Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Datashift
Full-time|On-site|Mechelen, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium At Datashift, we empower organizations to harness the power of data, transforming it into actionable business insights and measurable outcomes. As our Chief Technology Officer (CTO), you will play a pivotal role in technology leadership, directly engaging with clients while shaping the technological future of Datashift. You will determine which technologies to embrace, monitor, or set aside, ensuring our solutions remain straightforward, scalable, and secure.Your Responsibilities:Client Impact:Collaborate with clients as part of the Datashift team to establish a tailored reference architecture, providing clarity on relevant emerging technologies.Contribute to the commercial team for proposals and RFPs: design solutions, define scope and delivery approaches, and align on effort estimates and assumptions.Lead the technical direction for critical engagements, from vision through architecture to delivery.Inspire teams by focusing on impactful outcomes, steering clear of hype while promoting pragmatic roadmaps that align with the client's industry and constraints.Define reference architectures for modern data platforms (cloud, lakehouse, streaming, semantic/metrics layer, GenAI/LLMOps) and ensure their adoption by technical teams.Elevate quality standards: oversee best practices, technical reviews, risk management, cost control, and design for reliability, privacy, and security.Mentor teams (both clients and our consultants) to foster lasting capabilities.Technology Strategy & Innovation:Set the technological vision: define and implement a clear technology strategy aligned with Datashift’s business objectives, determining what to adopt, monitor, and deprioritize.Drive innovation across architecture, tools, and methodologies to enhance client delivery.
Nov 7, 2025