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CTO for SaaS based company
| Location: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Job Type: | Permanent |
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| Posted: | 9th May 2010 |
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| Closing Date: | 30th Jun 2010 |
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| Posted By: | BoardSuite Corp. |
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| Details: | |
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CTO for SaaS based company
The Chief Technology Officer’s role is to align technology strategy with business strategy to accelerate innovative products to market.
The Chief Technology Officer is responsible for all aspects of developing and implementing technology initiatives within the organization in support of business goals. This requires envisioning the company’s product and service offerings in a SaSS-based business, leading implementation of applications, and planning for risk and growth.
Major areas of responsibilities for the CTO include:
• Advise - Provide consultation on company products, services, strategy, and structure. Similar to any other corporate executive, but with a uniquely technical competence.
• Value - Aid in the valuation of internal businesses or of potential acquisitions. Provide analysis and opinion on the value of product portfolios, patents, facilities, and skilled staff.
• Vision - Build a vision for what technology will make possible, how it will impact a company's business area, and how to squeeze the most value from these changes.
• Communication - Communicate the vision of the company to its own technical staff, to industry groups, and to the technical trade press. Engage these groups with terms from their own domain and with the personal credentials to be respected.
• Manage - Lead and manage the R&D labs or operations that involve significant technologies to the company. Build internal expertise in new areas and create young new leaders to replace the current CTO and other senior members.
• Innovate - Participate in research and product creation directly. Be a significant part of innovative products.
Skills
* Bachelors degree or higher in related technical and business areas
* Typically requires 8 - 10 years of technology experience and related management experience
* Understand project management methodologies and tools and have a strong knowledge of applicable business areas, the supporting technology architecture, and applicable processes.
* Additional requirements include strong knowledge of relevant applications and development of life cycles, general knowledge of professional services vendors, and tools and experience overseeing geographically distributed and culturally diverse work-groups.
* Strong influencing/negotiation skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills, knowledge of business and technology trends and strong interpersonal/relationship management skills.
Candidates must have extensive experience working with the following technologies:
* SaaS based frameworks
PHP Zend
Ruby on Rails etc..
* Content Management
* Internet Software Development
* Publishing
The following additional experience is highly desirable:
* Fulfillment Systems
* Subscription-based
* Financial Publishing |
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