HOT Mandates as of February 20th!

Monday, February 20, 2012

Well, I am back- after a brief hiatus!

The last three months were extremely important-for Options!

Keeping in sync with the economic upheavals, Options too-has been going through a restructure, and take stock on how we can add value to our stakeholders- the clients (corporates who use our help), the candidates (who are increasingly weighing the opportunity costs), and collaborators ( the fellow recruiters who are consciously making alliances ).

Information is passe. It is all about insights! No longer are clients seeking people who can merely do the job-the demand is for folks who can grow the role-and move on ..!

Options therefore is working with a handful of clients-with whom we are partnering very closely -for building a talent pipeline of the niche talent in the sector.

Not surprisingly, most of the HOT mandates -are pinging on our ability to be a 'talent architect' and collaborate globally even as companies are increasingly cherry picking -looking for game changers only!

-CFO for a fast growing Services player in the Wellness/Health industry embarking to go Pan India.

-A host of positions for a R&D Centre of a Medical devices MNC- focussed on new product introductions in the Emerging Markets. Openings exist in development, as well as in Reliability Engineering, professionals with embedded software programing. Also looking out for a Procurement lead-and a Six Sigma Black Belt  with experience in a NPI.

-Marcom Head for a highly visible infrastructure company-looking for a person with about 15yrs exp -with a recent stint in the reality/infra domain -selling to enterprises.

-COO for a large business conglomerate in the iron making domain.

-Project Managers/Solutions Architects/Functional consultants with exposure to PLM domain-for positions based in Europe.

-Expat Executive Chef for a highly visible global chain in the hospitality business- to be based in Seoul.

-Tech support professional for a Wireless player -to be based in Thailand.

-Analogic IC design professionals in Singapore for designing power management IC designs for portable devices in the wireless domain. 

-Director for a MNC -to provide overall technical leadership within a corporate IT Team-that makes the  business applications /tools for internal use.

-Roles in Market research for a telecom company-to help in understanding the psyche of the 'sensitive telecom user'-by making incisive plans by mining sharp insights & need gaps in the Circle.

-Roles in Marketing for a telecom service provider to define, manage and execute marketing strategy by having a pulse on the evolving trends in consumer needs/technologies around communication/media and Internet

Please feel free to reach out to me offline if you need any specific input(s) and I shall be glad to clarify

Happy hunting!

PS : Stay tuned for the weekly update from now on...

Opportunity for a Returned Indian to Head a MNC Captive IT Centre

Sunday, November 27, 2011


One of our clients, a leading IT Product development and services company is looking for candidates for the position of Centre Director based at Hyderabad.

The position has been on the anvil for a while now-and the company has met a bunch of highly qualified professionals- and yet -not found the elusive personality!!

The desired person would be 

A senior profile -a returned Indian professional -with at least 3yrs of experience in India (CURRENT)-post her/his experience in the US-familiar with the dynamics of off shoring & related delivery expectations.

Exposure to Oracle based environment highly desirable.

Experience to Application Development/ Support is preferred

For a detailed job description-please ping me 

Should you know of any one- please do feel free to reach me ([email protected]) and I shall be glad to provide all the necessary inputs!



Openings for HR Professionals @ Hyderabad

Saturday, November 12, 2011

There are a couple of interesting positions on the offer -that we are presently working on!


And interestingly both are looking for professionals with experience in the traditional industries-with exposure to HR practices in a manufacturing /engineering industry...


a) Talent Management Group Head 


A highly visible company in the infrastructure domain-is looking for a Lady MBA -with about 14-15yrs experience to handle their Talent management activities.


Reporting to a Vice President, the role would have about 20% of recruitment activities and 80% of Talent management-namely, competency mapping, employee engagement, performance management.


b) Assistant Manager 


This role would involve 70% of activities related to hiring! Not just lateral hires, the person will also drive campus hiring!


