Chief Technology Officer

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is the company’s top technology leader. As an integral member of the executive team, the CTO sets the overarching technology roadmap, ensuring that all technologies deployed are built for scale, security, and competitive advantage. The CTO drives the company’s shift to a more modern enterprise architecture, enabling advanced digitization as a competitive advantage to the operations of the business. Leading a high-impact team of 40+, the incumbent must possess refined emotional intelligence, a high degree of integrity, and a proven history of managing complex, modern technology environments across any industry landscape. Key Responsibilities Enterprise Roadmap: Define, communicate, and execute a multi-year technology strategy that aligns with long-term business goals and anticipates market shifts. Executive Partnership: Serve as a key advisor to the leadership team, translating complex technical concepts into actionable business opportunities and competitive advantages. Innovation Engine: Manage the organization’s innovation pipeline, encouraging experimentation through agile principles and the ethical integration of emerging capabilities like Generative AI. Culture of Excellence: Foster a solution-oriented culture that values business enablement, high accountability, and a security-first mindset. Strategic Change Management: Act as the primary catalyst for digital transformation, securing buy‑in from a broad range of stakeholders, from Board members to field operations. Team Development and Management / Talent Mentorship: Recruit, retain, and develop a high‑performing technical staff using a supportive, collaborative, and growth‑oriented approach. Unified Priorities: Drive alignment among individual IT departments to enhance success and impact across a strategic set of enterprise priorities. Applications Modernization & Integration / Architectural Evolution: Lead the transition from a portfolio of point solutions to a more streamlined, scalable, and cost‑effective architecture (Cloud, SaaS, Microservices). Systems Harmonization: Direct a comprehensive enterprise‑wide architecture evolution to better integrate systems and data, and enable workflow‑based technology capabilities. Core Systems Oversight: In collaboration with business owners, set the priority for modernizing and optimizing ERP, CRM, and Knowledge Management systems. Governance & Optimization: Facilitate cross‑departmental alignment through a robust systems governance structure, ensuring the organization maximizes the ROI of its software investments. Business Process & Budgetary Oversight – Process Re‑engineering: Partner with cross‑functional leaders to audit and optimize core business workflows, driving towards increased leverage of technology and automation to eliminate manual bottlenecks. Fiscal Accountability: Develop and manage the total IT operating and capital expenditure budgets, ensuring strict alignment with strategic objectives. Strategic Procurement: Oversee the fiscally responsible procurement of all technology assets, managing vendor relationships and contract negotiations to ensure favorable terms and service levels. Infrastructure & Operations – Mission‑Critical Uptime: Lead the strategy and maintenance of all IT infrastructure to ensure national project teams and operations remain fully functional and connected 24/7. Resilience & Security: Oversee the operability, health, and security of technology systems, communications lines, and equipment, prioritizing network health and reliability. Capacity Planning: Review and manage IT resource demands to ensure infrastructure meets both current operational needs and anticipated future growth in a cost‑effective manner. Cyber Security, Risk, & Data Governance – Data as a Strategic Asset: Strengthen the data ecosystem through implementation of robust governance, data lifecycle management, adherence to privacy standards, and advanced analytics tools that facilitate high‑level business decisions. Security Compliance: Partner with senior leadership to monitor and validate compliance with internal controls and information security policies. Disaster Recovery: Own the comprehensive disaster recovery strategy to ensure business continuity and zero data loss. Leadership Capabilities Business Acumen: Deep understanding of the operational and financial drivers of broader business management. Innovative & Transformational: Seek continuous improvement by developing new solutions while maintaining excellence in current commitments. Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to persuade and gain buy‑in from diverse groups, from technical engineers to non‑technical executives. Agile & Results‑Oriented: Displays a data‑driven, energetic approach to achieving objectives while factoring in high EQ. Basic Qualifications Executive Experience: Proven background as a CTO, CIO, or Head of Technology with responsibility for scalable enterprise solutions. Track Record of Business Enablement: Demonstrated success in leading business‑enabling IT organizations and positively impacting the business through migration to technology‑enabled processes. Infrastructure Expertise: Experience managing complex networks with strategic, tactical, and service responsibilities. Financial Acumen: Strong financial management skills, including experience planning and managing multi‑million dollar IT budgets. System Knowledge: Expert‑level experience managing organizations powered by enterprise ERPs/CRMs and deep understanding of US data privacy requirements. Preferred Qualifications Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or relevant field. Project Management Certification (PMP) or equivalent. Physical Requirements Given that a good portion of your day will be spent at a desk, you should be comfortable with prolonged periods of focused work, collaborating with colleagues, analyzing data, or developing strategies. The role demands effective communication and sharp visual acuity for reviewing complex documents and performing detailed computer work. While there are times for quiet concentration, you’ll also be expected to move actively throughout the office and travel occasionally to various locations, including dynamic construction sites, utilizing different modes of transportation. The ability to lift and move objects up to 10 pounds regularly, and up to 25 pounds on occasion (e.g., a box of files or small office equipment) is also required. Drug‑Free Workplace Clark promotes a drug free workplace. A pre‑employment drug fitness for duty screening is required, and the company conducts random quarterly drug fitness for duty tests. Equal Opportunity Employer Clark Construction Group, LLC (and its subsidiaries and affiliates) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical and mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Clark promotes a drug‑free workplace. Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA). Clark is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please email View email address on click.appcast.io or call View phone number on click.appcast.io and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Authorization to Work: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full‑time basis in order to be considered. #J-18808-Ljbffr Clark Construction Group, LLC