What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief Product & Technology Officer position at Andela?
About Andela :
At Andela, we know brilliance is evenly distributed around the world, but opportunity is not. For over 10 years, Andela has connected its customers with top global, remote technical talent from over 135 countries with the majority residing in emerging markets like Africa and Latin America.
As one of the world's largest talent marketplaces, Andela gives companies greater flexibility to quickly deploy qualified technologists. With talent highly skilled in advanced technologies to support Application Development, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud & DevOps, Data Engineering, and much more, customers experience 33% faster project delivery. The company's exclusive AI-powered platform, Andela Talent Cloud, is the industry's only unified platform managing the complete global talent lifecycle and enables customers to fill individual roles or engage fully managed teams up to 66% faster.
Andela is on the precipice of two breakout industry transformations : one in staffing / hiring and the other in software development, both accelerated by generative AI.
Join us and change the world.
Job Summary :
Reporting to the CEO, the Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO) will own the product and engineering lifecycle across our full portfolio, from ideation and product launch to scaling for revenue growth. You will be responsible for designing our platform, product, and technical strategy while building a world-class team to deliver high-quality products that customers love. You should love operating at a fast pace and be willing to roll up your sleeves to get into the weeds with product and engineering teams, all while informing long-term strategic priorities.
The ideal candidate has a strong technical background (having been an engineer yourself) with a bias towards product strategy. You will look for opportunities to apply AI to product design and development, embracing evolving AI technologies to create disruptive products from scratch.
Exceptional Leadership :
As a member of the executive team, you'll serve as a role model for the rest of the company. Think about the feedback your peers typically give you - if it usually sounds like the below, we want to hear from you.
- Low ego, low drama, servant leader : You share credit, take blame. You like being wrong because it means someone else had an even better idea.
- One team mentality : You break silos across teams. You put the company and mission first above your team alone.
- Great listener, hungry for feedback : You're always seeking to improve - our product, our business, yourself. You solicit diverse opinions and deeply listen.
- Owner, not renter : You see a problem, you fix it or find someone who will. The buck stops with you.
- Player-coach : You fly high (create strategy) AND low (know the details that matter). You roll up your sleeves and get scrappy. You do this without micromanaging, empowering your team while actively engaging in important details.
- Business problem solver . You're not just a functional expert; you consistently get praise for approaching your function through the lens of solving business problems.
Key Responsibilities :
Product Leadership
Technology Leadership
Team Management
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Engineering Processes
Innovation & AI Integration
Qualifications
LI-REMOTE
LI-RDR
Benefits
And more to come! We're on a journey to reimagine global benefits at Andela.
At Andela, we outcompete through diversity. We know that our strengths lie in the multiplicity of talents, perspectives, backgrounds & orientations resident in our community and we take pride in that. Andela is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits discriminatory practices. Andela provides equal employment opportunities and workplace to all employees and applicants without regard to factors including but not limited to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy (including breastfeeding), genetic information, HIV / AIDS or any other medical status, family or parental status, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This commitment applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Our policies expressly prohibit any form of harassment and / or discrimination as stated above.
Andela is home for all, come as you are.