Present assignments as of 20th March

Here are a few of the openings we are presently working on:

-Country Manager for a MNC telecom repair company @ Gurgaon

-Sales Head for a MNC construction chemical company @NCR region

-Vice President HR -healthcare services group @ Hyderabad

-Director Engineering for a IT MNC

-Practice Director for IT services -MNC in Hyderabad

-Vice President Sales for IT product company in Hyderabad

-Telecom players looking for Zonal Business Managers -with FMCG sales experience to be posted in Visakhakapatnam, Tirupathi, Kurnool and Hyderabad

-Head Litigation for a power company in Hyderabad

-CIO for a product company in Hyderabad

-CFO for an infrastructure company with proven track record in fund raising

-Sales Manager for a product being rolled out as SaaS offering

-Accounts Manager- one for a IT product company and another for an engineering firm

-Broadband Remote Access Server specialist in Hyderabad

-Purchase Manager for a turbine manufacturing company in Hyderabad

Apart from these, here are a few HOT positions that have not yet been closed for the past month

-Vice President -Sales for BPO/ITES industry to based anywhere in the US

-Retail Domain Specialist for IT services company in Chennai

-Facade consultant in Mumbai

-Structural Design Engineer in Hyderabad

-Information Security specialist in Singapore

-Business Analyst in Singapore

-Production Head for a turbine manufacturer in Hyderabad

-Sales Manager for an Engineering firm looking for specific exposure to Boiler/gearbox/heat exchangers -to be based in Hyderabad

RSVP menon@optionsindia.com :should you be aware of anyone keen to know more!!

Have a great weekend!

Associate Director -Financial operations- MNC in Hyderabad

Here is an opportunity for those wanting to return to India..

We are on the lookout for an Associate Director to lead a team of over 100 professionals to support an extensive range of mission-critical processes, and work closely with the technology group to effect trade execution, settlement automation, and exception analysis.

The ideal person

1. Should have 10 + years experience in US/Europe/Middle east financial markets or back office operations of a large financial services company

2. Indepth knowledge in derivative instruments

3. Should have played a major role in streamlining the operational functions to strengthen automated systems

Must have:

* Product Knowledge

* Knowledge of back office operations (important of how various groups interact)

* Understanding of a control perspective, needs, etc from a product side (separation of duties, etc.)

Should you be aware of anyone interested to relocate to India, please reach menon@optionsindia.com for more clarity on the role!!

HR Manager- MNC KPO @Hyderabad

Hi
One of our clients..a very highly visible global leader is setting up a KPO in Hyderabad-and we re looking for a dynamic HR person-to drive the same.

The ideal person would be an MBA with about 9-10yrs exp- with the last 2-3 yrs exposure to a growing IT/ITES firm -and familiar with all the dynamics of 'recruitment to retention' of knowledge workers.
The role would initially involve setting up, single handed, the processes to hire about 200 professionals in the next 2 yrs, handle the HR operations, and align the culture in line with the global practices.
Should you be aware of any person-who is strong conceptually, and has a long term interest in Hyderabad-and growing with my client's diverse businesses, please feel free to connect to me.
RSVP- menon@optionsindia.com

CFO -Leading infrastructure group

Couple of our clients are looking for senior Finance professionals to drive the company forward!
Openings exist at Delhi and Hyderabad-for topnotch professionals who have been exposed to raising and utilising funds of over 1000 crores.

An ideal candidate would have had exposure to either Power or Real estate businesses, and would have handled large institutional investors-apart from the Bg FOUR consulting firms.

We are looking at those with 15plus years exp -and are itching for some challenging assignment asap. The positions are confidential, and I shall be glad to address any offline comments!

Should you come across someone exciting, please mail menon@optionsindia

Dupont calling Scientists, doctrates returning to India!

I am sure some of us would have seen a lot of information in the press of late, about Dupont opening its Knowledge centre in Hyderabad, India. The sixth in the world-but the only one in India- it is unique in the sense -all other centres would all be focussed on a specific vertical, the knowledge centre @Hyderabad has a great bandwidth-to accomodate specialists across the functions.

Should you know any one of your relations- who have done PhD or post doctrate work abroad- and has about 8yrs experience -and would love to be part of a team doing path breaking work, do feel free to mail me( menon@optionsindia.com)

Immediately we are working on urgent openings

1. .Regulatory Science lead

2. Industrial Biotechnology Lead

Design & Engineering professionals @Hyderabad

One of our clients is emerging to be a major player in the power sector in India. Promoted by a bunch of professionals, and backed by topnotch financial investor communities- and participation by insitutional investors, has won projects totalling upto 14000 MW- across Thermal ( both gas and coal based) and Hydel projects.

The client is engaged in 'concept to comissioning' concept-and so has specialist organisations pitching in for the various aspects.

Specifically, for their engineering & design of thermal power projects, we are looking to ramp up the middle and senior management team at Hyderabad in a big way.

The opportunities exist for professionals with 5-15 yrs experience in the power plant design. Experts from mechanical/electrical/civil -and instrumentation professionals are encouraged to apply for openings across different levels and function.

