Chief Technology Officer - Industrial

Key Responsibilities:-

- Identify technology trends and evolving social behavior that may support or impede the success of the business.

- Formulate IT budget and monitor cost spends in terms of capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operational expenditure (OPEX).

- Evaluate and identify appropriate technology platforms (including web application frameworks and the deployment stack) for delivering the company's services.

- Lead strategic planning to achieve business goals by identifying and prioritizing development initiatives and setting timetables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of all web-based services.

- Communicate the company's technology strategy to investors, management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders.

- Review current best practices for the selected web framework and establish the initial architecture for the application.

- Select and manage company staff or outsourced vendors who will implement the application.

- Manage the software development process, setting short-term objectives and assessing progress as defined by the selected software development methodology.

- Conduct code reviews and specification conformance testing as defined by the selected software development methodology through out sourced testing partner.

- Establish and supervise a quality assurance process, including integration and system testing managed through out sourced testing partner.

- Select, deploy, and monitor performance profiling tools and procedures.

- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, emerging technologies, and software development best practices by attending relevant conferences and reading widely

- Define and communicate company values and standards for acquiring or developing systems, equipment, or software within the company.

- Ensure that technology standards and best practices are maintained across the organization.

The role calls for an entrepreneurial approach to the function. Whilst the Company has a road map, the candidate is expected, based on his experience, to validate the assumptions and finalize strategy, responsible for top and bottom lines. A fair amount of execution as well as training and guidance of members of the vertical are crucial.

The position is based in Hyderabad. The remuneration package would meet/exceed industry norms.

A functional experience from the eCommerce industry is highly desirable.

MUST HAVES

NPD experience in Php/Laravel, Lamp Stack, Mean Stack, DB design, Security design, ROADMAPS, etc.