Group CTO - eCommerce - IIT/NIT/BITS

Pinnacle Solutions, a leading executive search firm has been exclusively retained by a leading Ecommerce conglomerate to find an executive professional specifically a Chief Technology Officer,at a group level.

Very Important: Only candidates from leading engineering colleges like IIT's/ NIT's/ BITS Pilani may apply. Candidates from Tier 2 colleges, yet with staggering growth and excellent exposure to internet technologies may apply as well.

Key Responsibilities:

- Responsible for delivering products with high quality, on time while maintaining high efficiency of resources utilized.

- Identify opportunities and risks for delivering company's services

- Evaluate and identify appropriate technology platforms

- Lead the Engineering, Operations and IT teams across Development, QA, Operations, etc.

- Responsible for every layer of the stack: Backend, Operations, Web, Desktop, Mobile, Integrations etc.

- Responsible for Big Data and Analytics Platforms, Supply Chain Platforms, NoSQL non-relational (row-major and column major) Databases, Datawarehouses, Billing and Payment platforms, Recommendation Engines, Experimentation Platforms, Mapping Infrastructure, Caching, Transactional Systems, eCommerce, etc.

- Lead strategic planning to achieve business goals

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

- Lead the innovation research and development efforts

- Establish trusted advisor relationships at senior and executive levels

- Provide technical direction to delivery on key transition and transformation initiatives

- Promote and drive innovation and thought leadership in the industry

Key competencies required:

- Analytical : Synthesizes complex or diverse information

- Design : Generates creative solutions

- Problem Solving : Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner

- Project Management : Develops project plans

- Technical Skills : Assesses own strengths and weaknesses

- Managing People : Includes staff in planning, decision-making, facilitating and process improvement

- Planning/Organizing : Prioritizes and plans work activities

- Quality : Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness

- Experience in technologies like Java, J2EE, PHP, LAMP, Android/iOS, Big Data, Search Algorithms, Analytics, SEO Optimizations, SEM Campaigns, SugarCRM, Social Widgets, CodeIgniter, NoSQL database, Solr, Agile/ Kanban/ SCRUM etc.

Team Pinnacle