Talentiser

CTO Job Description

We are seeking a highly-skilled CTO with a storied history in the technological sector. CTO's will be tasked with making executive technology decisions on behalf of the company, including managing a technology budget and making investments to align the company with its vision for its technological needs. You should be a strategic thinker, an effective communicator, and an expert in technological development.

You will work directly under the Founder and will act as both a technology and business expert, making decisions that will impact the current and future operations of the company.

CTO Responsibilities:

• Setting a vision for how technology will be used in the company.
• Ensuring that technological resources meet the company's short and long-term needs.
• Outline the goals for research and development.
• Creating timelines for the development and deployment of all technological services.
• Making executive decisions on behalf of the company's technological requirements.
• Acting as a mentor to team members.
• Maintaining a consumer-focused outlook and aiding in the delivery of IT projects to market.
• Managing technology budgets and time frames.
• Staying on top of technology trends and developments.
• Ensuring all technology practices adhere to regulatory standards.

CTO Requirements:

• Masters degree in computer science or related field.
• MBA preferred.
• The applicant must possess entrepreneurial experience.
• Exposure to startup/ internet industry preferred
• 8+ years working in a technological role.
• 5 years of managerial experience.
• Advanced technological skillset and a demonstrated history with technology.
• Exceptional team management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to delegate efficiently.
• Extensive industry knowledge with an eye toward the future.

 

We are looking for experienced and entrepreneurial product leaders with a “co-founder” mindset,to help build and scale a world-class product organization in Bangalore. If you are excited about fintech, zero to one products, working with and learning from a phenomenal team of product,engineering, research, design, operations, and business leaders, this is the role for you.


KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ideal product manager will be passionate and will deliver an unparalleled customer and user experience
- The product manager would stand for customers and identify key insights from customer research, interviews, surveys etc.
- The product manager will create a strategy and bottom up roadmap with ruthless prioritization to lead an area end to end within the product org
- The product manager will hustle and do whatever it takes to get things done

- Ship fast without sacrificing quality (MVP driven approach); then leverage data and feedback for iterations
- The product manager will own the go to market of the product, will measure the impact of the various products that are launched

- Align key stakeholders on the problem, solution, setting expectation and communicate effectively

- Must be an innovative, strategic thinker and must be able to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment with changing priorities

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/ QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate profile will be:
- Overall experience of 5+ yrs with at least 3+ yrs in product management in a tech-led company (consumer internet space is preferred)
- Exceptional problem-solving skills based on first principles thinking 

- Have solved complex & ambiguous problem at scale to create significant impact
- Adopt a structured approach to identify what problems need to be solved and break them down into smaller chunks
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to justify requirements, features and drive management of a product.
- Proven ability to deliver first class customer experiences with a deep understanding of UX best practices.
- High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously with minimal supervision.
- Ability to scale a product post launch and drive adoption, track metrics and plan next steps

We are looking out for smart hands on technology guy having experience in Java and similar technology and should be from Top Tier Btech Institutes.

What will you be required to do? You will be responsible for determining customers' needs and desires by specifying the research needed to obtain market information. You will recommend the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications and requirements; appraising new product ideas and/or product or design changes. You will have to continuously assesses market competition by comparing the company's product to competitors' products. You will be providing source data for product line communications by defining product marketing communication objectives. You will have to pioneer in bringing new products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs; preparing returnon- investment analyses; establishing time schedules with engineering and business. You will be required to maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. You will the complete owner of the product and will be responsible for detailing out each and every specification in the product document. Does this sound like you?  You have 3-8 years of experience in building a consumer facing product and have created an impact  You are transparent about your prioritization and roadmap process  You have the ability to Say “No,” but explain why in terms that stakeholders understand  You are a ruthless prioritizer while balancing the needs of customers and stakeholders  You bring evidence-based decision-making in your communication  You are able to communicate and derive the maximum out of the business leads  You have excellent leadership, communication and detailing skills  You hold a degree from a premium MBA college or engineering graduate from Tier 1 institutes  You are a research oriented self-starter with genuine curiosity of looking at the bigger picture - constantly seeking out ways to improve customer experience  Interest and background in technologies and the logistics sector are an added bonus  You hold a degree from a premium college, you will still be tested on IQ and SQ. We use this to filter but we don’t hold this against you.  You manage your day by work and not by watch.  If this sounds like the perfect opportunity for you, get in touch with us. We can’t wait to hear from you!

We are looking for an exceptional CTO who is passionate about startups and has a proven ability to attract and lead a local team to deliver a world-class product. The product vision is validated, the funding and partnerships are already established this is a prime opportunity for the right person to have the resources to build the technology, team, and culture. You Will Partner with the founders to create a technical vision and roadmap for the company Be hands on and create awesome code with the rest of the team Build and lead a top-tier team of initially four to five engineers in Mumbai Obsess about quality and performance establishing a continuous delivery process Play a key role in shaping our product roadmap, strategy, design, architecture, and DevOps Transparent, confident and focused on the development and success of the team You Will Have 6+ years of experience in open source technologies and building modern web and mobile applications Proven track record of building large-scale, highly reliable, and highly available cloud based applications Experience in agile software development and in the ScrumMaster role Hand on experience of coding and building Architecture should have understanding on any of the Python / Java / Node.js / ROR etc. Excellent understanding of UI, General Web functions and standards, Web application and programming languages such as PHP 5 and above, html, JavaScript, JQuery, css and API, OOPS concept especially for classes and functions. Expert knowledge in MYSQL database and Parse. Good working experience for handling third party API