Chief Technical Officer Job Description

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.

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