Field CTO

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Field CTO based in Germany. This is a unique opportunity for a senior technology leader to shape enterprise AI adoption at scale while driving strategic growth in a fast-moving, innovation-focused environment. The role combines executive-level customer engagement, technical leadership, and team development, making it ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of technology and business. You will influence complex enterprise purchasing decisions, guide organizations through AI transformation journeys, and establish trusted relationships with senior stakeholders. Working alongside cross‑functional teams, you will help define technical narratives, refine market positioning, and create scalable frameworks that accelerate customer success. This position offers significant visibility, ownership, and the chance to build a high-impact technical evangelism function from the ground up. Accountabilities Lead technical strategy throughout enterprise sales engagements, participating in discovery sessions, executive briefings, and solution validation discussions with prospective customers. Serve as the primary technical authority during customer conversations, translating complex AI architectures into clear business outcomes and measurable value propositions. Design customer‑specific solution approaches using modular AI architectures while addressing technical concerns related to integrations, scalability, security, and deployment. Represent the organization at conferences, industry events, workshops, and executive forums, delivering compelling presentations and thought leadership content. Develop and scale a high‑performing technical evangelism function, including standardized presentation frameworks, demonstration strategies, objection‑handling methodologies, and industry‑specific narratives. Collaborate closely with sales, product, and leadership teams to improve go‑to‑market strategies, strengthen competitive positioning, and provide actionable field insights. Build trusted relationships with CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology stakeholders while contributing to increased success rates across technically complex enterprise opportunities. Requirements Extensive experience in senior customer‑facing technical leadership roles such as Field CTO, VP of Solutions Engineering, Principal Architect, Technical Founder, or similar positions. Deep expertise in enterprise AI technologies, including large language model architectures, AI orchestration frameworks, enterprise integrations, and modern security and deployment models. Proven success supporting enterprise sales cycles, influencing executive decision‑makers, and guiding organizations through complex technical evaluations. Strong leadership experience with a demonstrated ability to recruit, mentor, and manage high‑performing technical teams. Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify sophisticated technical concepts for both executive and technical audiences. Experience creating technical enablement programs, scalable demonstration environments, and repeatable customer engagement frameworks. Established track record in public speaking, technical thought leadership, webinars, conferences, publications, or industry presentations. Commercially minded approach with a strong understanding of business outcomes, customer value realization, and speed‑to‑value strategies. Experience working within data‑intensive industries such as financial services, enterprise services, real estate, or similarly complex sectors is highly desirable. Benefits Opportunity to build and lead a strategic technical evangelism organization with significant influence on business growth. High level of ownership and autonomy in shaping technical strategy, customer engagement approaches, and team development initiatives. Exposure to enterprise‑scale AI initiatives and complex transformation projects across global markets. Collaborative environment working closely with executive leadership, product teams, and major enterprise customers. Accelerated professional growth through participation in a rapidly evolving and highly innovative technology sector. Opportunities to represent the organization at major industry conferences, events, and thought leadership forums. Dynamic, entrepreneurial culture that encourages innovation, experimentation, and continuous learning. Flexible working environment supporting collaboration across international teams and regions. #LI-CL1 #J-18808-Ljbffr