Chief Technology Officer M/F - CDI

About the company

Altavia is the leading independent global communication group dedicated to Retail. For over 40 years, we have been driving the commercial performance of more than 1,000 leading brands in 45 countries across 4 continents through innovative marketing, tech, and cross-media solutions. Our strength? 2,800 talents connected across the world.

Your tasks

Reporting to the Director of Transformation, the CTO defines and orchestrates Altavia's technological strategy to support the Group's transformation and growth. As the guarantor of excellence, security, and performance of the technical foundation (infrastructures, networks, data, tools), the CTO manages IT budgets while acting as a true Business Partner to business departments in the success of their technological initiatives.

*Your role* On a daily basis, you collaborate internally with the leadership bodies (Director of Transformation, Codir) as well as international business and agency departments. You lead an external ecosystem composed of technological partners (Google Cloud, publishers, cybersecurity experts) and clients on strategic security and architecture issues.

• Strategy and Innovation: Define the global technological roadmap with a strong orientation towards Cloud (GCP) and Artificial Intelligence (to boost productivity, outsourced support, and business offerings). Manage technical debt and arbitrate strategic choices (Build/Buy).
• Management and Transformation: Lead a central team of approximately 20 people (structured into hubs) and structure a true Group IT division by functionally federating local IT managers internationally.
• Governance and Budget: Manage the IT budget (Run/Build, FinOps on GCP), manage supplier contracts, and impose technical and architectural standards at the group scale.
• Infrastructures and Operations: Guarantee the reliability, performance, and evolution of the complete technical foundation: GCP Cloud, networks, data platforms, API, workstations, and business continuity.
• Cybersecurity and Compliance: Define and lead the security policy (prevention, risk management) and ensure regulatory compliance (client requirements, certifications) in collaboration with IT Managers.
• Business Partnership: Act as a technical facilitator for business projects (scoping, architecture) by providing reusable components and co-validating solutions.

Requirements

What you need to successfully complete the mission:

Experience

• With an engineering degree or equivalent (Master's degree), you have 10 to 15 years of experience in technological functions, including at least 5 years in technical management or CIO / CTO roles in a multi-entity environment.
• Proven experience in managing a mixed internal/external team.

Technical Skills

• Mastery of information systems architecture including cloud environments (ideally GCP), data platforms, as well as flow integration and orchestration.
• Cybersecurity, risk management, and compliance (GDPR).
• IT governance, FinOps, contract and supplier management.
• Culture of AI and automation applied to marketing and retail businesses.

Soft Skills

• Transversal and multicultural management: Ease in functional and remote management of teams distributed in an international context (professional English required).
• Leadership and influence: Ability to unite teams and carry a strong vision while influencing without direct hierarchical links.
• Business orientation and sense of partnership: Posture of a true business partner, results-oriented and a key driver of transformation.
• Rigor and synthesis skills: Ability to analyze complex situations, arbitrate effectively, and demonstrate a keen sense of priorities.

What we offer

• Flexibility: Hybrid organization with 2 days of teleworking per week.
• A fixed salary over 13 months as well as a variable component.
• Contractual benefits: 13 RTT, 50% employer contribution for restaurant vouchers (face value of €10), health insurance, and transport subscriptions.
• Accessibility: Premises perfectly served by metro lines 13 and 14 (10 minutes walking distance). Free access to secure outdoor parking is also available for your car, bike, or scooter.
• Company life: Opportunity to participate in various events organized on-site (technical meetups, conferences, themed evenings, as well as weeks dedicated to disability and well-being at work).

Other

The environment The Saint Ouen premises feature top-notch decor and architecture just steps away from the flea market, designed for us to cross paths... often!

A large airy hall with very pleasant and convivial spaces, equipped meeting rooms, an Atrium, an outdoor patio for breaks, our "Human Café", the roof top, a trendy canteen with beverage and snack dispensers, and even: a gym, a library, a piano, an arcade machine, ping pong/foosball... there really is something for every taste ;)