Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

The Opportunity

An established NYC 40-year-old importer and distributor of home accessories, is seeking a hands-on, business-oriented CTO to lead the next stage of the company’s technology evolution.

This is not a traditional software-development CTO role. We are looking for a practical technology executive who can manage and hold outside technology vendors accountable, strengthen our data and systems environment, guide technology strategy, and help modernize the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Own company’s overall technology strategy and roadmap.
• Manage third-party providers responsible for IT infrastructure, networks, cloud services, cybersecurity, systems, and support.
• Establish stronger ownership, governance, accessibility, and reliability of company data.
• Play a key leadership role in evaluating, selecting, and potentially implementing a new ERP, working closely with management, consultants, and implementation partners.
• Improve integration between systems and strengthen reporting, analytics, and business intelligence.
• Identify practical opportunities for automation and AI that create measurable business value.
• Ensure appropriate cybersecurity, disaster recovery, access controls, documentation, and business continuity.
• Evaluate technology spending, vendor performance, and contracts to ensure accountability and ROI.

Ideal Candidate

• Technology leadership experience in a mid-sized operating company, ideally importing, distribution, wholesale, consumer products, retail, or manufacturing.
• Strong experience managing outsourced IT and technology vendors.
• Broad knowledge of ERP, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, integrations, cloud technology, and business systems.
• Experience participating in or supporting ERP selection or transformation.
• Able to operate strategically while remaining sufficiently hands-on to understand problems and drive solutions.
• Strong business judgment and ability to communicate technology issues clearly to non-technical executives.

What Success Looks Like

The right CTO will give the company clear internal ownership of technology, stronger vendor accountability, reliable and accessible data, improved cybersecurity, and a practical roadmap for modernizing the company’s systems—including helping guide the company’s future ERP direction.