Chief Technology Officer

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa CA Global Headhunters International Full time

**Job Description**:
**Reference Number: SF42**

An exciting new B2B Marketplace and e-procurement start-up is seeking a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to join them to drive the building, rollout, and growth of an Enterprise B2B Marketplace & E-Procurement solution.

The organization is seeking a hands-on, driven, and innovative product oriented Chief Technology Officer to guide and implement the company’s Engineering, Technology, and Product execution.

**Responsibilities**:
The CTO will be a member of the Management Team reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. Responsibilities will cover:
**Strategy**
- Develop the overall technical strategy for the organisation.
- Design the best strategy for the organisation's ability to scale, in a very exciting market space which has been further supported by the current climate and the shift to online shopping in the B2B space.
- Maximise the returns and benefits of investments in technology and tools.
- Communicate the company’s technology strategy to management, investors, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders.
- Identify market obstacles and technical hurdles and manage risks appropriately.
- Own the development of the technology budget and ensure that projects are on time and within scope.
- Set definitions of standards, policies, procedures, and metrics.

**Team**
- Provide technical thought leadership and insight that inspires and motivates the team.
- Hiring, retaining, growing, and motivating excellent teams, building a culture of learning, knowledge sharing and technical excellence, with a strong focus on inclusivity and diversity.
- Train, mentor, and coach the development team (hire as needed).
- Foster a collaborative, positive and “can do” culture within the technical team.
- Leverage data analytics to measure engineering and product team progress against goals.
- Work closely with the product team to ensure technology roadmap is closely aligned to and supports customer needs and long-term product roadmap.
- Creating and championing a culture of cutting-edge product delivery techniques that will motivate, develop, and grow the team to continually innovate and become a market leader in the industry.

**Architecture**
- Oversees the whole technological framework of the organization.
- Make decisions on technology selection including whether to “buy or build” as appropriate.
- Establish the technology architecture requirements to support the growing and changing needs of the business.
- Develop solutions able to be rolled out in rapid phases, where each phase builds on the success of the previous phase in an adaptable and logical manner, focussed on driving revenues, profits and growth.
- Create and manage documentation of system's design, features, and functions.

**Responsibilities will also include**:

- Oversee all technical elements including pre-sales, implementation, and delivery of projects.
- The CTO will spend time strategizing, planning projects, budgeting, and managing their execution in conjunction with the team and external partners. Executing the most effective technical roadmap and future proofing.
- Work directly with the executive leadership team to define linkages between strategic objectives, process improvements, and project execution out of the engineering and product organizations.
- Develop and facilitate workshop, client and conference presentations and demos showcasing the organisation’s technology.
- Lead the development of the engineering and product teams and take responsibility for their growth and execution of Company objectives.
- Manage all technology functions of the organisation’s
- hardware, software, and related resources.
- Build / recruit, manage and grow the engineering and technical team to align with the overall corporate culture and strategy.
- Communicate technology strategy and functionality to investors, clients, partners, and prospective clients.
- Develop the group’s IT vision & strategy.
- Leading teams through the software product development, sales, and deployment processes.
- Developing goals and strategies for IT and Ops.
- Manage the technology infrastructure of our B2B Trade ecosystem, including deployment, integration, systems management, and the development of technical operations personnel.
- Manage vendor relations to ensure that service expectations are delivered.
- Ensure that technical resources are available to meet the company's short and long-term needs.
- Analyse and improve upon technology standards across the organisation.
- Define, architect, and carry out the organizational and infrastructure plan required to carry out the company's business and technology strategies.
- Creating an enticing technology strategy and vision.
- Define, architect, and carry out the organizational and infrastructure plan required to carry out the company’s business and technology strategies.
- Ensure that technical resources are available to meet the company’s short and long-term

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