Chief Technology & Product Officer - Retail/eCommerce

Chief Technology & Product Officer (CTPO)-Retail & Ecommerce

Overview:

We are looking to hire a Chief Technology and Product Officer (CTPO) to oversee the entire technology function (engineering + product). The role will report to the CEO and Founder directly and will also interface with investors and the company's board of directors. We expect the executive to engage routinely with other senior executives across functions and would play an active role in setting the future direction of the company.

Key Responsibilities:

- Work with the leadership team to set clear priorities and goals for IT management and production, balancing the long-term and immediate needs.

- Develop and manage annual and quarterly budgets.

- Oversee data security, management, and governance.

- Manage strategic vendor and technology partner relationships.

- Manage IT resource allocation, goal/KPI setting, and performance metrics and identify optimization opportunities.

- Define the company's overall technology strategy to support business objectives.

- Make infrastructure decisions, ensuring technical excellence, versatility, safety and soundness, resiliency and scalability in the architecting and engineering of product solutions, as well as managing all technical delivery.

- Facilitate the development and implementation of disaster recovery and IT security failure plans.

- Ensure tight collaboration across departments to drive strategic initiatives, including understanding of the alignment between technology strategy and various technology road maps.

- Create strategic plans and set timelines for evaluation, development, and deployment of all technical, web, and mobile services.

- Develop comprehensive product & engineering plans, incorporating market requirements and the competitive arena.

- Effectively prioritize and manage the scope of each product launch to deliver key capabilities on time

- Create a vibrant culture focused on ownership, accountability, assertiveness, collaboration, and curiosity; Never Stop Learning is our core mantra!

- Continually update self-knowledge on competition activities, industry news & consumer insights

- Partner closely with the business and operations leaders to drive adoption and ensure processes for onboarding that are easy and intuitive.

Key Experience & Skills:

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems or related field (master's degree preferred).

- 8-10 years' experience as a CTO, director, or similar leadership role.

- Prior experience as a senior engineering leader overseeing architecture, engineering and product for enterprise-wide technology platforms

- Experience leading complex, major changes and initiatives; demonstrated skills in change management on an organizational and interpersonal level; experience with integrating teams across multiple business units and managing a geographically dispersed workforce.