Field Chief Technical Officer (CTO)
An opportunity is available for a Field Chief Technical Officer (CTO) at Logicalis, a technology company committed to driving digital transformation. This senior, customer-facing role acts as a strategic advisor and thought leader, translating enterprise customer business goals into technology solutions.
This is a full-time, Virtual Location position.
Role Summary and Strategic Advisory Mandate
The Field CTO serves as the high-level technical expert and strategist across the entire customer lifecycle, influencing both the company’s product roadmap and the customer’s technology adoption. The role requires a blend of deep technical expertise and strong executive communication skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Customer Engagement & Strategy: Serve as a strategic advisor to enterprise customers and partners. Lead executive-level discussions on emerging technologies, digital transformation, architecture, and innovation. Translate customer business goals into solutions using the company’s products.
- Thought Leadership: Represent the company at industry events, conferences, and customer briefings. Collaborate with Marketing and Product teams to create white papers and blogs, building trusted relationships with key industry influencers.
- Product and Engineering Collaboration: Provide crucial customer feedback to Product and Engineering teams to directly influence roadmap priorities and product enhancements. Partner with internal R&D to validate new technologies.
- Sales Enablement & Support: Support the sales process by participating in customer meetings, solution architecture, and proposal development. Help qualify and shape strategic deals by aligning technology capabilities with business needs.
- Technology Vision: Monitor external technology trends (e.g., cloud, AI/ML) and recommend their application within the company’s strategy. Drive innovation through strategic partnerships and experimental projects.
Required Experience and Qualifications
The ideal candidate is a seasoned technology leader with extensive customer-facing experience and a broad, deep technical background spanning core enterprise infrastructure and emerging technologies.
- Experience: 10+ years of progressive experience in technology leadership roles, including customer-facing positions.
- Technical Background: Strong technical background in core domains, including cloud, cybersecurity, AI/ML, data platforms, networking, storage, and virtualization.
- Communication: Executive-level communication and presentation skills are essential.
- Collaboration: Experience working effectively with sales, marketing, and engineering teams.
- Impact: Proven success in influencing product strategy and customer adoption.
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Job Features
| Job Category | Information Technology, Technical Services |