Chief Technical Officer

Moodle with us We're the world's most popular learning platform and we're on a mission to empower educators to improve our world. Moodle is embarking on an exciting period of growth, and expanding our leadership team. As a result, we're looking for a customer service-driven, commercially astute and innovative technical leader to help us achieve our strategic goals.  Reporting to the CEO, this is a unique, 'work from anywhere' role that will offer you fantastic challenges and opportunities to drive technical excellence across Moodle's global internal operations.
This role can be based anywhere in Europe.
What the role looks like As a highly experienced technical leader, you will be responsible for:
Ensuring the resilience, security and scalability of our business's technical ecosystem, fostering innovation and aligning technical initiatives with Moodle's goals Guiding the future direction of our data and cybersecurity strategies Attracting, developing and leading a high performance team  Overseeing the operations of our InfoSec, ICT DevOps and DataOps teams globally Participating as a member of our senior leadership team, providing input into and supporting achievement of company goals and strategic objectives. This is a brand new position which will evolve over time, allowing for future growth and the opportunity to make your own mark. 
We'd love to meet you Especially if you can talk to us about your:
Extensive experience in senior leadership roles within technology organisations, preferably in an open-source environment, with a proven track record of success in managing globally distributed teams Understanding of, and appreciation for, open source technologies and their usage in corporate environments Technical experience in cybersecurity, data management, cloud computing, virtualisation and hosting infrastructure Experience in translating strategic plans into technology strategy and roadmaps Advanced people leadership experience and communication skills, with the ability to develop and inspire high performance, and promote a strong workplace culture  An understanding of Moodle and the Moodle ecosystem would be a bonus What's in it for you? Moodle has a globally diverse team with over 280 team members in more than 25 countries around the world. We've built a passionate team of hard-working, driven and diverse people from all over the world, united by a shared belief in the ability of our platform to make a positive difference to our world. We respect our colleagues and value an open and innovative workplace, filled with integrity and of course a strong focus on education (yes, these are our company values)
In addition to this you can expect:
Taking on a genuinely flexible, distributed role, working from anywhere in Spain, with access to our centrally based Barcelona officeA fantastic range of benefits, focusing on work-life balance, wellbeing and 'choosing your own adventure.' Learn more about Moodle Moodle is the world's most trusted online learning solution, with a growing ecosystem of products and services, including Moodle Workplace, Moodle App, MoodleCloud, and more. The engine of our ecosystem is Moodle LMS, the secure and customisable open source learning management platform used by well over 300 million learners worldwide. 
Find out more about us on our website. Please note, due to the holiday period, shortlisting for this role will not commence until early January. At Moodle we are an equal opportunity employer that actively supports diversity and inclusion in the workplace and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We're committed to fair recruitment and selection practices, ensuring we are drawing from a diverse range of sources to attract and select the very best person for the job. Learn more in our Diversity & Inclusion Charter.