The Chief Technology Officer is the Money-Media’s top technology executive, playing an integral role in the company’s strategic direction, development, and future growth. The CTO is responsible for establishing the company’s technology vision and leading all the aspects of the company’s technology deployment and development. This includes optimizing the electronic distribution of our business information products, maximizing the speed and uptime of our websites, launching new standalone products and enhancements for existing products and adept managing of project timelines. This position reports to the Managing Director.

The Chief Technology Officer will be responsible for managing a staff of 9, comprised of both internal employees and subcontractors. This team supports the information technology needs of our internal and external staff, as well as users of our products. This role requires someone who is an intuitive translator between technology and the business. The ideal candidate will be energetic, positive and outgoing, an innovative thinker and business leader.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated success building and leading a cohesive team and strong staff and management communication skills.
 
This role will hold influence over all technology initiatives. It requires someone who has in-depth experience with both infrastructure and software product development. Our environment is comprised of commercially available software and a blend of in-house development.

As the top technology executive in a Financial Times company, the CTO will have the ability to leverage the resources, intelligence and teams of our corporate parent.
 
The type of individual we need has experience working with small companies and is comfortable with evolving their strategy within a small company framework.

Sample of some of the key projects we have scheduled for this year:
•    Launch of European edition of Ignites, an online-only business information service
•    Redesign websites for our four business information services
•    Implementation of business intelligence tool for our websites
•    Optimization of Production and Disaster Recovery facilities and equipment
 
REQUIREMENTS
•    Bachelors degree or higher in related technical and business areas
•    8 - 10 years of technology experience and related progressive management experience
•    Strong management and leadership experience, proven ability to motivate a team
•    Understand project management methodologies and tools and have a strong knowledge of applicable business areas, the supporting technology architecture, and applicable processes.
•    Strong influencing/negotiation skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills, knowledge of business and technology trends
•    Experience managing a budget

RESPONSIBILITIES
 
•    Lead the execution of technology strategy for technology platforms, partnerships, and external relationships.
•    Build and manage a top-flight technology team and oversee research and development, as well as project management.
•    Provide visible leadership for the company within the technology community.
•    Anticipate and react to major technology changes to ensure the maintenance of company leadership in the competitive landscape.
•    Review and make any necessary improvements to our technical standards and ensure adherence to them for product development and company operations.
•    Staff management and P&L responsibility for IT organization

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

Candidates must have extensive experience working with the following technologies:
•    LAMP stack development environment (Linux – Centos4.2, Apache 2.0.52 MySQL 5.0.37, and PHP 5.2.1)
•    Content Management
•    Internet Software Development
•    Publishing
 
The following additional experience is highly desirable:
•    Fulfillment Systems
•    Subscription-based Email
•    Financial Publishing
•    Additional requirements include strong knowledge of relevant applications and development of life cycles, general knowledge of professional services vendors, and tools and experience overseeing geographically distributed and culturally diverse work-groups.
 
ABOUT MONEY-MEDIA
Money-Media (http://www.money-media.com) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Financial Times of London, a subsidiary of Pearson PLC, an international media company of over 29,000 employees. Money-Media is a leader electronic business intelligence for leaders in money management and corporate boardrooms. Money-Media, through its products Ignites, Fundfire, BoardIQ, Agenda and ODX, offers must-have, highly-respected online services, publications and conferences. We are an entrepreneurial group that emphasizes initiative, positive thinking, continual improvement and resiliency in our work culture.