• Develop a clear vision & milestones for the vertical. And take end to end accountability and ownership of the entire strategy and execution.
• Should be a hands-on leader and be deeply engaged with stakeholders and be in thick of things, controlling, monitoring and guiding the team.
• Identify and address the critical bottlenecks in the current industry requirement and talent availability.
• Create and design road map for the talent training and industry readiness.
• Focus on policy initiatives with various departments in the State and align the same with policies of the Centre.
• Establish partnerships with academia and influence them to include courses to cater to the industry needs.
• Identify potential mentors to associate with the program and on-board them & provide them recognition.
• Identify challenges and inhibitors for talent availability.
• Raise funds for the program if required.
• Achieve the aspiration goals set up for the vertical as listed above.
• Identify potential Industry Anchors., to participate in designing and executing the strategy for Talent Accelerator.
• Influence academia to include industry ready skills in their curriculum.
• Connect with government departments for guidance as well as influence facilitate connection with industry and academia.
• Ensure adherence of all relevant compliance policies, regulations, and framework.
• Continuously gather data/insights from internal and external stakeholder on the industry and provide key analytics and insights / reports to the relevant stakeholders.
• Cross leverage the network, internal /external resources, and stakeholders to create value for the industry as well as the organization.
• Work closely with other verticals to understand hiring requirements in emerging clusters in Karnataka. Do a skill gap analysis and create programs to bridge the gap.
• Engage with various state level departments to support them in implementation of their skill development and talent training policies.
• Build relationships with technology research organizations/academic institutions to explore opportunity of collaboration with the industry.

Operations

• Partner with the Government of Karnataka, Steering Committee, investors and Foundations and stakeholders for the full success of skill development and talent accelerator programs.
• Create forum to listen understand challenges and requirements of available talent and industry.
• Create robust frameworks for Monitoring, Evaluation and Learnings of the skill development programs & drive timely analysis of quantitative data and qualitative feedback to measure differential Impact of program.
• Provide integrated intelligence from results and customer feedback.
• Build and Maintain skill and talent database to track progress and growth