About the role

  • Represent GFT as a thought leader in the industry (conferences, publications, media)
  • Position GFT as the best place to work for top technology experts
  • Lead discussions about the future of technology in the context of client needs
  • Actively participate in presales, solution validation, and proposal preparation
  • Build and maintain relationships with key clients and strategic technology partners
  • Inject innovation into solutions and proposals
  • Solve complex technical challenges
  • Manage client escalations related to technology
  • Act as a technology advisor to the Board
  • Work closely with GTO and the Global Business Development Platform (GBDP) for the global offerings and technology workstreams
  • Mentor technical leaders, engineers, and architects
  • Build and lead both formal and informal technical communities
  • Support technical career paths and participate in recruitment for top technical roles
  • Promote culture of collaboration, innovation, autonomy, and high technical standards

Requirements

  • Min 10 years of business experience in IT
  • Extensive knowledge of the financial sector and its regulatory environment
  • Proven experience working with a number of clients and across multiple technologies
  • T-shaped technical expert: with deep, specialist knowledge in at least 1 tech area and understanding on high level all IT technologies necessary for current banking & financial enterprises (including commercial solutions for banking/finance, custom application development , data and AI, cloud platforms)
  • Proven track record of technical thought leadership, leading complex projects or strategic technology initiatives
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and inspire technology teams, both formally and informally
  • Genuine passion for AI — acting as an advocate, promoter, and active user of AI-driven solutions both internally and in client-facing work
  • Able to combine high-level strategic vision with a hands-on approach, remaining actively involved in key client engagements, solution design, and critical technical decisions
  • Strong client engagement skills – able to represent GFT in presales, solution validation, and executive-level discussions
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to speak to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Fluency in English and Polish is required.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work (2 office days per week)
  • Benefit package that can be tailored to your personal needs (private medical coverage, sport & recreation package, lunch subsidy, life insurance, etc.)
  • Company car
  • On-line training and certifications fit for career path
  • Access to e-learning platform Mindgram - a holistic mental health and wellbeing platform
  • Work From Anywhere (WFA) - the temporary option to work remotely outside of Poland for up to 140 days per year (including Italy, Spain, the UK, Germany, Portugal, and Bulgaria)
  • Social events

Job title

Chief Technology Officer

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Location requirements

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