Cto jobs in United States

Working with the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), this role will provide managerial oversight of the Technical Department within Journey with particular focus on the operational delivery of the team and its personnel.

This role would suit an experienced project manager, producer or operations manager interested in applying their existing experience to a forward-looking team tasked with defining the next chapter of multidimensional design and creative technology. An understanding of the role technology plays in a business, both creatively with regards to public facing projects and operationally, will be crucial.

Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £50,000-£65,000 dependent on experience
Reports to: Journey's Chief Technical Officer
Location: Working flexibly across Journey's London Studios, with an majority placement at Vyner Studio (Squint/Opera)

Operational

• Having an ongoing consideration of availability, skills, interest, balance of projects, individual team professional development and representation of the department.
• Support the CTO to ensure effective delivery of department operations including but not limited to:
• Designing and implementing processes across technology product management, project management, software development, and technical operations.
• Serve as point person for HR, Finance, Facilities, and other business operations team for Technology team. Ensure Technology team delivers to existing processes and key deadlines.
• Coordinating meetings, minuting, and disseminating actions.
• Supporting Technology leadership across processes, operations, and team management. Contribute to design of new processes, execution of existing processes, and standardisation across workflows and teams.
• Manage collection of data and reporting and communications of Technology team KPIs.
• Contribute to resourcing processes, ensuring that utilisation data and near-term planning accurate reflects the needs of the business and the plans of the Technology team, partnering with the Technology leads.
• Represent the Technology team in larger business processes and communications, reflecting the Technology strategy, approaches, and execution.

Management

• Support the CTO with organisational design, internal communications and processes, and overall departmental structure.
• Line manage departmental coordinator, technical project managers, and other operational Technology staff where appropriate.
• Ensure a consistency across global Technology teams in all internal and Journey processes.
• Partner with the CTO to consistently deliver on finance, HR, business operations, recruitment and talent, and internal Technology processes.
• Provide additional mentorship to Technology leads around leadership, management, and process.

General

• Recognition of possible approaches and new possibilities for how the department operates and thrives including research into new approaches.
• Setting the tone for how the department engages with and collaborates with other areas of the organisation.
• Partnering with the CTO to drive team culture and environment, both internally and as part of the overall Journey culture.
• A commitment to the implementation of Journey’s values around sustainability, accessibility & belonging and inclusion in all areas of the business and allocating focus within the department in these key areas.
• Keeping abreast of influences and ideas from leading sector peers and developments.
• Undertake other work as reasonably required by the company.

• Approximately 15 years demonstrable experience in project and/or operational management
• An acute understanding of the role technology plays in a creative organisation
• A strong track record and keen interest in administration and its impact
• Experience rolling our processes for more effective teams and departments
• Experience evaluating and strengthening team performance
• Ability to interact with a wide range of people and excellent interpersonal skills
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and an ability to adapt to changing circumstances
• Experience working with busy executive level leadership
• Strong attention to detail
• Experience overseeing a team
• Experience coordinating HR processes
• Experience working in a design studio across one or more design specialisms including spatial design & architecture, video design & animation and technical design

Application Deadline: 6th January 2026, 9am

Interviews:
Round 1 - Week Commencing 12th January 2026
Round 2 - 23rd January 2026 (12pm - 3pm)

Please submit a comprehensive CV/Resume and a cover letter (maximum two A4 sides) or up to three minutes of audio describing your suitability for the position, how your skills and experience match the person specification and why you would like to work in this role at Journey. Applicants must provide contact details for two references and must be eligible to work within the UK.