Field CTO

Downers Grove, IL, 60515

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Type: Direct Placement

Reference ID: 33232934

Date Posted: 10/24/2026



Apply now: Field CTO (Software & Digital Platforms or Professional Services), Remote. Start date is 3 weeks from offer for this permanent position.

Job Title: Field CTO (Software & Digital Platforms or Professional Services)
Location-Type: Remote (travel up to 25-30% as needed)
Start Date: 3 weeks from offer
Duration: Permanent
Compensation Range: $200,000 - $270,000 ( 20% bonus eligibility)
Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO
Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship .

Job Description:

  • The Field CTO serves as the executive technology voice and trusted senior advisor for the client's Enterprise Advisory and Solution Architecture practice, partnering with CIOs, CTOs, and transformation leaders to translate technology strategy into fundable, measurable business outcomes at scale.
Job Summary
  • Lead strategic technology advisory conversations with C-suite and senior executive stakeholders, framing decisions in business terms across risk, investment, and enterprise value.
  • Shape the client's portfolio across Applications, Cloud Platforms, and Data & AI to ensure offerings are technically sound, deliverable at scale, and aligned with market demand.
  • Build and maintain peer-level relationships with senior technology leaders across multiple strategic accounts, expanding transformation opportunities and creating demand.
  • Champion priority pursuits through executive credibility, solution strategy, and competitive positioning grounded in delivery reality.
  • Act as a named external technology voice at industry conferences, executive briefings, partner events, and analyst sessions, publishing points of view that establish the practice as a market leader.
  • Cultivate senior relationships with hyperscaler and platform partners to drive co-sell success, joint solutioning, and partner-influenced pipeline.
  • Coach and mentor senior architects and technology staff, setting consistent technical direction and quality standards across the practice through communities of practice and matrix leadership.
Minimum Requirements:
  • Proven experience as a Field CTO, Principal CTO, Chief Architect, Distinguished Architect, or equivalent external-facing technology leader for an enterprise modernization, cloud, AI, or transformation practice.
  • Deep Microsoft Azure architecture expertise, including enterprise-scale adoption, governance, security, integration, and modernization across complex enterprise environments.
  • Broad enterprise architecture experience spanning Applications, Cloud Platforms, and Data & AI, with the ability to advise on how all three intersect.
  • Executive-level fluency in enterprise AI strategy, including generative AI, agentic systems, data foundations, governance, security, and responsible adoption.
  • Ability to credibly advise executives on integrating Microsoft technologies within heterogeneous environments alongside AWS, GCP, SaaS, and other enterprise platforms.
  • Strong executive communication and business acumen, with a demonstrated ability to connect technology strategy to commercial outcomes, investment decisions, and measurable enterprise value.
  • Demonstrated experience leading through matrix influence across account, engineering, delivery, practice, and partner stakeholders, and a track record of coaching and mentoring senior architects or technology leaders.
  • Willingness to travel up to 25-30% as needed.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Prior CTO, CIO, Chief Architect, VP of Engineering, or equivalent title at an enterprise, software vendor, consulting organization, or hyperscaler.
  • Background in Big 4 consulting (such as PwC, KPMG, or EY) or a software and digital platform organization.
  • Demonstrated industry voice through keynotes, published points of view, analyst briefings, podcasts, or named industry events.
  • Experience presenting in executive forums, steering committees, board-level settings, or analyst briefings.
  • Experience operating within complex, highly regulated, or distributed enterprise environments.
  • Industry background in Professional Services or Software and Digital Platforms, though strong candidates from other industries will be considered.

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