Description :

- Evolute Group is a future-ready Indian technology conglomerate built on the belief that technology, when led by the right intent, can create lasting impact at scale.

- Operating as an integrated ecosystem across Fintech, Embedded Solutions, Electronic Manufacturing, and Industrial Electronics, Evolute brings together deep engineering, indigenous innovation, and manufacturing excellence to deliver mission-critical solutions in India and global markets.

- Guided by its vision of Techpowering the World, Evolute enables leaders and teams to move ideas seamlessly from concept to deployment, combining speed, ownership, and accountability.

- The Groups culture values hands-on leadership, clarity of execution, and long-term thinking, empowering individuals to build businesses not just manage functions.

- Evolute Fintech Innovations plays a pivotal role in Indias financial inclusion and e-Governance journey, delivering Aadhaar-certified biometric devices, micro-ATMs, Android POS systems, secure device management platforms, and geo-location security solutions.

- With over 500,000 devices deployed, teams work close to real-world impact where trust, uptime, and scale matter every day.

- Evolutes Electronic Manufacturing arm, Evoflex under Evolute Cleantech Solutions, redefines EMS through a modular, flexible buy-what-you-need model, enabling faster innovation cycles and operational resilience.

- Glomore Electro-Tech Solutions an Industrial Electronics & Components business, built on a 40+ year legacy, continues to support thousands of MSMEs, OEMs and ODMs with reliable, application-led solutions including its renowned brand of relays Leone; while SpiritusPay extends Evolutes fintech footprint through last-mile transaction solutions.

- Backed by globally recognized certifications including ISO, STQC, PCI/PTS, EMV, TQM (Mastercard), DSIR, and GPTW recognition, Evolute is entering a phase of disciplined, innovation-led growth.

- Evolute offers the opportunity to shape industries, build enduring capabilities, and lead with purposewhile creating measurable impact across industries and markets.

- Being the AVP / VP Product & Technology Innovation for Group company, you will be responsible for

- Owning discovery, product strategy and early's tage R&D for new solution and platform plays in biometric IAM, IoT/edge and ESS, from concept to validated proto/pilots.

- Drive IP and patent creation while shaping GTM narratives; hand over scaled execution to engineering and delivery teams.

The opportunity :

This role provides a unique opportunity to shape Evolutes next-generation product platforms and innovation agenda, create defensible IP and convert emerging technologies into scalable solution platforms that drive new revenue streams across BFSI, IAM, e-Gov, Retail, Industrial Automation, Smart Manufacturing and ESS domains.

The role reports into the CTO and works in close collaboration with the CEO, Marketing leadership and Business Heads across BFSI, IAM, e-Gov, Retail, Industrial Automation, Smart Manufacturing and ESS.

Key responsibilities include :

1.Product & platform strategy

- Define product vision and platform roadmaps for biometric IAM, IoT devices/platforms and ESS solutions across BFSI, e?Governance, Retail, and Industrial/Smart Manufacturing segments.

- Identify high value problems and use cases with business heads and key customers, translate them into product hypotheses and experiment backlogs.

- Shape solution blueprints (hardware, firmware, cloud, analytics) that extend your current embedded?hardware strength into full solutions and platforms.

- Deliver a targeted number of validated platform concepts taken to pilot per year.

- Drive adoption of new platforms across customer deals, increasing the share of platform-led solutions vs bespoke hardware-only solutions.

- Research, feasibility and IP Lead deep tech feasibility for new bets in AI/ML, biometrics, security, IoT/edge and ESS controls, balancing Can we with Should we build it? from a commercial lens.

- Run structured PoCs and lab prototypes; define clear go/no?go criteria and success metrics before scaling.

- Drive an IP pipeline around algorithms, architectures, and control schemes, coordinate invention disclosures, patentability checks, and filings with external counsel.

- Build a measurable IP funnel tracked through invention disclosures, patent filings and patents granted.

- Go to market design (without full delivery ownership)

- Craft positioning, value propositions, and solution narratives for each platform in partnership with Marketing and Sales.

- Define reference architectures, pricing logic and deployment models (on prem/edge/cloud, OEM/white label, managed service) for pilots and first?wave customers.

- Support selected lighthouse deals with domain/solution expertise and proof?points from pilots; hand execution to engineering and delivery once patterns are validated.

- Create a measurable new product/platform revenue pipeline from pilots and lighthouse deals.

- Proto and pilot ownership (no BAU delivery)

- Own the lifecycle from idea lab prototype limited customer pilots; ensure designs are secure by design and manufacturable.

- Work with Engineering Head to define clear handover criteria from pilot to scale (architecture baselines, backlog, documentation, non functional requirements).

- Stay involved post handover only as platform owner for roadmap and major architectural decisions, not day to day project management.

Collective decision making and governance :

- Run regular innovation/roadmap councils with CTO, CEO, Marketing and business heads to choose which bets to start, stop or scale.

- Maintain a simple portfolio view of innovation bets (stage, TRL, expected impact, risk) to guide investment decisions.

- Ensure compliance with biometric, KYC/AML, eGov and IoT/ESS security guidelines in all concepts and prototypes.

- Track portfolio performance through pilot throughput, revenue pipeline, IP outcomes and platform adoption metrics.

To qualify for the role, you must have :

- 1015+ years across product, R&D or platform roles in deep tech / embedded / IoT / ESS domains, with strong exposure to BFSI/IAM/eGov and/or industrial/energy sectors.

- Demonstrated IP orientation (patents filed/granted, or platforms with defensible technical moats).

- Strong systems thinking (hardware firmware cloud data), excellent stakeholder facilitation with CXO and business heads, and comfort working in an MSME/startup environment.

Key attributes for success :

- Strategic thinking with strong commercial orientation.

- Ability to influence CXOs and business heads and drive cross-functional alignment.

- High ownership mindset with comfort in ambiguity and early-stage problem spaces.

- Strong governance, prioritization and decision-making capability for innovation portfolios.

- You will earn brownie points if you have

- Patents filed/granted or demonstrable IP-led platforms with defensible technical moats.

- Experience working in MSME/startup or 0?1 innovation environments.

- Prior exposure to lighthouse customer pilots and early GTM motions for new platforms