Head of L&D CIS

About the job you’re considering

Reports To: The CIS Head of L&D is accountable for the development of the CIS learning and upskilling strategy and the reach of the outcomes expected by the CIS leaders, under the leadership of the Global Head of GBLs Learning and the CIS CHRO.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; 
it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the 
time.

Your role

Job Summary: The Head of L&D CIS is accountable to define the relevant learning & development and upskilling strategy across all the countries the CIS Business Line operates. He/ she is accountable to propose and run the relevant initiatives that foster the “one Capgemini mindset” across the CIS GBL:  on boarding programs, Specific CIS methodologies and specific CIS technology upskilling / reskilling programs. He/She is accountable to leverage and adapt for relevance to CIS the global assets and learning solutions for all the global and transversal needs across the company: Leadership development, Compliance, Industry upskilling, Key Audiences that need global professional enablement:  Client Managers, Sales, Engagement managers, Architects, Delivery Heads.

The job offers the opportunity to lead a dual transformation agenda: 

Support a massive business transformation with AI
Support the highest transformation opportunity for the learning function through the implementation of a new operating model and the leverage of GenAI tools opportunities, with high expectations on increased global alignment and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

Definition of a cohesive learning strategy based on CIS capability building plan. Define the outcomes that the capability building plans need to deliver each year. Shape a coherent learning approach co-designed with the CHRO and business leaders within CIS to reach those outcomes. Accountable to foster a continuous learning and professional growth culture within CIS. Active promoter of all Group learning initiative, proactive actor in shaping and localizing them for the GBL. Accountable for the GBL based initiatives outcomes.

Contribution to Learning transformation agenda: Actively contribute and inputs into Groupwide initiatives: initiatives range from global offer design of experiences, the evolution of our digital learning technology stack through active watch and lead of pilots for new tools, the evolution of our learning insights and reporting needs.

Aligned Approach to learning design and delivery: Accountable for end-to-end development and delivery (from business requirements to performance assessment) of programs needed by CIS.  Learning design is a group enabled function and delivery of program is managed either at group level or within countries.  The role of the GBLs is to leverage at best the design and delivery functions to ensure outcomes are met, not to design and deliver programs.

“One Capgemini” ambassador: Guarantee collaboration and integration with others functions and entities in Group L&D promoting a unified "One Capgemini" mindset, beyond CIS. 

Budget optimization and efficiency management: Consolidation of the CIS learning budget, and orchestration of the learning teams to build a ONE Capgemini approach to learning. Optimize CIS budget allocation and ensure efficiency of delivery. 

People Management: People management of the teams within CIS, as per our global learning operating model. Current LBP team size: below 10.

Your skills and experience

Required experience :

About 15-20 years of Business experience ideally in technology Industry, with a minimum of 10 years’ experience years in Learning & Development at Scale or in HR and talent development.
Business Acumen and understanding of Cloud, Cyber and Infrastructure managed services is a must have to be a trusted advisor to the business. Business experience is considered and valued when linked to skills development initiatives
Experience presenting to Business executive boards
Experience in  Understanding and implementing technology upskilling programs at scale is critical.

Skills and Attributes needed to be successful in our transformation context:

Business Acumen
Cloud and Cyber tech savyness
Strategic Thinking
Stakeholder Management
Change Management
Collaboration and Influence
Agile Mindset
Data-Driven Decision making
Drive and Resilience
Problem Solving

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme.
As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:
- Declare they have a disability, and
- Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
Please opt in during the application process.

Your security clearance and pre-employment checks

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including: identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history 
going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)
Some roles will also require an additional level of security clearance; BPSS OR Security Clearance OR Developed Vetting. 

Make it real – what does it mean for you?

Shape Your Path:

You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless 
training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, 
Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more

Wellbeing:

You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy 
and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. 
To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as 
Thrive and Peppy.