If you’ve ever tried to roll out a talent strategy with a stretched team and a half-configured HRIS, you’ll know the truth: this work isn’t hard because HR leaders aren’t capable. It’s hard because even the best HR teams aren’t resourced like product or finance.
According to Gartner, HR departments only get about 1.47% of a company’s operating budget.
In most mid-sized companies, there’s no bench of specialists in data management, analytics, process design, learning and development or talent identification to call on. Just a small team expected to run BAU and build strategic talent systems at the same time.
That’s the gap TMaaS was built to fill.
What is Talent Management as a Service (TMaaS)?
TMaaS is a complete, done-for-you approach to building and running the talent systems your business needs to grow.
You get a working talent strategy, powered by real-time data, delivered through simple tools, embedded with expert support. All without needing to hire a large team or invest in multiple disconnected platforms.
Think of it as renting a ready-made talent engine:
One that’s pre-built, battle-tested, and fully managed, so you can focus on running the business.
What TMaaS Actually Delivers
TMaaS is built around seven connected talent practices. Each one solves a specific problem that growing companies face. And together, they build a talent system that scales with you.
The 7 Talent Practices We Build With You
| Talent Practice | What It Solves | If It’s Missing |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Talent Strategy Execution | Aligns your people plan with business goals and prioritises high-risk areas | HR remains reactive. Strategic decisions happen without people insight. |
| 2. Talent Assessments | Clarifies current capability, skills gaps and future needs at the role level | You make hiring and promotion decisions based on instinct, not data. |
| 3. Talent Identification | Distinguishes top performers, high potentials and future leaders | Development is scattershot. High performers leave or stagnate. |
| 4. Performance Management | Links individual goals and behaviours to business priorities | Poor focus, inconsistent feedback and limited accountability across teams. |
| 5. Succession Planning | Builds internal mobility and reduces risk in critical roles | You’re unprepared when a key person leaves. Or worse, you don’t see it coming. |
| 6. Development Planning | Targets future skills needed in each role and ties learning to ROI | Learning is generic and disconnected from what the business actually needs. |
| 7. Retention & Engagement Strategy | Keeps your best people motivated, recognised and growing | You lose critical talent. Engagement dips. Exit interviews reveal preventable pain. |
How We Deliver It: Tools, Technology, and Team
Most talent management solution providers will give you a software product, a report or a presentation deck and walk away. TMaaS gives you a working system with the support to make it real.
🛠 Tools
You get simple, proven frameworks that help your managers and HR team make better people decisions.
- Talent strategy maps and diagnostics
- Role and capability templates
- Succession planning frameworks
- Performance and development tools
- Guides for stay interviews and feedback
💻 Technology
One connected platform that turns your people data into decisions.
- Integrates with your existing HRIS
- One place to capture, track, and analyse all your data
- Dashboards that show what’s working and where to act
- AI-backed manager support with TAILA
👥 Team
A senior team who doesn’t just design your strategy — they run it with you.
- Talent strategists
- Data and platform specialists
- Project and implementation specialists
- Change and communication managers
- Hands-on support from kickoff to rollout
Who TMaaS Is Built For
TMaaS was designed for HR teams in growing companies that don’t have the capacity, budget or specialised expertise to solve their people challenges.
It’s a fit for you if:
You’re growing fast and your people systems aren’t keeping up
You’ve outgrown spreadsheets and gut-feel people decisions
You need to improve performance, retention or succession
You can’t hire a full-time team or run a major system implementation
It’s also a fit for larger businesses with existing HR infrastructure, but not enough capacity to deliver in key areas like leadership development, skills development or pipeline planning.
Whether you’re trying to build your first talent system, or you need a more comprehensive talent solution that will integrate with your existing HR Information System, TMaaS adds strategic firepower where you need it most.
TMaaS in Practice
Here’s how we typically support growing companies:
You bring the challenge: high turnover, no succession pipeline, uncertain leadership potential, or unclear role value.
We define the problem, then create a tailored strategy to address it, aligned to your business objectives.
We deliver the tools, tech and team to implement the strategy with you and embed the change.
We ensure adoption, upskill your managers, and provide data to guide your decisions.
Align your people and profit for growth
Our TMaaS solutions provide the tools and support you need to bring your talent management strategy to life.
