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What We Offer
Competitive salary (see above).
Health, dental, and vision benefits (US-based team only).
Flexible working hours and remote options. Full-time, 1.0 FTE (37.5 per week).
6-8 month Fixed-Term Contract from November 2025 (Parental Leave Cover).
Being able to work on/overlap heavily with US Central time hours is essential.
As a global organization, some flexibility for cross-time zone communication to be available for limited virtual meetings outside of office hours is required.
Professional development opportunities.
40 days PTO (including public holidays) for full-time employees for each full year (i.e. 20 days PTO for a 6 months FTC).
A place to be your authentic self.
We are virtual by design to access a rich diversity of skills, expertise, experiences, and perspectives. Our commitment to neutrality is unwavering – across all of our work around the globe. Our employees are central to our mission and to our impact and we know that having varied perspectives helps generate better ideas to solve the complex challenges. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Overview
Synexus is seeking a highly skilled Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to provide 6-8 month interim parental leave cover. You will work directly with the CEO, acting as both a technology and business expert, making decisions impacting current and future operations. As the interim CTO, you will oversee all technology and technological resources and execute the technology vision, strategies, and growth plans. You will also lead our intelligence products team to support using Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) to perform quality assurance on our systems.
Core Behaviours
We model the following behaviours across the organisation:
* Positivity - We approach challenges with optimism, realism, and a focus on progress.
* Respect - We create an environment where everyone feels heard, valued, and safe to contribute.
* Accountability - We take responsibility, keep our commitments, and support each other in delivering results.
* Outcomes Focus - We prioritise impact over process, keeping customers, employees, and shareholders at the heart of what we do.
Responsibilities
* Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership across the organisation to ensure product-market fit and delivery to current and future customers. Oversee the Data (Data Science|Engineering|DevOps) and Intel (Product|Intelligence) functions; provide final decision-making authority over technical products and teams.
* Product-Market Fit: Align product roadmap with client input (via CCO + CBO) and ensure Data & Intel teams deliver on product improvements. Bring new products to market, incorporating initial customer feedback.
* New Product Directions: Guide strategic product decisions, assessing technical feasibility and partnership requirements.
* Team Management: Manage and develop direct reports, support managers, and recruit key resources to deliver products; ensure hiring plans align with the business plan.
* Budget Management: Manage budgets to deliver against the business plan.
* Secure Tech Standards: Ensure implementation and enforcement of high technology standards.
* Model Leadership: Act as a role model of the Synexus Behaviours for the Data and Intel teams.
Essential Experience And Behaviours
* 5-10 years of experience in a technical position collaborating with data scientists, engineers, and product managers.
* Leadership roles requiring management of significant teams from different technical disciplines.
* Aptitude for technology innovation, especially in advanced machine learning; experience with NLP and large language models (LLMs) is preferred.
* Experience or close collaboration with OSINT techniques to investigate the internet information landscape.
* Experience in process improvement and strong financial acumen.
* Technical fluency in Python, system administration, data science tools, and cloud platforms.
* Excellent presentation, writing, and research skills.
* Tolerance for ambiguity and frequent pivots.
* Skills to operate effectively in a scale-up environment.
Desirable Experience And Behaviours
* Experience working as part of a remote/virtual team.
* Professional fluency in languages other than English.
* Experience using work tools such as Asana and Slack.
* Experience managing concurrent projects across countries and time zones.
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