Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

International award-winning executive recruitment expert Monroe Consulting Group is recruiting on behalf of a leading retailing company. Our client is seeking for a Chief Technology Officer with strong experience in eCommerce or retails platform.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Develop technical aspects of corporate strategy to ensure consistency with business goals
  • Responsible for the entire technical architecture to ensure that internal and external products are stable, error-free, easy to scale and easy to maintain.
  • Make important decisions related to staff recruitment, the construction development process, and the implementation of solutions that provide a competitive advantage.
  • Responsible for building and developing team skills, measured by the team's end result
  • Establish and implement company-wide standards and practices related to your organization's technology to ensure that your technology is used efficiently and safely.
  • Tightly control the financial aspects of technology development and implementation by managing operational and capital budgets to determine the best way to allocate resources to building effective technologies.

Job Requirements:

  • At least 10 years of experience at a full software company in a leading position in a recognized and innovative organization
  • First professional experience as CTO in tech startups, business software and SaaS industries is desirable
  • Strategic thinking and good business insight are essential
  • Knowledge of technology trends for developing strategies
  • Excellent technical and product-related background in the financial industry, e-commerce, digital marketing, or operations business.
  • Proven (interdisciplinary) team management experience. Build teams, increase productivity and promote a positive team culture
  • Development of data-driven applications, preferably extensive experience in Python, Java, PHP
  • Collaborative team players, culturally sensitive, fun, motivated and focused on results