Chief Technology Officer - CTO

About Us Since our launch in 2004, our firm has firmly stamped its mark on the industry as leaders in future-proof, cutting-edge fleet, and asset management software innovation. Run by a team of directors who have spent their entire careers working in the fleet and leasing technology arena, our team has a passion for creating quality and award-winning solutions in partnership with our customers as well as finding innovative ways to reduce costs, improve efficiencies and achieve compliance in the fleet market. It is widely recognised that to become an expert you must specialise and that is precisely what we do. By employing the best people from our industry – like-minded individuals who believe in excellence – we have developed a range of practical solutions to the problems facing fleet operators and asset management companies today. Key Outcomes: Lead our company's transformation from a largely legacy platform (Dotnet Winforms) to a best-in-class SaaS product offering over the next 5 years Build a best-in-industry development team that can deliver on the product roadmap and our company objectives Lead tech migration to a modern platform while navigating growth from £10m to £25m in ARR Shepherd our company from a custom job shop culture to a product company culture Be a key contributor of the executive leadership team Assess the team for quality and quantity of output Design and deliver a formal technology roadmap Meet with customers' technical and non-technical leaders to talk through our company's technical and product roadmap Assess and potentially change the structure of the 40+ development team Make significant improvements on release management; revamp the testing process and significantly reduce the number of bugs in releases given to customers Lead a mentor team and hold the team accountable to performance metrics Experience Experience leading a high-performing engineering team of 40 FTEs or more Track record of hiring exceptional developers Have taken a company from £10m - £25m in ARR Have Successfully led a significant migration (ideally away from Dotnet Winforms) to modern SaaS products (Dotnet Webforms etc.) Fleet Management/vehicle leasing/automotive/ERP experience would be a plus Private Equity/VC ownership background would be a plus Attributes Excellent client-facing skills Able to work within a strict budget and comfortable with bottom-line considerations (as opposed to growth at all costs) Willing to be in the office (Tamworth, West Midlands) 2 days per week Willing to travel to customers 2 days per week Interview Process Initial interview with CEO Technical interview with technical consultant Interview with reportees/other managers 45-minute online personality test & follow-up interview with an external advisor (Optional - final interview with CEO).