A well-established, private equity-backed professional services organization with a global footprint and a large, distributed commercial team is entering a pivotal phase of its technology evolution. With operations across multiple international offices and a 20+ year history of growth, the company is transitioning from legacy systems to a modern, data-centric infrastructure inspired by top-tier professional services models. A newly organized, high-integrity data environment is now in place, laying the foundation for building a best-in-class technology function to drive scalability, efficiency, and performance.
This is a rare opportunity for a commercially minded, execution-oriented Chief Technology Officer to lead the company’s end-to-end technology evolution. Reporting directly to the CEO, the CTO will shape and implement a strategy that drives real-time commercial impact—boosting productivity, speed, and profitability. This is not a role for a traditional CTO; it's for a builder who can introduce a professional services-level rigor to tech and data. Equity is a core part of the compensation, and the right leader will quickly see their impact translate into tangible business outcomes in a high-growth, PE-backed environment.
Convert company strategy into day-to-day technology solutions that deliver measurable revenue impact within 60–90 days.
Data Utilization: Leverage a clean, structured data infrastructure to generate insights, prioritize client targeting, and enhance team performance.
Transform KPIs into user-centric tools and dashboards that influence consumer behavior, focusing on both speed and delivery quality.
Team Leadership: Rebuild and lead a ~25-person global tech team, currently London-heavy, with plans to scale in the U.Partner closely with the CEO, executive team, investors, and regional leaders to ensure technology initiatives are ROI-driven and aligned with business goals.
Foundational Excellence & Innovation: Prioritize immediate wins through RPA, analytics, and tool integration while laying the groundwork for future AI/ML initiatives.
Proven experience as a CTO or senior technology leader, preferably in a multi-thousand-user services organization.
Demonstrable track record of translating business strategy into rapid, measurable commercial outcomes through technology.
Strong expertise in data engineering, data science principles, BI, product management, and systems integration.
Experience productizing KPIs and driving user adoption of technology tools across a large, distributed sales-oriented workforce.
Experience transforming and building technology teams.
Familiarity with CRM systems (experience with Mercury a plus, but not essential – focus is on system of record capability) and Microsoft stack.
ability to prioritize foundational improvements and integrations before large-scale AI overhauls.