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Most companies get this wrong when hiring a CTO: They hire highly technical, perhaps even world leading experts in their narrow field of technology, instead of hiring as CTO a business strategist with broader technical expertise in that industry. I'll explain: The CTO sets the direction for the technical strategy to achieve the business strategy. If you hire a CTO that's a world leader in X technology, they're likely hyper focused on that, but have no strategic view of how this technology can serve the business. A strategic CTO can always hire subject matter experts (and give them fancy titles like Chief Science Officer or Chief Nanoparticles Engineer, or Chief Robotics Engineer) and harness their exceptional technical talent for the company's technology strategy. Instead, companies hire a highly technical CTO and then are disappointed when this technical expert is not strategic. This technical expert became an expert because they focused their life's work on this technology. They didn't focus their life's work on business tech strategy in your industry. You need a CTO who understands business first, and technology second. Otherwise, you'll find yourself spending incredible amounts of money on doing engineering work (as well as pet projects) which are not strategic, and therefore are not focused on bringing real value to the business. Challenge me if you think I'm mistaken. I'm absolutely open for debate! What kind of CTO should companies be recruiting? #cto #ceo #recruitment #reengineeringleadership

Most companies get this wrong when hiring a CTO: They hire highly technical, perhaps even world leading experts in their narrow field of technology, instead of hiring as CTO a business strategist with technical expertise in that industry: e.g. a CTO who is known for delivering wearables, or SaaS platforms, or one who knows semiconductors or consumer products. I'll explain: The CTO sets the direction for the technical strategy to achieve the business strategy. If you hire a CTO that's a world leader in X technology, they're likely hyper focused on that, but have no strategic view of how this technology can serve the business. A strategic CTO can always hire subject matter experts (and give them fancy titles like Chief Science Officer or Chief Nanoparticles Engineer, or Chief Robotics Engineer) and harness their exceptional technical talent for the company's technology strategy. Instead, companies hire a highly technical CTO and then are disappointed when this technical expert is not strategic. This technical expert became an expert because they focused their life's work on this technology. They didn't focus their life's work on business tech strategy in your industry. You need a CTO who understands business AND technology. To put it bluntly: Someone who understand how to harness technology to make money. Otherwise, you'll find yourself spending incredible amounts of money on doing engineering work (as well as pet projects) which are not strategic, and therefore are not focused on bringing real value to the business. Challenge me if you think I'm mistaken. I'm absolutely open for debate! Now... the current market gets this point more than ever and this is part of the reason so many people struggle to secure a CTO role - because the bar is much higher as there are not as many CTO roles. The ones who secure a CTO role now know how position themselves as an executive minded CTO who can deliver business goals with their technical and business expertise in a particular industry. What kind of CTO should companies be recruiting in your view? I will be running in Sept a webinar on how to land a CTO role in a tough job market. It will only have 25 places available. To express your interest in information and initiatives like this webinar that help you become a truly Executive CTO, please click here: https://lnkd.in/eZS86fTG #cto #ceo #recruitment #reengineeringleadership

🚀 Hiring a CTO or Tech Leader? KRAs and KPIs to see 🚀 Every startup and business always needs key tech leadership roles like CTO, VP Tech or Tech Lead to build their products and transform their business through tech. My circle of friends and professional network often approaches me for introductions or collaboration. I happily float their JDs and give a gentle introduction to someone who may be a fit. In some cases, they hire a fractional CTO or office of CTO as well. I help these companies clearly articulate their their short term to long term goals, KRAs and measurable KPIs, and put them in a document. This way they are able to arrive at the same page with their new hire or partner to clearly define success metrics for the relationship. The six main KRAs of Tech Leadership Companies need to define measurable KPIs in the following six main areas. Some examples are mentioned here and the video has more details. 1. Technology Performance: System uptime, latency, time for issue detection and resolution. 2. Product Development: Time to market. Code quality. Bug introduction rate. 3. Team Development: Time to full productivity and average experience of productive hires. Retention rates of employees. Switching time, costs and risk. 4. Cost Efficiency: The costs of shipping a story point or release, cost per productive developer and cost per additional customer. 5. Security & Compliance: Protect customer data. Lower security incident rates. Ensure successful compliance audits. 6. Strategic Impact: Drive revenue growth and minimize risks with leanness, agility and scalability. These focus areas empower us to deliver cutting-edge solutions that align with business goals. 💡 p.s. In the video, I missed to mention System Uptime in the Technology Performance Metrics. Please share anything else I may have missed p.s.2 Are you hiring a CTO or a fractional CTO Office? Feel free to drop in a comment for greater visibility. Godspeed Systems #CTO #Kra #Kpi #BluePrint #Hiring #Tech #Efficiency #Strategy #Techleadership #Startups #Business

