Chief Technology Officer

About us

Boundless Impact is an industry research and environmental impact analytics firm that provides objective and actionable information to accelerate investment in clean technologies and climate solutions. We are currently searching for a Fractional Chief Technology Officer who can bring clarity to our existing complex tech stack, and develop simple yet scalable foundations to support our key B2B and data platform products.

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Responsibilities

The Fractional Chief Technology Officer must be comfortable taking over a complex tech stack, with the objective of consolidating and simplifying technologies over time, while directing the development of new software platforms / SaaS products. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing direction for the following responsibilities and to oversee their execution by the external team in charge of their execution.

• Work closely with Leadership and Product to articulate a clear vision and co-develop the technical strategy, working closely with them to ensure rapid development.
• Develop, manage and execute a technical product roadmap.
• Lead the evaluation and consolidation of the existing tech stack (SquareSpace, Wordpress…) towards a centralized backend (including technology recommendations).
• Maintain all existing technology, including industry benchmark database, environmental data and analytics platform, company portal and corporate website..
• Lead the evaluation and deployment of new technologies (including the integration of Machine Learning into research processes), and stay up to date on the latest industry innovations and enhancements to ensure that the company is prepared for rapid technology advances in the environmental impact analytics industry.
• Deliver minimum viable product to market at rapid speed to support accelerating revenue growth and client retention.
• Audit and manage infrastructure needs and development, coordinating with leadership, research, product and tech development teams.
• Provide leadership needed to build a technology team.
• Implement processes and metrics to ensure the software development organization is efficient and focused, and that the products are market ready, highly reliable, scalable, and maintainable that adhere to industry standards for architecture, security and best practices.
• Be aware of potential competitive products and help in positioning Boundless technical offering to remain technically competitive, user friendly and promote adoption.
• Be willing to roll up your sleeves and take ownership.

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Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in corporate data, engineering, and analytics-related roles.
• Previous experience scaling up data and analytics platform
• At least 5 years of architecting data focused solutions for enterprise scale leveraging SQL and No-SQL technologies.
• Deep experience with data analysis, database development, NLP and BI tools and web analytics platforms.
• Expertise in scaling-up new data and analytics products
• Comfortable managing data and analytics infrastructure at scale using AWS suite of tools
• Easily handle the unstructured environment of fast moving startups
• Ability to create a workplace environment that fosters trust, quality work and values diversity.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, ability to influence broad technical discussions and decisions, across different audiences and seniority levels.
• Strong executive presence and ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Thrives on distilling complex and ambiguous challenges into actionable and strategic plans.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong work ethic and a compulsion to make a difference.
• Passion for values-based investing and technology and making the world a better place.

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How to Apply

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