Log In
Sign Up
Chief Technology Officer – Private Equity funded D2C technology brand / ecommerce
Permanent role – London/Hybrid
We are looking for a technology leader to help push through the next phase of tech-driven growth for this Private Equity funded D2C technology brand. This is a role for someone who loves technology and is brave enough to lead and be in the thick of delivery with the Product & Tech teams. At a leadership level, they are ready to take their first step beyond a tech lead role.
We need a hands-on technology leader with passion and energy, who can deliver the product and technology aspect of the roadmap, developing and inspiring the tech team through this next 3-year rapid growth phase.
Key priorities will be to understand the development plans, ways of working and key metrics, evaluating the tech stack and identifying areas for continuous improvement.
Join the Senior Leadership Team & Board to steward the business towards long term success. Lead & drive the Product, Technology & Engineering strategy across the business, creating a category-leading ecommerce experience.
Responsibilities:
Leadership responsibilities: We are looking for someone who:
● Plays a critical role in building & executing high-level company strategy & translating this into a Product & Technology programme that yields a progressive return on investment
● Inspires the culture and coaches/mentors the Product & Technology team
● Sets the culture & designs the team structure for maximum efficiency & learning
● Proactively strengthens the employer brand in the Product & Tech space
● Ensures legal & regulatory compliance & supports audit requirements
Departmental responsibilities: Lead & drive the Product, Technology & Engineering strategy across the business creating a category-leading ecommerce experience.
● Leads the team to translate the business roadmap into a goal-driven plan
● Oversees the efficient deployment of all Product & Tech resources, leading the team to design, create & monitor end to end implementation – hands on where necessary
● Builds investment cases for resource or new technology that will meaningfully contribute to the company’s growth
● Embeds a pragmatic scale up mindset whilst evolving current or implementing new systems
● Pragmatically secures technical integrity with a scale up mindset, creating & improving operational capabilities & infrastructure availability
● Trend spots to ensure the team are building modern, flexible solutions to customer problems
● Ensures platforms max out on search engine advantage
● Supports the teams in making optimisation, experimentation and confident analytics, both second nature and always on
● Emboldens the team to be analytically savvy but intuitively confident and to test & challenge with instinct where data or insight is not readily available
● Empowers customer centric, brand-defining decision making across Marketing, Product & Tech – leveraging user data, research & analytics to their full potential
Candidate Criteria:
● Minimum 3 years in a technology leadership role, spanning multiple teams, within a fast-growing B2C ecommerce business
● A strategic & inspiring leader of teams and trusted leadership colleague
● Proven experience at engaging, influencing and managing senior stakeholders
● Proven ability to motivate, challenge, build and grow product teams’ & technologists’ skills, creating & maintaining a diverse, happy and empowered team
● A track record of leading delivery – both products & modern solutions in a fast-paced, scaling organisation
● Naturally collaborative with experience in leveraging projects & delivering outcomes across Marketing, Product, Operations & Technology
● Acute data analytics skills, insight driven & commercially astute
● Extensive background in software engineering & delivery activities with a good understanding of agile & system architecture
● Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to nontechnical employees
● Competent & confident in managing technology budgets and resources
Please submit your CV via LinkedIn. Candidates who have applied via LinkedIn will be reviewed as a priority. Due to the confidentiality of the role, no additional information can be given at this stage.
If you choose to apply to this role, we thank you for your time and consideration. We endeavour to respond to all relevant candidates, however, please note that only applicants meeting the specific criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process. We conduct a thorough screening of applications and aim to reach out to suitable candidates within 5 working days of an application being received.
Suzie Walker Executive Search is a firm of specialist head-hunters with an expert team recruiting senior interim and permanent senior leaders for marketing and digital/tech roles, both B2C & B2B, for FTSE 350 and private equity-backed companies.
Suzie Walker Executive Search is committed to workforce diversity, creating equity across all our practices and processes and promoting a culture of inclusion. We strive to create an inclusive environment and respect the diversity of our clients, candidates and employees. We are open to all talent and ensure all candidates receive equal consideration for employment.
www.suziewalkerexecutivesearch.co.uk
