Head of Talent Development and Learning

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Job title:

Head of Talent Development and Learning Level: Principal

Reports to:

Head of Organisational Development and Learning Main purpose of role & level in the business:

As Head of Talent Development and Learning, you will be a senior member of the People Team, accountable for ensuring Kainos has the leadership, talent and learning capabilities required to deliver its strategy. You will establish and lead an enterprise-wide approach to talent development and learning, translating business and workforce priorities into clear capability priorities and scalable development solutions.

Working in partnership with senior leaders, business areas and the Talent Development and Learning team, you will shape and deliver our learning strategy and roadmap, strengthen leadership and management capability, build sustainable talent pipelines and evolve a modern, inclusive and commercially focused learning ecosystem. You will ensure that learning and talent initiatives are relevant, accessible, commercially viable and scalable across our growing global business.

Key responsibilities include:

 Shaping and executing Kainos’ enterprise Talent Development and Learning strategy and roadmap, translating business and workforce priorities into the leadership, professional, technology and emerging capabilities required for future success.

Analysing learning needs, skills data and feedback to shape our 70:20:10 learning approach, digital and short course curriculum, and offerings.

Designing, delivering and evaluating scalable talent, management and leadership development programmes that strengthen leadership, management and professional capability and support Kainos’ future business needs.

Partnering with senior leaders to enhance leadership effectiveness, team performance and coaching capability

Using data and insight to assess and report on the effectiveness of learning and talent programmes, demonstrating their impact, return on investment and contribution to people and business performance

Leading the evolution of our learning ecosystem and governance, including learning technologies, digital content, external partners, standards and investment priorities, ensuring solutions are inclusive, scalable, accessible and commercially viable. Supporting the identification and development of future leaders and critical talent, strengthening talent pipelines for to meet current and future business needs.

Leading strategic learning and talent development initiatives, including the responsible adoption of AI and other innovative technologies, and adapting global approaches appropriately for different business areas.

Supporting the evolution of relevant learning and skills frameworks so that development priorities, career pathways and proficiency expectations are clear and connected to organisational need. Bringing external thought leadership and market insight on talent, leadership, learning, future skills and development practice into Kainos, continuously improving our approach. Leading, developing and engaging the Talent Development and Learning team, creating clear priorities and enabling high performance, innovation and…