CTO

Energy Innovation Corp; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 308,000 - 649,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Paid learning days

Mentor for Cross-Functional Growth

Job summary

JLL in Jersey City, NJ seeks a part-time CTO to guide cross-functional collaboration and maintain strong stakeholder relationships. You will balance competing priorities, articulate risks with fixes, and ensure delivery quality across departments, shaping the company’s strategic tech direction.

The role emphasizes practical leadership in a dynamic market, offering a voice at the executive level and opportunities to influence how teams operate in Jersey City.

Qualifications

• Familiar with part-time schedules and team norms in a corporate setting.
• Fluency in resilience and networking concepts with clear opinions.
• Comfort leading general decisions within the New Jersey market.
• Ability to own projects from concept through delivery.
• Steady handling of multiple priorities without compromising on outcomes.
• Experience translating stakeholder management to non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Build and sustain strong working relationships across departments.
• Keep c-level expectations grounded in what the part-time role can deliver.
• Carry general knowledge not documented in internal wikis yet.
• Surface risks early with proposed fixes attached.
• Maintain quality when deadlines tempt shortcuts.
• Continue engagement in Jersey City work after initial launch.
• Document rationale behind stakeholder management decisions.
• Handle confidential information with discretion and sound judgment.

Skills

Part-time familiarity

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Decision making in NJ market

Delivery ownership

Prioritization under pressure

Job description

Consider this your invitation to bring 16 of general chops to JLL as our next CTO in Jersey City, NJ. Count it up: 16 years, $308,000 - $649,000, a general charter, and the kind of JLL growth that compounds.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and sustain strong working relationships across departments
• Keep c-level expectations grounded in what the part-time role can deliver
• Carry general knowledge that doesn't live in any wiki yet
• Surface risks early, loudly, and with a proposed fix attached
• Hold the line on quality when deadlines start whispering shortcuts
• Keep showing up for the Jersey City, NJ work after the launch buzz fades
• Document the why, not just the what, behind every Stakeholder Management decision
• Handle confidential information with discretion and sound judgment

What You'll Bring

• Working familiarity with part-time schedules and team norms at JLL
• Fluency across Resilience and Networking, with strong opinions on both
• Comfort owning general decisions in a NJ market
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery
• A steady hand when three priorities all claim to be number one
• Experience translating Stakeholder Management complexity for a non-technical audience

The team at JLL is small, genuinely-flexible, and entirely convinced that Jersey City is the best place to reinvent general. As a c-level CTO, you'll have a real voice in shaping how the general team operates.

This Jersey City, NJ role comes with $308,000 - $649,000, hybrid work, paid learning days, and a mentor focused on your Cross-Functional Collaboration growth.