We have positions for those with hands on exp to coal handling plant, ash handling, water treatment plants, HVAC , fire protection & safety, piping, structural design etc.

All position are based in Hyderabad and would involve travelling!

Should you be aware of some one interested and competent please reach out to sameer@optionsindia.com!

Mining professionals in India!

One of our clients -has some urgent requirements of Mining engineers - with about 5-20 years experience in dredging/ exploration - planning activities!

The company has some major interests in Indonesia-and India ( in Orissa & Chattisgarh)-and is looking at some great talent. The professionals would operate from Hyderabad ( for the Indian openings) and Singapore ( for the Indonesian operations) and would be open to travelling at short notices!

Should you be aware of anyone exciting, please do let me know. I shall be glad to share all the inputs required !

Have a great week ahead!

RSVP menon@optionsindia.com

Technical Architect-EDA MNC in Hyderabad

Here is an exciting role!

One of my clients, a leading player in the EDA domain, is looking for a senior software architect for their Hyderabad office.

The person would be responsible for driving the technical strategy and guide team in meeting the strategic objectives.
- Design complex systems at the component level, makes strategic technology choices, and directly supervise the quality of designs and implementation inside and between components
- Coaches, mentors, and delegates to engineers to facilitate their development

The ideal person would have had atleast 10yrs experience in either EDA or Mechanical CAD product development and

- Product Architecture & Design using advanced OO Methodology, UML
- Expert in application & implementation of design patterns
- Multi-tier product architecture & design

Needless to say, the compensation structure for such a challenging role, is designed to attract the best!! Should you know of anyone, even if based in the US -and looking to relocate to India -the interviews can be arranged at short notice!!

Please feel free to reach menon@optionsindia.com for more details.

Senior Linux Kernel Architect @Hyderabad

Our client is a global market leader in system firmware that provides the most secure foundation for today's computing environments. The Company established industry leadership with its original BIOS product in 1979, and today has 149 technology patents, has shipped in over one billion systems, and continues to ship in over 125 million new systems each year!

For the Indian operations based out of Hyderabad, we are on the lookout for an Architect- Someone with 8-12yrs of overall experence who can mentor a team of bright programmers.

The ideal candidate would have an in-depth knowledge of

1. X86 and X64 architecture

2. Linux internals. memory management, scheduling, devices (PCI, Video subsystem HCI) plus a holistic view of the whole system

3. Xen and virtualization knowledge.For those with lesser experience, we can explore the following options

-Senior software designer.Atleast 5yrs of developing experience

-Software engineers- 2-3 yrs of coding experience.

So, should you know of persons having the spirit to learn, understand and implement-and willing to relocate to Hyderabad, please feel free to reach out to either at 919849040820 or menon@optionsindia.com

Have a great day!

Experts in computational geometry algorithms !!

One of my clients, a leading MNC based in Hyderabad, is looking for experts in the computational geometry algorithms.

Should you be aware of anyone -who has the necessary expertise (am annexing a brief job description at the end of this mail!) -and willing to relocate to Hyderabad, may I seek your assistance in reaching out to them?

I shall be glad to provide more information
Achyut Menon
+919849040820
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Position: Software Architect (Computational Geometry)

Roles & Responsibility

Develop Computational Geometry Algorithms for unified plane generation
Analyze and optimize the geometry algorithms for performance (time and memory)
Drive the technical strategy and guide team in algorithm development, coding & implementation
Make strategic technology choices,and directly supervise the quality of code and designs
Clarifies requirements and specifications
Coaches, mentors, and delegates to engineers to facilitate their development
Ensure good quality, interacting with QA


Education

B.Tech. Computer Science with over 7 Years of experience

Required Technical Skills

Expert in development of Computational Geometry Algorithms
Significant experience with creating and implementing a broad range of computational geometry algorithms
Excellent programming and design skills in C++ with at least 5 years of C++ software development experience
Exposure to EDA or Mechanical CAD product development preferred

Lady CIO for Hyderabad based MNC

A senior colleague of mine -in the recruitment fraternity was just mentioning about a tough opening which has been difficult to crack!

His client is not from the IT industry-but uses IT heavily for their manufacturing company. They have been looking for a person as a CIO for a while now.

The ideal person would have had a strong grounding in Oracle ERP-and have been in a similar set up -maybe headed an EDP department of a manufacturing company -and has overall about 15yrs exp. And yes, they want someone -who isnt too enamoured of the IT industry-and would assure a decent stint with the company to spearhead its IT initiatives during the next 3 yrs.

The position is based in Hyderabad.

Should you be aware of anyone desirous of working in a company with a great working culture, and in an professionally managed MNC organisation, do feel free to reach me @98490 40820 or mail menon@optionsindia.com

Thanks!!

President/CEO Storage Terminal Business @Hyderabad

While most of the positions are in general management in the IT/old economy call for transplantable skills and competencies, occasionally one is challenged by an assignment seeking some specialised proven track record in a niche industry!!

I am presently working on an assignment for a mid sized company in the storage terminal business. The firm has been taken over by a new company, promoted by a fast growing infrastructure group & funded by some exciting names in the investment banking space.

