Chief Technology Officer - Futures BU

at  Roke Manor Research Limited

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Reporting to the Business Unit Director as part of the Leadership Team, the Chief Technology Officer is a senior technical leader in the Futures Business Unit and requires a tech-savvy, entrepreneurial mindset to achieve its goals.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Very strong problem solver, with an innate desire to further the security and prosperity of the UK
• Experience in providing thought leadership and influencing customers on how best to achieve their own goals and strategy
• Proven experience of developing business and technical strategies, solution development and delivery
• Technically curious, with extensive experience of delivering bespoke technical capability, solutions and services, in a consulting, engineering or products/services business
• Strong track record in understanding and applying best practice engineering methods, especially in software, and applying them to deliver effective and efficient project and product delivery
• Knowledge of secure Cloud design, deployment, migration and optimisation
• Knowledge of networking and commodity consumer devices, and their associated architectures and components
• Desirable, but not essential knowledge of radio technologies, data science and Machine Learning.
• Desirable, but not essential - knowledge of the UK National Security market and experience in partnering with or selling through other entities into major programmes

• Own definition and implementation of the Futures Technology Strategy.
• Be the focal point of thought leadership, driving horizon scanning, innovation and ideation into new and existing markets supporting to grow the Roke brand.
• Drive the ideation to product process for Futures dovetailing requirements, priorities and development into the wider Roke Innovation system by creating strategies to increase IP-Led revenue and return on investment.
• Working with the wider business, the Innovation Director and CTO Forum, to enhance existing products, solutions & IP to keep Futures and Roke at the forefront of the technology curve.
• Take a leading role in shaping Futures value propositions in terms of solution development, technology strategy and use of partners to win new business.
• Support business winning alongside Sales Management by speaking at industry events and establishing a Roke presence on relevant advisory boards.
• Establish a set of technology portfolios which direct the Futures go to market approach supported by clear product & capability roadmaps.
• Own and develop key technology focused relationships with customers, suppliers, academia and industry.
• Manage the effectiveness and efficiency of science, technology and engineering processes including adoption of new systems or practices, to ensure Futures stays relevant with market conditions and delivers strategic value for its clients.