning academies, certification programs, digital learning initiatives, LMS administration, and learning analytics across global audiences.
Key Responsibilities
1. Enterprise Capability Development & Learning Academies
- Design, manage, and execute instructor-led, blended, and self-paced learning programs across multiple business and technology domains.
- Develop structured learning pathways, competency frameworks, and capability-building journeys aligned to organizational skill requirements.
- Drive technical and domain upskilling programs across areas such as Cloud, Data, Analytics, Supply Chain, Healthcare, Retail, BFSI, Telecom, and related industries.
- Lead certification enablement programs and ensure learner readiness through structured practice sessions, assessments, and performance tracking.
- Monitor workforce capability development and support deployment readiness by tracking critical skill-building initiatives.
2. Leadership & Early Career Development
- Program manage leadership development initiatives for emerging and experienced leaders.
- Partner with external training organizations, faculty, and business stakeholders to deliver impactful leadership programs.
- Design and manage campus-to-corporate and early-career onboarding programs aimed at accelerating workforce readiness and organizational integration.
- Drive learner engagement, mentoring, and continuous development initiatives.
3. Instructional Design & Digital Learning
- Develop and curate engaging digital learning content, including eLearning modules, learning pathways, assessments, and knowledge assets.
- Collaborate with internal Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to create business-relevant and high-impact learning experiences.
- Ensure learning content aligns with organizational goals, competency frameworks, and real-world business use cases.
- Leverage emerging technologies and AI-based solutions to enhance learning effectiveness, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Oversee content lifecycle management and continuous curriculum enhancement.
4. Learning Operations, LMS Governance & Analytics
- Administer Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Learning Experience Platforms (LXP), including user management, content deployment, certification tracking, and reporting.
- Manage learning operations, attendance tracking, assessments, certifications, and learner communications.
- Build and maintain learning dashboards to monitor program effectiveness, completion rates, learner engagement, certification outcomes, and satisfaction metrics.
- Ensure data accuracy, audit readiness, and governance compliance across learning programs.
- Coordinate and support learner cohorts across multiple geographies and time zones.
5. Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Partner closely with business leaders, HR, SMEs, and external training partners to identify capability gaps and learning priorities.
- Manage training vendors, certification partners, and learning providers.
- Present learning outcomes, program impact, and capability-building metrics to senior stakeholders.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives based on learner feedback and business requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, Learning & Development, Education, Engineering, or a related field.
- Master's degree or relevant certifications in Learning & Development, Instructional Design, Talent Development, or Project Management preferred.
Experience Required
- 5–8 years of experience in Learning & Development, Capability Building, Talent Development, Learning Operations, or related areas.
- Proven experience managing large-scale enterprise learning programs and academies.
- Experience working with technical, functional, and leadership development initiatives.
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Experience supporting geographically distributed learner populations.
Preferred Skills
- Learning Program Management
- Capability Building & Workforce Transformation
- Leadership Development
- Instructional Design & eLearning Development
- LMS/LXP Administration
- Learning Analytics & Reporting
- Certification Program Management
- Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Project Management
- AI-enabled Learning Solutions
- Change Management & Learning Adoption
Success Measures
- Learning program completion and engagement rates
- Certification achievement rates
- Workforce capability and deployment readiness metrics
- Learner satisfaction scores
- Adoption of digital learning platforms
- Program impact on business and talent outcomes
- Operational excellence and governance compliance
This role is ideal for someone passionate about enabling workforce growth, building future-ready capabilities, and driving measurable learning impact across the organization.
