Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Captive in Loyalty Domain

via Reed & Willow Talent Advisory Group

Job description

In a nutshell The CTO will have the extraordinary opportunity to drive the technology and solutions forward as we grow the company for scale. The person will lead multiple teams including Solution architecture, Technical Architecture, Service Management, and various Product Delivery teams. Reporting directly to the CEO, this person will be working closely with the executive management members to drive the company strategy forward. Above all the person will need excellent leadership skills to manage the largest team within the company. What you will do The role provides an opportunity to stamp an indelible footprint on complex and growing solutions. The role provides versatility from making strategic decisions to operational service management. Leading a team of smart people and working with the executive management team will allow you growth opportunity while providing enough space for bringing innovative and problem solving streak out of you. Technology is the engine that drives our growth and you would be in the driving seat. • You will guide Architecture Team to drive technology leadership, creating scalable architecture, frameworks, best practices, coding guidelines and ensuring their adherence. • You will guide the Delivery Teams to ensure reliable and quality releases • You will work with our Sales Team to ensure the right solution is provided to prospects • You will guide our clients for better solutions and you will be the technology escalation point • You will move our Testing team to Automation Testing • You will bring the best SDLC practices such as pair-programming to drive code quality • You will lead The Service Management imbibing ITIL practices for better “ilities“ • Ensure that solution architecture is reusable across products and extensible for future enhancements What you will need • Excellent leadership skills • Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills • The ability to handle diverse situations, multiple projects, rapidly changing priorities, and leading junior developers • Experience in at least one tech team transformation towards better SDLC practices (pair-programming, XP, Scrum, etc.) • Expertise in IT delivery towards internal and external clients • Architecture strength and passion for technology, specifically J2EE stack • Experience in product based companies, ideally e-commerce/ new age businesses preferred with experience of at least one end-to-end product life cycle • Experience in physical server management such as capacity planning, performance, availability, reliability, DR, security specifically DDoS, networking etc. • Engineering degree/ masters from a reputed institute • Can create scalable architectures, have excellent knowledge of design principles and managing non-functional requirements • Self-starter and problem-solver thinking