San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$302k–$352k/yr
About the Role As a Field CTO (Strategic Pursuits), you will serve as a strategic bridge between our customers, go-to-market (GTM) teams, and product organization. You will partner closely with Sales, Technical Success, …
Skills: Enterprise architecture, Cloud platforms, Software systems, AI/ML systems, LLM applications
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$163k–$205k/yr
About Sprinter Health: At Sprinter Health, our mission is reimagining how people access care by bringing it directly to their homes. Nearly 30% of patients in the U.S. skip preventive or chronic care simply because they …
Skills: Backend development, Full-stack development, API integration, Systems architecture, Project leadership
San Francisco, California, United States · Remote Solely
$190k–$240k/yr
Ready is expanding its data engineering team to support rapid growth across our broadband infrastructure monitoring platform and the BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) program. We're looking for a Senior Dat…
Skills: Data engineering, SQL, Python, AWS, Apache Airflow
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$146k–$215k/yr
About the Team: Grindr is an AI-native platform powering how millions of gay people connect globally. With 15M+ monthly users, 130B+ annual messages, and a team of fewer than 200, we move fast, stay lean, and tackle tech…
Skills: Product management, Trust and safety, Fraud prevention, Risk management, Identity verification
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$190k–$270k/yr
About Airwallex Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 250,000 businesses worldw…
Skills: Product Management, Embedded Finance, Fintech, Payments, SaaS
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$110k–$178k/yr
Applies skills as a seasoned clinical applications professional to projects of medium size at all levels of complexity, or portions of large projects. Under general supervision of the Clinical Communications Lead, this p…
Skills: Clinical Applications, Systems Analysis, Hardware Troubleshooting, Project Management, Clinical Workflow
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$125k–$140k/yr
OpenGov is the leader in AI and ERP solutions for local and state governments in the U.S. More than 2,000 cities, counties, state agencies, school districts, and special districts rely on the OpenGov Public Service Platf…
Skills: Executive support, Calendar management, Project management, Strategic planning, Communication
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$185k–$255k/yr
Why Casca? Casca is building AGI for banking. We’re replacing decades-old legacy systems with AI-native technology that automates 90% of the manual work humans once had to do. What you'll do: Projected Division of Respon…
Skills: Typescript, React, Nextjs, Postgres, Prisma
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$176k–$215k/yr
The Opportunity Join Hinge Health’s IT & Security team as a Senior Solutions Engineer and help build the reliable, secure, and scalable technology foundation that enables our people to do their best work. This role sits …
Skills: IT administration, Systems engineering, MacOS, Jamf, MDM
San Francisco, California, United States · Remote OK
$264k–$357k/yr
Vice President, PMO Rapid7 is seeking a VP, PMO to lead the strategic alignment, program orchestration, and delivery velocity of our global product portfolio. This leader will embed high-efficiency agile operating models…
Skills: Program Management, Agile Operating Models, Strategic Planning, Software Delivery Lifecycle, Capacity Planning
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
About Beacon Software Beacon is acquiring and operating a portfolio of vertical SaaS companies. Most private equity firms scale by adding people. We are building Beacon to scale by adding software. The thesis is simple: …
Skills: Governance, Risk Management, Compliance, Data Privacy, Security Policy
San Francisco, California, United States · Remote OK
$275k/yr
Head of Value Engineering @ Scribe! 📌 About the Role (Individual Contributor) Scribe is where exceptional people come to do the best work of their careers. More than 94% of the Fortune 500 use Scribe to own their specia…
Skills: Value engineering, Solutions consulting, Business value analysis, B2B SaaS, ROI justification
IroncladSan Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$188k–$235k/yr
Ironclad is the leading AI contracting platform that transforms agreements into assets. Contracts move faster, insights surface instantly, and agents push work forward, all with you in control. Whether you’re buying or s…
Skills: Product management, AI, Data architecture, Knowledge graphs, Data modeling
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$125k–$150k/yr
Merge is the leading provider of agentic tools and customer-facing integrations for frontier LLMs, Fortune 500 organizations, and B2B SaaS companies. Our platform offers three core products: Merge Unified, which enables …
Skills: Customer Success Management, Account Management, Customer Onboarding, Renewal Management, Upselling
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$180k–$230k/yr