Being a MNC setting up its R&D lab in India, we are looking for professionals with exposure to hiring talent in an engineering industry-and be familiar with the communities involved. The role would need the person to focus on the employer branding aspects too- to improve the awareness of the topnotch engineers, as well handhold them through the on boarding.


The remaining 30% activities-would involve day to day operations, including payroll, employee queries handling and performance appraisals.


The role reporting to the Director HR, would also be responsible to oversee a RPO model- that is globally managed by a highly visible MNC-and hence will involve a matrix reporting structure- to a Regional staffing specialist based in Singapore.


Ideal candidate would be a MBA with 5 -8yrs exp in industry.


Should you want to know more, please feel free to reach out with your queries to my personal email id :[email protected]



Head-Solid Waste Management @Bangalore

Thursday, October 27, 2011

A client of our associate, the company is initiating investments in the energy generation and conservation sector in strategic tie-up with state of art technologies and solution providers, and is working towards becoming a leading player in the environmental services in India.

Part of an emerging group with diversified portfolio plans in the Infrastructure sector, the company operates in Solid Waste management (SWM) and specialises in end-to end solution through a variety of models like

- Public Private Partnership (PPP),
- Build, Own, Operate & Transfer/ Maintenance ( BOOT/M)
-Turnkey contracts

We are on the lookout for a senior professional
to develop the overall business strategy for SWM -Long term, Medium Term and short term with specific business targets in consultation with CEO.

The ideal incumbent would be an Engineering graduate (Civil/Mechanical/ Chemical/ Environment) with

- 20 plus years of project management experience

- atleast a couple of years exposure to the SWM industry in India, for eg:

  • City Sanitation comprising street sweeping, cleaning of drains
  • Primary and Secondary collection of waste including door to door collection
  • Secondary transportation of the waste to processing facility
  • EIA & Preliminary investigations at the processing and disposal facility site
  • Design, Engineering, Construction, Operation & Maintenance of Waste processing facility
  • Design, Engineering, Construction, Operation & Maintenance of Scientifically engineered sanitary landfill facility
  • Post closure monitoring of landfill
I shall be glad to fill you in with more inputs.

RSVP [email protected]

Practice Head- GIS for IT Services Co @Hyderabad

Our client is a global IT solutions provider & has been awarded the prestigious bid for a yearlong GIS project from the state Government of Gujarat.



We are on the look out for a HEAD of the practice. Based in Hyderabad at the Corporate Office, he is expected to spearhead the company's foray and extending the services to other geographical areas.


- The incumbent is expected to have apart from technical skills , project management expertise as well as administrative skills to ensure that GIS projects of the company are executed properly.


- Liasoning with customers and govt. officials


- Incumbent would be required to set up project goals and objectives,establish time lines , obtain necessary resources, obtain approvals and permission, monitor and evaluate the work of subordinates and co-ordinate activities with government ,local bodies, consortium partners as well as vendors.


- The job requires judicial mix of orientation to detail as well as tremendous foresight and global planning


- Job will involve 40% travel (interacting with customers)


Please feel free reach out for more details. RSVP [email protected]

Operational Excellence leaders for MNC BPO in Manila

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Here is an opportunity shared by an associate of ours who works very closely with a large ITES player -servicing clients in Finance& Accounts-and Healthcare domains.

Opportunities exist for professionals with 10-15yrs experience in the industry. Six Sigma experts with proven track record in handling consulting assignments -both internal & external.

Given below is a gist of the roles :

Important Skills:

  • Black Belt certification
  • Exposure to BPO/ITO – preferably in the same domains/business lines of the client (heavy on finance and healthcare)
  • Should have worked on at least 2-3 Black Belt projects
  • Must have excellent presentation and communication skills
  • Experience in working in a global and virtual team/consulting assignment

The role would cover the following:

  • Identifying projects/opportunities
  • Mentor Green Belt projects for delivering business goals
  • Lead Six Sigma and Lean initiatives
  • Re-engineer / design solutions for existing processes with focus on elimination of redundant work, enabling automation, standardization, and sharing best practices
  • Change management
  • Exploring synergies between Consulting/Technology and Operations teams
  • Monitor systems and provide ongoing feedback for continuous improvements to leaders

RSVP [email protected] with a brief profile of yours. We can talk and take it ahead. We are looking at those keen to begin working -soon after Christmas 2011!!