The company is presently a Rs 150crore entity -and has the largest storage terminal facility in India presently-catering to the PSU oil companies as well as the big names in the private sector-with a small fraction business coming in from the petrochemical industry. With the change in management and aggressive expansion plans, the company foresees a multifold increase in the turnover by enhancing its bandwidth to handling bio-diesel and palmoil storage facilities across multiple locations in India-as well as increasing its presence in the EPC business-to handle third party storage terminal services.

We are on the look out for a technocommercial professional with very good project management experience in the petroleum/petrochemical industry -who can spearhead the company to becoming a 1000 crore entity by 2012.

The ideal candidate would be a BE Mechanical, with a MBA and someone in the 40-45 age bracket. Returning Indians with a strong business accumen would be welcome. Also those who have had experience in the PSU oil companies and handled large projects would also be good bets.

Should you be aware of anyone -please feel free to reach me out @+919849040820 or menon@optionsindia.com. I shall be glad to provide more pointers!

Have a great weekend!!

Senior management positions -Infrastructure industry

There is a lot of action in the real estate/construction/infrastructure industry, especially with a lot of recent IPOs in the market.

I take this opportunity to try and consolidate some of the openings we are privy to- both through our associate network, as well as some direct clients. I realise that they span locations, levels and indeed, sound very comprehensive. While some of the lesser known brands are accused of hiring 'trespassers', I think the bigger names are pretty choosy about the specific nature /quality of experience the professional is bringing to the table!

-CFO positions for handling entry into new businesses in the industry. eg SEZs, Multiplexes, Malls, Commercial, residenial, Hotels,IT parks, hospitals.

-Group Tax planning head ( Vice President level)

-GM direct taxation-handling tax assessments

-Senior treasury professionals- who should have handled fund raising activities in excess of 250 crores in the recent years.

-GM legal. There are specific openings for persons with experience in corporate law/MOUs/ agreements-as well as those who are familiar with the local laws related to land acquisitions.

-GM accounts- pure accounting operations -finalisation of accounts-as there are seperate departments to handle finance,treasury, tax, audit, costing etc.

On the operations side, there is an acute demand for persons who have substantial experience in Dubai/Middle East region in having handled projects in the high rise apartments.And specifically for

-electromechanical professionals. Mechanical engineers who have been involved in the construction projects and have handled installation and erection of lifts, DG sets, HVAC, plumbing, fire fighting, electrical etc.

-"fit outs" : Either architects or civil engineers handling interiors. They hand hold the clients from the time of booking to the possession of the premises and coordinate with the external consultants handling various aspects of interiors.

-Yes, and finally as the projects are in advanced stages at some locations,there is an acute demand for professionals who have experience in selling/leasing space to corporates. Those working with international property consultants and have sold a few million sft space in the recent past are HOT !!

Some of the HOT Jobs this week

Last fortnight has seen some desperate deadlines-and hence the irregularity in postings!

As a recruiter one gets to work a lot of assignment at the same- and so most often it is quite taxing to juggle the schedules. Personally, I try to follow the following order :

-topmost priority to assignments where I have been retained for a search. For obvious reasons I am answerable to the deadlines and sensitivities of the client- and at most times, these are confidential positions.

-these are some serious clients, who have indicated their faith in us, and while paying us a monthly retainer fee, gives us mandates that occasionally need me to attend to -on a urgent basis. Some of the positions are niche skills, and so hard to get-and so are perennial in nature. Naturally, I would need to spend a substantial time on these too.

-Positions some of the associates, both members of Executive Recruiters Association (ERA) http://www.era.org.in and otherwise- who are working on some senior level management positions that need urgent attention! Some of them would be looking at 'returning Indian" professionals and so wd need a decent amount of attention -trying to match the aspirations, availability and confirmations!!

-then ofcourse, there are innumerable mandates we recieve almost on a daily basis- which are contigency assignments..ie we get paid only on succesful hires. These are the most challenging -as speed, accuracy, relationship management-are all equally important- and more so, by the sheer volume of it. Filling up of these positions is dependent on the network we have!! Most often, it isnt the best person who gets the job..it is the right person at the right place!!

So, you can imagine, one is constantly trying to -as one reads a mail/resume, trying to slot each resume..into one of the above four -and accordingly utilising our time!!

Well, here are the top jobs of this week..in particular order, I must quip!!Please feel free to reach out, and I shall be glad to provide more info!!

Head HR Infrastructure Company @Mumbai

Practice Manager -Telecom support @Chennai

Head Projects -Infrastructure company @Hyderabad

Leadership Positions -Telecom company@Bangalore

Product Manager-industrial products MNC@Bangalore

Sales Manager(Key accounts) Industrial products@Bangalore

Project Manager-MNC product@Hyderabad

Station Heads across Andhra Pradesh for FM Radio company

Business Head-regional for Infrastructure industry

Structural Engineering/Analysis professionals@Bangalore

Plant Breeders-MNC firm@Bangalore

General Manager/COO for a software ERP major in a niche industry

You can be assured -should you reach out me, I will surely be attending to you-the above is the order!!