Central London (Hybrid)
Up to £195,000 + Equity Options

We're partnering with an ambitious and rapidly evolving financial services organisation embarking on a significant technology transformation journey.

This is a rare opportunity for a strategic and hands-on Chief Technology Officer to define and lead a next-generation technology platform, helping position the business as a data and platform-driven fintech within the UK market.

This role goes far beyond traditional IT leadership. You'll be responsible for architecting a modern financial infrastructure that enables scalable growth, seamless partner integration, and the evolution towards digitised and programmable financial products.

As a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, you'll influence business strategy, engage with board-level stakeholders, and drive a technology agenda focused on innovation, scalability, resilience, and commercial value.

• Define and execute a forward-looking technology and platform strategy
• Drive the evolution of an API-first, cloud-native, modular architecture
• Lead infrastructure modernisation and platform transformation initiatives
• Identify and adopt emerging technologies aligned to business objectives
• Build a future-ready technology ecosystem capable of supporting significant growth

• Build, scale and lead a high-performing engineering organisation
• Establish modern engineering practices including CI/CD, automation and reliability engineering
• Create an environment that enables faster product delivery and innovation
• Position data as a strategic asset across the business
• Develop data platform strategy, governance frameworks and API layer design
• Drive automation of manual and spreadsheet-based operational processes
• Lead workforce planning, capability development and engineering maturity initiatives

• Own platform resilience, availability and operational stability
• Lead cybersecurity strategy and information security maturity programmes
• Ensure compliance with regulatory expectations and governance frameworks
• Oversee vendor relationships, service quality and strategic technology partnerships
• Drive best practice around risk management, penetration testing, patching and security controls

• Lead large-scale platform integration programmes
• Define API governance standards and integration frameworks
• Manage technical relationships with external partners and platforms
• Explore future technologies and digital infrastructure opportunities where commercially viable

• Contribute to overall business strategy as a member of the Executive Team
• Translate complex technology initiatives into clear commercial outcomes
• Present technology strategy and progress to senior stakeholders and board members
• Build a modern, inclusive and high-performing technology culture

• Proven experience as a CTO or senior technology executive within fintech, financial services, pensions, wealth management or another regulated environment
• Strong track record of defining and delivering technology transformation programmes
• Experience building and scaling modern cloud-native platforms
• Deep expertise across engineering, architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity and data platforms
• Strong understanding of API-led integration strategies and platform ecosystems
• Experience leading large engineering teams through growth and organisational change
• Ability to balance innovation with operational excellence and regulatory requirements
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience engaging at Executive and Board level

• Experience within investment platforms, wealth management, pensions, asset management or broader financial services
• Exposure to modern financial infrastructure, digital assets, tokenisation or emerging fintech technologies
• Strong knowledge of regulated environments and governance frameworks

If you're a technology leader who enjoys combining strategic vision with practical execution and are excited by the opportunity to build modern financial infrastructure, we'd love to speak with you.