Chief Technology Officer

Milton Keynes - UK

Yearly Salary: £ 120000 - 170000

Posted on: 21 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

A fantastic opportunity for a Chief Technology Officer to join a long-established B2B software company delivering mission-critical platforms to large institutional customers across the UK and internationally. With a substantial existing customer base and a complex technical estate the business is entering a key phase of evolution and is seeking a commercially minded technically credible CTO to lead this next stage.

This role sits on the executive leadership team reporting directly to the CEO and will take ownership of both technology strategy and product direction. You will lead a sizeable engineering and product function balancing platform stability with evidence-led modernisation and long-term technical strategy.

Location: Hybrid Milton Keynes ideally at least 3 days per week on-site

Salary: 120000 to 170000 per annum plus bonus and comprehensive benefits

Requirements for Chief Technology Officer:

Proven experience leading engineering teams through legacy modernisation
Strong technical credibility across both modern and legacy software platforms
Experience owning and delivering technology strategy within a B2B or enterprise software environment
Commercial understanding of technical debt platform risk and long-term sustainability
Ability to operate at board level and influence senior stakeholders
Experience building mentoring and retaining senior engineering leaders
Confident balancing customer needs operational stability and future roadmap
Experience in regulated institutional or mission-critical software environments is beneficial as is exposure to cloud-native or serverless architectures.

Responsibilities for Chief Technology Officer:

Define and deliver the overall technology strategy and technical roadmap
Ensure strong alignment between product direction and engineering execution
Lead and develop a large engineering and product organisation
Improve platform stability quality and operational resilience
Make evidence-based decisions around architecture and modernisation
Establish clear technical governance ownership and accountability
Work closely with the CEO and executive team on wider company strategy
Act as the senior technology representative with customers and at board level

What the role offers:

A true executive-level CTO position with real influence
Ownership of both technology and product direction
The opportunity to lead a significant modernisation journey
A collaborative people-first leadership culture
Competitive executive-level salary and benefits package

Applications:

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