Industry CTO

Nordcloud; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud services provider is looking for an Industry CTO in the UK. This role will serve as a technical leader and play a crucial role in client engagements, providing strategic guidance while bridging the gap between technology and sales. The ideal candidate will exhibit strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a solid background in the FSI sector and public cloud offerings. The position offers a hybrid working model, training budget, and various benefits like pension contributions and health care.

Benefits

Training budget

Hybrid working model

Health care benefits

Pension contributions

Gym expense allowance

Qualifications

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills are essential.
• Experience in the FSI sector and adapting to industry trends.
• Proven track record of driving customer engagements.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical leader and challenge conventional IT thinking.
• Provide strategic guidance and engage with clients.
• Define technical solutions that meet customer needs.

Skills

Proactive and driven

Exceptional communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Understanding FSI sector

Knowledge in public cloud offerings

Fluent in English

Job description

Join Nordcloud and be part of the European cloud revolution. We supercharge our customers to innovate in hyperscaler cloud, enabling seamless migration, advanced security, and data-driven success.

Industry CTO (UK)

The Industry CTO, as part of the sales organisation, is the sector‑aligned subject‑matter expert who works alongside the sellers to build pipeline and shape our bids for new work. Must be a thought leader in the modern cloud space and must be able to bridge the gap between technical and sales messaging.

Your daily responsibilities:

• Technical leader with credible hands on skills that is able to challenge conventional thinking around IT and cloud platforms.
• Highly client facing and well versed on current market and IT trends are having real impacts on the market.
• Act as a bridge between the C‑Suite level and front line technical people, working closely with both of them.
• Splitting your time between accounts to provide strategic guidance and on technical matters.
• Selling and defining the best technical and cost efficient solutions that meets the needs of our customers.
• Working on creating roadmaps and workshops for the client.
• Sharing your knowledge and experience with the Nordcloud community.

Your key skills:

• Highly proactive and driven - show customer that you can lead the discussion and provide information to decision making.
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Have a solid understanding and experience working in the FSI sector.
• Understand the industry trends and how to adapt those to the customer needs - follow up the trends and upcoming changes.
• Build structure with regular meetings or discussion sessions with decision makers.
• Extensive knowledge in public cloud offerings.
• Your background could e.g. be a technical background but more recent years worked with driving customer engagements.
• Fluent communication skills in English.

We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all of the requirements. We value your growth potential and enthusiasm!

What we offer:

• Individual training budget and exam fees for certifications.
• Flexible working hours and hybrid working model.
• Company laptop and needed equipment.
• Local package such as up to 7% matched pension contributions, extensive private health care, Bupa dental plan, and a seasonal ticket loan, enhanced maternity and parental leave, gym expense or well‑being monthly and mobile phone allowance.

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About Nordcloud

Nordcloud is a European leader in cloud implementation, application development, managed services and training. It’s a recognised cloud‑native pioneer with a proven track record helping organisations leverage public cloud in a way that balances quick wins, immediate savings and sustainable value. Nordcloud is triple‑certified across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform – with 10 European hubs, over 1,300 employees and has delivered over 1,000 successful cloud projects for companies ranging from midsize to large corporates. Our clients benefit from multi‑cloud expertise that guides best practices, preempts pitfalls, provides essential technical support and steers teams through cultural change. From strategy planning to application management, we take our customers through the whole cloud journey to drive real business outcomes from cloud technology. Learn more at www.nordcloud.com

Nordcloud values diversity and is dedicated to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and employees.