Head IT

Position: Head IT

Reports to: CEO 

Job Objective

The purpose of the role is to lead IT function for one of the Business, reporting to CEO . The role shall be responsible for all technology developments and providing support to the SBUs. The incumbent will also be responsible for In-house Technology / Product developments by means of an Incubation cell

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities of the role

• Lead and define Information Systems direction, vision, and strategy for the Business
• Provide Technical and managerial leadership that is conducive to create an effective, high energy, cohesive team oriented towards highly productive environment
• Evaluate and balance outsourcing operations in reference to the use of contractors versus developing internal capability to support the business from a technological point of view
• Responsible for the development of all administrative processes including the evaluation and application of software and internet-based development tools and relational database technologies
• Ensure through effective project management, that all development projects were completed on time and within budget
• Responsible for Infrastructure Management. Ensure Infrastructure reliability, network & cloud security and availability for efficient business operations; optimizing IT investments
• Ensure IT Scalability to drive business expansion plans
• Implement mechanism for formulating IT spends (Budget & Actual) across Business. Responsible to manage actual spend on Information Technology within over all IT Budget
• Delivering Quality IT Services, Ensure IT Governance, Risk Management and Compliance- Responsible for restructuring of IT organization
• Create an overarching strategy to manage IT infrastructure needs of the Organization keeping in view concurrency & traffic
• A single vision for SAP implementations & support
• Implementing business applications (information systems) to add value to businesses
• Maintain software licenses and ensure compliance to IP laws applicable to Raymond Group
• Responsible for ITGC audits, SODs, conflicting roles identification & correction as per business guidelines and policy for segregation of duties
• Performance and People Management- Responsible to identify the key areas and key resources to build a succession plan for risk mitigation
• Define career path for key resources, conduct appraisals and motivate them to contribute to the best of their abilities
• Manage technical & soft skill enhancement training programs for Internal IT team