HR Manager- Hitech MNC@ Bangalore

One of our clients, a MNC with about 50 employees in India-is looking for a HR Manager to be based in Bangalore.

It is a independent contributor role! The person would be handle end to end HR activities-right from identifying the best talent, attracting them -and motivating them to perform at their best!

While recruitment is likely to take one-third of the time, the person would work closely with the hiring managers -and advice/counsell other members and ensure the right training, rewards and recogintion.

Should you be aware of someone

-At least 6 years HR generalist experience in MNC, with IT/Telecom background
-Solid knowledge in Labor Ordinance and related legislation in India.
-Able to provide creative solutions to people issues and establish an effective communication between employee of all levels and management.

please reach out to menon@optionsindia.com for more details!

Expat jobs in India- VP Operations &Maintenance- Roads

This is a mandate we are working on-courtesy a NPA associate from Thailand.

For a MNC client in the infrastructure business, we are on the look out for some professionals in the Expressway/Highway domain.

The person- who would be based in Bangalore -would be reponsible for the following :

· To direct & manage the highway maintenance (both structural and pavement) programme of all the highway concessions.
· To oversee and participate in all engineering and project management activities related to highway maintenance and operations.
· To formulate, implement and monitor project specific maintenance strategies and performance of all highways maintenance operations.

The salary would be extremely attractive- in line with expat packages for similar professionals, and would not be a constraint for attracting the best talent.

RSVP menon@optionsindia.com

Director- Intelligent Buildings business in India

Earlier this evening, an associate of mine called me up to discuss a very challenging and interesting mandate -that of identifying a Director for a very highly visible MNC organisation for spearheading a new business into India.

The company has been succesfully extending its service offerings-integrated systems, integrated services and integrated applications to have a centralized control of network communication services and resources while planning the infrastructure for intelligent buildings-across the world, and now wish to explore tapping the booming Indian real estate/infrastructure story.

We are looking for essentially topnotch professionals with atleast 15-20yrs experience- in domains like global facility management, infrastructure ( & engineering)management, network and electrical solutions, or those who have provided integrated communications services to the latest airport projects.

It is a great opportunity for returning Indians- with a proven track record in the infrastructure management companies around the world- to help some of the world's largest companies implement multi-networked buildings-and help businesses to increase productivity, create revenue and cut costs!

Should you be aware of any professional with experience in infrastructure management/ engineering, please feel free to reach out to menon@optionsindia.com

Have a great weekend!

Country Manager- Animal Nutrition @Chennai

I am presently working on an assignment for an international company in the Animal Nutrition business, with over 100 production and processing plants, across 25 countries and employing a fabout ten thousand employees. The company has a good presence across some stages in the food chain.

Looking to set up Indian operations, we are looking at a senior professional to spearhead the India strategy and operations-right from handling production to develop the market for their products in the premixes, feed ingredients and specialty products of the group.

The key expectations of the person would be

· To evaluate the companies product portfolio and to establish a strong focus on core activities.

· To establish and/or develop a strong distribution network and maintain good and functional relations with sister companies, distributors, agents, manufacturers, customers and suppliers, in order to support the growth of the company and sales.

· To develop and maintain good business co-operation with other group operations in order to benefit optimum synergy effects.

Should you be interested to know more, please feel free to reach me out on menon@optionsindia.com and I shall be glad to provide the necessary inputs.

Have a great day!

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!

Opportunities for cutting edge work in avionics!

Thales group Thales group set to take off in India!!

With operations in 50 countries and 68,000 employees, Thales group is a world leader in Mission-critical information systems for the Aerospace, Defence and Security markets-and has been in Chennai for a little close to a year, hiring about 100 software engineers. The company is now said to be ramping up and is expected to treble its team strength in the next twelve months.

For all those techies-who wish to work with cutting edge technologies while still in India, here is a chance to work on aerospace applications..where the challenge is to develop error free systems.

Would you not want to rub shoulders with a team that has atleast a Nobel Prize winner this year??

While engineers from avionic domain are preferred, there is lot of room for those with embedded system programming, or even those from the telecom domain wanting to move, as well as those strong on Core Java, or C, C++, and even for those who have a strong grounding in setting up quality processes in a CMM level 3 company.

Should you wish to know more, please feel free to reach menon@optionsindia.com and I shall be glad to direct you accordingly...

Head of Sales& Mktg for a MNC -A leadership role!

Earlier this evening, I was informed by an associate that they are working on a very interesting mandate!

The MNC has been in India for a few years, and is presently being managed by a couple of expats-post their JV with a large Indian firm. It now intends to grow aggressively by leveraging the opportunities in India-and is looking at a seasoned professional to lead their talented team of about 150 sales & marketing members, conceptualise and implement a business model.

They are ideally looking for a

-MBA from a premier business school (IIMs, XLRI, IRMA ) with a Mechanical engineering background.

-About 15 to 20 years experience in hard core sales & marketing, preferably should have worked in at least 2 regions in the country.

-Should be very strong in rural marketing

-Must have worked in MNC companies and comfortable working in a multi-cultural environment.

Should you be aware of any professional -who likes challenges, do feel free to reach out to menon@optionsindia.com, and I shall be glad to provide more inputs!

