Vice President - Engineering - eCommerce Web Based System

We are seeking a seasoned engineering executive for India Operations (~200 engineers) who has deep experience in managing end-to-end software development life-cycles for complex financial and e-commerce web-based systems.

- The VP of Engineering will manage software engineering, quality assurance, technical operations, and IT, and will report to the VP of Product Development.

- The candidate will be responsible for all aspects of the company's engineering product development activities.

- The VP of Engineering will focus on the structuring and operation of the product development engineering function as a cohesive unit, the conceptualizing and day-to-day management of simultaneous projects delivering manufacturable designs to agreed specifications within time and budget constraints, and the fostering of innovative solutions to customer needs.

Duties and Responsibilities :

- Serve as a key member of the management team that sets the company's strategic direction.

- Develop strategic planning for the direction and control of product development activities.

- Formulate long-term objectives and standards of performance for the department.

- Assure that department achieves objectives and project completion within budget and time frame.

- Be a student of current industry trends, ensuring that the company maintains and expands its technology leadership position.

- Motivate staff and provide technical direction and guidance, as well as hands-on project management, recognizing the role as that of both manager and support resource / mentor.

- Assure that product is designed for specific needs, but with wider applications in mind.

- Hire and direct staff of senior group members to acquire necessary resources to meet scheduled commitments.

- Ensure implementation and refinement as required of formal process to support the product development process.

- Ensure that product development is focused on meeting and exceeding the customer requirements.

Qualifications :

- Minimum BSEE, 15 years of industry engineering experience, with at least 5 years in a management position.

- Demonstrated team building and leadership skills, with strong oral and written communication skills.

- Out of the box thinker- must be key driver contributing to the products roadmap and willing to take innovative product risk while balancing the road map for on time deliverables.

- Expert in agile methodologies, scalable distributed architectures, big data infrastructure, OO software design, testing best practices, production environments, and production support.

- Manage diverse, simultaneous projects of varying complexities.

- Strong relationship management, strategy development, project management, problem solving and change management skills.

- Professional and positive approach, self motivated, strong in building relationships, team player, dynamic, creative with the ability to work on own initiative.

- Experience with Magento/PHP, Django/python, MySQL, PostgreSQL, HBase, and MongoDB desirable.

Opportunity Package :

- Salary competitive and commensurate with skills and experience

- Bonus potential, Contingent Bonus Units, and competitive employee benefits

Logistics :

- Position based in Chennai

- Occasional travel to the UK and/or US for work