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Senior Manager Learning & Development | 16 Years | Learning Strategy | Capability Building | Leadership Development | Talent Management | Succession Planning | Organizational Development | Future Skills

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Learning & Talent Leader with 16 years of experience across Technology, e-commerce, and Financial Services, spanning Learning & Development, capability strategy, leadership development, talent, succession, organizational development, and workforce readiness. Career progression spans learning delivery through enterprise capability strategy, talent development, workforce planning, and organizational transformation. Currently leading Learning & Development for a 3,000-employee Technology organization at Lowe's India, connecting business priorities with workforce requirements and capability investments. Previously at Flipkart, managed capability portfolios across Technology, Supply Chain, Corporate, and FinTech, covering capability roadmaps, AI/ML and future-skills development, role-based pathways, leadership development, and talent readiness. Delivered ₹40 Cr+ business impact and ₹10 Cr annual savings through learning initiatives, along with ₹3 Cr projected savings through critical-role talent pipelines. Improved deployable talent by 35% and contributed to 36% attrition reduction through targeted interventions. Leadership development experience includes programs for 1,500+ first-time managers, 800–900 middle managers, and 400–500 senior leaders. Enabled culture transformation reaching 5,000+ employees within four months. Experience spans competency architecture, HiPo development, succession readiness, digital learning, learning analytics, vendor ecosystems, and capability investments. Technology exposure includes Cornerstone, Workday Learning, Moodle, Skillsoft, O'Reilly/Safari, Coursera, LinkedIn Learning, microlearning, and GenAI applications. Leadership is focused on connecting business strategy, workforce capability, and organizational transformation to deliver measurable people and business outcomes. Career Value Highlights ✦ Lead L&D for a 3,000-employee Technology organization. ✦ Delivered ₹40 Cr+ business impact through capability initiatives. ✦ Generated ₹10 Cr annual savings through redesigned learning approaches. ✦ Built critical-role talent pipelines linked to ₹3 Cr projected savings. ✦ Improved deployable talent by 35% through capability interventions. ✦ Contributed to 36% attrition reduction through targeted initiatives. ✦ Developed leadership journeys for 1,500+ first-time and 800–900 middle managers. ✦ Shaped development architecture for 400–500 senior leaders. ✦ Enabled culture transformation across 5,000+ employees. ✦ Built AI/ML capability across ~2,000 Technology employees.

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Greater Bengaluru Area

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Work experience

Senior Manager - Learning and Development at Lowe's India, Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos, Bangalore Urban, ✦ Shape Technology capability priorities around business strategy and future workforce requirements. ✦ Support approximately 3,000 Technology employees through scalable capability and development initiatives. ✦ Build critical-role talent pipelines supporting succession and internal readiness. ✦ Guide build-versus-buy decisions using workforce demand and internal talent supply. ✦ Define role competencies, skill requirements, proficiency levels and development pathways. ✦ Create differentiated HiPo pathways using readiness criteria and targeted experiences. ✦ Steer organizational transformation addressing employee-experience friction across HR processes. ✦ Balance India workforce requirements with global and US stakeholder priorities. ✦ Embed learning ownership through employee plans, manager reviews and learning champions. ✦ Govern Workday Learning adoption, business requirements and operational effectivenes

Manager, Learning & Organization Development at Flipkart, Oct 2018 - May 2025 · 6 yrs 8 mos, Bangalore, ✦ Managed capability portfolios across Technology, Supply Chain, Corporate and Fintech. ✦ Built multi-year capability roadmaps around workforce demand and future skills. ✦ Established role-based development pathways through skills and proficiency assessments. ✦ Improved deployable talent 35% through targeted workforce capability interventions. ✦ Developed AI/ML capability across approximately 2,000 Technology employees. ✦ Led development journeys for 1,500+ first-time and 800–900 middle managers. ✦ Shaped leadership architecture supporting approximately 400–500 senior leaders. ✦ Improved leadership trust 12% across targeted leadership cohorts. ✦ Improved women-leader performance 20% through differentiated development pathways. ✦ Contributed to 36% attrition reduction through targeted capability interventions. ✦ Scaled blended learning across classroom, virtual, digital and workplace formats. ✦ Embedded 10–15-minute microlearning into nationwide manager-development journeys. ✦ Applied project-based learning across AI/ML and Web3 capability development. ✦ Partnered with IISc and IIT across technology capability ecosystems. ✦ Measured outcomes through Kirkpatrick, assessments and employee engagement data. ✦ Reported ₹28 Cr top-line and ₹12.3 Cr bottom-line impact to leadership.

Senior Executive at Société Générale, Sep 2013 - Oct 2018 · 5 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, ✦ Consolidated fragmented learning delivery into a centralized shared-services operating model. ✦ Enabled culture transformation reaching 5,000+ employees within four months. ✦ Extended digital manager development to approximately 400 learners. ✦ Tracked compliance learning adoption across approximately 5,000 employees. ✦ Designed inclusive learning interventions supporting employees with disabilities.

Management Associate at Geometric Ltd., Apr 2010 - May 2013 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area, . Formed succession architecture and charted 1-, 2- and 3-year readiness across 10–11 critical leadership roles, covering 22 leaders/successors for acquisition readiness . Connected talent review outputs to individual development and readiness requirements . Applied nine-box assessment to define successor readiness and development needs . Co-led performance and rewards design using objective talent assessment

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General, Pune university

BSc, Biotechnology, Pune university

Public links

linkedin.com: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaurigovindarajan