Chief Technical Officer Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Chief Technical Officer to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Actively participate in strategy development in cooperation with business development and business unit leadership;
- Influence technical decisions across Viasat;
- Key technical contributor on bids and proposals including RFI responses;
- Coordination across business units with other technical leaders to support efficient technical solutions;
- Build and maintain effective engineering relationships with current and new technology suppliers and vendors;
- Determine necessity and produce technical notes, white papers and proof of concepts;
- Provide direct market facing support and advice to the Sales and BD Team;
- Ensure systems integration processes are maintained and are fit for purpose.
Requirements:
- PhD in Physical Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science) or Engineering (Mechanical) is required;
- At least 10 years of leadership experience in forprofit and/or not-for-profit organizations is required;
- Ability to drive results in a global, matrixed, and multidisciplinary work environment;
- Short-and long-range financial and resource-planning skills;
- Membership in professional organizations to maintain knowledge in the field is required;
- Track record of creating innovative and measurable solutions to organizational challenges and societal needs;
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field;
- Innovative and lateral approach to creating bespoke and commodity solutions to solve customer issues;
- Knowledge and experience in a broad set of design processes for hardware, firmware, software and mechanical engineering;
- Flexible, self-motivated, adaptable, approachable and solution driven;
- Knowledge and experience of telecommunication network architectures, systems and solutions;
- Must have, or be capable of obtaining security clearance;
- 10+ years being part of and/or leading high performance technical teams in complex Government and/or Commercial markets;
- Experience in market analysis and competitive assessment;
- Strong system engineering and technology solution development experience in the telecommunications field.