Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- IT, DevOps, Security
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will design tailored security solutions based on Trusted Cloud, lead technical teams, and serve as the primary contact for major clients in Germany.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- The Field CTO is the lead technical voice in Germany, embodying both the Customer Engineering Manager and Technical Design Authority roles.
- You will be critical in translating strategic customer requirements into secure, high-assurance cloud solutions, bridging the gap between customer needs and Trusted Cloud capabilities.
- Serve as the primary technical design authority for the German market, overseeing the pre-sales phase and ensuring technical responses to customer RFPs are robust and compliant.
- Drive high-level technical designs for large and strategic accounts, ensuring alignment with the highest security standards (SecNumCloud and BSI C5/C3A).
- Act as the lead for all customer-facing technical engagements (a hands-on, field role) with a direct impact on overall customer experience.
- Manage and lead the team of 5-10 Customer Engineers at target, driving technical pre-sales strategy and execution.
- Act as the lead for the customer technical support team.
- Manage a team of technical support engineers tackling on a daily basis customers technical requests.
- Act as the lead for the customer journey onboarding, billing and support tooling.
- Manage a team of SRE Engineers in charge of billing operations and FinOps.
- Directly report to both the German Country Manager and the S3NS Customer Engineering & Services Director in France.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Deep understanding of the high-assurance cloud landscape and security standards (e.g., ANSSI SecNumCloud and/or BSI C5/C3A, NIS).
Experience
- 10+ years of senior-level experience in driving technical strategy and design for large enterprise accounts.
- Senior, hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services (IaaS, PaaS, AI).
- Experience driving cloud deals for large accounts and to oversee contract execution in the run phase.
- Proven pre-sales experience in a Customer Engineering or equivalent client-facing technical role.
- Experience managing technical teams (e.g., Customer Engineers).
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What we offer
- The Group invests more than €4.5 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies.
- In 2025, the Group generated sales of €22.1 billion.
- For our more than 85,000 employees in 65 countries, we open up visionary perspectives, realize individual career paths, and enable creative freedom.
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Thales Group
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Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Internet, IT, Telecommunication
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Field Chief Technology Officer - Trusted Cloud
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
