Suggested Career Paths

Contents

Introduction

How to use this document

How to reach your aspired role

Steps to be taken

Direct Career paths:- Development, Support & Testing landscape

Engineering Landscape

Practice Landscape

Delivery Enablement Landscape

Infra Landscape

Bserv Landscape

LOB Suggested Career Paths:- Suggested Career Paths for ERS

Suggested Career Paths for Apps & SI

Suggested Career Paths for Enterprise Systems

Skill based trainings available in various academies

Introduction:- This document gives a crisp understanding about the various

career paths available to you to reach your aspired role.

You will be able to see vertical paths, which are Direct Career

Paths, within a particular job family; and, LOB suggested

career paths which reflects the growth across job families and

SL.

This will enable you to make an informed decision to aspire for

your dream job in HCL. Once you have made this crucial

decision you can follow the following steps to make this dream a

reality

How to use this document:-

Know your current job family, job and Career Level that you have been currently mapped to(available in the top right corner of Career Connect)

There are 2 paths that can be checked: Direct and LOB Suggested Career Paths

Direct Path: Shows the vertical Career Growth within the same Job family

LOB Suggested Career Path: Shows the paths which have suggested by respective LOB Academies across job families

Find the required Direct Path in slides in 8-20

Find the required LOB Suggested Career Paths in slides 21-32

Choose aspired role and input the same in “My Career Aspiration” in Career Connect

How to reach your aspired role?

CDP submission is

one of the criterion for

Career Progression

and it’s even more

pertinent now. as we

are fast pacing

towards a role based

organizational matrix

where you have a

critical role to play in

order to build your

own career and to

take the next leap by

following 4 simple

steps and submitting

your CDP

Steps to be taken:-

Login to Career Connect portal

Stage 1: Aspiration- In this stage you can

input 2 roles and skills you want to aspire

for in the organization.

Stage2:Discussion-You have 5 Career

Enablers / Counselors who will help you reach your aspired role. You can choose any one of them as mandatory. The 5 counselors that you can choose are: RM, SLM, HR, Coach, Skill expert

Stage3:Finalize-Post discussion input the role that you have finalized on aspiring for your career growth

Stage 4: Create your Career Developmental Plan(CDP) using inputs provided by your counselors and you will be able to see the iLearn curriculums for your aspired role. Complete and submit your CDP, to start applying for IJPs open for your finalized aspired role for which now you are technically deployable ready.

Direct Career Paths

Development, Support & Testing

landscape

Engineering Landscape

Practice Landscape

Delivery Enablement Landscape

Infra Landscape

Bserv Landscape

LOB Specific Career Paths:-

Suggested Career Paths for

ERS

Suggested Career Paths in Software

Development, Testing & Support roles

Project Manager

Junior Developer

Project Leader

Senior Developer

Project Manager – HCL Owned

Project Manager – Large Teams

Delivery Unit Head

CL1

Y1

CL4

CL3

CL2

Development (Delivery Stream)

Development (Technical Stream)

Technical Lead

Technical Engg. Manage

r

Solution Architect

Engagement Manager

Program Manager

Development

(Program Stream)

Tester/Verification Engineer-Junior

Test Lead

Tester/Verification Engineer-Senior

Delivery Unit Head

Testing (Delivery Stream)

Testing

(Technical Stream)

Testing Architect

Solutions Architect

Junior Support Engineer

Track Lead

Senior Support Engineer

Service Delivery Manager – Internal

Projects

Service Delivery Manager – Large Teams

Delivery Unit Head

Support (Delivery Stream)

Test Manager

Technical

Architect

Possible Vertical career movement Possible Horizontal career movement

Suggested Career path in Hardware & VLSI

Suggested Career Paths for Apps & SI

Suggested Career Path for Foundation

Technology SL

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Band Career Path in Technology SL Career Path in Arch SL Career Path in PM SL

CL1

CL2

CL3

CL4

Developer - Senior

Tech Lead (AD)

Track Lead (ASM)