Oops.!!.Long time -no updates!

I had missed the ball on this blog ..

Over the past few months, we have been using this link to post our jobs on a regular basis. May I request you to visit careers.optionsindia.com for a comprehensive list of 'not so confidential' job opportunities that we are presently working on?

We are in the process of getting our website redesigned-and are hoping to get a more user friendly site up and running in a couple of weeks from now.

Meanwhile, please ping me on +919849040820 or mail me on my personal id ([email protected]) for any specific queries you may have!


Psst..we are working on a wide variety of opportunities presently:


-A global leader in medical devices is setting up an engineering centre for aiding new product development for the Emerging markets.

- A global consulting firm is looking at professionals (senior positions in Operational Excellence) in Philippines.

- A leading MNC IT Services giant seeking to hire SAP specialists -to work at their client sites across different cities/industries/sites across the East coast of USA.

-An Israeli company planning to launch its suite of products to cater to the dental needs of customers in India

-A highly visible global MNC expandings its offerings -catering to the inventory management efficiencies of their mutiple manufacturing facilities-courtesy a shared finance centre based in India

- A leading auto major expanding its manufacturing capabilities to cater to the growing consumer demand in India and abroad

Opportunities also exist across middle and senior management levels in multiple companies in the infrastructure industry- opportunities exist in Thermal Power plants, roads & highways, solid waste management, ports, and townships.

Should you be a professional with above 5yrs experience working either in IT, Manufacturing or any infrastructure company, why don't you reach out with a note on highlighting 'what would compel me 'to look beyond the present role you are excelling at?

Looking forward to hearing from you!!

And yes needless to say.. Wishing the Diwali lights light up your home with health, happiness and prosperity!

Senior positions in Telecom Sales/Product management -Delhi/Mumbai

Monday, May 23, 2011

Here are two interesting opportunities shared by an associate firm of ours- both highly visible MNCs -who are on the look out for senior professionals with exposure to the Telecom sector in India-and located either in Mumbai or Delhi.

1. The client, a leading MNC player is looking for professionals who can drive the OEM relationship with the leading devices players, read -'non PC handheld devices' in India.

The ideal person would have worked with the major manufacturers in the domain.

2. The other opportunity is for a leading global communications solutions provider, offering the most complete end-to-end portfolio of solutions and services in the industry. The crux here-is some one who can open up doors in the 'operators' space!

Reporting to a Senior Director, the incumbent is responsible for top line growth track record within the mobile applications and/or applications platform domain.

Acting as primary interface between the Business Unit and the field organization, you will bring together thorough market understanding, business and technical acumen and strong cross-organizational leadership

-to successfully drive new programs,

-manage on-going initiatives,

-move friction from the sales cycle

-and graft the carriers' application initiatives to the company's portfolio

leading to scalable and sustainable revenue growth.

Desired Skills & Experience

  • High-impact performer
  • Minimum 10 years experience in strategic technical sales, solutions consulting, alliance/partner management, sales-oriented product management/marketing professional services or similar customer & field facing positions with telecom/wireless/leading Networking and carrier software companies.
  • Have carried a quota in their career, built and led a team/organization & brought emerging services to market by leading the service creation effort with the carrier's technology, product and marketing organizations.
  • Strong demonstrated expertise in creating, executing on, and driving solutions selling and field enablement programs for application and infrastructure software, especially in the context of major partnerships.
  • Experience with Mobile Infrastructure Applications, SaaS and PaSS desired
Kindly apply on this link!! I shall be glad to address any queries!

