Chief technology officer job description

The Washington Post is searching for its next Chief Technology Officer, serving as a strategic advisor to the CEO and playing a prominent role on our senior executive team with broad responsibility over engineering, product, design, and information security functions.

MotivationFirst and foremost, you possess sterling integrity and personify the highest values of The Post: truth, accuracy, quality, speed, and continuous experimentation and innovation. You are deeply technical, yet can fluidly change altitudes to understand and address issues at the strategic, tactical, and transactional levels. You enjoy teaching others and can distill complex technical challenges into language that non-technical audiences can understand. You've always been enamored with the future and, as such, are grounded in the latest technologies, their potential impact, and how they can be used to good effect. You possess a growth mindset and are adept at growing employees' careers, growing audience, and growing an organization's capacity to iterate and launch new products at speed. Your energy level is very high, enabling you to inspire, enable, change, and protect a fast-paced, growing, 24/7, and global organization. You have an aptitude for building diverse and inclusive teams where people can do their best work. You bring an entrepreneurial - even scrappy - approach to organizations, yet function effectively within large, interdependent systems and frameworks. You are naturally data-driven and comfortable analyzing large, complex data sets, homing in on critical insights and galvanizing action around those insights.

StructureThe Chief Technology Officer role reports to the Publisher & CEO and is part of the executive team that leads The Washington Post in long-term strategy, planning, investment, growth, change, culture, policy, and innovation. As a trusted advisor to and member of this team, the successful candidate must build solid relationships and work effectively with leaders across the company, including news, editorial, sales, marketing, subscriptions, finance, legal, HR, production, circulation, and security, helping the C-suite in problem-solving and seizing opportunities that directly support The Post's ongoing transformation and growth.
Responsibilities
Lead the engineering team of The Washington Post and continue a culture of agile and collaborative software development at speed, cultivating a willingness to experiment, disrupt, fail, succeed, and keep trying throughout the organization.Play a significant role in developing the company's strategy and align engineering infrastructure and capital with that strategy. Help the company achieve its short- and long-term goals by focusing the right engineering resources in the right place at the right time.Advance the company's technical capacity and progress by monitoring the latest digital trends, identifying potential opportunities for the company and focusing our efforts accordingly.Strengthen our information security environment and systems, and work proactively to reduce vulnerabilities.Act as a technical advisor for our global Arc XP SaaS business, which has successfully evolved from start-up to growth phase, including partnering with the President of Arc XP.Lead product and design by growing the capacity of our newsroom to more effectively surface, cover, report, and edit the news and building new digital products that grow readership, subscribers, and revenue.Lead our partnerships with technology platforms, including our relationships with Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, and others.Cultivate a fast, brave, innovative, experimental, metrics-driven, and customer-focused culture-not only within your own organizations-but across the entire company.

Requirements
An undergraduate degree in computer science or related field; a graduate degree or MBA is strongly preferred.At least 15 years of progressively responsible experience in the engineering field, including hands-on experience in several different technology functions (e.g., software development, cloud-based technical architecture, product management, big data, and information security).At least five years in a senior leadership role leading a large, complex, interdependent organization of at least 300 employees that includes engineering and related functions.Significant experience building customer-facing products that increase audience, revenue, and future growth opportunities.

LocationThis role is based in The Washington Post's headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C. If the successful candidate is not already based in the D.C. region, relocation will be necessary. This role is based in the office five days per week.

About The Washington PostWhen you join The Post, you are joining a mission to connect, inform, and enlighten those around the globe with the highest caliber, most trustworthy news and information. Our multicultural, multi-generational workforce is constantly creating and innovating, leading the media and technology industries to better solutions. We welcome perspectives and celebrate diverse backgrounds. Whether you contribute to journalism, engineering, finance, or marketing, you are helping define the future of news. We continue to shine a light into the darkness and hope you will join us.

The Post strives to provide its readers with high-quality, trustworthy news and information while constantly innovating. That mission is best served by a diverse, multi-generational workforce with varied life experiences and perspectives. All cultures and backgrounds are welcomed.

The innovation doesn't end in the Newsroom - dozens of teams power The Washington Post. We are now hiring the next innovator - how will you Impact Tomorrow?
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The Virtual CTO (vCTO) works with customers to align their business goals with IT, creating an IT roadmap through strategic planning and consulting. The vCTO collaborates with customer's Executive Management Team and with all departments within Atlantic creating proactive solutions versus reactive selling establishing a true partnership between customers to drive standardization and efficiency.