Project Manager – Customer owned

Tech Architect

Tech Specialist

Solution Architect

Enterprise Architect

Proj Mgr - Large Team 50+

Program Manager – Risk Sharing/ Program

Manager – T&M

Service Delivery Manager

Engagement Manager

Sr. Tech Lead Project Manager – Customer

owned

Developer - Junior

Program Manager -

w/o delivery

Support Analyst - Senior

Support Analyst - Junior

Biz Solutioning Specialist

SI PM is not part of FT, JBC to be defined by SICOE

Technical Manager – Internal Projects/

Technical Engineering Manager

Project Manager - HCL Owned/Project Manager

cum/Product Owner BA /Technical Onsite

DU Head 1/ DU

Head 2

SI Program Manager

Project Lead, Tech Specialist role and Biz Solutioning Specialist to be phased out

Tech Lead ( AE)

Sr. Tech Architect

Tech Manager role to be phased out, to move to PM or Tech Architect

Not in scope of FT, JBC to be defined by IAS team

Project Lead Project Manager – Customer

owned

Project Manager - HCL Owned/Project

Manager cum/Product Owner

BA /Technical Onsite Coordinator

Proj Mgr - Large Team 50+

Note : Other CDEX roles are not applicable in FT

T/M

Sr. Solution Architect

Key recommendation: All resources till E2.1 band to be technical; Project Management roles from E2.2 onwards

Technical Manager –

Internal Projects/Tech

nical Engineering

Manager

Career Architecture for Testing SL

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Career Path in Technical Career Path in Management Career Path in Consulting &

COE

Tester/ Verification Engineer - Senior

Tester/Verification Engineer - Junior

Test Lead

Technical Architect

Solution Architect

Test Manager Service

Delivery Manager

Program Manager w/o

Delivery

Practice Manager-w/o delivery mgmt

Practice Manager

Practice Head

Technical Consultant - Senior

Technical Consultant - Junior

Practice Consultant

Project Mgr-Consulting & Implementation

Program Lead – Consulting

- These are primary jobs from Testing Job family

Other Primary Jobs are mapped from other Job Family

based on Relevance & Assumptions.

CL1

CL2

CL3

CL4

Y1

Y2

Y3

Suggested Career Paths of

Enterprise Systems

Band Career Path in SAP Technical Career Path in SAP Functional

Career Path in Project Management

Sr. ERP Specialist/Group

Technical Specialist

ERP Specialist

Track Lead Technical Consultant - Senior

Project Manager HCL owned

Project Manager Large Team 50+

Service Delivery manager

Manager

Developer - Senior

Support Analyst-Senior

Developer -Junior

Support Analyst-Junior

CL4

CL3

CL2

CL1

Lead Consultant SAP

Project Lead SAP

Functional Consultant

Track Lead

Functional Lead

Sr. ERP Specialist/Group

Technical Specialist

ERP Specialist

Manager

Project Manager HCL owned

Project Manager HCL owned

Career Level Career Path in PM SL Career Path in Functional SL Career Path in Technical SL

Technical Consultant - Junior - OU

Technical Consultant - Senior - OU

Techno Functional Consultant - OU

Lead Consultant Onsite Coordinator - OU Functional Lead-OU

Functional Consultant - Junior - OU

Functional Consultant - Senior - OU

Project Manager - HCL Owned

ERP Specialist-OU

Sr. Project Manager - HCL Owned

Solution Architect

Sr. Technical Architect

Project Manager-Large Team 50+

Project Lead - OU

Service Delivery Manager

ERP Specialist-Senior

Engagement Manager

T/Mk

F/M

Onsite Coordinator - OU

CL1

CL2

CL3

CL4

Career Level Career Path in PM Track Career Path in DBA Track

Technical Consultant -

Junior

Technical Consultant - Senior

Lead Consultant Track Lead

Project Manager Technical Specialist

Project Manager - Large Team 50+

Service Delivery Manager

Project Lead

Solution Architect

T/M

CL1

CL2

CL3

CL4

BAS-Skill based trainings

Horizontal Academies:-

Tools Group Raminder Rathore 40182350

Quality Ravi Soundararajan(QAD) , Chennai 40117501

Run the Business Rashmi Ranjana Pattnaik 40112732

Architecture Academy Sanjeev Mehta 40100255

iDAX Natesan Krishnamurthy Angarai 40100030

Knowledge Management Ambika Natarajan 40162908

Customer Advocacy Academy Revathi Nair (Customer Advocacy Group) 40105310

Engagement Management Ashokkumar Veluchamy 51328687

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