MobiKwik - Vice President - Technology/Engineering - Internet/Online

About the role :

- The VP of Engineering would be part of the senior leadership team responsible to plan, drive, and review the delivery of projects in line with the agreed product pipeline with the objective of improving the technology delivery strength thereby contributing to achieving the organizational top and bottom line.

- Lead initiatives on transformations and re-engineering of the product platform.

What will you do as a part of the team ?

- Contribute as part of the technology team to determine strategic directions

- Own all initiatives to develop and scale technology, execute an aggressive roadmap, institute best engineering practices, and deliver innovative products

- Forge and instill goals and standards for engineering performance

- Would be responsible for Backend, Frontend, Infrastructure, Architecture, Scalability, server-side engineering, UI, and all other technical aspects of the product

- Measure and ensure engineering, product delivery goals are met, at an acceptable velocity and without trading off quality and performance

- Constantly motivate, mentor, and guide the engineering team members

- Harness the capabilities of individuals and teams to ensure appropriate opportunities and growth for them

- Work closely and coherently with the product development team to ensure alignment and achievement of product and engineering goals

- Devise processes and mechanisms to ensure expected uptime of production applications

- Augment skills and capability of the engineering team by recruiting and training the members

- Ensure smooth communication channels within the team and with all stakeholders involved in the product development and delivery process

- Contribute to crafting and own the execution of strategic product development plans

Desired Skills :

- Engineering graduate from a premier engineering institute with a minimum of 12+ years of relevant experience

- At least 4+ years of experience in working with consumer Internet company/brand

- Experienced in successful implementation/adoption of agile and extreme programming methodologies

- Brilliant at communication, estimation and delivery, change management, and leadership capabilities

- Should have managed large technology team directly or through the hierarchy

- Having hands-on expertise would be an added advantage

KPIs (Measurable parameters of the role):

- Overall delivery as per plan

- Team Retention & motivation

Team Management :

- Manage multiple technology delivery teams at MobiKwik

- Responsible for coaching, developing, motivating & retaining team members

- Responsible for overall employee engagement of the team