CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, FINTECH SCALE-UP, CANARY WHARF, LONDON, £100k-150k+ possible equity involvement

* Brand new opening in the business driven by expansion to overseas markets.

* Opportunity as the incoming Chief Technology Officer to set technical direction in a high-growth, innovative and multiple award-winning Fintech organisation whose product effectively helps the self employed, small businesses and SMEs.

* Work as CTO with some truly inspirational individuals who are linked to the company in the UK and overseas, and benefit from company success with possible equity involvement.

A highly ambitious tech fintech scale-up based in Canary Wharf who are expanding into the US and Europe in 2023 are looking for an inspirational Chief Technology Officer to take their technical operations forward.

The business has a high calibre, stable IT team of 20 people based in Canary Wharf on a hybrid office / WFH basis. Working closely with the CEO and the Private Equity owners of the business, you will take the helm of the technical team getting under the bonnet of processes and approach before embarking on a programme to scale the business ready to cope with the expansion of the product offering into the US & European markets.

Experience they are looking for:

* The ideal person will have 'been there and done it' - as part of the executive management team (Head of IT / IT Director / CTO / Head of Engineering) you will have taken a start-up/scale-up / SME on a growth path and won't be nervous at the prospect of scaling to become a multi-national.

* Naturally any experience in the Fintech or Financial Services space will help as you'll likely have a better understanding of security, regulation and data control within the financial services, banking or consumer finance space.

* As Chief Technology Officer, you'll know how to hire, inspire and motivate a team tapping into what actually drives people to perform at their best

* You will have dealt with business growing pains in the past and will know how to get through them and hacks to make things work

* You'll be pragmatic as a CTO - they don't want someone who says "this can't be done" but rather focuses on what can be done and how realistic it is.

* A development background is ideal, but not essential.

* Naturally you'll have your finger on the pulse in respect of trends within development, cutting edge tooling and impactful methodologies

What you'll do:

As Chief Technology Officer, you will set, and lead the technical vision, road-map and architecture for the organisation, growing and cultivating the technical team. You'll make key decisions attributing to the expansion into the US and other countries. You'll be the technical representative on the board, managing expectations of key stakeholders. You'll play a major part in helping this organisation scale.

What you'll get in return:

A generous package is on offer for the right person, salary to £150k (negotiable), possible equity, pension, healthare, holiday allowance. This aside, as a new opening within the organisation you'll have the autonomy to do things you own way, setting tech direction, creating a culture and taking the helm of an already highly successful fintech organisation.

If you are a talented CTO looking for a new challenge, apply now for consideration.

Ashridge Executive Search & Selection is acting as a Recruitment Consultancy in respect of this Chief Technology Officer vacancy