RIS Talent Solution Architecture Senior Manager

Overview

A senior, client-facing role acting as Talent Strategist and Solution Architect for complex Global Capability Center (GCC), Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT), Assisted Build-Out and workforce transformation opportunities, translating business requirements and talent-market insights into integrated, commercially viable workforce solutions.

What you'll do

• Act as a senior talent advisor during GCC/BOT pursuits, workshops and solutioning sessions.
• Translate client business strategy, operating models, workforce requirements and growth ambitions into an integrated talent strategy.
• Provide talent-market insights covering skill availability, location attractiveness, competition, compensation and workforce risks.
• Lead the Talent workstream across the solution lifecycle, covering talent acquisition, workforce transition, skills assessment, location strategy, compensation, workforce costing, learning, career architecture, retention, mobility, talent branding, governance and compliance.
• Integrate individual Talent/HR capabilities into one cohesive and executable solution.
• Design talent models across Build, Operate and Transfer stages.
• Assess workforce implications of operating models, locations, organization structures and transition approaches.
• Support rapid workforce scale-up while ensuring long-term capability sustainability.
• Identify talent risks and define mitigation strategies.
• Lead Talent solutions for RFPs, RFIs, proposals and strategic client opportunities.
• Translate requirements into structured Talent solution architectures and executive narratives.
• Develop proposal and presentation content and support client clarifications, solution reviews and orals.
• Use talent-market data including talent pools, skill concentration, location comparisons, compensation benchmarks, hiring lead times, supply-demand, attrition and emerging skills.
• Convert workforce analysis into actionable client insights and recommendations.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition, Staffing, HR, Talent Strategy, Learning, Employee Relations, Compliance, Finance, Solution Architecture, Delivery, Sales, Account and global/onshore teams.
• Orchestrate stakeholder contributions into a unified client Talent solution.
• Identify workforce requirements, assumptions, dependencies and decisions.
• Align Talent assumptions with the operating model, transition plan, commercials and business case.
• Document risks, assumptions and mitigation actions.
• Create reusable Talent Solution Architecture frameworks, benchmarks, playbooks and assets.
• Share market intelligence and lessons learned across pursuits and coach junior team members.

What you'll need

• Significant experience in HR, Talent Strategy, HR Transformation, Workforce Strategy, GCC/BOT solutioning or related consulting roles.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end talent lifecycle.
• Experience developing client-facing solutions, proposals, RFP/RFI responses or business cases.
• Strong analytical, executive communication, presentation and storytelling skills.
• Ability to structure complex problems and collaborate across multidisciplinary and global teams.

Nice to have

• Experience in GCC establishment, expansion or transformation and BOT models.
• Experience in talent-market research and workforce modelling.
• Understanding of technology, digital and emerging-skills talent markets.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru.