Head IT Applications

Key Responsibilities:

• The leader shall be part of technology team, focus shall be on technology and applications in use
• To act as a digital catalyst to bring the next level of IT revolution in Vistaar
• To bring innovative technological solutions to keep the company at the forefront in the market
• To identify areas of digitization and provide time based solutions to increase the efficiencies of the stake holders
• To think creatively and critically about the application functionality and complex business scenarios

Managerial Responsibilities

• Responsible for incorporating agile ways of working to accelerate transformation
• Largely responsible for recognizing areas for improvement and implement changes so that the transformation is delivered by a resilient, predictable and continuously improving operations culture in the organization
• Develop insights into expectations from the functions and includes a solid foundation in competitive intelligence with an understanding of how disruptive competitors are creating value for their customers
• Scan external ecosystem to identify current technology, resources or vendors that are viable partners to compliment, innovate and add value to strategic initiatives
• Ensure effective stakeholder engagement and communications. Ensure organizational alignment in the design and execution of initiatives
• Surfaces capacity, pacing, resourcing issues and any other red flag issues needing leadership attention
• Implement effective and scalable technology solutions to deliver the IT strategy roadmap of the organization with a hybrid approach of: In-house application development and off-the shelf solutions integration with existing IT applications
• Deliver IT projects within the committed timelines
• Regular review and periodic reporting on the progress of on-going projects to stake-holders and senior management
• Groom business analysts to ensure business requirements get finalised and signed-off in a timely manner and have predictable timelines for delivery
• Responsible for mentoring, hiring & skill enhancement of the team
• To build a highly motivated, engaged and outcome focused team

Functional Responsibilities

• To conceptualize and bring innovative digital solutions
• Implement effective and scalable technology solutions to deliver the IT strategy roadmap of the organization
• In-house application development and off-the shelf solutions integration with existing IT applications
• Analyse and assess the scope, timelines and cost to build technology solutions for different business initiatives during the course of the year and its impact on approved technology budgets
• Recommend buy vs build on IT solutions for different business requirements based on understanding of existing architecture, technology compatibility and future scalability (Solution selection process)
• Participate in the IT budgeting process to ensure the IT strategy roadmap gets delivered in predictable time and predictable cost

Job Requirements

Qualifications

Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science)/MCA

Experience

• Minimum experience of 10 years of having a solid track record of leading successful enterprise projects with strong technical skills. The experience in Banking and Financial Services, implementation of multiple medium to large size technology projects is required
• proven track record of success in implementing business transformation and digital initiatives enterprise wide
• Be data driven. Adopting AI and other automation tools
• Experience in application development in Microsoft technologies (Microsoft .Net, MVC, Integrations of applications and external interfaces using APIs and database integration services).
• Direct experience in IT application development, managing a team, Technology solution building
• Ability to build IT processes related to cyber resilience and implementation of IT Security across business applications. Vulnerability assessment of applications and experience in managing IT audits.
• Understanding of cloud software, SaaS, mobile technologies, IT operations would be preferred.