Pointers welcome....

RSVP [email protected]

HR Manager for a greenfield auto ancillary @Chennai

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Hi

Would you know of anyone who would want to transplant his wealth of experience in setting up and managing a MNC start up??

Our client is a player in the auto ancillary domain and is putting up a plant off Chennai-to be close to its OEM as part of the global car project! The client's technology is recognized by the U.S. Big Three as well as major automotive OE Ms in Japan to whom they supply suspension modules that comprise complex parts and components.

We are looking for someone-who has seen it all in a large auto /manufacturing company and is perhaps feeling bored-having just to do some routine stuff, doing execution of policies of strategist's elsewhere!!

Some one who has gone beyond just implementing and actually wondered if it could have been done in any other way? Has found attracting technical talent to their organisation by innovations in reaching out to the best human capital they have interacted with. Maybe one who finds attracting & retaining talent for an ancillary much more exciting than identifying active job seekers who are queueing up to be hired by an OEM/auto major..

We are looking at a person with about 10yrs of experience in generalist HR in different doses- exposed to IR issues, as well as ensuring the best HR interventions are exercised.

The person would get a wonderful chance to work closely with Japanese professionals and understands what it takes to make a great cultural network and motivate the talented achieve their best!

RSVP [email protected] for more details! I shall be glad to be of assistance...

Flex Developers for a US MNC IT Product Company @ Kochi, Kerala

Saturday, February 26, 2011

One of our client, US MNC, IT Product Company having its offshore development centre at Kochi, Kerala is looking for Engineers with 3-10yrs of experience in Flex.

Essential requirements are given below:

* Individual ownership of flex component and UI design and development to an agreed scope, function, and timing.

* Leadership within the development team regarding the Flex technology.

* Collaboration with US based customers/business development team to develop high level UI designs to improved usability and enhance customer user experience.

* Responsible for implementation of best-practices with regards to themes, custom UI components, and CSS.

* Decide how to modularize the application

* Arrange for the unit, functional, and stress tests

* Promote the use of coding best practices and perform code reviews

Candidate Profile

* BE / BTech Computer Science with 3-10yrs of experience in Flex.

* Strong experience working with Flex UI components and design.

* Skills set - Adobe Flex, Action Script, DHTML, XML, CSS, Blaze DS, Database skills, Core Java

* Ownership and hands-on work associated with task planning including scope definition, requirements, effort estimation, risk management, test case definition and skills requirements.

* Ownership and verification of the overall solution architecture and its realization through the development process.

* Developing strong and effective working relationships with members of the development team and project stakeholders in US.

* Research and selection of third-party component libraries to reduce development time and enhance current technologies.

* Opportunity for recommendations to US customers and development team regarding best solution approach.

* To provide input and feedback to project manager, US management and technical team lead on enhancements, quality issues and any other relevant information regarding product performance, as well as feedback on project processes, progress, lessons learned, and issues for resolution

Should you know of any one or if you are interested in this position please contact: Jyothish P - 09849032302 or e-mail :[email protected]

iPhone Developers for a Global software product development company in Chennai

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Hi All,

One of my clients, a global software MNC is looking for iPhone Developers for their ODC at Chennai

Essential requirements:


- Minimum 2-7 years of professional experience developing software in Objective C or another C-based, object-oriented language (C++,C#,Java n etc)
- Minimum of two years experience specifically in XCode, Cocoa and Objective C.
- Minimum one years experience developing iOS applications
- Experience working closely with a dedicated user-experience team
- Experience with SDK 4.2
- Experience participating in Agile/XP teams using the SCRUM process

Should you know of any one or if you are interested in this position please contact - [email protected]

A Global software product development company in Chennai

Hi,

One of our clients a well known Software Product Development MNC client) is looking for Software Engineers in Chennai. Some of the positions we have at this moment are:

