Overview
Chief Technology Officer Jobs in Manchester Area, United Kingdom at Sanderson
Title: Chief Technology Officer
Company: Sanderson
Location: Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Location: Manchester (Office Based) 4 days a week from central Manchester location 1 from hom
eSalary: £100,000 – £110,000 + Performance Bonu
sBenefits: Pension, Life Assurance, Car Allowance, 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holiday
s
The Opportuni
tyAn exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Chief Technology Officer to join a growing technology business specialising in cloud-based customer engagement, communications, AI-driven solutions and secure payment technologie
s.This is a pivotal leadership role with responsibility for defining and executing the organisation's technology strategy, driving innovation, developing product roadmaps, and building high-performing engineering and product teams. Working closely with the executive leadership team, the successful candidate will play a key role in shaping future growth, scaling product offerings, and ensuring technical excellence across a portfolio of SaaS-based solution
s.Key Responsibiliti
- esDefine and deliver the company's technology and product development strategy aligned to business objective
- s.Create and manage a multi-year product roadmap covering communications, customer engagement and payment solution
- s.Lead the design, development and launch of innovative cloud-native products and service
- s.Drive adoption of AI, machine learning and automation technologies across both products and internal development processe
- s.Build, develop and optimise the Product Development function, ensuring capability aligns with future growth plan
- s.Champion modern engineering practices including DevOps, CI/CD and cloud-first architectur
- e.Collaborate closely with Sales, Operations and Customer teams to align product development with market opportunitie
- s.Oversee technology budgets, vendor relationships, risk management and strategic partnership
- s.Act as a senior technical representative with customers, partners and industry stakeholder
s.About Y
ouWe are seeking a strategic technology leader with a strong blend of technical expertise, commercial awareness and people leadership skill
s.You will ideally brin
- g:Experience operating in a senior technology leadership role such as CTO, VP Engineering, Head of Technology or Head of Product Engineerin
- g.Strong knowledge of cloud-based communications, customer engagement or SaaS platform
- s.Experience delivering enterprise-scale software products and technology transformation programme
- s.Expertise in AI, machine learning, analytics and data-driven product developmen
- t.Knowledge of secure payment technologies, compliance frameworks and cloud infrastructur
- e.Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and product-led development environment
- s.Proven ability to build, lead and develop high-performing technical team
- s.Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skill
s.Desirable Experien
- ceExperience scaling technology functions within a high-growth B2B organisatio
- n.Knowledge of information security, data privacy and governance framework
- s.Exposure to public sector customers, procurement environments or regulated industrie
- s.Experience within communications technology, contact centres, customer engagement platforms or omnichannel solution
s.What's on Off
- erExecutive leadership position with significant influence over company strateg
- y.Opportunity to shape innovative technology products in a growing marke
- t.Highly visible role within an ambitious and expanding busines
- s.Competitive salary, bonus and benefits packag
- e.Opportunity to build and lead a technology function during an exciting period of growt
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