Chief Technology Officer Jobs

A&C Technology Inc is a well-funded startup company that focuses on creating a next generation living style.

We’re seeking CTO to work at our Newport Beach, California office.

Responsibilities:

• Create strategic plans and set timelines for evaluation, development, and deployment of all technical, web, and mobile services.
• Ensure tight collaboration across departments to drive strategic initiatives, including understanding of the alignment between technology strategy and various technology road maps.
• Define the company’s overall technology strategy to support business objectives.
• Facilitate the development and implementation of disaster recovery and IT security failure plans.
• Work with the leadership team to set clear priorities and goals for IT management and production, balancing the long-term and immediate needs.
• Oversee data security, management, and governance.
• Manage strategic vendor and technology partner relationships.
• Develop and manage annual and quarterly budgets.
• 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.
• Manage IT resource allocation, goal/KPI setting, and performance metrics.

CTO Qualifications/Skills:

• Strong department leader with skills in strategic planning, goal setting, processes development, budgeting, and creating opportunities for professional development within technology teams.
• Ability to track and identify new technologies to solve complex business issues.
• Strong communication with ability to convey technical topics in easy-to-understand business terms and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and strategic thinking abilities with a problem-solving aptitude.
• Solid understanding of broad technology trends and the ability to align innovation with business goals.
• Strategic smarts, including the ability to identify new opportunities, drive clarity, create focus, and make tough decisions in complex and dynamic contexts.

Education & Experience Requirements:

• Previous experience as a CTO, director, or similar leadership role.
• Prior experience as a senior engineering leader overseeing architecture and engineering for enterprise-wide technology platforms and leading SaaS 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.
• Broad knowledge of software engineering: languages, frameworks, techniques, and industry trends.
• Experience designing and managing an effective IT governance framework across the spectrum of IT service delivery.
• 8 – 10 Years relevant experience in the technology industry. Experience with frameworks and companies related to the payments or finance sector is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems or related field (master’s degree preferred).

What we offer

• Vision, Dental, and Medical Insurance
• 401(k) – company match up to 5%
• Highly competitive salary
• PTO
• Free Office lunch
• Sponsorship for employment visa status
• Generous employee stock options

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Newport Beach, CA