Pivotroots - Head - Technology (15-22 yrs)

He/She should be a 'most technical business person' and his/her goal is to build a great company, not only a technology which just sounds cool. Let's make it simpler - the primary job of the Tech. head is to make sure the company's technology strategy serves its business strategy. We strongly believe along with technology understanding every Technology Head needs great understating of the business itself.

Role Overview:

- Get "Tech" in order: Help answer fundamentals of technology blocks to be used, choice of certain platform/tech over other, helping team visualize product with the available resources and assets

- Innovation through Research and continuous improvement. Head of technology is one strategic personnel who provides critical and factual inputs for IP Creation.

- Connecting Business Requirements with activity: Given that, Head of technology is an executive Tech Leader, it's easy for him to understand the business opportunities which Tech Product could create. He/She leader, it's easy for him to understand the business opportunities which Tech Product could create. He/She bring the perspective of tech as a differentiator. He/She should understand the "Market Needs" language talked by his other executive colleagues.

- Methodology: With time, help build progressive learning culture and establish predictable model of envisioning, designing and developing products/ platforms and services.

- Architecture Practices: Making sure that best practices are defined and followed by team is very important.. Making reviews on Code Quality is an important activity that he/she should follow. For example, you build an amazing product but during deployment and testing stage performance is hit, or a bug fixes are taking more time than actual building a feature etc. need to be avoided.

- Help build, manage, and validate a Tech Roadmap for its Products. As validation of idea happen with acquisition of users and customers, product / platform / service may undergo transformation on required features set and Market needs. A roadmap to achieve those "vanity goals" for the project and be able to successfully tweak an approach with changing needs is expected from Head of technology.

- The Head of Technology will manage the company's digital technology strategy and operations. This role is responsible for overseeing website and app development (custom, Shopify, Magento), DevOps practices, IT architecture, and the delivery of innovative solutions.

Responsibilities:

- Define and implement the overall digital technology vision and roadmap aligned with business goals.

- Lead and manage a team of software developers, DevOps engineers, architects, and other technical staff.

- Oversee all web and mobile applications' entire software development lifecycle (SDLC).

- Implement and maintain effective DevOps practices to ensure continuous integration, delivery, and deployment (CI/CD).

- Design and build scalable and secure IT infrastructure solutions.

- Identify and evaluate new technologies to enhance digital capabilities.

- Manage and prioritise the technology project portfolio.

- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key vendors and partners.

- Ensure adherence to best practices for security, data privacy, and compliance.

- Create and maintain a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the technology team.

Required Skills:

- Minimum 10+ years of experience in a leadership role within technology.

- Proven experience in website and app development (custom, Shopify, Magento).

- Strong understanding of DevOps principles and practices.

- Expertise in IT architecture and solution design.

- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

- Ability to manage and prioritise multiple projects simultaneously.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Desired Skills:

- Experience in e-commerce platforms like Shopify and Magento.

- Experience in cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

- Agile project management methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).

- Experience in building and leading high-performing technology teams.

- Strong understanding of digital marketing and user experience (UX) principles