Digital products platform spanning news, sports, fintech, and enterprise in India
Times Internet operates a portfolio of 12+ consumer and B2B digital products across news, sports, fintech, and enterprise verticals in India. The hiring shape is heavily sales and marketing driven (17 sales, 14 marketing roles in active pipeline) with sparse engineering (4 roles), suggesting a product-and-distribution-focused model rather than platform infrastructure play. Current pain points center on sales execution (pipeline health, CAC efficiency, aggressive targets) and organic growth, with emerging AI readiness gaps and low employee engagement flagging internal capability constraints.
Notable leadership hires: Sales Head, Head of Sales, Head Of Sales
Times Internet is India's largest digital products company, operating a diversified portfolio that includes TOI, ET, NBT, Cricbuzz, Times Prime, Times Card, Indiatimes, Whatshot, Abound, Willow TV, Techgig, and Times Mobile. The company serves publishers, advertisers, sports fans, and enterprise customers across news, sports betting, fintech, and B2B software categories. Headquartered in Gurgaon with 1,001–5,000 employees, the organization achieved gender pay parity in 2018. Current product development centers on multi-vertical sales infrastructure, event properties, native advertising, and LLM-powered security tooling.
Times Internet operates 12+ digital products across news (TOI, ET, NBT), sports (Cricbuzz, Willow TV), fintech (Times Prime, Times Card), and enterprise (Techgig, Abound). The company generates revenue through subscriptions, advertising, and B2B software licensing.
Primary stack includes Python, Go, Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, MySQL, and SQL for backend; Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn for distribution; HubSpot for sales; Jira for project management; and Adobe Creative Suite plus Midjourney and DALL-E for content production.
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