Field Chief Technology Officer

The role

You will be the most senior technology voice to Workato's largest customers, prospects and the market. You will advise CIOs, CTOs, CDOs and Boards on enterprise AI and automation strategy.

What you will do

• Serve as the senior technology counterpart to CIOs, CTOs, CDOs and Boards at top strategic accounts
• Lead executive briefings, advisory councils, strategic visioning sessions and architecture reviews
• Present to customer Boards and executive committees on AI execution strategy and governance
• Partner with Sales leadership on the largest, most complex enterprise pursuits
• Advise customers on enterprise AI adoption, intelligent automation and integration architecture
• Serve as a primary spokesperson at industry events, analyst briefings and executive forums
• Translate field signals into input for the CEO, CPO, CTO and Product on roadmap and positioning
• Coach Solutions Engineering, Customer Success and Sales leadership on executive engagement

Required qualifications

• Enterprise CIO or CTO experience at a Fortune 500 or Global 2000 organization
• Commercial experience at an enterprise software vendor, or a customer-facing operator role representing your company's products to enterprise customers
• 15+ years of senior technology leadership, including 5+ years at C-suite or equivalent executive level
• Deep fluency in enterprise integration architecture, AI and agentic systems, data platforms and cloud architecture
• Familiarity with the enterprise application ecosystem (Salesforce, SAP, Workday, ServiceNow, NetSuite, Oracle, Microsoft)
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale digital transformation with measurable business outcomes
• Strong storytelling and communication skills, with executive presence shown through Board work, public speaking, analyst engagement or published thought leadership
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity, influencing without formal authority and navigating matrixed organizations

Nice to have

• Executive-level experience at an enterprise software vendor selling into the Fortune 500 (iPaaS, AI/ML, cloud platforms, data, ERP or adjacent infrastructure)

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Performance incentives
• Meaningful equity
• Direct visibility to and influence with the CEO and executive team
• Vibrant and dynamic work environment
• A multitude of benefits inside and outside of work

Before you apply

• Requires approximately 60% travel

About the company

Workato is a Control and Execution Platform for Enterprise AI, used by over half the Fortune 500 to run mission-critical processes. The company describes its culture as flexible, trust-oriented and focused on balancing productivity with self-care.