Field CTO & Strategic Advisor (French speaker) - 30921

Splunk Inc; Paris; Sur place; EUR 100 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading technology company is seeking a Field CTO & Strategic Advisor for Technology & Innovation in Paris. This high-impact position involves customer engagement, driving success through technology insights, and fostering relationships with key stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have technical leadership experience, a robust understanding of data analytics, and fluency in French and English. This role requires travel within the EMEA region and occasionally to the U.S.

Qualifications

• Fluency in French & English is a prerequisite.
• Able to work independently and in small teams.
• Willingness to learn and share knowledge.

Responsabilités

• Drive customer success through understanding technology needs.
• Champion and translate customer needs across functions.
• Deliver impactful thought leadership in various venues.

Connaissances

Strong executive presence and communication skills

Understanding of data analytics and security

Technical leadership experience

Collaborative mindset

Description du poste

Overview

Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world's leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it's our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination. If you become a Splunker, bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, as well as your joy and passion.

We seek an exceptional business technologist to join our team as a Field CTO & Strategic Advisor for Technology & Innovation reporting to the Chief Technical Advisor, EMEA. This is a high-impact position working with experienced technologists, industry experts, product advisors and business consultants. You will partner closely with strategic sellers, solutions engineers, architects, customer success teams, internal product and engineering teams, global/government affairs and external partner organisations across the organisation.

The team brings an outside-in perspective to customer and internal interactions; in previous roles you will have had direct responsibility and accountability for delivering, not just selling or consulting, that has given you this perspective. Our firsthand experiences in delivering technical solutions, systems and strategies, are foundational in how we support, champion and challenge customers to help them achieve their objectives. As a global thought-leading technical expert, you will blend advice, delivery experience, enablement and evangelisation in technology trends and trajectory to shape customer technical strategy and our messaging and roadmap. You will build credible relationships with customers, in group and event settings. You will be a senior strategic resource for GTM and product teams to deliver our vision to customers, partners and sales teams. You will have a track record in building and managing high performing technical teams (specialised and/or at scale), giving you the background and credibility to advise and coach our strategic clients. You will enable strategic value for our customers and contribute to durable growth in revenue for Splunk. You will excel in a fast-paced environment and demonstrate knowledge of functional/operational analytics and the technology landscape.

Responsibilities

• Use your experience of running large or complex teams, technology and digital transformations, and/or technical organisational change to help our customers achieve their high-priority objectives
• Apply practical experience with methodologies (e.g., agile business systems, system thinking, design thinking) and technical leadership to guide customers through change
• Drive customer success through a peer-to-peer understanding of the customer’s strategy, objectives and broader technology, data and analytics needs, expanding data and analytics capabilities
• Champion and translate customer needs, working cross-functionally with support, product management, engineering and other organisations to ensure alignment and resolve critical situations
• Maintain and project a credible and trusted reputation within country, EMEA-wide and in specific technical areas
• Engage and influence a varied audience—from executives to leaders in product and engineering—to build meaningful relationships and drive customer success and business outcomes
• Deliver impactful thought leadership with government affairs and other teams in venues such as the World Economic Forum, industry trade associations, European institutions and others
• As a senior expert individual contributor, motivate and lead virtual teams strategically and tactically to meet objectives
• With your data and technology strategy background, formulate new market strategies with Splunk vertical and value advisors
• Provide Splunk regional leadership with expert advice, guidance and support as required
• Provide timely and insightful input to other corporate functions, particularly product management and marketing
• Work cross-functionally to develop global programs and enablement supporting the broader Customer Success community

Qualifications

Fluency in French & English and being based in France is a prerequisite for this role. We work together to support and develop, so we’re looking for candidates who can demonstrate a blend of the following and a desire to learn the rest. Must (ideally meet 90%+):

• Strong executive presence and communication skills. Ability to foster relationships with key technical leadership personas
• Demonstrate understanding, based on experience, of the choices, benefits and pitfalls when implementing business-impacting data analytics, security and/or observability systems
• Practical understanding of technical, competitive and regulatory trends in one or more verticals
• Able to work independently and in small expert teams with autonomy of decision-making, but in partnership with other teams and corporate functions
• Understanding and appreciation of the technical, people and process aspects of organisational change and solution implementation
• Willingness to learn and desire to share knowledge with others to improve the team’s ability to operate and influence
• Collaborative mindset
• Comfortable enabling and coaching others with your domain, technical and leadership knowledge
• Ability to travel up to 25 - 50% of time within the EMEA region and occasionally to the US

Should (ideally meet 50%+)

• Technical leadership experience with ownership of core P&L and/or major investment budget
• Influenced policy, regulatory or compliance within an organisation, sector or government
• 5+ years of experience building and/or operating products/services for end consumers
• Adept at developing and implementing technical strategy, delivery systems and/or policy frameworks
• Practitioner expertise within development, technology or operational techniques, models and frameworks
• Expert-level knowledge in one or more fields such as Cyber Security, IT Operations, DevOps, Observability and/or other technical functions
• Comfortable presenting (on stage, podcasts, webinars, etc.) and producing written thought leadership (blogs, ebooks, etc.)

Could (bonus)

• Track record of positioning major technology and/or business transformation investments with an executive audience
• Expert-level knowledge of advanced or emerging data analytics or other technology area

Competency in other EMEA languages as well as knowledge of Splunk (the company), Splunk (the technical capabilities) and the typical use cases