Senior Vice President - Technology

Description:

Job Title: SVP Technology

Location: New Delhi

Function: Technology & E Commerce Platform Leadership

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role:

We are looking for a senior technology leader to define and scale the end-to-end tech strategy for a large-scale digital commerce platform designed for India-wide impact. The role will drive architecture, platform engineering, microservices, AI-first solutions and ecosystem integration.

Key Responsibilities:

- Define and own the technology vision, strategy and architecture for a high-scale platform

- Lead product tech, platform engineering, infrastructure, DevOps and QA teams

- Design and implement microservices-based, cloud-native, distributed systems

- Ensure reliability, security, resilience and performance for population-scale usage

- Drive engineering excellence, governance, best practices and automation

- Build and lead high-performing engineering teams; drive talent strategy and mentorship

- Collaborate closely with product, business and external ecosystem stakeholders

- Manage technology budgets, vendors and delivery outcomes against roadmap

Required Experience & Skills:

- 15+ years of overall technology experience, with at least 3+ years in senior leadership (Director/Head/VP/SVP)

- Proven track record in building and scaling complex distributed platforms

- Strong expertise in microservices, APIs, event-driven systems and cloud-native architecture

- Experience with digital commerce / large-scale consumer platforms / public digital infrastructure (preferred)

- Strong first-principles and product-thinking approach

- Demonstrated ability to build and scale high-performing engineering teams

- Excellent stakeholder management, communication and decision-making skills

Ideal Profile:

This role is suited for a hands-on, strategic technology leader who has operated at scale, is comfortable working in a multi-stakeholder environment, and is motivated by building mission-led platforms with national-level impact.