Chief Technology Officer
Anthesis Group
Software Engineering, IT
Remote
Posted on Apr 30, 2025
About Anthesis
Anthesis is the sustainability activator. Proud to be a B Corp, we seek to make a significant contribution to a world which is more resilient and productive. We do this by working with cities, corporates, investors and other organisations to drive sustainable performance. We develop financially driven sustainability strategies, underpinned by technical expertise and delivered by innovative collaborative teams across the world.
At Anthesis Group, we are truly committed to putting people and our planet at the heart of all we do.
Recruitment agency support is not required for this hire.
Anthesis is the sustainability activator. Proud to be a B Corp, we seek to make a significant contribution to a world which is more resilient and productive. We do this by working with cities, corporates, investors and other organisations to drive sustainable performance. We develop financially driven sustainability strategies, underpinned by technical expertise and delivered by innovative collaborative teams across the world.
At Anthesis Group, we are truly committed to putting people and our planet at the heart of all we do.
Recruitment agency support is not required for this hire.
- Department
- Enabling : IT
- Employment Type
- Permanent - Full Time
- Location
- Flexible
- Workplace type
- Hybrid
- Reporting To
Summary of Role & Key Responsibilities
Summary of Role
The CTO plays a pivotal leadership role, with end-to-end accountability for enterprise technology strategy, core business systems, and digital infrastructure that underpin the firm’s operations and client delivery. Operating at the intersection of business line, geographic and function leadership, the CTO ensures that the firm’s technology ecosystem is secure, scalable, and strategically aligned to support growth, innovation, and efficiency.
The CTO partners with Global Business Line Leaders, Function Leaders, Region/Country Leaders, and the Chief Digital Officer to drive transformation, enable digital innovation, and ensure operational excellence across the firm’s internal and client-facing technology ecosystem.
The CTO is a strategic enabler and enterprise integrator - driving secure, resilient, and high-performance IT that empowers the business. The role balances long-term strategy with short-term operational performance, ensuring that technology remains a source of agility, efficiency, and competitive differentiation.
Given the scale, complexity and scope of this senior role, the successful candidate must have extensive experience of similar roles in similar organisations.
Key Responsibilities
The CTO plays a pivotal leadership role, with end-to-end accountability for enterprise technology strategy, core business systems, and digital infrastructure that underpin the firm’s operations and client delivery. Operating at the intersection of business line, geographic and function leadership, the CTO ensures that the firm’s technology ecosystem is secure, scalable, and strategically aligned to support growth, innovation, and efficiency.
The CTO partners with Global Business Line Leaders, Function Leaders, Region/Country Leaders, and the Chief Digital Officer to drive transformation, enable digital innovation, and ensure operational excellence across the firm’s internal and client-facing technology ecosystem.
The CTO is a strategic enabler and enterprise integrator - driving secure, resilient, and high-performance IT that empowers the business. The role balances long-term strategy with short-term operational performance, ensuring that technology remains a source of agility, efficiency, and competitive differentiation.
Given the scale, complexity and scope of this senior role, the successful candidate must have extensive experience of similar roles in similar organisations.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and drive the global enterprise IT and business systems strategy, including ERP, CRM, HRIS, and financial platforms, aligning IT investments with business and function priorities.
- Oversee architecture, integration, and performance of core systems architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and data governance across all functions, business lines and geographies.
- Champion data-driven decision-making by enabling robust data architecture, analytics capabilities, and intelligent workflows across the firm.
- Collaborate with the Chief Digital Officer to create synergies between internal systems and client-facing solutions, fostering innovation through shared platforms and scalable technology.
- Ensure enterprise-wide cybersecurity, resilience, and business continuity across all functions, business lines and geographies.
- Work closely with Business Line and Geographic Leaders to tailor IT enablement to local regulatory and operational needs while maintaining global standards, consistency and efficiency.
- Lead the evolution of the firm’s technology operating model, including governance, agile delivery, partner ecosystems, and digital talent development.
- Act as a change agent to build digital fluency and accelerate automation, partnering with the business to drive adoption of enterprise platforms, and identify use cases that enhance productivity and reduce cost.
Key Matrix Interactions
- Business Line Leaders: Align technology platforms to support scalable delivery, analytics, and automation capabilities within service offerings.
- Geographic Leaders: Ensure compliance with local regulations, infrastructure readiness, and support for in-market delivery teams.
