Chief Technology Officer

Ernst & Young
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 100K

Job location

Remote
Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Software as a Service
BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager (GTM)
Technical Debt

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and visionary interim Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO) to lead the next phase of our clients evolution - moving from transformation to scale-up.

This is a pivotal executive role for a commercially minded product and technology leader who thrives in high-velocity, complex environments. You will embed a product-led, partner-first culture, drive execution at pace, and deliver scalable, high-impact software that unlocks growth and long-term commercial value.

With foundational changes already made across Product and Engineering, the focus now is on execution, scale, and performance - building repeatable delivery, balancing legacy and SaaS portfolios, and accelerating value creation for customers and partners. The Role

As CPTO, you will own the end-to-end product and technology agenda, from vision through delivery to commercialisation. You will be a core member of the senior leadership team, shaping strategy while staying close enough to the detail to ensure outcomes are delivered. Key Responsibilities

  • Embed a product management mindset across teams - prioritising customer and business outcomes over project outputs.
  • Raise delivery standards, ensuring high-quality, partner-ready software is shipped at speed.
  • Balance innovation with technical debt, managing legacy platforms alongside SaaS-first development.
  1. Lead with a Scalable Product Vision
  • Set and maintain a bold, customer-validated product vision grounded in commercial opportunity.
  • Define and prioritise roadmap themes aligned to real market needs
  • Build with a platform mindset, optimising for performance, scalability, and embedded value.
  1. Enable Partner & Customer Growth
  • Build product and engineering capabilities to support partner-led delivery at scale, including toolkits, diagnostics, sandbox environments, and training assets.
  • Enable Customer Success and Partner teams to improve retention, adoption, and cross-sell.
  1. Build & Scale High-Performing Teams
  • Continue developing a unified Product and Engineering culture with shared goals and strong accountability.
  • Structure teams for repeatable delivery, global coordination, and continuous improvement.
  • Create transparency through delivery metrics and dashboards, embedding agility at every level.
  1. Own End-to-End Product Commercialisation
  • Define pricing, packaging, and monetisation strategies aligned to value creation and SaaS margin goals.
  • Partner with GTM, Marketing, and Finance to drive adoption, renewals, and commercial leverage.
  • Ensure full lifecycle ownership across all products - from inception through to deprecation.

Requirements

Please note, you must have both Technology And Product leadership experience in scaling (100+ teams) SaaS environments, You are a strategic yet hands-on leader with the credibility to operate at executive level and the pragmatism to drive delivery.

  • Proven track record scaling SaaS products in fast-moving, complex B2B environments.
  • Deep experience leading Product and Engineering functions through transformation into high-performance, repeatable operations.
  • Strong commercial acumen, with a clear understanding of pricing, ARR, margin models, and GTM alignment.
  • Strong architectural and technical literacy, able to engage deeply on technical trade-offs.
  • Proven experience leading products to market in a SaaS environment. xgikmsk

Leadership Attributes

  • Scale-up mindset - focused on leverage, automation, speed, and systemic improvement
  • Commercial operator - driven by value creation, revenue, and product-market fit
  • Execution-focused - delivers outcomes with pace, structure, and discipline
  • Innovative and pragmatic - balances ambition with delivery reality
  • Customer-first leader - prioritises real-world needs over internal noise
  • Inspiring communicator - brings clarity, energy, and accountability
  • Resilient and adaptive - thrives in ambiguity, complexity, and change
  • Comfortable operating strategically and in the detail, staying close to the product when required

Benefits & conditions

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