Chief Technology Officer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic guidance to Fortune 500 customers concerning identity, access, and security issues.

• Cultivate relationships with CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, Chief Architects, and key technical decision-makers.

• Engage in executive briefings, architecture assessments, strategic workshops, and client meetings.

• Deliver technical leadership throughout enterprise sales processes.

• Enhance strategic opportunities by facilitating technical alignment, mitigating execution risks, and boosting customer confidence.

• Develop repeatable technical initiatives, executive communication, reference architectures, and playbooks.

• Mentor senior Solutions Engineers to enhance field technical capabilities.

• Collaborate with Sales, Solutions Engineering, and Enablement leadership to address technical trends and organizational investments.

• Create enablement programs for new technologies and customer challenges.

• Relay customer feedback, competitive insights, and implementation experiences to Product and Engineering leadership.

• Shape product roadmaps, validate emerging functionalities, and assist in early customer adoption.

• Convert market trends into product and go-to-market strategies.

• Present at conferences, executive gatherings, customer advisory boards, analyst briefings, and industry forums.

• Develop technical thought leadership through presentations, blogs, webinars, whitepapers, and executive content.

• Act as an external representative of 1Password, reinforcing its market presence.

• Collaborate with executive leadership across Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Go-to-Market to impact company strategy.

• Shape the future of Solutions Engineering through mentorship and scalable engagement models.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 12 years of experience in enterprise technology, cybersecurity, consulting, solutions engineering, enterprise architecture, or technical leadership.

• Proven success in influencing technology executives within Fortune 500 companies.

• Extensive technical knowledge in identity, access management, privileged access, cloud security, developer platforms, SaaS security, or AI security.

• Outstanding executive communication abilities.

• Capability to translate intricate technical concepts into business results.

• Proficiency in distilling complex technical information into compelling executive narratives.

• Established ability to influence enterprise architecture decisions in large, intricate organizations.

• Experience in supporting strategic enterprise sales initiatives and collaborating with executive sales teams.

• Strong comprehension of enterprise purchasing processes and contemporary sales methodologies such as MEDDPICC.

• Background in developing technical strategies, reusable methodologies, or scalable customer engagement frameworks.

• Ability to impact product strategy through customer engagement and market analysis.

• Capacity to cultivate trusted relationships across Product, Engineering, Sales, and executive leadership while influencing without direct authority.

• Experience addressing diverse audiences at industry conferences, executive forums, and analyst events.

• Willingness to travel up to 50%.

• Ability and readiness to meet frequent travel demands for client meetings, executive interactions, conferences, and industry events.

• Professional experience in cybersecurity, identity and access management, privileged access management, cloud security, DevSecOps, or a closely related security field.

• Experience in a senior, customer-facing technical role supporting large or complex enterprise organizations.

• Must already possess legal authorization to work in the United States or Canada; no work authorization, relocation assistance, or visa sponsorship/transferring is provided.

• Successful candidates must undergo a background check.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual base salary ranging from $228,000 to $342,000 USD for USA-based positions or $228,000 to $342,000 CAD for Canada-based positions.

• Eligibility for commission.

• Immediate enrollment in the benefits program.

• Health benefits.

• Dental benefits.

• 401k plan for USA-based roles.

• RRSP for Canada-based roles.

• Generous paid time off (PTO).

• Equity grant / RSU program available for most employees.

• Incentive programs, where applicable.

• Maternity and parental leave enhancement programs.

• Retirement matching program.

• Complimentary 1Password account.

• Paid volunteer days.

• Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly.

• Remote-first work environment.

• In-person onboarding in Toronto for all go-to-market positions.

• Accommodations available upon request during recruitment.

• Responsible use of AI tools may occur during the application process.