Technical Lead managing engineering projects from conception to completion at Leukhardt Schaltanlagen GmbH. Leading teams, ensuring quality standards, and developing strategic plans for achieving company goals.
About the role
- Chief Technology Officer at GFT, driving technology thought leadership and client engagement. Leading teams and influencing strategic technology initiatives in finance.
Responsibilities
- 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
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