Job summary

We are proud to be partnered with a leading defence and aerospace business who are recruiting their next CTO.

Key skills required for this role

CTO, Chief Technology Officer

Important

CTO, Technology Roadmaps, Engineering Development, Innovation, R&D

Job description

In this role you will provide clear strategy and guidance on the use of the technology within the business. The CTO will author and be responsible for the Business's internal and externally visible technology roadmaps.

This role holder will be required to have visibility of customer needs both now and in the future across the full portfolio of product lines including land and air capability. The role holder will be required to liaise with key customers, suppliers, academic institutions and technology partners and provide a clear vision of the future technology needs of the business.

Key Skills:

• Experience of working on product roadmaps within an engineering development environment
• A wealth of experience leading engineering or technology teams
• A background in engineering development
• Sophisticated strategist and conceptual thinker
• Collaborates beyond boundaries

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop relationships with academic bodies and external engineering agencies
• Produce and regularly review product and technology roadmaps
• Scrutinise IR & D projects and help define key deliverables
• Report on all IR & D project processes when not attached to a product upgrade
• Author the academic engagement plan
• Manage the Senior Technical Authorities such that they can provide independence and critical direction into the Engineering Team
• Authoring and producing the extant technology roadmaps
• Arranging regular review of the technology strategy with the Senior Leadership Team and Senior Engineering and Project Management Team
• Supporting the Senior Engineering Managers, Head of Engineering, Director of Engineering Development and other Senior Managers in producing future skills frameworks
• Providing guidance to the Rapid Prototyping Team for the key use of technology
• Keeping abreast of current and future technologies applicable to the company including disruptive technologies to existing Ultra PCS business
• Supporting Value Streams with bids and other business development activities as required by the VP Engineering
• Supporting the business units in their IR &B D projects
• Mentor and coach engineering talent within the business as directed by the Head of Engineering
• Scrutinising IR & D and CR & D development activities as directed by the VP Engineering against the agreed roadmaps
• Scrutinising and supporting Sales capture activities as directed by the VP Value Streams

Security Clearance:

Candidates must be able to achieve a SC security clearance