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Posted 29 July, 2026

Chief Technology Officer

Ashdown Group
Manchester, ENG, GB Full Time

Job Description

A growing Manchester-based technology company is seeking a strategic and technical Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead and focus their Development Team and support their solutions engineering resources towards strengthening their product base.Working closely with the company CRO and COO, the CTO is expected to bring development in line with sales opportunities and optimised delivery capabilities.The CTO will be responsible for leading the companys technology vision, architecture, and product engineering strategy. You will play a central role in taking new products to market, scaling existing platforms, and ensuring technical excellence across all services. You will be a thought leader in AI driven UCaaS, CCaaS, CPaaS, data mining producing business insights and emerging payment solutions. You will have an in-depth understanding of managed service communications platforms and SaaS delivery within complex customer service environments.This is an office-based role (Manchester), and is paying up to £110k plus benefits including £25k bonus, car allowance, pensions and life insurance plus 25 days holiday.Essential Skills & ExperienceProven experience in a senior technology leadership role (e.g. CTO, VP Engineering, Head of Product Engineering) within a UCaaS, CCaaS, MSP, or CPaaS environmentDemonstrable understanding of Twilio Flex, Twilio APIs, AWS and programmable communications platformsStrong understanding of secure payment integrations (e.g., PCI-DSS, tokenisation, IVR payments, hosted payment pages)Understand the latent power of mining business critical data flowing across the CEP and how to present data in usable management report formatExperience delivering enterprise-grade AI/ML-powered contact centre features such as sentiment analysis, speech-to-text, or real-time agent assistAn understanding of emerging contact centre technology and next generation communications channelsExcellent leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder communication skillsExperience working in Agile/Scrum environments and managing multiple product streamsDesirableExperience scaling a tech team in a high-growth B2B environmentFamiliarity with ISO27001, GDPR, and UK data privacy standardsUnderstanding of public sector frameworks and procurement processesBackground in voice, chat, and omnichannel integration solutionsTPBN1_UKTJ