03 oct
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Insight
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Madrid
Fluency in English plus one of the following languages is essential: French, German, Spanish, Swedish, or Nordic language About the Company Insight Enterprises, Inc. is a Fortune 500 solutions integrator helping organizations accelerate their digital journey to modernize their business and maximize the value of technology. Insight's technical expertise spans cloud and edge-based transformation solutions, with general scale and optimization built on 33+ years of deep partnerships with the world's leading and emerging technology providers. It has a US$1.7 billion services business, bolstered by recent acquisitions in cloud, CRM, software engineering, and business consulting.
We are seeking an experienced Contract Technical CTO to provide strategic technology leadership and guide the organisation through a critical period of transformation, growth, or modernisation. This role requires a highly credible technology leader capable of operating at board level whilst remaining close enough to delivery teams to drive technical decision-making and execution. The successful candidate will combine deep technical expertise with strong commercial awareness, helping shape technology strategy, modernise platforms, improve engineering capability, and ensure technology investments deliver measurable business value.
Key Responsibilities Technology Leadership Define and execute the technology strategy and roadmap. Assess the current technology landscape and identify risks, opportunities, and improvement areas. Provide architectural oversight across applications, infrastructure, cloud, data,
and security platforms.
Establish technology governance, standards, and best practices. Drive engineering excellence through improved processes, automation, and DevOps practices. Guide technical teams on solution design, scalability, resilience, and performance.
Support cloud adoption, migration, and optimisation programmes. Define AI, automation, and data capabilities aligned to business objectives. Identify opportunities to leverage AI and emerging technologies.
Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and senior stakeholders. Provide regular updates on technology performance, risks, and investment priorities. Lead technology due diligence, platform assessments, or recovery programmes.
Mentor technology leaders and strengthen internal capability. Previous CTO, Interim CTO, Chief Architect, VP Engineering, or Technology Director experience. Proven track record delivering large-scale technology transformation programmes.
Strong background across cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
Experience leading software engineering and architecture functions. Knowledge of AI, data platforms, automation, and modern application development. Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at executive level.
Cloud
Strategy & Modernisation Software Engineering Leadership AI & Emerging Technologies Data & Analytics Cyber Security & Risk Management Commercial & Strategic Planning Technology strategy and roadmap. Technology risk and capability assessment. Cloud and platform modernisation roadmap.
📌 Head of Information Technology (Madrid)
🏢 Insight
📍 Madrid