EMEA Portfolio CTO & Tech Value Architect

The Carlyle Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

The Carlyle Group is seeking an exceptional technology leader to join the Global Portfolio Solutions team as Chief Technology Officer for EMEA. You will translate investment theses into technology roadmaps and drive value creation across Carlyle’s European private equity portfolio.

As a connective tissue between investment professionals and portfolio company tech leadership, you will shape scalable playbooks, mentor CTOs, and build a trusted network of technology partners across multiple

Qualifications

• Deep, current expertise across product engineering and software architecture, AI within the software development lifecycle.
• Experience leading software transformations in mid-market B2B software or SaaS, translating tech investment into measurable outcomes.
• Track record designing and optimizing technology operating models, including organizational structures, onshore/offshore models, platform teams, vendor strategies.
• Familiarity with the private equity investment lifecycle, including technology diligence, value-creation planning, portfolio-company execution and exit readiness.
• Experience building networks of technology partners, specialist advisors and vendors to accelerate execution while maintaining a lean operating model.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively across multiple businesses, geographies and cultures, within a European context.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive software development / engineering value-creation agendas across technology portfolio companies — product architecture, scalability, technical debt, cloud modernization, AI in SDLC and AI in Product.
• Partner directly with portfolio management teams, deal teams, and GPS functional peers to develop and execute technology value creation roadmaps aligned to each company’s investment thesis and stage of ownership.
• Support technical diligence on new investments; assess engineering organizations, tech stacks, product roadmap maturity, platform scalability, engineering capabilities and technical debt.
• Translate findings into actionable value-creation plans and contribute technology perspectives to investment committee materials and investment decisions.
• Build, curate and manage a network of trusted third-party software engineering partners — implementation firms, specialist advisors, fractional leaders and vendors — to deliver software engineering execution at portfolio companies
• Coach and mentor portfolio-company CTOs and engineering leaders; help assess, recruit and upgrade technology leadership where needed.
• Establish reusable playbooks, benchmarks and best practices; drive cross-portfolio knowledge sharing.
• Build connectivity among portfolio CTOs through peer forums and other community-building initiatives
• Position technology assets for exit by articulating the equity story, de-risking the stack, and evidencing scalability to buyers.

Skills

Technology leadership

CTO experience

Software architecture

AI in SDLC

Portfolio/PE experience

Cross-functional collaboration

German/French language

Job description

The Carlyle Group is seeking an exceptional technology leader to join the Global Portfolio Solutions team as Chief Technology Officer for EMEA. You will translate investment theses into technology roadmaps and drive value creation across Carlyle’s European private equity portfolio.

As a connective tissue between investment professionals and portfolio company tech leadership, you will shape scalable playbooks, mentor CTOs, and build a trusted network of technology partners across multiple