Learning Partner

The Learning Partner is a strategic learning leader and trusted advisor to business leaders. The role is accountable for shaping and delivering enterprise and business-unit capability agendas, translating business strategy into impactful learning solutions, and building a sustainable learning culture across Ashok Leyland.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary learning advisor for assigned businesses / functions, deeply understanding business strategy and capability priorities.
• Design and execute integrated learning and capability-building strategies aligned to current and future business needs.
• Lead end-to-end learning solutions including diagnostics, design, delivery, facilitation, and evaluation of impact.
• Drive leadership, functional, technical and behavioral capability initiatives across the organization.
• Partner with senior leaders to enable change management, culture transformation and workforce readiness.
• Oversee signature learning initiatives and large-scale programs with sustained business impact.
• Leverage learning analytics and insights to demonstrate ROI and inform decision-making.
• Mentor and guide Learning Partners and L&D team members, building overall L&D capability.
• Identify and integrate external best practices, market intelligence, and innovative learning methodologies.
• Build strong partnerships with external vendors and institutions to enhance learning effectiveness.
• Ensure governance, quality and consistency of learning interventions across businesses.
• Manage budgets effectively and optimize learning investments.

Skills and Attributes

• Strong business acumen with the ability to link learning outcomes to business results.
• Strategic thinking and systems perspective on capability building.
• Deep expertise in learning design, adult learning principles, and facilitation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills at senior leadership levels.
• Strong coaching and mentoring capability.
• Data-driven mindset with comfort in analytics and impact measurement.
• High ownership, execution rigor, and ability to operate in complex environments.

Qualification and Experience

• Master’s degree in Business Administration / Human Resources or equivalent from a reputed institution.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in Learning & Development, Talent Development or Organizational Development.
• Strong experience partnering with senior leaders and driving enterprise-level capability initiatives.
• Exposure to large, complex or multi-business organizations preferred.