chief technology officer
Chief technology officers contribute to a company's technical vision and lead all aspects of technology development, according to its strategic direction and growth objectives. They match technology with business needs.
Also called: chief technology officers, IT director, information technology director, chief digital officer, CTO
- 22
- essential skills
- 61
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 1330
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- chief information officerWhat changes?13 skills in common
- chief ICT security officer9 skills in common
- software manager5 skills in common
- ICT auditor manager4 skills in common
- ICT project manager4 skills in common
- ICT business analysis manager3 skills in common
- ICT system analyst3 skills in common
- innovation engineer3 skills in common
Essential skills
22- administer ICT system
- analyse ICT system
- attack vectors
- carry out strategic research
- coordinate technological activities
- decision support systems
- define technology strategy
- ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards
- establish an ICT customer support process
- ICT project management
- ICT project management methodologies
- implement corporate governance
- implement ICT coding conventions
- industrial research and development
- lead technology development of an organisation
- maintain plan for continuity of operations
- manage budgets
- monitor ICT research
- monitor technology trends
- optimise choice of ICT solution
- review development process of an organisation
- utilise decision support system
Optional skills
61- ABAP
- Agile project management
- AJAX
- APL
- ASP.NET
- Assembly (computer programming)
- build business relationships
- business intelligence
- business strategy concepts
- C#
- C++
- COBOL
- CoffeeScript
- Common Lisp
- computer programming
- digital systems
- ensure information privacy
- Erlang
- Groovy
- hardware components
- hardware components suppliers
- Haskell
- ICT communications protocols
- ICT infrastructure
- ICT quality policy
- identify processes for re-engineering
- information structure
- internet governance
- Java (computer programming)
- JavaScript
- lean project management
- Lisp
- maintain relationship with customers
- MATLAB
- Microsoft Visual C++
- ML (computer programming)
- Objective-C
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
- oversee development of software
- Pascal (computer programming)
- perform business analysis
- Perl
- PHP
- Process-based management
- Prolog (computer programming)
- Python (computer programming)
- R
- Ruby (computer programming)
- SAP R3
- SAS language
- Scala
- scientific research methodology
- Scratch (computer programming)
- Smalltalk (computer programming)
- software components libraries
- software components suppliers
- Swift (computer programming)
- TypeScript
- use e-services
- VBScript
- Visual Basic
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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