Chief Technology Officer (CTO) - tech startup
CROWTH!, United Kingdom
Job Description
Are you looking for an opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment and advance your career by working with top talent in London, Madrid, Dublin and Silicon Valley, working with the latest emerging technology including AI and taking on new challenges?
If you are an ambitious self-starter with strong track record scaling innovative tech companies through innovative technology solutions who wants to be part of the leadership team of a very innovative and highly scalable early-stage AI tech start-up disrupting the Future of Work and the Job Market we have the perfect job for you.
About Crowth!
Crowth! (https://www.crowth.org/) is an ambitious AI start-up with a huge mission: to tackle disruption in the job market caused by Artificial Intelligence/COVID19 to help people and companies be engaged and successful in the next decades. We are building a PEOPLE FIRST job market in the post-pandemic and Artificial Intelligence era, starting by disrupting job searching. Crowth! empowers people and makes it easy for them to help each other when looking for jobs and talent.
We are in stealth mode (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_mode). What does this mean? After two years secretively building the disruptive and innovative platform and products with an amazing team of freelancers, getting our technology and designs patented across the US, UK, EU and other countries, achieving product market fit and starting building our demand and supply we are ready to scale and build a first class team of talented equally passionate people about our mission and vision and who are willing to fight to make the vision a reality. (https://www.forbes.com/sites/jiawertz/2019/01/30/stealth-mode-best-growth-tactic-startup-business/?sh=13be14f71240)
Backed by a very experienced team of advisors and mentors including the ex-Chief of Investment at America Moviles, the ex-Chairman of Jumia ‘The Amazon of Africa’ (recently IPOd) and the UK’s ‘Data Scientist of the Year’ (2019) and ‘Cloud Leader of the Year’ (2018) by Tech Leaders Awards among others. Currently targeting 7m round and finalising fundraising conversations with leading VCs and Angel Investors.
We pride ourselves on cultivating a working environment based on drive, excellence, boldness, openness to change, trust and a lot of laughter. As a rapidly growing company, we are on the lookout for ambitious and goal orientated self-starters who align with Crowth!’s vision and culture.
The CEO (linkedin.com/in/nataliademiguel1) is so passionate and heart driven about disrupting job searching and transforming the workplace in the interest of all of us. She has been named Exceptional Women of Excellence by Women Economic Forum (2020), AI Leader of the Year by Tech Leaders Awards (2018), Finalist of the Editorial Award by Women in Tech Awards (2018) and more recently one of the 10 Most Ambitious Business Women Making a Difference in 2021 by InspireZones (2021). She was previously a high performing and high potential team member across many leading organisations including Consulting Firms and has been described as highly courageous, determined and visionary person.
About the Role
We are looking for a Chief Technology Officertotake on full responsibility for developing innovative tech solutions and leading the technology strategy and team. You will lead in helping to build out the MVP further, continuously drive innovation by proposing and building new features aligned with our customer needs, contributing to design and building out the technology team. We are looking for:
- Exceptional track record building and implementing end-to-endFlutter projects (experience on Kotlin or Swift also considered), in a high performing culture and fast paced environment, preferably in start-ups and scale ups. Track record in the IT field software development life cycle and proven experience incorporating strategies to accelerate time-to-market
- Resourceful and troubleshooting team player with excellent leadership skills. Strong experience in technology leadership roles in start-ups, including experience scaling a growing team and driving company-wide sales strategies in partnership with cross-functional teams (5-8+ years of demonstrated experience)
- Goal orientation, ability to deliver results, driven by excellence, detail-oriented. Track record building innovative tech solutions using agile methodologies and sprints
- Excellent attitude, proactivity, flexibility and desire to influence the creation of an exciting, high growth potential amp; purpose driven business
- Strong communication, organizational and project managemen