Interim Chief Product And Technology Officer

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Interim Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO) *Please note, you must have both Technology And Product leadership experience in scaling (100+ teams) SaaS environments* We are seeking an experienced and visionary interim Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO) to lead the next phase of our clients evolution — moving from transformation to scale-up. This is a pivotal executive role for a commercially minded product and technology leader who thrives in high-velocity, complex environments. You will embed a product-led, partner-first culture, drive execution at pace, and deliver scalable, high-impact software that unlocks growth and long-term commercial value. With foundational changes already made across Product and Engineering, the focus now is on execution, scale, and performance — building repeatable delivery, balancing legacy and SaaS portfolios, and accelerating value creation for customers and partners. The Role As CPTO, you will own the end-to-end product and technology agenda, from vision through delivery to commercialisation. You will be a core member of the senior leadership team, shaping strategy while staying close enough to the detail to ensure outcomes are delivered. Key Responsibilities
Embed a product management mindset across teams — prioritising customer and business outcomes over project outputs. Raise delivery standards, ensuring high-quality, partner-ready software is shipped at speed. Balance innovation with technical debt, managing legacy platforms alongside SaaS-first development.
2. Lead with a Scalable Product Vision
Set and maintain a bold, customer-validated product vision grounded in commercial opportunity. Define and prioritise roadmap themes aligned to real market needs Build with a platform mindset, optimising for performance, scalability, and embedded value.
3. Enable Partner & Customer Growth
Build product and engineering capabilities to support partner-led delivery at scale, including toolkits, diagnostics, sandbox environments, and training assets. Enable Customer Success and Partner teams to improve retention, adoption, and cross-sell.
4. Build & Scale High-Performing Teams
Continue developing a unified Product and Engineering culture with shared goals and strong accountability. Structure teams for repeatable delivery, global coordination, and continuous improvement. Create transparency through delivery metrics and dashboards, embedding agility at every level.
5. Own End-to-End Product Commercialisation
Define pricing, packaging, and monetisation strategies aligned to value creation and SaaS margin goals. Partner with GTM, Marketing, and Finance to drive adoption, renewals, and commercial leverage. Ensure full lifecycle ownership across all products — from inception through to deprecation.
About You You are a strategic yet hands-on leader with the credibility to operate at executive level and the pragmatism to drive delivery.
Proven track record scaling SaaS products in fast-moving, complex B2B environments. Deep experience leading Product and Engineering functions through transformation into high-performance, repeatable operations. Strong commercial acumen, with a clear understanding of pricing, ARR, margin models, and GTM alignment. Strong architectural and technical literacy, able to engage deeply on technical trade-offs. Proven experience leading products to market in a SaaS environment.
Leadership Attributes
Scale-up mindset — focused on leverage, automation, speed, and systemic improvement Commercial operator — driven by value creation, revenue, and product-market fit Execution-focused — delivers outcomes with pace, structure, and discipline Innovative and pragmatic — balances ambition with delivery reality Customer-first leader — prioritises real-world needs over internal noise Inspiring communicator — brings clarity, energy, and accountability Resilient and adaptive — thrives in ambiguity, complexity, and change Comfortable operating strategically and in the detail, staying close to the product when required
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Location:
Greater London
Job Type:
FullTime

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