CTO/Technology Head - eCommerce

About Client :

- The opportunity is with a highly respected business group with - USD 1.2Bn Sales. The group is amongst the top 3 companies in the sectors it operates. The group has been operating various digital businesses for the last 1 year. To scale each of theses businesses, the group is looking to hire a great product and digital team. The product team will work across multiple ventures

Responsibilities :

- Develop the vision and road-map of organization's technology strategy. Lead the architecture and execution of it.

- Identify new technology trends and keep an eye on consumer's evolving behavior in electronic and mobile commerce.

- Hire and Lead and manage a top-notch engineering team

- Lead strategic planning and prioritization exercise across different functions for IT projects, resulting in visible milestones and delivery timelines.

- Establish risk and governance processes. Ensure safety and security of company data and user's privacy information.

- Ensure that latest technology standards and best practices are maintained across the organisation.

- Share and communicate company's technology strategy with partners, management, investors and business stakeholders.

Skills & Requirements :

- 8+ years of proven experience in building complex, large scale internet based systems.

- Significant development and delivery experience in leading large projects and teams.

- Hands-on coding experience with popular languages and web stacks.

- Detailed knowledge of Web Standards.

- Must be a quick thinker and an effective manager.

- Must be an Agile champion.