Lightspeed - Head of IT | Scrabble
Posted on September 29, 2024
Job Description
looking to hire a head of IT for old portfolio company since 2 yrs in the insurance tech space.
This is a b2b2c 1000 cr setup and is profitable
They are among one of market leaders in their category
Planning to making an acquisition of another company which will make them 3000 cr entity
due to merger, keeping this requirement a bit confidential
US team, Lightspeed growth team is involved in this from US and India
context of building leadership (CEO, CFO and head of IT)
This is a b2b2c 1000 cr setup and is profitable
They are among one of market leaders in their category
Planning to making an acquisition of another company which will make them 3000 cr entity
due to merger, keeping this requirement a bit confidential
US team, Lightspeed growth team is involved in this from US and India
context of building leadership (CEO, CFO and head of IT)
Role -
strong on business application (ERP, SAP, CRM in place), this aspect is most important
data capability (like setting up data analysis, data lakes)
Acquisition and IT integration
Infrastructure
Security
data capability (like setting up data analysis, data lakes)
Acquisition and IT integration
Infrastructure
Security
We can look at companies which are in the same space (2k-4k cr setup)
We can look at consumer companies like listed retail companies
We can look at VP IT guys, AVP IT
budget would be around 1 - 1.1 cr on an average, can go upto 1.5 in case of a best fit
Target companies - QSR chain, strong consumer angle, sales through partnerships
process-
Abha, siddharth (growth investor), ex md from Godrej (Vivek), US team
then the founders
then the founders
PE backed companies - TrueNorth, 3PG companies
Workflow industries, Jubiliant Pharma,
Delhi or Mumbai (Prefer to Delhi)