Worldwide Placement Limited
Worldwide Placement Limited
Worldwide Placement Limited is a global recruitment agency that helps connect candidates with employers across Healthcare, Manufacturing, Logistics, Oil & Gas, Engineering, ICT, Finance, Education, Government, Corporate, Transportation, and Media. Its recruitment work spans the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, supporting hiring across a broad range of professional and operational sectors.

Chief Technology Officer, Data-Driven FinTech (Hybrid, Germany)

Lead technology strategy for AI-enabled data products in German banking FinTech. Own customer use cases, roadmap priorities, business development, and executive-level sales.

Description

  • Help establish the company as a European leader in data-driven business models
  • Set the direction for data use across the financial sector
  • Lead the technology vision, including emerging technologies and new product concepts
  • Keep customer needs central to technology and business decisions
  • Lead C-level sales conversations independently
  • Engage decision-makers with forward-looking technology insight and a strong grasp of business value
  • Work with customers to uncover new product and business use cases
  • Turn existing capabilities into viable business concepts and models
  • Own and prioritize the technology roadmap using data and evidence
  • Keep engineering and product teams focused on the highest-impact work
  • Partner strategically with the founder and executive leadership
  • Help determine fino’s strategic direction
  • Evaluate decisions through clear, measurable outcomes
  • Use performance insights to define subsequent actions

Requirements

  • Several years leading technology as a CTO, VP of Engineering, or in a comparable senior role
  • Experience in FinTech or banking is preferred
  • An entrepreneurial outlook paired with a visionary approach
  • Strong awareness of emerging technologies
  • Ability to independently turn new technologies into viable business models
  • A practical, hands-on working style
  • Confidence advancing ideas directly in client conversations
  • Clear, convincing communication with clients, teams, executives, and decision-makers
  • Deep knowledge of modern cloud architecture
  • Experience working with REST and GraphQL APIs
  • Knowledge of data analytics and AI/ML technology stacks
  • Understanding of banking security and regulatory obligations
  • Negotiation-level fluency in German and English, equivalent to C1
  • Additional foreign-language skills are preferred

Benefits

  • Remote-first work with hybrid options
  • Flexible working hours
  • Up-to-date work equipment
  • Opportunities to work remotely from other locations
  • Time off on December 24 and 31
  • Annual bonus
  • Gifts for work anniversaries and milestone birthdays
  • Corporate employee benefits program
  • Reduced-price mobile phone plans
  • Company pension contributions above statutory requirements
  • Capital-forming benefits
  • Automatic salary increases at set intervals
  • Commuter pass
  • Bike leasing
  • Discounted fitness and wellness access through egym
  • 28 days of annual leave
  • Job ticket
  • Regular team events
  • Dog-friendly office in Kassel
  • Modern cloud, API, and AI technology stack
  • Direct partnership with the founder and CEO
  • Broad strategic autonomy and substantial scope to shape the role

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