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[Gavin Cowie]

Chief Technology Officer

JOB DESCRIPTION 

The Chief Technology Officer will provide the strategic vision for enhancing our publishing products and our infrastructure. S/He will be a member of the senior management team and will work with the team to set company priorities and implement processes that will help improve our product development.  

The Chief Technology Officer will be responsible for overseeing our current technology team and our current platform. We are a small company, and we need someone who is a good translator between technology and the business.  The ideal candidate will be energetic, positive and outgoing, and have demonstrated success integrating technology into a larger organization.   In addition, s/he must be a strong manager of staff. We have a great team, and want to help them grow.

This role will hold influence over all technology initiatives. It requires someone who has hands-on experience with both infrastructure and software product development. We have a blend of technologies in-house; the successful candidate will be able to assist us in improving and/or supporting them.  We also expect this individual to build relationships with vendors, contractors and external companies for all our technology related initiatives. 

The type of individual we need has experience working with small companies and is comfortable with evolving their strategy within small company constraints.  

REQUIREMENTS & TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

*	Bachelors degree or higher in related technical and business areas 

*	Typically requires 8 - 10 years of technology experience and related management experience 

*	Understand project management methodologies and tools and have a strong knowledge of applicable business areas, the supporting technology architecture, and applicable processes. 

*	Additional requirements include strong knowledge of relevant applications and development of life cycles, general knowledge of professional services vendors, and tools and experience overseeing geographically distributed and culturally diverse work-groups. 

*	Strong influencing/negotiation skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills, knowledge of business and technology trends and strong interpersonal/relationship management skills. 

Candidates must have extensive experience working with the following technologies:

*	Linux, Apache 
*	SQL - MySQL and/or Oracle 
*	Content Management 
*	Internet Software Development 
*	Publishing 

The following additional experience is highly desirable:

*	Fulfillment Systems 
*	Subscription-based Email 
*	Financial Publishing 

Interested candidates should email a cover letter and résumé to devhr at money-media.com. 
 

ABOUT MONEY-MEDIA

Money-Media (http://www.money-media.com) is a privately-held, New York-based company that publishes online and print content for leaders in the financial services industry and in corporate boardrooms.  We are an entrepreneurial group that emphasizes initiative, positive thinking, continual improvement and resiliency in our work culture.  Money-Media has been growing and thriving as a business since our launch in 1996.  

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Money Media, Inc.
http://www.money-media.com/