Chief Technology Officer - Startup/eCommerce - IIT/NIT/BITS

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As the Chief Technology Officer, you will be responsible for overseeing the development and dissemination of technology for external customers, vendors, and other clients to help improve and increase business.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Will be responsible for co-designing overall strategy of all the verticals

- Will be responsible for everything technical to support current and future plans of the group

- Will be responsible for a tech / business roadmap for the group

- Managing execution for all tech developments in existing (and to-be developed) applications

- Managing existing team & growing the team as per need

- Work closely with business verticals, internal/external stakeholders for cross-collaboration

- Be manic about quality, customer delivery & efficacy and value for the customer

- Implement appropriate technologies including advanced future-ready ones to support growth

- Manage all external relations with stakeholders

Preferred:

- BE/B.Tech/ME/M.Tech / MS - from Tier-1 Engineering college (+MBA preferred)

- 8+ years of overall experience, 2+ years of experience in a CTO role (or similar roles)

- Previous experience of managing similar profile in a Media / Ecommerce / Start-up ecosystem

Mandatory:

- Education & Experience: not a bar. Proven ability, intent, outlook and attitude are key

- Hands on experience in developing new products, optimizing existing applications

- Team building and management experience/expertise

- Deep understanding of technology (as-is now and what it may be tomorrow)

- Curiosity and appetite to understand the world of Aluminium

- Customer focused

- Ability to work with different kinds of people across different time zones & culture