Chief Technology Officer

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Were creating a healthier web where communities thrive.

OpenWeb is on a mission to increase the quality of conversations online. We build technologies that create thriving and engaged communities reduce toxicity and increase safety improving the quality of civil discourse and supporting independent journalism. Today OpenWeb works with more than 5000 top-tier publishers (including News Corp Yahoo CBS Fox News Hearst Refinery 29 and more) and hosts 150 million monthly active users.

Founded in 2015 OpenWeb has over 250 employees between New York City London Paris San Diego Toronto and Tel Aviv. We are backed by world-class investors including Georgian Insight Partners Index Ventures AltaIR Capital and more. Were crafting technology that brings people together and fosters healthy discussion. It starts with us. Are you in

About the role :

As a business executive and overall decision-maker for OpenWebs technology strategy and Operations the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) will be responsible for both establishing and carrying out the overall technology strategy for the company as well as ensuring that the members of the engineering organization are aligned with the needs and goals of the business.

What Youll Get To Do :

• Align with the CEO (and larger executive team) on overall business objectives.
• Partner with the Head of Product to prioritize the engineering work to execute against business objectives.
• Identify and prioritize foundational technology and research and development initiatives.
• Define the roadmap for the holistic system architecture which is required to execute the product vision and preserve business continuity.
• Communicate business strategy and how that translates to technical strategy within the engineering organization.
• Translate and communicate technical strategy as it relates to executing against business objectives to the executive team and the board.
• Establish and govern the software development lifecycle and technical project management systems employed by the wider organization.
• Manage an innovation process that identifies ways that OpenWeb could leverage information systems and technologies to achieve a strategic advantage greater profitability and reduced operational expenditures.
• Direct and manage a distributed technology department
• Govern departmental budgets the technology department organizational structure and technical hiring needs and processes.
• Build and articulate the framework for decision-making regarding build vs. buy vs. partner decisions.
• Represent the organizations technology department and technology products to external stakeholders.

The Skills and Experience You Bring :

Preferred Attributes :

What Youll Get :

Our Chief Technology Officer (CTO) compensation package includes an annual salary ranging between $325000 and $375000 (based on the candidates experience and skill set). Additionally this role is eligible for equity and benefits including :

The OpenWeb Culture

We offer a dynamic and unconventional work environment that spans from NYC to Tel Aviv bringing together a diverse group of world-class and high-caliber techies wordsmiths entrepreneurs and creative thinkers. We empower every individual across our global team to be a catalyst for change and strive to create a work environment where you can have the utmost autonomy over your role and projects from start to finish. If you want to join an innovative tech company where you can challenge yourself have the freedom to own your work and make a lasting impact then you have a spot within our growing community!

OpenWeb is committed to building diverse teams and upholding an equal-employment workplace that is free from discrimination. We hire amazing individuals regardless of their race color ancestry religion sex gender identity national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status pregnancy medical conditions genetic information disability or Veteran status.

Build your skills with us as you build a better web for everyone. Join us!

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Required Experience :

Chief

Key Skills

Active Directory,Customer Service,Information Technology,Database,Information Security,Infrastructure,Project Management,Sharepoint,Troubleshoot,Desktop,Computer System,Ensure Compliance,Procedures,hardware,Technical Support

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1