Competence Development Manager

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Your role Job Title: Competence Development ManagerRole Summary

We are looking for an experienced and strategic Competence Development Manager to lead the design, implementation, and continuous evolution of competence-building initiatives across the organization. This senior leadership role is critical to driving capability enhancement, enabling digital transformation, and supporting sustainable business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement a long-term competence development strategy aligned with organizational goals.

• Lead the design and governance of skill and maturity frameworks across business functions.

• Collaborate with business heads, competence leaders, and HR teams to assess current capabilities, identify skill gaps, and build development roadmaps.

• Develop and track KPIs to measure the effectiveness and impact of training and development programs.

• Own and evolve the competence development lifecycle—including onboarding, learning, performance enablement, and succession planning.

• Deploy digital platforms and tools to enhance the learning ecosystem (LMS, analytics, dashboards, RPA, etc.).

• Conduct regular audits, capability assessments, and feedback loops to drive continuous improvement.

• Act as a strategic business partner, offering actionable insights to leadership based on analytics and organizational maturity benchmarks.

To succeed, you will need

What We Expect from You

• Proven experience (12–20 years) in process transformation, talent management, or organizational development within a manufacturing or engineering setup.

• Strong leadership and strategic thinking capabilities with hands-on involvement in process transformation and learning strategy execution.

• In-depth understanding of product or business function development, skill management, and performance enablement frameworks.

• High proficiency in data-driven HR practices—dashboards, assessment metrics, and training effectiveness models (Kirkpatrick or similar).

• Experience working with cross-functional teams globally and leading large-scale capability building programs.

• Exposure to international standards such as ISO 9001/27001, QMS, and frameworks like CMMI.

Mandatory Skillsets

• Competence Development Framework Design

• Talent and Skill Management Strategy

• Organizational Learning Systems (LMS, Digital Tools)

• HR Transformation and Change Management

• Process Optimization and Stakeholder Alignment

• KPI Dashboards, Training Analytics

• Strong Communication, Facilitation, and Influencing Skills

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field 

• MBA in Human Resources or Organization Development 

In return, we offer

• Culture of trust and accountability

• Lifelong learning and career growth

• Innovation powered by people

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits

• Health and well-being

Job location

Location: Atlas Copco GECIA – Pune, India 

Contact information

 Talent Acquisition Team: Shweta Shinde

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