#hiring Vice President, Group Chapter Leader - Full Stack and Mobile Software Engineering, Salt Lake City, United States, fulltime #opentowork #jobs #jobseekers #careers #SaltLakeCityjobs #Utahjobs #ITCommunications Apply: https://lnkd.in/ggGC2bce Job Description: VP of Software Engineering / Group Chapter Leader - Level 8 Are you interested in serving the needs of millions of customers by building the outstanding digital experience that helps them in financial planning, investing, and retirement solutions?We are looking for a driven yet empathetic engineering Leader of Leaders who brings exceptional technology and leadership expertise to help us on our mission to deliver the best omni-channel capabilities to our customers across core business capabilities around Money Movement, Brokerage, Account Management, Customer Management, and Service Automation.A great cultural fit would be someone who embodies drive, confidence, genuinely cares about people-both customers and our associates, is obsessed with technology, decisive, and strategic in the larger scheme of things.The Value You DeliverEngineering Leadership & Product Delivery: You provide engineering expertise and thought leadership across product management, engineering & human-centric design teams to ensure we are building the best products, platforms, and experiences functionally and technically. You establish key goals and performance metrics for the product area and are directly accountable for implementation, tracking and reporting on them. You work collaboratively across multiple teams to prioritize technical efforts and product features and capabilities. You are a key integrator bringing together teams by partnering across UX Design, architecture and product teams on setting technical direction and ensure alignment with our technology strategy while staying abreast of engineering trends in the industry. Establish a future vision to identify areas of need for large systems, initiatives and turn this into roadmaps with concrete landmarks. You establish structures and processes to drive scale & reuse by promoting a platform mentality to drive pace and efficiency. Drive and facilitate decision making around standards, resources, and overall direction of work through proactive partnership with senior leadership.Organizational Vision & Culture Champion: You lead by example and establish organizational core values, culture to inspire our community! Create and promote the vision, roadmap, and expectations for your technology organization. Harnessing the power of your network, you are adept at building teams, recruiting for culture and skills while coaching them to reach their peak potential. Collaborate with organizational leaders to plan for and provide the skilled talent needed to ensure teams have the right expertise, at the right time, to get work done You focus on lea

#hiring Vice President, Group Chapter Leader - Full Stack and Mobile Software Engineering, Salt Lake City, United States, fulltime #opentowork #jobs #jobseekers #careers #SaltLakeCityjobs #Utahjobs #ITCommunications Apply: https://lnkd.in/gpykwy-f Job Description: Job Description VP of Software Engineering / Group Chapter Leader - Level 8 Are you interested in serving the needs of millions of customers by building the outstanding digital experience that helps them in financial planning, investing, and retirement solutions?We are looking for a driven yet empathetic engineering Leader of Leaders who brings exceptional technology and leadership expertise to help us on our mission to deliver the best omni-channel capabilities to our customers across core business capabilities around Money Movement, Brokerage, Account Management, Customer Management, and Service Automation.A great cultural fit would be someone who embodies drive, confidence, genuinely cares about people-both customers and our associates, is obsessed with technology, decisive, and strategic in the larger scheme of things.The Value You DeliverEngineering Leadership & Product Delivery: You provide engineering expertise and thought leadership across product management, engineering & human-centric design teams to ensure we are building the best products, platforms, and experiences functionally and technically. You establish key goals and performance metrics for the product area and are directly accountable for implementation, tracking and reporting on them. You work collaboratively across multiple teams to prioritize technical efforts and product features and capabilities. You are a key integrator bringing together teams by partnering across UX Design, architecture and product teams on setting technical direction and ensure alignment with our technology strategy while staying abreast of engineering trends in the industry. Establish a future vision to identify areas of need for large systems, initiatives and turn this into roadmaps with concrete landmarks. You establish structures and processes to drive scale & reuse by promoting a platform mentality to drive pace and efficiency. Drive and facilitate decision making around standards, resources, and overall direction of work through proactive partnership with senior leadership.Organizational Vision & Culture Champion: You lead by example and establish organizational core values, culture to inspire our community! Create and promote the vision, roadmap, and expectations for your technology organization. Harnessing the power of your network, you are adept at building teams, recruiting for culture and skills while coaching them to reach their peak potential. Collaborate with organizational leaders to plan for and provide the skilled talent needed to ensure teams have the right expertise, at the right time, to get work done

