Our client is a rapidly expanding global AI technology business transforming how enterprises engage with customers and automate complex business processes through intelligent, agentic AI solutions.

With significant investment and ambitious growth plans across Australia, the business is seeking an exceptional Field CTO to lead its technical strategy, enterprise customer engagement and engineering delivery.

This is a rare opportunity for a commercially minded technology leader who combines deep engineering expertise with the ability to influence C-suite executives, navigate complex enterprise environments and take accountability for delivering exceptional customer and product outcomes.

You will possess founder-like DNA — be entrepreneurial, resourceful, commercially astute and deeply invested in the success of the technology, customers and business.

You'll have the autonomy to build, lead and shape the Australian technical function while working closely with global Engineering, Product and GTM leadership.

What you'll do;

Enterprise Technical Leadership & Commercial Engagement

- Partner with GTM and sales leadership to influence and accelerate complex, high-value enterprise opportunities.
- Engage directly with CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and senior business executives, translating complex AI technology into compelling business outcomes.
- Lead technical discovery, solution demonstrations, architecture reviews, security discussions and strategic customer workshops.
- Act as a trusted technical advisor throughout the enterprise sales lifecycle, from initial engagement through deployment and ongoing expansion.
- Develop a deep understanding of customer challenges, helping organisations build compelling business cases for AI adoption.

Hands-On Engineering & AI Deployment

- Take ownership of enterprise AI implementations, from solution architecture and integration through to successful production deployment.
- Remain technically hands-on, contributing code, building integrations and solving complex engineering challenges when required.
- Lead the deployment of intelligent AI agents across enterprise workflows, applications and customer environments.
- Establish high engineering standards for security, scalability, reliability,



performance and production quality.
- Work across enterprise architecture, APIs, cloud platforms, data environments and modern AI technologies.

Build, Lead & Scale

- Establish and grow a high-performing Australian technical organisation spanning engineering, forward-deployed engineering, integrations and pre-sales.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring and direction while maintaining a hands-on approach to delivery.
- Build repeatable delivery frameworks, technical standards and scalable operating practices.
- Work closely with regional commercial leadership to support business growth and customer success.

Product Ownership & Customer Success

- Take personal accountability for the technical success of customer deployments, product adoption and long-term customer outcomes.
- Act as the senior technical escalation point for strategic enterprise customers.
- Represent the voice of Australian enterprise customers to global Product and Engineering teams.
- Influence product direction through customer insights, technical feedback and emerging market requirements.
- Ensure AI deployments deliver measurable business value, operational improvements and return on investment.

What You'll Bring

- 7-8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with a proven track record of building, integrating and deploying complex technology solutions into production.
- Experience within an established enterprise technology business selling and delivering sophisticated software products, platforms, solutions or services to large enterprise customers.
- Demonstrated experience engaging and influencing C-suite executives throughout complex enterprise sales and technology transformation programmes.
- A strong background in technical leadership, enterprise solution architecture, pre-sales engineering,



forward-deployed engineering or complex technology implementations.
- Strong understanding of modern software architecture, cloud platforms, APIs, enterprise integrations and AI technologies.
- Experience leading technical teams and delivering customer-facing solutions in complex, demanding environments.
- The commercial acumen to connect technical solutions with customer business objectives, value creation and ROI.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage confidently with both technical specialists and senior business stakeholders.
- An entrepreneurial mindset, high personal accountability and the ability to operate independently in a fast-moving, high-growth setting.

Above all, we're looking for someone who genuinely cares about the product, takes ownership of outcomes and is prepared to roll up their sleeves to make things happen.

What Will Set You Apart

- Experience with GenAI, LLMs, agentic AI, conversational AI or enterprise AI automation.
- A background in complex enterprise technology organisations, hyperscalers, AI platforms or sophisticated enterprise software businesses.
- Demonstrated success influencing multimillion-dollar enterprise technology engagements.
- Experience building technical functions, establishing new markets or scaling technology delivery capabilities.
- The ability to balance strategic technical leadership with hands-on engineering execution.
- A strong sense of ownership, urgency and customer obsession.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to play a defining role in the Australian growth of a globally expanding AI technology business.

You'll operate at the intersection of AI innovation, enterprise technology, commercial strategy and engineering leadership, with the autonomy to influence customer outcomes, shape product direction and build a technical organisation from the ground up.

If you're an accomplished enterprise technology leader who thrives on solving complex problems, influencing senior executives and turning ambitious technology into real-world business outcomes, we'd welcome a confidential conversation.

For more information please apply using the link or email ••••@swordfishsearch.com.au

📌 Field CTO - Enterprise Ai (Sydney)
🏢 Swordfish Search
📍 Sydney