- Sales & Marketing: Enable CRM, campaign automation, and insights platforms that support targeted growth and pipeline visibility.
- Digital Products: Collaborate on shared platforms, emerging technologies, and digital innovation strategies that benefit both internal operations and client-facing offerings.
- Finance, HR and Operations: Digitise and streamline internal processes through integrated systems and workflow automation.
Key Requirements, Skills Knowledge & Expertise
Key Requirements
- Minimum of 10+ years’ experience in the Professional Services and/or BPO industries
- Minimum of 10+ years’ experience in a senior technology management leadership role across a global footprint
- Minimum of a B.A/B.S in Computer Science, Information Technology or related technical field of study is required. An advanced degree is preferred. Professional certificates are preferred.
- Strong commercial acumen
- Experience of managing a major function through change
Candidate Profile
- Experience of working in a complex, multi-country professional services, financial services or BPO organisation with complex processing requirements
- Passion, dynamism and drive
- Strong leadership skills
- Fully proficient spoken and written English,
- Personal presence, integrity and credibility
- Ability to develop strong and successful global working partnerships
- Strong diplomatic skills with a high degree of self confidence
- Understand how to balance business and technological requirements
- Have multi-country experience and demonstrates an ability to work in a multi-cultural, talented and demanding team environment
- Have an ability to focus on strategic as well as operational detail
- Have strong emotional intelligence and onboard himself/herself into the business successfully by quickly gaining the respect of all employees
- Ability to understand and interpret different (complex and changing) business areas and related requirements
- Strong internal and external customer orientation
- A leader and willing to be an owner and accountable for decisions
- Possess the skills and personality to operate effectively in a very fast-paced complex global business with an in-depth knowledge of program management
- Have operated in mid-sized businesses so that he/she is able to deal with smaller more entrepreneurial businesses
- Value intellectual curiosity and foster the development and expression of new ideas
- Have an extremely high level of energy; ability to manage and quickly gain respect among highly educated and subject matter expert teams; be a charismatic motivator and thought leader in the organisation
- Excellent communication skills in both written and oral form, with staff members, customers, suppliers and the management team with the ability to make decisions, take action and get results
- Have a robust sense of humour
- Mobility, global travel will be required.
Benefits
Your Benefits
- Work within a highly motivated team in an innovative and rapidly growing global company
- Opportunity to have a direct impact and be a key part of the growth and development of the business and the team
- Work solely on projects that have an impact on the sustainability and climate change goals/challenges for clients
- Opportunity to work with, collaborate with and learn from sustainability SME’s who are passionate about the work they do and the impact Anthesis can have
- Exposure to a wide range of clients and projects on a global basis
- Competitive salary in line with, experience and skills
- Competitive benefits including flexible working
- An opportunity to participate in the Anthesis Employee Participation Plan (EPP), an industry-pioneering employee incentive plan that allows all employees to be rewarded for the growth in the equity value of Anthesis.
- Cooperative, supportive and open working atmosphere.
About Anthesis Group
Our commitment to building and maintaining a diverse workforce
Anthesis has clients across all industry sectors and supports some of the world’s largest multinationals such as Reckitt, Cisco, Tesco, The North Face, and Target. The company brings together 1,300+ experts operating in 42 countries around the world and has offices in Andorra, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Middle East, the Philippines, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, the UK, and the US.
We encourage all employees to contribute their ideas, perspectives, and experiences to help us create an inclusive and equitable workplace. By embracing diversity and providing equal opportunities, we believe we can drive innovation, foster creativity, and achieve our shared goals. So, if you’re ready to be a part of something truly extraordinary, then we want you! Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Together, we can continue to build a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and thrive.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to your application process, or need this job advert in a different format, just let us know and we’ll be happy to help.
Anthesis has clients across all industry sectors and supports some of the world’s largest multinationals such as Reckitt, Cisco, Tesco, The North Face, and Target. The company brings together 1,300+ experts operating in 42 countries around the world and has offices in Andorra, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Middle East, the Philippines, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, the UK, and the US.
We encourage all employees to contribute their ideas, perspectives, and experiences to help us create an inclusive and equitable workplace. By embracing diversity and providing equal opportunities, we believe we can drive innovation, foster creativity, and achieve our shared goals. So, if you’re ready to be a part of something truly extraordinary, then we want you! Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Together, we can continue to build a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and thrive.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to your application process, or need this job advert in a different format, just let us know and we’ll be happy to help.
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