Senior Manager - Human Resources

Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, with 40,000 employees in more than 80 countries working to help people of all ages to make measurable progress in their lives through learning. With revenues over €5.2 billion in 2013 we provide learning materials, technologies, assessments and services to teachers and students in order to help people everywhere aim higher and fulfil their true potential. We put the learner at the center of everything we do..

We at Pearson Lanka, a core part of Pearson's global Learning Technologies team. We build and manage some of the industry leading cloud based learning platforms that serve millions of students across the world. Over the years, we have built a strong Agile Development team, and we are now looking to expand aggressively over the next 12 months.  The industry leading cloud-based technology platforms of Pearson help educate more than 30 million students across the globe.

The 300+ strong engineering team based out of the Colombo office works dedicatedly to service Pearson technology companies located in North America, Europe and Australia.

At Pearson, we aim to be the best company to work for in the world. It is part of our philosophy to provide benefits, profit share plans, development opportunities and a culture that beats anywhere else. If you are 'always learning', and have a passion for technology and creativity, send in your resume and join our exciting engineering culture.

Accountabilities, Deliverables and Challenges

• Experience in aligning and building HR practices and processes that are consistent with global principles
• Overall exposure to different areas of HR
• Ability to manage and develop Talent
• Identifying training and development needs within the organisation through job analysis, appraisal schemes and regular consultation with business managers
• Develop and execute a Training and Development strategy for the organization and devising individual learning plans
• Experience in coordinating Training and Development programs and experience in working with trainers
• Considering the costs of planned programmes and keeping within budgets and assessing the return on investment
• Amending and revising programmes as necessary, in order to adapt to changes occurring in the work environment and identifying creative new ways to deliver the best possible training experiences (scalable, fast, effective)
• Help line managers and trainers solve specific training problems, either on a one-to-one basis or in groups
• Understanding of e-learning techniques, and where relevant, being involved in the creation and/or delivery of e-learning packages
• Defines measurements of success for training programs and evaluates effectiveness of training based on program goals and business data
• Manages key organizational programs including employee engagement, talent assessment, performance management and compliance
• Experience in Annual Performance Appraisal
  • Experience in the normalization process
  • Post appraisal development of employees
• Ability to handle multiple projects and deadlines and work with employees at all levels in the organization 

Education, Qualifications and background

• Degree in HR and/or Professional Qualification in HR with preferably over 8 years of experience in the HR domain with at least 5 years at a managerial level.
• Having an MBA would be an added advantage.
• Past experience working in a Software Development company will also be an added advantage.

 Please go to the following link and submit your CV: ​http://pearsonlankavacancies.peopleshr.com/