Designation: Senior Developers - Silverlight / WPF
Experience: 3 to 8 years
Essential Technical Specification:
Indepth experience in UI design and development of RIA applications using Silverlight 3.0, building user controls, ControlTemplate, data binding and styling.
Experience using Linq and .NET Framework 4.0.
Strong understanding of GoF design patterns & MVC / MV-VM patterns.
Experience in Expression Blend is highly desirable.
Delivering the above mentioned in an Agile environment is mandatory.
Prior experience with Product Lifecycle Management is highly desired.
Hands-on experience in building scalable server-side components using C# and ASP.NET
Practical experience in developing WCF services
Experience in writing data access components using ADO.NET Entity Framework and writing optimized T-SQL
Preferred Technical Specification: Microsoft Certified Professionals. TDD practitioner and experience in mocking and MS unit testing framework.

Designation: Senior Developers - WCF
Department : Software Engineering
Experience: 3 to 8 years
Essential Technical Specification:
Hands-on experience in developing WCF services using C# including detailed understanding of contracts, bindings & end points.
Working experience in writing data access components using ADO.NET Entity Framework & writing optimized T-SQL.
Strong understanding of GoF design patterns.
Delivering the above mentioned in an Agile environment is mandatory.
Prior experience with Product Lifecycle Management is highly desired.
Knowledge of database design principles.
Preferred Technical Specification: Microsoft Certified Professionals. TDD practitioner and experience in mocking and MS unit testing framework.

Designation: Senior Application Architect
Department : Software Engineering
Experience: 10 to 12 years
Essential Technical Specification:
Define system design patterns. Review implementations vs. patterns and provide feedback on effectiveness of implementation
Provide technical architectural design and plan for implementation of a product specification within Web architecture
Collaborate with product managers and technical leads to ensure that the architecture and design meets the user needs and are consistent with overall project goals and objectives
Actively participate in the project through hands-on prototyping and actual implementation. (Roughly 30%)

Designation: .Net Technical Lead
Department : Software Engineering
Experience: 6 to 8 years
Essential Technical Specification:
5+ Years of experience in the .NET platorm.
Must be an expert in the following areas:
C#, WCF, Silverlight, WPF, XAML XML, Entity Framework,,SQL Server variants.
Exposure to Agile and/or eXtreme Programming practices.
Experience in Test Driven Development and continuous integration and deliver of software products.

Designation: Senior Engineer / Engineer (Android Developer)
Department : Software Engineering
Experience: 3 to 6 years
Essential Technical Specification:
Strong Development experience with Android OS or alternatively iPhone, Symbian, or J2ME
Familiarity with Android API, Framework: Activities, Intents, UI, Services
Multi-threading in the Android application environment
Exposure to Agile and/or eXtreme Programming practices.

Designation: Development QA (In sprint QA)
Department : Software Engineering
Experience: 3 to 6 years
Essential Technical Specification:
Review Acceptance criteria and wire frames. Seek Clarity in the same.
Work with product owner to remove any obfuscation of the Acceptance Criteria.
Must ensure all functionality is in accordance with the acceptance criteria and new development activity is bug free.
Actively preach TDD and Unit test coverage for the development group.
Actively setup deployment scenarios in the development team servers.
Strong fundamentals in QA methodologies and procedures are required.
Strong knowledge of basic .NET 4.0 concepts including WCF and SilverLight.
Understanding of XML an asset.

Should you know of any one or interested in any of the positions please free to contact me - [email protected]

Sales Managers for Startup "Cloudware' firm in India

Saturday, November 6, 2010

One of our clients is a Start up IT firm focused on providing simple software applications that empower a small business owner.

The company is in the process of building & rolling out an array of cloud ware applications across several micro vertical clusters-eg Health care, Manufacturing, Textile,...

Built on the spirit of collaboration, the firm believes in actively engaging & partnering with various participants in the SME ecosystem to develop, integrate, go-to-market, deliver and support solutions!

