CTO | AI and Business Unit Leadership

Jobgether; Nederland; On-site; EUR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking an experienced CTO to lead technology and own a business unit in the Netherlands. You will shape technology strategy, translate priorities into impactful products, and drive measurable commercial outcomes while advancing AI, LLMs, and automation across products and engineering workflows.

You will manage high‑throughput, real‑time platforms, ensure reliability, security, and scalability, and mentor senior engineering leaders as the company scales with data-driven decision

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading technology organisations and translating business needs into technical roadmaps.
• Experience aligning architectural decisions with product priorities and customer requirements.
• Hands-on experience deploying AI tools and workflows with measurable business impact.
• Ability to manage high-availability and scalable real-time platforms in production environments.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Technology strategy and business ownership: Partner with the CEO to define strategic direction and lead a business unit, taking responsibility for its priorities, execution, and overall outcomes.
• Business and product alignment: Work closely with product and commercial teams to understand customer needs, guide investment decisions, and ensure technology delivery supports business objectives.
• AI integration across products and engineering: Identify and implement practical applications of AI, LLMs, and automation across products and development workflows.
• AI performance and value assessment: Establish clear success metrics and move promising initiatives into production, evaluating them against quality, reliability, cost, and customer value.
• Leadership and team development: Lead through Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, infrastructure leaders, and Data Science teams, providing clear direction, developing leadership capabilities, and fostering accountability.
• Infrastructure and platform evolution: Guide the development of high-throughput, real-time systems to support continued growth while maintaining resilience, security, scalability, and operational excellence.
• Execution and continuous improvement: Balance experimentation and delivery speed with the technical discipline required to maintain dependable services for partners.

Skills

Technology leadership

AI strategy

Stakeholder alignment

Engineering leadership

Real-time platforms

Tools

NVIDIA GPUs

GPU cluster

AI tooling

Job description

CTO | AI and Business Unit Leadership (Netherlands)

We are looking for an experienced technology executive to lead a technology organisation while taking ownership of a business unit. Working closely with the CEO, you will shape technology strategy and translate business priorities into impactful products and measurable commercial outcomes. A major focus will be turning AI, large language models, and automation into practical capabilities across products and engineering workflows. You will build on substantial AI infrastructure, including a dedicated NVIDIA B300 GPU cluster, to accelerate innovation and deliver tangible value. The role also involves evolving high-throughput, real-time platforms while maintaining reliability, scalability, and security. This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership, commercial responsibility, and organisational development in a data-driven, fast-moving environment.

Accountabilities

In this role, you will connect technology strategy with business performance, lead senior technical teams, and ensure that innovation translates into reliable products and measurable results.

Responsibilities

• Technology strategy and business ownership: Partner with the CEO to define strategic direction and lead a business unit, taking responsibility for its priorities, execution, and overall outcomes.


• Business and product alignment: Work closely with product and commercial teams to understand customer needs, guide investment decisions, and ensure technology delivery supports business objectives.


• AI integration across products and engineering: Identify and implement practical applications of AI, LLMs, and automation across products and development workflows.


• AI performance and value assessment: Establish clear success metrics and move promising initiatives into production, evaluating them against quality, reliability, cost, and customer value.


• Leadership and team development: Lead through Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, infrastructure leaders, and Data Science teams, providing clear direction, developing leadership capabilities, and fostering accountability.


• Infrastructure and platform evolution: Guide the development of high-throughput, real-time systems to support continued growth while maintaining resilience, security, scalability, and operational excellence.


• Execution and continuous improvement: Balance experimentation and delivery speed with the technical discipline required to maintain dependable services for partners.

Requirements

• Strong engineering or software architecture background, with the technical credibility to challenge design decisions and engage effectively with senior engineers.


• Experience connecting architectural and technology decisions with product priorities, customer requirements, and long-term business objectives.


• Commercial mindset and willingness to take ownership of a business unit, including its priorities, execution, and results beyond the engineering roadmap.


• Practical experience building and using AI tools and workflows, with a clear understanding of where AI, LLMs, and automation create value and where their limitations lie.


• Ability to deploy AI capabilities responsibly in production environments, considering reliability, quality, cost, and measurable business impact.


• Proven experience leading engineering organisations through Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, or other senior technical leaders.


• Track record of building strong teams and developing a culture of autonomy, accountability, and continuous improvement.


• Strong strategic thinking, decision-making, and communication skills, with the ability to align technical and commercial stakeholders.


• Ability to balance innovation and rapid execution with the operational discipline required for real-time, high-availability platforms.

Benefits

• Direct partnership with the CEO: Work closely with a technical founder as a strategic counterpart, contributing to key decisions and translating ambitious ideas into execution.


• Significant AI infrastructure investment: Build on a dedicated NVIDIA B300 GPU cluster and explore opportunities to create lasting value through AI.


• Real-world technical scale: Work with data-rich, real-time platforms and help shape technology used to deliver reliable experiences for partners.


• Business ownership: Take responsibility for a business unit while influencing technology strategy, product direction, and commercial outcomes.


• Leadership impact: Develop senior technical leaders, strengthen the organisation, and shape how teams collaborate and deliver.


• Opportunity to build: Help define the next stage of technology and business growth, with room to move quickly and focus on meaningful priorities.

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