Chief Technology Officer - JHB
Chief Technology Officer - JHB
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Job Description
Duties & Responsibilities
ENVIRONMENT:
A leading AgriTech company with offices in Johannesburg and Stellenbosch is seeking a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) who will be responsible for defining and executing the companys overarching technology vision and strategy.
As a key member of the executive team the CTO leads the technology organisation ensures alignment between product and engineering functions and drives innovation scalability and excellence in delivery. This role ensures the technical foundation of the company enables long-term growth operational resilience and market differentiation.
DUTIES:
Technology Vision & Strategy
- Define communicate and evolve a long-term technology roadmap aligned with company objectives.
- Translate business and product strategy into actionable technology goals and investments.
- Champion the use of modern technology and architecture to future-proof the platform and accelerate delivery.
Architecture Governance
- Establish and maintain architecture governance processes including tech radar design review forums and architecture principles.
- Maintain an up-to-date inventory of technology standards service patterns integration protocols and sunset policies.
- Oversee system architecture to ensure coherence maintainability and performance across domains.
- Ensure cross-cutting concerns such as observability scalability and resilience are addressed by design.
Enterprise-Grade Engineering
- Drive platform maturity stability and extensibility to meet the needs of enterprise/B2B customers.
- Ensure systems and data comply with security regulatory and integration requirements including authentication standards audit trails and role-based access control.
- Champion API-first integration-ready thinking in all platforms and product design.
- Lead the definition and enforcement of non-functional requirements for scale uptime security and performance.
Delivery Guardrails & Execution Oversight
- Implement delivery guardrails including:
- Feasibility reviews and technical discovery processes.
- Scoping and effort estimation standards.
- Root-cause post mortems and retrospectives.
- Technical debt tracking and prioritisation.
- Partner with the VP of Engineering to drive consistent delivery metrics (e.g. cycle time DORA metrics quality gates).
- Maintain a culture of shared ownership and continuous delivery.
AI Automation & Applied Innovation
- Own the innovation agenda across engineering with a focus on applied use of AI and automation to improve product intelligence platform operations and developer experience.
- Prioritise and lead AI adoption through internal R&D experimentation and external partnerships.
- Identify areas for automation across internal tooling monitoring testing and deployment pipelinesand assign ownership for implementation.
Organisational Leadership & Talent Strategy
- Build and lead a high-performing technical organisation across architecture engineering DevOps and security.
- Create succession planning for key technical roles and ensure strong leadership pipelines.
- Partner with HR and People teams on engineering career frameworks development pathways and high-impact team structures.
- Champion engineering culture and diversity ensuring an environment where technologists thrive.
Stakeholder & External Engagement
- Serve as the executive interface between Technology and other business units.
- Translate technical vision into language suitable for board and investor conversations.
- Represent the company in industry forums client meetings and technical partnerships.
REQUIREMENTS:
Formal Qualifications
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Mathematics Engineering Information Systems or equivalent experience.
Knowledge Skills & Experience
- 10 years of experience in technology leadership roles including at least 35 years as a CTO or equivalent in a SaaS or fast-scaling tech business.
- Strong foundation in software engineering systems design and cloud infrastructure (AWS Azure or GCP).
- Experience scaling engineering teams and tech platforms in high-growth environments.
- Proven ability to make strategic trade-offs between speed cost and scale.
- Deep knowledge of modern development methodologies security standards DevOps and architecture frameworks.
- Skilled in stakeholder management with a track record of aligning cross-functional teams.
- Experience working with or presenting to Boards investors and C-level executives.
Job Related Experience
- 10 years of experience in technology leadership roles including at least 35 years as a CTO or equivalent in a SaaS or fast-scaling tech business.
ATTRIBUTES:
- Innovation-Driven: Embrace a culture of innovation and continuous learning where creativity and curiosity are encouraged.
- Collaborative Environment: Foster a team-centric environment where open communication mutual respect and shared goals are prioritised.
- Commitment to Excellence: Strive for high-quality outcomes with a focus on delivering value to the business and stakeholders.
- Integrity and Accountability: Maintain the highest standards of ethical conduct and take responsibility for the quality of work produced.
While we would really like to respond to every application should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.
COMMENTS:
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Desired Experience & Qualification
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Employment Type
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