#hiring Vice President, Group Chapter Leader - Full Stack and Mobile Software Engineering, Salt Lake City, United States, fulltime #opentowork #jobs #jobseekers #careers #SaltLakeCityjobs #Utahjobs #ITCommunications Apply: https://lnkd.in/gpykwy-f Job Description: Job Description VP of Software Engineering / Group Chapter Leader - Level 8 Are you interested in serving the needs of millions of customers by building the outstanding digital experience that helps them in financial planning, investing, and retirement solutions?We are looking for a driven yet empathetic engineering Leader of Leaders who brings exceptional technology and leadership expertise to help us on our mission to deliver the best omni-channel capabilities to our customers across core business capabilities around Money Movement, Brokerage, Account Management, Customer Management, and Service Automation.A great cultural fit would be someone who embodies drive, confidence, genuinely cares about people-both customers and our associates, is obsessed with technology, decisive, and strategic in the larger scheme of things.The Value You DeliverEngineering Leadership & Product Delivery: You provide engineering expertise and thought leadership across product management, engineering & human-centric design teams to ensure we are building the best products, platforms, and experiences functionally and technically. You establish key goals and performance metrics for the product area and are directly accountable for implementation, tracking and reporting on them. You work collaboratively across multiple teams to prioritize technical efforts and product features and capabilities. You are a key integrator bringing together teams by partnering across UX Design, architecture and product teams on setting technical direction and ensure alignment with our technology strategy while staying abreast of engineering trends in the industry. Establish a future vision to identify areas of need for large systems, initiatives and turn this into roadmaps with concrete landmarks. You establish structures and processes to drive scale & reuse by promoting a platform mentality to drive pace and efficiency. Drive and facilitate decision making around standards, resources, and overall direction of work through proactive partnership with senior leadership.Organizational Vision & Culture Champion: You lead by example and establish organizational core values, culture to inspire our community! Create and promote the vision, roadmap, and expectations for your technology organization. Harnessing the power of your network, you are adept at building teams, recruiting for culture and skills while coaching them to reach their peak potential. Collaborate with organizational leaders to plan for and provide the skilled talent needed to ensure teams have the right expertise, at the right time, to get work done

#hiring Vice President, Group Chapter Leader - Full Stack and Mobile Software Engineering, Salt Lake City, United States, fulltime #opentowork #jobs #jobseekers #careers #SaltLakeCityjobs #Utahjobs #ITCommunications Apply: https://lnkd.in/gscf24MU Job Description: VP of Software Engineering / Group Chapter Leader - Level 8 Are you interested in serving the needs of millions of customers by building the outstanding digital experience that helps them in financial planning, investing, and retirement solutions?We are looking for a driven yet empathetic engineering Leader of Leaders who brings exceptional technology and leadership expertise to help us on our mission to deliver the best omni-channel capabilities to our customers across core business capabilities around Money Movement, Brokerage, Account Management, Customer Management, and Service Automation.A great cultural fit would be someone who embodies drive, confidence, genuinely cares about people-both customers and our associates, is obsessed with technology, decisive, and strategic in the larger scheme of things.The Value You DeliverEngineering Leadership & Product Delivery: You provide engineering expertise and thought leadership across product management, engineering & human-centric design teams to ensure we are building the best products, platforms, and experiences functionally and technically. You establish key goals and performance metrics for the product area and are directly accountable for implementation, tracking and reporting on them. You work collaboratively across multiple teams to prioritize technical efforts and product features and capabilities. You are a key integrator bringing together teams by partnering across UX Design, architecture and product teams on setting technical direction and ensure alignment with our technology strategy while staying abreast of engineering trends in the industry. Establish a future vision to identify areas of need for large systems, initiatives and turn this into roadmaps with concrete landmarks. You establish structures and processes to drive scale & reuse by promoting a platform mentality to drive pace and efficiency. Drive and facilitate decision making around standards, resources, and overall direction of work through proactive partnership with senior leadership.Organizational Vision & Culture Champion: You lead by example and establish organizational core values, culture to inspire our community! Create and promote the vision, roadmap, and expectations for your technology organization. Harnessing the power of your network, you are adept at building teams, recruiting for culture and skills while coaching them to reach their peak potential. Collaborate with organizational leaders to plan for and provide the skilled talent needed to ensure teams have the right expertise, at the right time, to get work done You focus on lea

Are you sure you want to hire a CTO?    I often get Founders/CEOs approach me to help with hiring a CTO but when we get into the finer details they are describing the responsibilities of vastly different roles.    Here are the four most common roles advertised incorrectly as CTO.   Technical Architect:    The company are looking for someone to design and guide the development team during the implementation stage. This role might be more hands-on in designing and implementation rather than the broader business and leadership responsibilities associated with a CTO.   Head of Engineering:    Instead of a CTO, a company might need a Head of Engineering who can lead and manage the software development team, drive technical excellence, and ensure timely delivery of projects. While there may be some overlap with the CTO role, the primary focus here is on the engineering aspect rather than the broader strategic and business concerns.   Product Manager with Technical Background:    The company is looking for someone to bridge the gap between technical teams and product development whilst being involved on the ground daily. In this case, they might advertise for a CTO but a Product Manager with a strong technical background who can guide the development process and prioritise features based on technical feasibility and market demand may be more suited.   Chief Innovation Officer (CIO):    Instead of a CTO, a company might be seeking someone to spearhead innovation initiatives, drive R&D efforts, and explore emerging technologies. This role might involve less day-to-day involvement in technical decisions and more focus on long-term strategic planning and innovation.   So before hiring a CTO, consider whether what you’re looking for actually fits into a different role.   This will eliminate any confusion.   #CTO #Recruitment 

