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Title: CEO - SSC

Department / Business Unit: IT-ITeS Sector Skills Council Nasscom (SSC Nasscom)
Reports to: President Nasscom
Location: New Delhi / NOIDA
Link to apply - https://nasscom.in/career/ceo-ssc
Last date to apply – 8th July 2024

Position
The SSC – CEO is a full-time employee of Nasscom and will report to the President Nasscom. The
CEO is responsible for conceptualizing and developing the overall talent charter of Tech industry, so
that Nasscom can collaborate with Government and Tech industry to skill the workforce. The CEO
works closely with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), National Skills
Development Corporation (NSDC), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and
other Government bodies along with Technology industry to develop the IT/ITeS SSC strategy and
overall execution with focus on achieving the annual outcomes, while building a future ready
organization.

Responsibilities

• Strategy & Thought Leadership


o Showcase the industry narrative on talent initiative to help address the demand supply
gap in emerging technologies and shifts needed in the skilling ecosystem
o Engage with academia and government policies to enable India to emerge as the digital
talent hub
o Responsible for strategic planning and successful implementation of the Talent
Charter for the IT / ITeS industry - bring in deep expertise and experience into play;
help benchmark with appropriate standards
o Enhance the SSC Nasscom’s image as an active and strong platform for upskilling
amongst the community, industry and Government
o Work closely with internal and external stakeholders (governing council of the SSC
Nasscom) to strategize and execute the objectives and mandates of the
initiatives/projects
o Have good understanding of systems and best practices of upskilling / reskilling in
different parts of the world
o Represent IT / ITeS industry in the appropriate forums in India and globally to position
India’s Tech talent capabilities

• Financial performance and governance:


o Thorough understanding of finance and compliance to ensure overall health of the
function
o Prepare and present budget and financial statements to the internal stakeholders
which accurately reflect the financial condition of the function
o Develop quality assurance process and governance structures and policy documents
to be instituted into the skill –education ecosystem

• Organization and people management:


o Hire and manage culturally diverse workforce, vendors, clients and community whose
skills, cultures and languages reflect the communities SSC Nasscom serves
o Translate the objectives of SSC nasscom into clear goals for the team to ensure that
targets for external stakeholders are met along with internal ones
o Build an efficient and robust team with the right skills and attitude - oversee and
implement appropriate resources to ensure that the operations run well
o Identify and on board right vendors / partners to provide the expertise in critical areas

• Stakeholders management:
o Manage and balance internal and external stakeholders well and ensure the SSC
Nasscom continues to be respected in the Govt and Industry
o Work closely with Ministry of skill development, NCVET and NSDC to further the ‘Skill
India’ vision and ensure that the right skills are being imparted to job aspirants in the
IT / ITeS Sector

o Work with the Ministry of IT and Electronics on the FutureSkills Prime Scheme to
ensure that the program objectives and targets are met

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong leadership skills to manage distributed teams and foster a culture of innovation and
collaboration
• Deep understanding of training & skilling ecosystem – especially regarding virtual platforms
and future of skilling (individualized learning pace, skilling inn emerging technologies etc)
• Building / managing B2B & B2C learners’ platform - understanding of learner centric
methodologies in an outcome-based format with specific focus on emerging technologies
platforms
• Experience of public sector programs in vocational education, industry collaboration or related
fields
• Hands-on experience of supporting State and Central governments in their skilling agenda
and driving national levels schemes and initiatives.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, analytical & problem solving skills, high on
learning ability
• Strong ability to collaborate, building relationships and work with multiple stakeholders in the
public and private sector

Experience

• 20+ years of experience with at least 10 years of leadership experience in Learning &
Development function or Skilling sector
• Post graduate from a Tier I academic institution
• High level of office information technology skills; ability and willingness to travel extensively
• Strong work ethics & values

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