Specialist - Professional Development (PD) - HR

About us

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 65 offices in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition and redefine industries. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.

In 2004, the firm established its presence in the Indian market by opening the Bain Capability Center (BCC) in New Delhi. The BCC is now known as BCN (Bain Capability Network) with its nodes across various geographies. BCN is an integral and largest unit of (ECD) Expert Client Delivery. ECD plays a critical role as it adds value to Bain's case teams globally by supporting them with analytics and research solutioning across all industries, specific domains for corporate cases, client development, private equity diligence or Bain intellectual property. The BCN comprises of Consulting Services, Knowledge Services and Shared Services.

Who you will work with

The candidate will play a key role in supporting the Professional Development (PD) processes for BCN staff. This individual will be responsible for coordinating and executing PD initiatives, ensuring timely and effective support across the employee performance management cycles. The role will also encompass responsibilities related to training and development, as assigned or evolving with team needs.

About you

– MBA (HR) preferred with 5–7 years of relevant experience; prior exposure to a consulting environment is a plus.

• Strong understanding of HR functions, including performance management, policy implementation, data analysis, and process design.
• Proficient in Advance Excel, Power point, with ability to manage MIS, dashboards and reporting
• Effective communication with problem resolving outlook
• High level of attention to detail, with strong organizational and analytical capabilities.
• Demonstrates adaptability, professionalism, and a collaborative team spirit.
• Ability to interact with staff (at all levels) in a fast-paced environment with great amount of professionalism

What you’ll do 

• Support with performance reviews that drives high performance culture
• Prepare and implement the mid-year and annual PD calendars, prepare base data files, eligibility data, and cycle-specific inputs.
• Maintain and manage PD-related data, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to review timelines.
• Generate regular reports and dashboards to monitor PD metrics and progress tracking.
• Address and resolve employee queries and concerns related to PD processes with professionalism and sensitivity.
• Support with annual compensation benchmarking exercise including coordination with the vendor, analyzing JDs, identifying key roles, mapping market data etc.
• Identify and deploy process automation in partnership with other stakeholders wherever possible.
• Collate monthly payroll inputs in collaboration with internal teams.
• Support in driving mentor-mentee program and trainings

What makes us a great place to work

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world's best places to work, a champion of diversity and a model of social responsibility. We are currently ranked the #1 consulting firm on Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work list, and we have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoor's list for the last 12 years. We believe that diversity, inclusion and collaboration is key to building extraordinary teams. We hire people with exceptional talents, abilities and potential, then create an environment where you can become the best version of yourself and thrive both professionally and personally. We are publicly recognized by external parties such as Fortune, Vault, Mogul, Working Mother, Glassdoor and the Human Rights Campaign for being a great place to work for diversity and inclusion, women, LGBTQ and parents..