Chief Technology Officer - AI, Data and Product Technology

About the role

An established, growing group based in Osaka, Japan, is seeking a Chief Technology Officer to partner with the CEO and Board on technology direction, investment and delivery. The role reports to the CEO and Board, follows a pathway to Group CTO and covers AI, data and product architecture, with a stated package of AUD 165,000.

Key responsibilities

• Set the technology roadmap and target architecture so that current decisions support future scale
• Turn ambiguous business objectives into requirements, design, launch and scale, establishing a repeatable delivery model
• Lead AI strategy and productisation, including model selection, evaluation, safety and cost management
• Establish data architecture, security, privacy, resilience and incident response standards
• Govern intellectual property, open source licensing and third-party technology risk
• Make build, buy, integrate or partner decisions based on capability, speed, risk and cost
• Manage technology economics, including cloud, AI and vendor spend and unit cost metrics
• Build and lead product, engineering, AI, data, infrastructure and security teams
• Advise the CEO and Board independently on feasibility, risk, budget and readiness to scale

Required profile

• At least five years of technical or engineering leadership, with substantial experience across software, internet, AI or computer science
• Delivery of large-scale systems or platforms, including at least one product built from the ground up
• Proven ability to recruit, structure and lead an engineering organisation
• Strong governance of security, privacy, reliability and technology cost
• Confident, independent adviser to a CEO and Board; experience in AI, SaaS or large-scale platforms, prior CTO or VP Engineering responsibility and professional English are highly regarded

Required skills

• Fluency in a modern programming language and ability to review production code
• Deep knowledge of large language models, retrieval, AI agents, evaluation and AI cost management

What we offer

• Permanent full-time role with a career pathway to Group CTO
• Five-day working week with approximately 120 days off per year, including public holidays and seasonal leave
• Full statutory social insurance coverage
• Genuine influence over technology strategy and investment