Chief Technology Officer

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
About the role:
As a business executive and overall decision-maker for our technology strategy and Operations, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) will be responsible for both establishing and carrying out the overall technology strategy for the company, as well as ensuring that the members of the engineering organization are aligned with the needs and goals of the business.
What Youll Get To Do:
Align with the CEO (and larger executive team) on overall business objectives.
Partner with the Head of Product to prioritize the engineering work to execute against business objectives.
Identify and prioritize foundational technology and research, and development initiatives.
Define the roadmap for the holistic system architecture, which is required to execute the product vision and preserve business continuity.
Communicate business strategy and how that translates to technical strategy within the engineering organization.
Translate and communicate technical strategy as it relates to executing against business objectives to the executive team and the board.
Establish and govern the software development lifecycle and technical project management systems employed by the wider organization.
Manage an innovation process that identifies ways that we could leverage information systems and technologies to achieve a strategic advantage, greater profitability, and reduced operational expenditures.
Direct and manage a distributed technology department
Govern departmental budgets, the technology department organizational structure, and technical hiring needs and processes.
Build and articulate the framework for decision-making regarding build vs. buy vs. partner decisions.
Represent the organizations technology department and technology products to external stakeholders.