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!!

Manager, Design Engineering-MNC @Bangalore

This is a request forwarded thru a network- I shall be glad to share the details with anyone who can reach me out!


The position will train in Milapitas, California for 3 to 6 months and then relocate to India.

Salary: $120k to $140k with Additional Comp of $20k to $30k

This company is looking for a Manager, Design Engineering with a mixed signal circuit design background to lead a design group in Bangalore, India.

In this position, the individual will help build and be the manager of a team of four to six circuit and mask design engineers working on innovative 3-dimensional nonvolatile memory products. Reporting directly to the 3D memory design director, the individual will be the sole responsible for all the activities of the newly formed 3D India design center.

-Be able to lead complex design projects, to partition design activities, independently define team schedule and consistently meet schedule targets.
-Be a technical mentor to guide and lead other circuit engineers in problem solving as well as planning.
-Work with mask design engineers and closely interact with them during the design phase by reviewing their layout and providing input as needed.
-Document and present new architectures, novel circuit designs and simulation results and participate in design reviews.
- Propose innovative circuit solutions and design methodologies.
-Perform full-chip mixed-signal verification.
- Develop and help execution of characterization and test plans for the projects.
-Work closely with process, product and test engineering teams to drive problems to resolution.

Knowledge of nonvolatile memory and analog design is preferred. This position requires a BS/BA degree or equivalent with 8 or more years of related experience and 2 or more years of direct management experience.

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 !!

GM-India operations-telecom service solutions

Our client is a US based family business organisation which is over 30yrs old-and spread across 30 odd countries-employing close to 4000 employees.

They operate in the Telecom industry and are in the business of providing installation, repair and global supply management solutions to their clients-for a range of products in the wireline and wireless industry.

Having launched operations in India last year, the business operation now is at an inflexion point, considering a lot of their global customers are part of the India growth story. My client is presently looking for a person- General Manager – who would be responsible for the company operations in India and report directly to the Vice President of International Operations located in the US.

The role would need some one with a maturity of handling a P&L responsibility- while building up the business operations in India-ramp up from the present 'two digit' employee strength - move into a new location in the Delhi/Gurgaon region, and provide customer delight.

Yes, a key attribute in the person..would be exceptional man management skills, as the company has a very strong history of career growth for professionals who perform. Most of the VP and Director level persons have been with the company for over a dozen years -with some of them having joined the company as technicians in the eighties..and have grown into leadership positions.

We are looking at engineers -who have a strong desire for customer service and employee focus-with about 15-20yrs experience in the industry-to be among those who wd fit the bill.

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

Leadership positions- Telecom MNC in Bangalore

We are working on a mandate for hiring some topnotch professionals for a MNC telecom company in India.

There are a couple of exciting opportunities -based in Bangalore. Both of these postions report into the board, and involve a fair amount of international travel, as the customers/ business operations are spread across Asia and Europe.

We are looking for persons with over 20years experience in MNC organisations with matrix relationships and exposure to offshoring/outsourcing dynamics. One is a role handling customer relationships, and the other a Chief Technologist role-with some one very familiar with voice, mobile, data and ISP technologies and architecutre-and a good understanding of next generation networks.

Interviews are scheduled to happen later during this month. I shall be glad if you can help me reach out to the right profiles.

RSVP menon@optionsindia.com

GM India- Medical Devices -MNC startup

Earlier this week, we got an enquiry for the hiring of CEO/Country Manager level opening for a
a global startup company with branches in Israel, USA and Europe that develops medical devices for the treatment of Diabetes.

We are looking for a General Manger that will build a business plan for the Indian market in order to establish the company operation in India. He will be responsible for the foundation and growth of India market & be working closely with Doctors and Physicians as well as the regulatory and legal authorities.

The incumbent would have the ability and knowledge and experience in preparing a comprehensive business plan, as well as leading and aligning all the Sales and Marketing planning in India.

The ideal person would have worked several years in the medical industry, preferably in the medical devices arena network-and have basic knowledge of Indian regulatory requirements.

Should you be aware of any professional with an entreprenurial drive-and the ability to set up a greenfield project in India, I shall be glad to share all the necessary inputs !

RSVP menon@optionsindia.com

Development Mgr for MNC product company@ Bangalore

Our client is a MNC product company in the business of Spend Management solutions. With over 40 offices in over countries, the company has its development centre at Bangalore.

We are presently on the look out for a Development Manager who will lead an offshore extension of the Engineering team and be responsible for the

-Responsible for building & leading a remote team of talented engineers to enhance and support the capabilities of core Platform components in a variety of areas such as Application Framework, J2EE servers, Persistence, Messaging, installation and migration tools.

-Encourage continued improvements in proficiency and efficiency of Development engineers through objective setting and hands-on mentoring, including technical areas.

-Effectively communicate status, metrics, and issues to US management staff on a regular basis

The ideal person would have

• Built a team from scratch - Hired and retained talent from top institutes (.
• Designed, developed and delivered many components of highly performant web conferencing server, entire streaming server, framework components, API’s, and some client-side components.

We are looking for people who are keen on technology management-more than people management!

Should you be aware of anyone willing -please do let me know!