CTO/CIO - Technology Head - eCommerce/Fashion Retail

Opening - Head - Technology E-commerce

Location - Mumbai

Company - One of the leading Fashion Retail

Role & Responsibilities:

We are looking for an experienced Technology Leader who possesses an entrepreneurial streak, a global mindset especially w.r.t observing technology trends around the world, and is driven to build the firm's culture and vision - driving a large team along the way. Candidate must be strong across Mobile, App (IOS + Android) and Web, and has held technology leadership role in a large startup below.

The Role -

Strategy & Planning -

Define the technology vision for the company. -

- In partnership with the company's founders, identify opportunities and - risks for delivering the company's services as a web, mobile, offline and ERP based business, including identification of competitive services, opportunities for innovation, and assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles to the business success.

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

- Evaluate and identify appropriate technology platforms (including web and mobile 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 services.

- Participate as a member of the senior management team in establishing processes of direction and control to ensure that objectives are achieved, risks are managed appropriately and the organization's resources are used responsibly. -

- Collaborate with the appropriate teams to assess and recommend technologies that support company organizational needs. -

- Direct development and execution of an enterprise-wide information security plan that protects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the company's data and servers. - Communicate the company's technology strategy to investors, management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders.

Implementation & Deployment

- As a member of the senior management team, improve web and mobile interface - front and back-end technology & innovation.

- Establish and supervise 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.

- Establish and supervise a quality assurance process, including integration and system testing. Select, deploy, and monitor performance profiling tools and procedures.

- Review and approve proposed development releases and manage the release process.

- Establish an application deployment process and supervise deployment to staging and production servers.

- Monitor application performance and review any application failures in staging or production.

- Establish and monitor a web analytics regime that measures site traffic and application usage relative to business goals.

Operational Management -

- 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

- Share knowledge, mentor, and educate the organization's investors, - management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders with regard - to the company's technological vision, opportunities, and challenges

- Ensure company technical problems are resolved in a timely and cost- effective manner

- Develop, track, and control the development and deployment annual - operating and capital budgets for purchasing, staffing, and operations.

- Supervise recruitment, training, retention, and organization of all development staff in accordance with the company hiring process, - personnel policies, and budget requirements

- Establish standards of performance and monitor conformance for staff - (through performance review) and vendors (through service level - agreements)

Ensure the company's internal technological processes and customer- facing services comply with community expectations and applicable laws and regulations for privacy, security, and social responsibility

Project Management skills -

Familiarity with agile/scrum processes

- Strong track record of meeting timelines for complex projects

- Should be able to coordinate across multiple stake holders and - align technology with business goals

Product Management skills -

- Should be aware of what drives conversion in e-commerce sites

- Have basic understanding of UX design

- Should be experienced in wireframing product - Technical Skills

- Demonstrated ability to envision Mobile and web-based services that meet consumer needs or solve business problems. -

- Skill with HTML, CSS, and Javascript frameworks.

- Experience with handling back end and QA testing for mobile and - website.

- Strong experience in Java development, including Spring & - Hibernate

- Hands-on experience coding across IOS and Android.