Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Catena Operations Ltd.; Malta (MT); On-site; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Catena Media seeks a visionary CTO to lead technology and data strategy across its portfolio. You will align the tech vision with business goals, oversee architecture decisions, and drive a cohesive, scalable roadmap spanning IT governance, stack choices, and infrastructure.

You will coach global teams, promote DevOps and cloud-native practices, balance build vs. buy decisions, and champion a product‑based, agile, squad‑led operating model across the company.

Qualifications

• Domain expertise in technology and data.
• Experience managing a mid-sized global tech organization.
• Strong understanding of product and project management and their interconnections with technology.
• Seasoned technical leader with deep insight into affiliate marketing and/or digital marketing.
• Strategic and commercial acumen to challenge, translate, and drive decisions across Catena Media.
• Curious and future-oriented, interested in technology trends and trying new solutions.
• Ability to make architecture decisions at team and product level across applications and data.
• Guide architectural decisions on back and front-end solutions with multiple architectures.
• Familiar with DevOps principles and cloud-native solutions.
• Experience in agile development with solution architect experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Set the overarching technology and data strategy and vision across Catena Media.
• Partner with the leadership team to translate technological opportunities into business decisions.
• Lead a cohesive technology roadmap across IT governance, target tech stack, infrastructure, and architecture.
• Approve investment plans and priorities per technology team to align with strategy.
• Promote simplicity and agility through CI/CD and automated deployment.
• Lead teams to design solutions for future architectural changes across business units.
• Hands-on coaching to solve complex technology problems.
• Act as technology champion to the business and executive team.
• Guide transition to a product-based, agile, squad-led operating model.
• Ensure coordinated approach to initiatives impacting technology and standardize tools/infra.
• Manage overall tech budgets and resources.
• Be a member of the Catena Media Tech Committee.

Skills

Technology expertise

Data expertise

Global tech leadership

Product & project management

Affiliate/digital marketing knowledge

Strategic/business acumen

Curiosity about tech trends

Architecture decisions

DevOps & cloud-native

Agile development experience

Job description

The CTO oversees the technology, and technology teams across all of Catena Media’s portfolio segments, ensuring alignment between Catena Media’s technological vision and strategy and the primary business goals and priorities. The CTO is the executor and visionary force behind the technical solution underlying Catena Media’s offering and is the overarching owner of all architectural decisions.

The CTO reports directly to the CEO and is a member of the executive team.

YOUR CHALLENGE:

• Set the overarching technology and data strategy and vision of Catena Media.
• Be a true business partner by ensuring that the leadership team in Catena Media has a thorough understanding of technological opportunities and possible impact on business decisions.
• Lead the definition of a cohesive roadmap across the entire technology landscape – from IT governance and operating model to target tech stack, infrastructure, and architecture.
• Approve investment plans and priorities per each technology team, ensuring adherence to the overarching strategy and agreed targets for each business unit.
• Drive technology teams towards increased simplicity and agility through the adoption of best-in-class development practices – e.g. continuous integration and automated deployment.
• Lead team to create solutions that address/incorporate future architectural changes and designs for each business unit.
• Be hands‑on to actively coach teams to solve complex problems with regards to technology.
• Be the technology champion to the rest of the business through the management team.
• Serve as a leader and change agent across the company as it transitions to a product‑based and agile, squad‑led operating model.
• Ensure an efficient and coordinated approach to Catena Media’s initiatives that impact or utilize technology.
• Proactively evaluate system technology for use in the value chain and balance buy vs. build in alignment with overall tech strategy.
• Ensure sufficient standardization on developer tools & services, operations, and physical and cloud infrastructure.
• Manage overall tech budgets.
• Member of the Catena Media Tech Committee.

LEADERSHIP AND TEAM MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a People Leader you are expected to lead yourself and others, and to do so effectively. This Job Description clarifies what is expected from you in your role as a People Manager. This does not mean that you need to behave in the exact same way as other leaders in the organization; every leader is unique by personality and style. What will make you a great People Manager at Catena Media is the ability to apply the skills, behaviors and methods outlined below in the right moment, and understand in which situations that you need to lead, manage or coach.

• Manage team performance effectively through the practicing of ongoing performance management, including conducting performance reviews and regular 1-1 meetings.
• Lead by example by delivering positive results and being a visible Catena ambassador.
• Communicate effectively and ensure information is delivered in a clear and timely manner.
• Take ownership of recruitment and selection for your team by working closely with HRBPs and TA teams.
• Enable team and individual growth from the induction stage to ongoing learning and development.

TO DO IT, YOU WILL NEED:

• Domain expertise – technology and data.
• Experience of managing a mid-sized global tech organization.
• Good understanding of product and project management and their interconnections with technology.
• Seasoned technical leader with deep insight into the newest technologies and trends in affiliate marketing and/or digital marketing.
• Strategic and commercial acumen to challenge, translate, and drive decisions across Catena Media. The vision and market connectivity to bring the “outside in” perspective.
• Curious and future-oriented, interested in technology and trends, and excited about trying new solutions.
• Can make architecture decisions at a team and product level across applications and data.
• Be able to guide architectural decisions on back and front-end solutions with multiple types of architecture.
• Familiar with DevOps principles and cloud-native solutions.
• Experience in agile development with specific solution architect (or similar) experience preferred.