Our mission at Ello is simple and urgent: maximize the potential of every child, everywhere. We're building the world's first AI teacher to close that gap: one that listens, speaks, adapts, and inspires, just like the be…
Skills: Product Management, Monetization Strategy, Pricing Strategy, Subscription Modeling, Data Analysis
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$135k–$251k/yr
Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of. Who We Are… When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders …
Skills: Machine learning, Python, Recommender systems, Ranking systems, Retrieval systems
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
ABOUT WAY Way is building the AI, data, and infrastructure layer for the experience economy. As artificial intelligence automates labor and people reclaim time, the shift toward spending on experiences over things only a…
Skills: React, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, NestJS
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$178k–$267k/yr
Why Harvey At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work…
Skills: Product management, B2B SaaS, Workflow design, Collaboration tools, Knowledge management
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$160k–$220k/yr
Why Casca? Casca is building AGI for banking. We’re replacing decades-old legacy systems with AI-native technology that automates 90% of the manual work humans once had to do. What you'll do: Projected Division of Respon…
Skills: Typescript, React, Nextjs, Postgres, Prisma
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$180k–$250k/yr
About Chalk Chalk is building the data platform that powers the future of machine learning applications. We tear down complexity, latency, and scale barriers that have traditionally constrained ML capabilities. Our platf…
Skills: Python, SQL, Production infrastructure, System architecture, Technical discovery
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The Field CTO will serve as a strategic bridge between customers, GTM teams, and product organizations to shape high-impact deals and guide architectural decisions. They will also influence the product roadmap by translating real-world customer feedback and deployment patterns into actionable insights.
Candidates must have 15+ years of experience in technical leadership roles with a strong background in enterprise architecture and cloud platforms. Proficiency in AI/ML systems and experience supporting enterprise sales cycles are highly preferred.
As a Field CTO (Strategic Pursuits), you will serve as a strategic bridge between our customers, go-to-market (GTM) teams, and product organization. You will partner closely with Sales, Technical Success, and Product to shape high-impact deals, guide customer architecture decisions, and influence our product roadmap based on real-world adoption and feedback.
This is a highly cross-functional, externally facing leadership role for someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong business acumen and customer empathy.
Partner with Sales, Product and Technical Success teams to support complex, high-value deals as a technical and strategic advisor.
Translate customer business needs into scalable technical solutions and architectures.
Engage with senior customer stakeholders (CTO/CIO/VP-level) to drive alignment on vision, roadmap, and adoption.
Lead technical strategy discussions during key deal stages, including discovery, solution design, and executive presentations.
Guide customers on best practices for deploying and scaling AI-driven solutions in production.
Provide architectural oversight across use cases such as LLM applications, integrations, data pipelines, and security.
Act as a trusted advisor to ensure long-term success, not just short-term wins.
Bring structured customer insights back to Product and Engineering teams to inform roadmap and prioritization.
Identify gaps, opportunities, and emerging patterns from customer deployments.
Influence product direction based on real-world usage, scalability needs, and enterprise requirements.
Help shape GTM strategies by identifying repeatable patterns across industries and customer segments.
Develop scalable frameworks, reference architectures, and playbooks for broader field teams.
Represent the company externally through customer engagements, industry events, and thought leadership.
15+ years of experience in technical leadership roles.
Strong background in enterprise architecture, cloud platforms, and modern software systems.
Experience supporting enterprise sales cycles or working closely with GTM teams.
Exposure to AI/ML systems, especially LLMs and applied AI use cases, is highly preferred.
Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business value for non-technical stakeholders.
Strong problem-solving skills with a bias for action and ownership.
Excellent communication and executive presence.
Proven ability to influence without authority across cross-functional teams.
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
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OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
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