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Our client is a leading, private equity-backed fintech present in 6 EU countries. With approximately 1,100 employees and strong financial performance, the organisation is entering an ambitious new phase of technology transformation, integration and AI-driven growth.

We are looking for an experienced Regional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead technology across Poland and Lithuania, oversee Group IT Operations based in Poland, and play a key role in building a unified, AI-native technology organisation across the group.

🔸 The Ideal Candidate 🔸

We are looking for a senior technology leader with a strong engineering background who combines deep technical expertise with strategic vision and proven organisational leadership.

You should have experience leading engineering organisations through other leaders, modernising complex technology platforms while maintaining business continuity, and bringing independent teams together across multiple countries.

You will be passionate about AI-driven engineering transformation and capable of translating technology decisions into measurable business outcomes. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to build and transform, rather than simply manage an existing technology organisation.

🔸 Key Responsibilities 🔸

• Regional Technology Leadership: Take ownership of engineering, platforms, infrastructure and technology delivery across Poland and Lithuania, establishing a unified regional leadership structure and operating model.
• Business Partnership: Work closely with the Regional CEO and local business and product leaders, acting as their primary technology partner and ensuring technology initiatives support commercial objectives.
• Group IT Operations: Lead the Group IT Operations team based in Poland, ensuring reliable, secure and cost-efficient IT services across all group markets. Drive centralisation, productivity and operational excellence.
• Group Technology Integration: Collaborate with the Group CTO and other regional technology leaders to define and implement the target technology architecture, shared standards, hosting, security, integration and data strategies.
• Technology Modernisation: Lead the evolution of existing platforms, including a Scala-based core system, through structured and carefully validated modernisation initiatives without disrupting live business operations.
• AI-Native Engineering Transformation: Introduce AI across the software development lifecycle, transforming how teams specify, build, test, review and operate software. Demonstrate measurable improvements in engineering productivity, quality, speed and cost.
• Business Transformation: Lead technology-related transformation of customer journeys and support initiatives aimed at improving conversion rates through experimentation and A/B testing.
• Scalable Technology Development: Promote reusable components, integration patterns and shared capabilities that can be deployed across multiple markets.
• Organisational Development: Build a strong regional technology leadership team, attract top engineering talent, develop future leaders and increase organisational effectiveness.
• Cybersecurity and Resilience: Ensure local technology platforms and IT Operations meet group security and resilience standards, addressing legacy vulnerabilities and operational risks.

🔸 Your Profile 🔸

• Extensive experience in senior technology leadership roles, such as CTO, VP Engineering, Engineering Director or equivalent.
• Strong software engineering and architecture background, with the ability to engage in technical discussions at design and code level.
• Proven experience leading engineering, infrastructure and IT Operations teams, preferably across multiple countries.
• Experience with JVM-based technologies; Scala experience would be a significant advantage.
• Track record of leading complex technology modernisation, re-architecture or migration projects involving legacy or acquired systems.
• Experience integrating independent technology teams and platforms within a group or matrix organisation.
• Practical experience implementing AI-driven engineering processes and demonstrating measurable results in production environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud technologies, APIs, data architecture and distributed systems.
• Commercial mindset, with the ability to connect technology investments to revenue growth, conversion improvements and operational efficiency.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with experience managing teams through other leaders.
• High emotional intelligence and the ability to build trust and drive change across different organisational cultures.
• Fluent Polish and professional English are essential.

Additional experience in private equity-backed businesses, post-acquisition integration, consumer marketplaces, e-commerce, fintech, insurance or Baltic markets will be an advantage.

🔸 Why Join Our Client? 🔸

• Opportunity to take ownership of technology across two important markets within a leading regional technology group.
• A senior leadership position with direct influence on the Group's technology and AI strategy.
• The opportunity to build a new Group technology organisation and fundamentally transform how engineering teams work.
• A real AI-native transformation mandate, with the opportunity to implement AI across the entire software development lifecycle.
• The chance to work with strong existing engineering teams and ambitious business leaders.
• An environment supported by international private equity investors, with ambitious growth plans and technology at the centre of the business strategy.

🔸 Offer 🔸

• Salary package 45k-50k PLN B2B contract and performance-related annual bonus.
• Senior regional leadership position with significant influence across the Group.
• Location: Warsaw or Bielsko-Biała – on-site.
• Regular business travel to Lithuania and other Group locations.
• Opportunity to shape the future of a multi-market technology organisation.

We will contact only selected candidates whose CVs clearly demonstrate the required skills and competencies.

The recruitment process will include CV screening, a 45-minute video interview with Fast Forward Solutions, an online meeting with the client, followed by a further meeting with the client.

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