#hiring Vice President, Group Chapter Leader - Full Stack and Mobile Software Engineering, Salt Lake City, United States, fulltime #opentowork #jobs #jobseekers #careers #SaltLakeCityjobs #Utahjobs #ITCommunications Apply: https://lnkd.in/ggGC2bce Job Description: VP of Software Engineering / Group Chapter Leader - Level 8 Are you interested in serving the needs of millions of customers by building the outstanding digital experience that helps them in financial planning, investing, and retirement solutions?We are looking for a driven yet empathetic engineering Leader of Leaders who brings exceptional technology and leadership expertise to help us on our mission to deliver the best omni-channel capabilities to our customers across core business capabilities around Money Movement, Brokerage, Account Management, Customer Management, and Service Automation.A great cultural fit would be someone who embodies drive, confidence, genuinely cares about people-both customers and our associates, is obsessed with technology, decisive, and strategic in the larger scheme of things.The Value You DeliverEngineering Leadership & Product Delivery: You provide engineering expertise and thought leadership across product management, engineering & human-centric design teams to ensure we are building the best products, platforms, and experiences functionally and technically. You establish key goals and performance metrics for the product area and are directly accountable for implementation, tracking and reporting on them. You work collaboratively across multiple teams to prioritize technical efforts and product features and capabilities. You are a key integrator bringing together teams by partnering across UX Design, architecture and product teams on setting technical direction and ensure alignment with our technology strategy while staying abreast of engineering trends in the industry. Establish a future vision to identify areas of need for large systems, initiatives and turn this into roadmaps with concrete landmarks. You establish structures and processes to drive scale & reuse by promoting a platform mentality to drive pace and efficiency. Drive and facilitate decision making around standards, resources, and overall direction of work through proactive partnership with senior leadership.Organizational Vision & Culture Champion: You lead by example and establish organizational core values, culture to inspire our community! Create and promote the vision, roadmap, and expectations for your technology organization. Harnessing the power of your network, you are adept at building teams, recruiting for culture and skills while coaching them to reach their peak potential. Collaborate with organizational leaders to plan for and provide the skilled talent needed to ensure teams have the right expertise, at the right time, to get work done You focus on lea

#hiring Vice President, Group Chapter Leader - Full Stack and Mobile Software Engineering, Salt Lake City, United States, fulltime #opentowork #jobs #jobseekers #careers #SaltLakeCityjobs #Utahjobs #ITCommunications Apply: https://lnkd.in/gscf24MU Job Description: VP of Software Engineering / Group Chapter Leader - Level 8 Are you interested in serving the needs of millions of customers by building the outstanding digital experience that helps them in financial planning, investing, and retirement solutions?We are looking for a driven yet empathetic engineering Leader of Leaders who brings exceptional technology and leadership expertise to help us on our mission to deliver the best omni-channel capabilities to our customers across core business capabilities around Money Movement, Brokerage, Account Management, Customer Management, and Service Automation.A great cultural fit would be someone who embodies drive, confidence, genuinely cares about people-both customers and our associates, is obsessed with technology, decisive, and strategic in the larger scheme of things.The Value You DeliverEngineering Leadership & Product Delivery: You provide engineering expertise and thought leadership across product management, engineering & human-centric design teams to ensure we are building the best products, platforms, and experiences functionally and technically. You establish key goals and performance metrics for the product area and are directly accountable for implementation, tracking and reporting on them. You work collaboratively across multiple teams to prioritize technical efforts and product features and capabilities. You are a key integrator bringing together teams by partnering across UX Design, architecture and product teams on setting technical direction and ensure alignment with our technology strategy while staying abreast of engineering trends in the industry. Establish a future vision to identify areas of need for large systems, initiatives and turn this into roadmaps with concrete landmarks. You establish structures and processes to drive scale & reuse by promoting a platform mentality to drive pace and efficiency. Drive and facilitate decision making around standards, resources, and overall direction of work through proactive partnership with senior leadership.Organizational Vision & Culture Champion: You lead by example and establish organizational core values, culture to inspire our community! Create and promote the vision, roadmap, and expectations for your technology organization. Harnessing the power of your network, you are adept at building teams, recruiting for culture and skills while coaching them to reach their peak potential. Collaborate with organizational leaders to plan for and provide the skilled talent needed to ensure teams have the right expertise, at the right time, to get work done You focus on lea