The relevance of this research is due to the fact that the development of digital technologies provokes the formation of digital skills and, as a result, increases the potential of digital development of human capital. In the context of the development of the digital economy, enterprises are faced with the issue of forming a business strategy in the direction of increasing the level of digitalization and the vector of digital development of human capital. The article reveals the problems faced by enterprises in the organization of business processes. In this regard, the purpose of this research is to form an institutional model of drivers of digital development of human capital in a strategic perspective, which allows us to consider the process of digital development of human capital as the integration of interaction between all participants: the labor market, industry and the education system. The subject of the research is the analysis of the main trends in the development of the digital economy, which allows us to prioritize the digital development of human capital in a different way. A new category "drivers of digital human capital development" is being introduced. The article presents an analysis of digitalization trends in business processes and training and aims to form an understanding of the need to proactively create a digital environment caused by deep changes in the economy and society. In the article, the authors analyze global challenges in the paradigm of digitalization of industries and education in the conditions of rapid development of the digital world. The empirical base is based on materials from leading consulting and IT-companies, global associations and other active participants in the global educational environment. The presented institutional model of drivers of digital development of human capital will transform the approach to strategic management of human capital in the digital economy.