Manager, Tech Talent

Business Unit Description

• Define and maintain technical role architectures, competency frameworks, and skill taxonomies for technology roles.
• Ensure clarity on expectations for junior, mid-level, senior, and leadership technical roles.
• Partner with technology leadership to keep frameworks aligned with evolving architecture and product strategy.

Career Pathways and Progression

• Design and maintain career pathways for engineers, data scientists, and technical specialists.
• Define progression criteria, promotion readiness indicators, and lateral mobility options.
• Support transparent and fair progression decisions across technical teams.

Talent Development and Learning Alignment

• Identify critical technical capability gaps and work with Learning and Development to design targeted programs.
• Support development of technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Promote continuous learning aligned with Kifiya’s AI and product-led strategy.

Workforce Capability Planning

• Partner with HRBPs and business leaders to anticipate future technical skill needs.
• Provide input into workforce planning discussions based on capability risks and succession gaps.
• Advise recruiters and HRBPs on role requirements and skill expectations (without owning hiring delivery).

Succession and Critical Role Readiness

• Identify critical technical roles and assess bench strength and succession readiness.
• Support succession planning and internal mobility for high-impact technical positions.
• Monitor risks related to dependency on scarce or single-point-of-failure technical skills.

Governance and Continuous Improvement

• Track and analyze data related to technical capability health, skill gaps, and progression patterns.
• Recommend improvements to technical talent practices based on data and feedback.
• Ensure alignment between tech talent practices and Kifiya’s values of innovation, speed, and excellence.

Key Outputs

• Technical competency frameworks and role architectures
• Career pathway and progression guidelines for tech roles
• Capability gap and succession risk assessments
• Inputs to L&D roadmaps for technical talent
• Advisory inputs for workforce planning and talent reviews