Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
If you’re ready to own the tech strategy — not inherit it — this is where you make your mark
If you’ve ever wanted to build the technology backbone of a global industrial platform from the ground up, this is your moment
You’ll step into a business that already works — revenue-generating, well-funded, and solving a real global problem — and take full ownership of how technology scales next.
This is the first CTO hire. You won’t be maintaining legacy decisions or navigating internal politics. You’ll be defining the architecture, setting the technical direction, and building the leadership layer that takes the company through its next phase of growth.
Your mission
Design and lead the technology strategy for a global, data-driven platform.
What you’ll actually do
- Own the technical vision
- Define and execute a clear technology roadmap that supports profitability, scale, and long-term competitive advantage.
- Architect scalable, production-grade systems
- Build and evolve platforms that handle complex optimisation, real-time data, and decision support across global operations.
- Lead and level up a distributed engineering organisation
- Turn data into outcomes
- Oversee systems spanning data ingestion, analytics, optimisation models, and customer-facing applications — all tied to measurable business impact.
- Move fast without breaking trust
- Balance speed, reliability, and technical debt in a business where customers rely on the system to make high-value operational decisions.
- Be a true executive partner
- Work shoulder-to-shoulder with the CEO and leadership team to align technology investment with commercial priorities and customer needs.
- Represent technology externally
- Build credibility with enterprise customers and partners who expect clarity, confidence, and technical depth.
This role suits someone who enjoys ownership, ambiguity, and scale — and who’s excited by global problems rather than perfect lab conditions.
- Proven experience leading engineering teams in growth-stage or scale-up environments
- Strong background in distributed systems, data platforms, optimisation, or applied analytics
- Experience taking products from working → scalable → enterprise-grade
- Comfortable leading globally distributed teams across time zones and cultures
- Commercially minded — you understand how technology choices affect margins, customers, and growth
- Hands-on earlier in your career and still technically credible today
Formal education in computer science or engineering is expected. Advanced degrees are welcome but not essential.
Why this role is different
- This company is post-funding, revenue-generating, and on a path to profitability
- You’re not inheriting a CTO title — you’re defining it
- The problem space is global, complex, and economically meaningful
- The leadership team wants a CTO who builds, not just manages
- Travel is part of the role — because the impact is global
You don’t need a perfect CV to start the conversation.
If you’re curious, send over what you have or reach out for an informal chat.
Tell us what you’ve built, scaled, or fixed — and why this kind of challenge appeals to you.
Everyone who gets in touch will receive a response.