The Virtual CTO will provide continuous customer education on emerging technologies and guidance on overall vision.
Responsibilities
Utilize internal software platforms and resources to gather, analyze and produce actionable IT roadmaps and technology needs for clients with an emphasis on: Providing tailored solutions within a standard product services set Long term budgeting Strategic guidance Provide tactical guidance on compliance Utilize Fact Finding data gathered by Sales Support Reps in conjunction with data from internal systems and customer feedback to produce proposals Work with Engineering Staff to create Scopes of Work Work with Project Management team to provide details to drive closed projects Stays up to date with new technologies and industry standards to provide the most robust and efficient hardware/software platforms to customers
Additional Duties:
Work with vendors on the testing and viability of new products and services for business development opportunities Develop an in-depth knowledge of internal systems and processes Improve customer service, perception, and satisfaction Ability to work in a team and communicate effectively Work with end user compliance teams to effectively manage external auditing process Document internal processes and procedures related to duties and responsibilities Responsible for entering time and expenses in ConnectWise as it occurs Work through a daily schedule in ConnectWise that has been established through the dispatch process Understand processes in ConnectWise by completing assigned training materials and blueprints on the ConnectWise University
Definitions:
vCTO's to produce proposals for customers with associated Fact Finding data provided by sales
team for: Server Migrations Virtualization Infrastructure Builds Cloud Migrations Colocation services Wireless Configurations Switching reconfigurations (i.e. adding switch layers - core/access/SAN) Firewall reconfigurations (i.e. brand adjustment SonicWall to Cisco)
Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree and/or its equivalent required.
- Minimum 3-5 years' related experience.
- Experience in supporting network architectures, topologies and protocols; Cisco IOS, CatOS, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated the ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.
- Demonstrated excellence in a variety of competencies including teamwork/collaboration, analytical thinking, communication and influencing skills, and technical expertise.
- Ability to work with changing priorities and with multiple projects.
- Ability to be precise and attentive to detail is essential.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Must be willing to work flexible hours including nights and weekends.
- 5+ years' experience desired.
- Cisco Certification Preferred.
- Knowledge of SNMP, DNS/DHCP, UNIX, and Linux.
- Knowledge and experience in Wireless hardware and software support.
- Knowledge of SIP protocol and Unified Communications

The YouVersion Chief Technology Officer (CTO) will lead technology strategy, vision, innovation, team scaling, resource allocation and will help guide our vision for The Bible App, Bible App for Kids, and Bible.com.

As our world and technology change rapidly, YouVersion is focused on making the most of this moment in history by discovering new ways to help people seek God, engage with the Bible, and connect with each other as the Church. We're looking for forward-thinking Christ-followers to join our team.

We are seeking a highly-skilled CTO with a notable history in the mobile technological sector. The CTO will be a strategic thinker, an effective communicator, and a seasoned expert in growing technology and engineering teams. This role will work directly under the YouVersion CEO and will act as both a technology and business expert, making decisions that will impact the strategic direction of the Bible App, Bible App for Kids, and Bible.com.

Who you are:A leader with 10+ years of experience successfully leading in the software technology industry Someone with a proven track record of growing an engineering team to a significant scale Someone with excellent leadership, team building, and management skills, including a track record of coaching and mentorshipA strong communicator with the ability to present a technology vision confidently in a way that motivates both internal and external audiencesA strategic thinker

What you'll do:Collaborate with the CEO to set clear priorities and goals for the technology and engineering team, balancing the long-term and immediate needs Work closely with the CEO to define and deliver new products and enhancements Define and set the overall software development strategy, cast vision, and define technical roadmaps Oversee app and infrastructure security, management, and governance Cultivate and develop the technology leadership team to expertly manage their own teams, carry the culture, and steward the mission and vision Manage strategic vendor and technology partner relationships
To view the expectations and responsibilities of this role, please review the job description.

Work Perks:
When you join the YouVersion team, our prayer is that your family will be closer, your leadership will be sharper, your finances will be stronger, your faith will be deeper, and your heart will be larger. And while the biggest perk to working on our team is doing work that makes an eternal difference, you'll find that's not the only benefit we offer:

Flexible work arrangements
Generous and immediate time-off
Industry-leading medical, dental, and vision coverage
Unparalleled employer 401K contribution match
Childcare benefits
Casual dress code
Professional development funds
And so much more!

Learn More:
When you join the YouVersion team, you are also joining the community and staff of Life.Church. Named one of the largest, fastest-growing, and most innovative churches in America, Life.Church is a multi-site Christian church meeting in locations around the United States and globally at Life.Church Online. YouVersion is a ministry of Life.Church, created in 2007 out of a passion to leverage technology to reach the world for Christ.

Learn more about what it's like to work at Life.Church: www.life.church/careers.