We are presently on the lookout for key professionals to handle Channel Sales across different regions in India- North, East, West & South India.

Prior sales experience in selling to the stakeholders in the respective clusters is a must!

Ideal candidates would be some one with a proven track record in selling Specialized products / Specialty consumables to specific verticals (like Manufacturing, Health Care, Textile etc.) – wherein the sales process entails some Technology Solutions selling or POC based Concept selling (Note: we do NOT want people selling Equipments / Capital Assets / Machinery etc.)

Engineer or MBA from a good institute -selling through Channels / Distribution Partners experience in relevant geographies, know local language(s) and know the lay of the land locally.

Should you be aware of anyone interested, please do feel free to reach out for more queries to [email protected]!

Leadership position in Civil Construction... Hyderabad!!!

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Hi,

One of our client (MNC in Construction Industry) is looking for a Senior Construction Professional to handle their activities in India. We are on look out for people with strong Project Management experience worked/ working in an International company having exposure to:

- Interact independently with the client, architects and consultants and procure from them concept/preliminary/detailed designs, DBRs, preliminary and detailed drawings
- Provide value engineering inputs using the services
- Good knowledge of the regulatory compliance issues in the project and should have clarity on regulatory approvals required at different stages of the project before project implementation
- Responsible for the cost plan taking it through the stages of a preliminary cost estimate and a detailed cost estimate
- Experience in commercial building construction from scratch to the completion of the structure
- 10 years of experience working/ worked with a International Contractor or Construction Management firm on IT, Parks, Biotech, Labs, Hospitals and building projects
- Knowledge of electro mechanical systems and good at Interior and Exterior works

Should you require detailed inputs on this position, please reach Mr. Menon/ [email protected]

Software: Global Product Development firm at Chennai...

Hi,

One of our client (a well known Software Product Development MNC client) is looking for Software Engineers in Chennai. Some of the positions we have at this moment are:

Senior Software Engineer Linux OS (Embedded Software)

- Provide technical leadership for highly talented software engineers
- Develop necessary skill sets to contribute new features and bug-fixes to the open-source products
- Act as Scrum Master for the team
- Undergo design reviews on behalf of the team, via presentation and prototyping
- Experience in programming under C and C++
- Proficiency in one of the scripting languages like Python or Perl
- Good understanding of Linux internals
- Networking programming in TCP/HTTP realm
- Familiarity with redboot, uboot, lua, sdl, wlan, ARM, poky/OpenEmbedded, audio codecs, alsa and JFFS is a plus
- Experience in developing applications on Embedded Linux OS
- 7 to 10 years of experience is a must

Software Developer Mobile Applications

- Design and develop award winning applications for the Andorid platforms
- Develop software for both prototype and production ready cases.
- Create innovative user experiences; solve problems that users don’t know they have yet.
- 2+ years development with Android
- 3+ years experience in application development
- 3+ years experience with OO languages (Java)
- Expert in Java and especially embedded Java
- Expert in Android User Interface implementation
- Experience in building great UI’s and User experiences
- Experience building applications that take advantage of the different handsets
- Provide reference to Android apps developed on and currently on the marketplace
- Experience participating in Agile/XP teams using the SCRUM process.

Principal Software Engineer/ Scrum Master

- Scrum Master of a cross functional team of mobile application developers. Be a leader, a coach and a mentor to members of the team
- Hands on contribution towards design, documentation, and development of mobile application systems (Andorid/iPhone)
- Follow established Agile software development processes and driving process improvements
- Certified Scrum Master or experience being a Scrum Master
- Experience participating in Agile/XP teams using the SCRUM process.
- 8+ years experience in design and implementation of application systems, 4+ years of which is in the mobile space.
- 4+ years experience in leading teams and/or technical management.
- Development experience with Android, OO languages (Java), User Interfaces, Building great UI’s and User experiences.

Please refer to any of the jobs to [email protected]