Chief Technology Officer

Hailo; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 66,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering faith-tech startup is seeking a Chief Technology Officer to build exceptional AI and SaaS products. This role requires a leader with over 5 years of startup experience, strong technical skills in AI/ML, and an enthusiasm for transforming how Churches serve their communities. A hybrid working model is offered, ideally based in East Midlands or London. Join us in shaping the future of faith-tech!

Benefits

Early-level Equity

Joining a passionate team

Opportunity to shape company direction

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in a startup or scale‑up environment.
• Direct hands-on experience in using and building AI/ML/LLM and SaaS products.
• Experience of building global products, accommodating for different cultures.

Responsibilities

• Build exceptional AI and SaaS consumer‑facing products.
• Conceptualise ideas and turn them into user‑friendly products.
• Lead a team of designers and developers as the company scales.

Skills

Leadership skills

Technical skills in AI/ML/LLM

Product management

Team building

Execution from concept to product

Job description

Chief Technology Officer

Hailo
London,
£65,481 per year - estimated ?
Full time
NEW

The Company

Hailo is a pioneering faith‑tech startup, revolutionising how Churches understand and serve their congregations through AI. Hailo's innovation provides believers with hyper‑personalised support, scripture and services, whilst providing Church Leaders with AI data‑driven insights and AI‑generated solutions to improve their sermons, pastoral care and outreach activities, so they more accurately meet with the needs of their communities.

About Us

Our Founder & CEO is a 3x exited entrepreneur across both technology and service‑based businesses. Having operated as a Founder, Chair, Non‑Executive Director and Advisor across several technology businesses from pre‑revenue through to £100m ARR, over the past decade he has gained valuable insights into starting, scaling and exiting businesses across a multitude of sectors and verticals. With a small founding team, we are now looking for an experienced CTO who can build exceptional AI and SaaS consumer‑facing products, who is passionate about our mission, and embodies the values of the company.

With strong signs of early problem‑solution‑fit, market validation, and recently moving from pre‑revenue to post‑revenue, with pre‑launch waitlist signups across 3 continents and 10 countries, we are at a pivotal stage, with an imminent international launch date on the horizon.

About You

• Outstanding record of building exceptional technology products across B2B, B2B2C and B2C channels.
• Go‑getting executer, who can conceptualise ideas and utilise their technical skills and talents for turning ideas into tangible user‑friendly products that achieve PMF.
• Gap bridge builder between internal clarity and external execution, either through working directly with agencies to complete MVP and handover, and/or building products, features and functionality from a lean foundation.
• Enthusiastic to join and being instrumental in an early‑stage start‑up, yet has the skills, expertise and leadership skills to build a team of designers and developers as the company scales.
• Direct hands on experience in using and building AI/ML/LLM and SaaS products.
• 5+ years experience within a startup or scale‑up environment. Previous Founder/Co‑Founder experience (advantageous).
• Experience of building global products, accommodating for different cultures, user expectations and languages (advantageous).
• Passionate about faith‑tech and the impact our product will have on the Christian community.

The Opportunity

• Early‑level Equity
• £50,000 starting salary
• You'll be joining a team with a clear mission, impact‑led and commercially focused
• The opportunity to work alongside a committed, passionate, capable and seasoned Founder CEO and C‑suite team
• The opportunity to be instrumental in shaping the company's direction and success as CTO
• This is a full‑time commitment, and to build a startup requires a healthy amount of optimism and hard work. You must be a team‑player, resilient and passionate about Hailo's mission.
• You must have a right to work in the UK.
• Hybrid working, ideally East Midlands or London‑based.

The Application

• Applications MUST be through the google form, applications through job boards will NOT be considered.
• Interviews will be arranged with candidates on an individual rolling basis.
• The interview process will follow a 2‑3 stage process.