CTO - E-commerce Growth Leader (Equity + Bonus)

Zachary Daniels; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Bonus

Equity

Job summary

Zachary Daniels, a fast-growing, digitally led ecommerce business in the North West, is seeking its first Chief Technology Officer. You will own the full technology function, shaping the strategy and architecture for scalable, customer-first digital experiences.

Reporting to the CEO, this hybrid role combines strategic leadership with hands-on oversight of platform, data, infra, and engineering, including AI-driven personalisation and performance driving initiatives.

Qualifications

• Senior technology leadership experience in ecommerce or digital retail.
• Proven track record scaling platforms and teams during rapid growth.
• Hands-on credibility with modern ecommerce architectures (Shopify Plus, SFCC, Magento/Adobe Commerce) and cloud platforms.
• Commercially minded leader focused on revenue, conversion and customer outcomes.
• Experience managing agencies and vendors alongside internal teams.
• Ability to operate at board level while retaining attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Set and deliver technology strategy aligned to the commercial roadmap, including international growth, new channels and margin improvement.
• Lead, build and inspire a high-performing engineering, product and data team.
• Own the ecommerce platform and wider tech stack, making build/buy/re-platform decisions.
• Drive conversion, site performance and customer experience through data, experimentation and personalisation.
• Embed AI and automation across customer journey and back-office operations.
• Ensure security, resilience and scalability, especially during peak trading.

Skills

Executive leadership

Growth scaling

Data-driven decisions

Ecommerce architecture

Strategic planning

Tools

Shopify Plus

Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Magento/Adobe Commerce

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Zachary Daniels, a fast-growing, digitally led ecommerce business in the North West, is seeking its first Chief Technology Officer. You will own the full technology function, shaping the strategy and architecture for scalable, customer-first digital experiences.

Reporting to the CEO, this hybrid role combines strategic leadership with hands-on oversight of platform, data, infra, and engineering, including AI-driven personalisation and performance driving initiatives.