Job Description: Practice Lead – Talent & OD Solutions (Mid-Senior Role)

Location: Mulund, Mumbai (Work from Office)

About Fourth Quadrant:

At Fourth Quadrant, we specialize in handcrafted solutions across talent & leadership consulting, coaching, training, and digital learning. With over 15 years of impact in the Indian market, we partner with over 360 progressive organizations to enable leadership effectiveness, talent growth, performance acceleration, and cultural transformation. Our solutions align people development to business outcomes — delivering measurable, sustainable change.

Learn more at www.fourthquadrant.in

About the Role

As a Practice Lead – Talent & OD Solutions, you will own and drive all delivery of projects including high-value delivery to learning programs & consulting engagements for Fourth Quadrant’s enterprise clients. This role demands strong consulting depth, client leadership, and the ability to shape, scale, and evolve our Talent & OD practice.

You will work closely with CHROs and senior business leaders to deliver customized solutions across leadership development, HiPo strategy, job evaluation, assessment centers, and culture transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design and execution of leadership development journeys and HiPo programs

• Shape and own Assessment & Development Center strategy for clients

• Drive Job Evaluation, Role Architecture, and Talent Strategy projects

• Lead solutioning, consulting walk-throughs, and co-create client-specific interventions

• Build and grow CXO-level relationships, ensuring engagement success and account growth

• Mentor and coach internal team members, enabling capability uplift

• Play an active role in IP development, thought leadership, and practice growth

• Contribute to or lead culture and organizational transformation projects

Required Experience & Capabilities

• 10–14 years of experience in talent consulting or corporate COEs

• Strong track record of delivering enterprise-wide learning & OD solutions

• Strategic thinking, stakeholder management, and influence at the C-suite level

• High comfort with design, delivery, and facilitation

• Exposure to culture, change, or OD interventions is desirable

• Proven ability to lead teams, build consulting assets, and grow accounts

Qualifications & Certifications:

• Educational Qualifications:

✓ Graduate degree (any stream) – essential

✓ Postgraduate degree/diploma in HR, Organizational Behavior, Psychology, or

related disciplines (e.g., MBA/PGDM, MA Psychology, MSW) – preferred

• Certifications (preferred but not mandatory):

✓ Assessment & Development Center design and facilitation (e.g., Aon, SHL, Mercer)

✓ Behavioral Event Interviewing (BEI)

✓ Train-the-Trainer (TTT) certification for behavioral facilitation

✓ Familiarity with psychometric tools (e.g., MBTI, DISC, Hogan, OPQ32)

✓ Basic exposure to Job Evaluation methodologies (e.g. IPE, Hay)

✓ Familiarity with organizational culture transformation tools

✓ Knowledge of Design Thinking and/or Change Management

Why Join Us?

✓ Work with a handcrafted consulting firm known for premium, high-impact work

✓ Solve real business problems through people-centric interventions

✓ Work with CXO-level clients across industries

✓ Lead a team of passionate, sharp, and driven consultants

✓ Be part of a creative, young, and values-driven team

✓ Help organizations move from training to true transformation.

✓ Enjoy the energy of a firm that combines intellect, integrity, and innovation