Chief Technology Officer

Euro Car Parks; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Euro Car Parks seeks a Hands-on Chief Technology Officer in Marylebone, London to lead a modern technology function. You will drive architecture, data governance and product delivery across cloud, security and analytics, coaching managers and associates to deliver scalable, innovative solutions.

The role requires deep expertise in AI, enterprise architecture and a collaborative leadership style to transform technology platforms and customer experiences.

Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge of AI/Claude and data-driven decision making.
• Strong architecture/design/delivery of enterprise, cloud and security tech, Microsoft stack preferred.
• Proficiency in C#/.NET Core, REST APIs and API Management.
• Experience with document/no-SQL databases (Elasticsearch).
• Messaging/microservices architecture (Azure Service Bus, Functions).
• Experience building/maintaining large-scale data & analytics environments.
• Hands-on with Microsoft Cloud ecosystem.
• Enterprise Architect experience; mentoring teams through tech adoption.
• Proven change agent with leadership in fast-paced settings.
• UX/product development strategy and strong agile product practices.
• Senior management experience in directing digital activities.

Responsibilities

• Own overall design and solution architecture involving large data.
• Lead and maintain design decisions and architecture documents.
• Demonstrate a Product delivery mindset and drive go-to-market velocity.
• Reduce cycle time, increase velocity and release frequency for Agile teams.
• Ensure solutions meet high standards for quality, performance and scale.
• Work with product owners to align work with business objectives and clear estimates.
• Drive continual improvement through architecture reviews.
• Define strategy and assure service uptime and reliability.
• Translate non-technical issues for broad audiences.
• Leverage tech innovation as a driver of business transformation.
• Identify emerging technologies to enable efficiency and new capabilities.
• Enhance eCommerce and data infrastructure for scalability.

Skills

AI & Claude

Architecture & Cloud

C# .NET Core

REST APIs

Elasticsearch

Azure Service Bus

Azure Functions

Large-scale data

Microsoft Cloud

Enterprise Architect

Change agent

UX & product

Agile leadership

Digital leadership

Communication

Job description

Chief Technology Officer, Central London

An exciting Chief Technology Officer role with an excellent salary plus bonus and career progression opportunities for a permanent role based in our Marylebone, London office.

We are offering a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Chief Technology Officer with an immediate start at a market leading, dynamic and renowned property, technology and innovative, technology-based car parking company. Euro Car Parks is a market leading, renowned UK business, established over 50 years ago. The company operates over 4000 sites across the UK and Ireland providing specialist services to a wide range of blue-chip clients.

The role

Euro Car Parks is seeking a Hands-on Chief Technology Officer who has experience and knowledge of AI, is data driven with has worked with large amounts of data with the ability to review code and will blend expertise in software architecture, development, cloud, end user compute, and production operations with a passion for coaching, mentoring, and developing managers and associates.

The goal is to evolve and nurture a world-class, modern technology function, that is both market driven and forward thinking, and to ensure the organisation has the technological capability and capacity to enable the agile development and delivery of new and improved products to provide stronger client experiences.

You will actively bring new ideas, approaches, and insights to improve the work and develop new skills and capabilities in respective areas, enabling associate growth while adding greater value. You must possess deep expertise in modern application stacks and loosely coupled architectures, strong leadership and collaboration skills and proven expertise in delivering technology implementations with large amounts of data. You will be an inspirational and talented technologist to join us to lead the next phase of our technology transformation journey to create great products and services for the organisation.

Main Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall design and solution architecture involving large data.
• Lead and maintain key design decisions and existing solution architecture documents.
• Demonstrate a Product delivery mindset, and drive capabilities and culture enabling expedited go-to-market strategies.
• Look for ways to reduce cycle time, increase velocity and increase release frequency for teams in the Agile model
• Ensure the solutions that are delivered meet high standards for quality, performance, and scale.
• Work with product owners to ensure work is clearly defined and aligned with business objectives and scoped with effective team estimation
• Driving continual improvement within the team from regular architectural reviews
• Assist in defining a strategy and be central to assuring service uptime and reliability.
• Be proactive in identifying problems and translating these into non-technical descriptions that can be widely understood.
• Leverage technology innovation as an enabler to business transformation
• Identify emerging technologies that will enable operational efficiencies and new capabilities.
• Enhancing existing eCommerce and data infrastructure for scalability and expansion.

Skills:

• Detailed knowledge and previous experience with AI and Claude.
• Strong understanding of architecture, discovery, design and delivery of Enterprise, Cloud and Security technologies, preferably in a Microsoft technology stack.
• C# .NET Core, REST API Design and Development, API Management
• Document or No-Sql database solutions (particularly ElasticSearch)
• Messaging and microservices based architecture (Azure Service Bus, Azure Functions)
• Experience developing, implementing and maintaining large scale data and analytical environments.
• Detailed knowledge and hands on experience with the Microsoft Cloud Ecosystem.
• Enterprise Architect experience, with the ability to support, mentor and develop teams in the adoption/migration of new technologies.
• Demonstrable experience of leading change and transformation, acting as a lead change agent.
• Significant experience and strategic understanding of UX and user-centred product development.
• Significant experience of agile product development, and a demonstrable ability to drive innovation, in partnership with internal colleagues and external consultants.
• Senior managerial experience of planning, organising, developing and directing strategic and operational digital activities.
• Proven track record of delivering innovative technology solutions in a fast-paced environment as well as leading and managing teams both UK based and off-shore.
• Possesses a high level of intellectual curiosity and learning agility. A natural change agent with a combination of vision and execution skills; a technical leader with a hands-on mentality.
• Communicates effectively in small and large group formats. Able to articulate a compelling vision and purpose that excites the team and drives outstanding performance and service delivery excellence.