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Chief Technology Officer
Chief Technology Officer | London | £180,000–£220,000 + Equity
About the Opportunity
Our client is a rapidly growing financial technology business transforming the way institutional investment organisations manage pension administration and operations.
With significant assets under management and ambitious growth plans over the next three years, the business is investing heavily in its technology function to support the next phase of scale. This is a newly created executive leadership role that will play a pivotal part in shaping both the technology strategy and the future of the organisation.
Based in the City of London, the company operates a hybrid working model with three core office days each week.
The Opportunity
As Chief Technology Officer, you will join the Executive Leadership Team and take ownership of the company's technology strategy, engineering capability and internal technology transformation.
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This is an opportunity to build and lead a high-performing technology function while driving the evolution of a modern SaaS platform within a highly regulated environment.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and executing the technology strategy to support significant business growth.
- Reviewing the existing technology function and identifying opportunities to strengthen team structure and capability.
- Leading the modernisation of internal technology, replacing legacy manual processes with scalable, AI-enabled solutions.
- Supporting the continued development and evolution of the company's flagship client platform.
- Building a scalable engineering function capable of supporting rapid organisational growth.
- Working closely with executive stakeholders to align technology strategy with commercial objectives.
- Acting as a strategic technology advisor to the Board and Executive Committee.
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About You
We're looking for an experienced technology leader who has previously operated at CTO level within a scaling organisation.
You'll ideally bring:
- Proven experience as a Chief Technology Officer or equivalent executive technology leader.
- A strong software engineering or technical development background.
- Experience leading technology teams through periods of significant growth and transformation.
- The ability to balance strategic leadership with technical credibility.
- Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
- Experience within financial services or another highly regulated industry would be advantageous.
- A collaborative leadership style with a genuine passion for developing high-performing teams.
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