Job Title: Chief Technology Officer (CTO) - Telecoms

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Birmingham & Remote

Start Date: ASAP

Salary: To Be Confirmed

About The Role

Flint UK Technology Services is looking for a junior Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with a background in telecoms to join one of our clients on a permanent basis.

As CTO you will establish and lead the technical direction of a flag-ship new capability in the UK government's investment into the Telecoms sector.

You will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of security evaluations and interoperability testing to fulfil the company's objectives of enabling Diversification and enhanced network and telecommunications security for the UK.

You will lead on the overall technology direction of the organisation, the quality of its evaluations, security and interoperability research strategy, strategic partner relationships, strategic change, and the dynamic evolution of services and capabilities.

As such, you will be a primary point of guidance and contact for telecoms network security principles, requirements, security best practice and security related regulations within the sector.

About You

• Technology and strategy leadership experience in telecoms, cyber security, or equivalent IT sectors.

• A respected authority in related technologies.

• Track-record in understanding, articulating, and addressing security challenges.

• Ability to identify and analyse complex technical issues across a diverse ecosystem of inter-connected systems - in particular in the field of security - and provide clear, robustly justified technical advice and recommendations to a range of different audiences.

• Ability to lead, motivate and manage others in order to help them to achieve their own personal goals, and deliver the organisation's objectives.

• Ability to take a long term, broad-based view of issues and events to identify and assess long-term impact or wider implications.

• Ability to solve problems creatively and strategically, and to engage authoritatively and constructively in discussions and debate.

• Ability to prioritise and manage a complex, demanding workload from multiple stakeholders.

• Ability to influence, at a high level, the actions of internal and external stakeholders.

• Ability to communicate complex and technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.

If you are interested in this role, please send your CV and someone from the team will reach out to discuss your application.

Please note that, to be considered for this role, you must have or be able to obtain Security Clearance and be willing to commute to Birmingham 2 days per week.