Field Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

United States. Posted 7 days ago

The role

The Field CTO will win new engagements by providing technical trust and shaping project scope and architecture. You will represent the company in the market through speaking, writing, and attending in-person events. You will also help shape service offerings and build relationships with platform and AI partners.

What you will do

Join deal teams to help win new engagements
Propose architecture, shape scope, and sequence work
Stay a technical presence for important accounts
Represent the company and build market relationships
Give talks, write, and attend in-person events
Shape and sharpen service offerings
Work with the Growth team to build platform and AI partner relationships
Drive go-to-market direction
Mentor technologists on business leadership and impact
Weigh in on technical job standards and career pathing

Required qualifications

10+ years in custom software consultancies
Experience in both winning work and delivery
Highly articulate and commercially fluent
Ability to discuss architecture and ROI with different stakeholders
Current technical judgment from hands-on work or reading
Ability to lead by influence
Excellent communication skills in writing and speaking

Nice to have

Track record of pitching and winning enterprise engagements inside a consultancy
A public technical presence through talks, writing, or community leadership
Experience shaping service offerings or a firm's technical point of view
Relationships with cloud or AI platform partners
A working grasp of where AI and agentic tooling is heading
Experience mentoring senior technical talent

Benefits

L&D program with unlimited access to O'Reilly learning platform
Annual financial stipend and time allotment for learning & development
Coworking support
Flexible PTO with floating company holidays
12 weeks of new parent leave for eligible employees

About the company

Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Chicago, 8th Light is a technology solutions provider that partners with organizations to solve meaningful challenges. They work across industries to optimize digital products through product strategy, experiential design, AI solutions, and engineering expertise.