AHEAD · 2 days ago
Field CTO
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$290K/yr - $300K/yr
15+ years expAHEAD builds platforms for digital business, focusing on cloud infrastructure, automation, and analytics to drive digital transformation. The Field CTO serves as a senior thought leader, managing technical go-to-market strategies and providing leadership in various functions while fostering relationships with clients and partners.
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Responsibilities
Understand and articulate AHEAD's value and vision to our clients, partners, and teammates
Assist strategic sales teams in qualifying sales opportunities and aligning AHEAD’s portfolio to client technical challenges, decision making process and investment approaches
Drive account team efforts to become more strategic within current clients
Assist account teams with identifying high-value, strategic activities and relationship building in support of acquiring new strategic clients
Work with our partner ecosystem to demonstrate thought leadership and solution alignment
Facilitate Executive and Visioning Experiences with clients and partners
Qualify and help position consulting engagements and multi-practice programs and services
Provide coaching and mentoring to team resources to enhance their solution knowledge, technical acumen, and presales skill sets
Prioritize opportunities and efforts assigned to the geography based on maximizing total impact on team productivity and profit
Provide feedback to improve internal efficiencies
Collaborate with Core Practice areas to provide input and suggestions for new solutions, offerings, and innovation roadmap
Present regularly at AHEAD events, user groups, technical and industry conferences, and forums
Support and participate in technical and Financial Services industry communities
Attend strategic war room sessions to align with 'big deal' and strategic account planning to provide an additional perspective
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent
15+ years Presales or IT Leadership experience
Extensive knowledge/experience in multiple areas across: Digital Strategy, DevOps, Cloud, Data/AI, Infrastructure, Service Management, Automation, Security, and IT Operations
Professional communication, presentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Experience working as a technical lead in a sales campaign
Tenaciously customer-focused and outcome-driven
Ability to work under critical conditions and influence others to achieve results
Strong interpersonal skills with excellent presentation skills
Must be independent, self-motivated, a self-starter and possess a good working attitude
Able to work well within a team and partner environment
Demonstrated social and self-awareness
Preferred
Master's degree in technical domain or MBA
Previous practical experience leading digital transformation efforts in Financial Services
Strong industry expertise in banking, capital markets, payments
Advanced content creation and demonstrated thought leadership skills
Existing relationships and personal brand in the geography aligned to the position
Benefits
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
401(k)
Paid company holidays
Paid time off
Paid parental and caregiver leave
Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.
Company
AHEAD
AHEAD is a solutions-based company that helps clients move to an optimized IT service delivery model.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (24)
2024 (19)
2023 (22)
2022 (20)
2021 (18)
2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$97.72M2024-05-06Series Unknown· $5.7M
2024-02-15Series Unknown· $43.6M
2023-11-02Series Unknown· $5.77M
Leadership Team
Daniel Adamany
Founder and CEO
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Stephen Ayoub
Co-Founder and President
Recent News
2025-11-19
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