The Junior Executive – Talent Management will support the design, execution, and monitoring of talent initiatives across the organization. This role works closely with HR Business Partners, Learning & Development, and business leaders to drive employee engagement, performance, and development, ensuring a strong internal talent pipeline.
1. Talent Programs & Initiatives
- Support the implementation of talent management programs (high-potential programs, succession planning, career development frameworks, etc.).
- Coordinate end-to-end activities for talent initiatives, including communication, scheduling, logistics, and feedback collection.
- Assist in tracking and reporting on the effectiveness of talent programs using defined metrics.
2. Performance Management
- Support annual and mid-year performance review processes by coordinating timelines, communications, and system entries.
- Assist managers and employees with queries related to performance goals, KPIs, and appraisal tools.
- Consolidate performance data and prepare summary reports/dashboards for HR and leadership review.
3. Learning & Development Support
- Coordinate training calendars, nominations, attendance, and feedback for learning interventions.
- Work with L&D to identify training needs from performance discussions and manager inputs.
- Maintain training records and help generate learning effectiveness reports.
4. Talent Analytics & Reporting
- Maintain and update talent databases, trackers, and HR systems (e.g., succession plans, talent profiles, IDPs).
- Prepare periodic MIS reports and dashboards on key talent metrics (e.g., bench strength, internal mobility, participation in talent programs).
- Support data analysis for engagement surveys, attrition trends, and development needs.
5. Employee Engagement & Career Development
- Assist in planning and executing engagement initiatives, focus group discussions, and feedback sessions.
- Help employees understand career paths, development options, and internal mobility processes.
- Coordinate mentoring/coaching assignments and track participation.
6. Stakeholder Management
- Work closely with HR Business Partners and business leaders to support deployment of talent initiatives within their teams.
- Liaise with external vendors/consultants for assessments, training programs, and talent tools as needed.
- Ensure timely communication and high-quality support to all stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
- 2–3 years of experience in HR, preferably with exposure to talent management, L&D, or performance management.
- Familiarity with HRIS/talent management systems and MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
Technical / Functional
- Understanding of core HR and talent management concepts (performance management, succession, competency frameworks, IDPs).
- Strong Excel and reporting skills; ability to handle and interpret HR data.
- Experience in coordinating training and HR processes.
Behavioral
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- High attention to detail and accuracy in documentation and reporting.
- Proactive, organized, and able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at different levels.
- Customer-service orientation and a positive, solution-focused mindset.
- Timely and accurate execution of talent and performance processes.
- Quality and reliability of talent reports and dashboards.
- Participation and completion rates for talent and learning initiatives.
- Stakeholder satisfaction (managers, employees, and HR partners).
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
- 2-3 years of experience in HR, preferably with exposure to talent management, learning and development, or performance management
- Familiarity with HRIS or talent management systems
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
- Understanding of core HR and talent management concepts, including performance management, succession, competency frameworks, and individual development plans
- Strong Excel and reporting skills, including the ability to handle and interpret HR data
- Experience coordinating training and HR processes
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- High attention to detail and accuracy in documentation and reporting
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
- Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at different levels
What We Do
Kumaran Systems is an IT Services Company with imprints in three countries. The past two decades has seen us provide our global clientele with high-end IT services that include migration support, system integration and infrastructure management solutions, providing one-stop-solution to all your IT demands. Our expertise and in-depth knowledge of businesses help us cater to a variety of industries. Our team strives to know your industry better, by observing current trends and the way it works, to tailor-make our solutions to your needs.With over 20 years of customer orientation, over 2000 engagements across Telecom, Education and Banking & Financial services spread across the globe, Kumaran stands as a key advisor to some of the largest Fortune 500 companies in their business driven technology enablement drive. Kumaran System's Customer Orientation is driven by a global delivery business model giving its customers to choose between an Onshore-Offshore mix. The delivery models enable multilevel touch points between the client, partner networks and Kumaran thereby enabling business driven customer sensitivity and agility. ENGAGE, EMERGE AND EXCEL Involving ourselves in a purposeful action, using our abilities to its maximum, helps us feel positive about ourselves. Such positivity gives raise to positive thinking and positive ideas. Ideas evolve into vision and set our aim! Our aspirations engage us with the incentive of sweet success! Every endeavor has its own pitfalls. Perseverance helps us emerge a successful entrepreneur after any deterrent. In our attempt to achieve our aim, we keep upgrading our knowledge and skill, to surface successful! A genius mind does not work to excel, but excels in work! We challenge ourselves with every next step! We change every deterrent to a stepping stone to success. We essentially, engage, emerge and excel
