VP - Technology/CTO - eCommerce

Company: A leading Internet firm backed by Mr Ratan Tata ND VCs like Accel Partners and others

Reports into: CEO

Role Function: Technology and Development

Responsibilities

Guiding the technology team on development, platforms and initiatives

- Responsible for finalizing the technology partner(s) and managing the relationships.

- Responsible for timely and successfully delivery of the technology solutions for the organization.

- Responsible for ongoing support and other activities related to technology.

- Responsible for the entire technology setup for the business

- Responsible for any technology initiatives for enabling better customer service

- Responsible for managing the entire front end and back end operations of the technology involved across the organization.

- Would be developing/exploring new technology avenues.

- Driving the culture of constant innovation and improvement

- Maintaining the overall budget for the department

- Role will encompass all technical solutions- internal as well as external facing

Desired Qualities

- An entrepreneurial acumen

- Ability to coordinate among various stake holders and drive the solution to closure/ implementation

- Ability to lead company's vision through proper strategies- defining various milestones and having an internal vision for the solution coming out of company's vision.

- Experience in managing and successfully driving multiple projects and teams

- Demonstrated analytical skills - Ability to execute online customer experiences

- Customer focus

- Technical expertise with experience on latest technical trends in e-commerce industry. Sound experience in object oriented development as well as experience in frameworks is must.

- Ability to transfer technical knowledge to the team

- Strong communication

- Ability to think and act both strategically and tactically

- Strong bias for action and ability to prioritize

- Aptitude for organization, flexibility and producing results in a fast paced environment