Technical Director
Job description
Technical Director - BU CTO (all genders) at Valtech.
About the role
This role defines and owns the technology vision and target architecture for a luxury client business unit.
Leaders set direction and build the conditions for their teams to succeed. They hire, coach, and hold people accountable. Leadership work spans strategy, communication, and decision making. Effective leaders give clear context and remove obstacles for the people who report to them. Leadership roles are measured by team outcomes, retention, and delivery. Most organizations expect leaders to be visible, predictable, and generous with context.
Key facts
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Location: France
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Engagement: Permanent
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Compensation: Competitive compensation package
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Team: Head of Engineering & Delivery is peer to the role, with delivery execution owned by that leader
- Years: 15+ years of experience required
- Degree: A degree is required
- Language: Fully bilingual French/English is mandatory
What you'll do
The long-term technology direction and target architecture for front, data, integration, back, and POS/SAP domains are shaped to guide the client business unit.
Major technical and build-versus-reuse decisions are evaluated and governed, while the technology radar and its lifecycle are managed.
A cross-divisional community of SMEs, solution architects, and technical leads is established and led across all application territories.
Scarce technical talent is attracted, developed, and retained in partnership with delivery leadership.
Strategic technology partners, software editors, and hyperscalers are managed, with joint roadmaps and co-innovation initiatives coordinated.
Partner specialists, including cloud architects, are integrated into the BU core technical team.
Requirements
The posting states a bachelor's degree requirement. Proven experience as CTO, Chief Architect, or senior technology leader in a large, multi-domain or group-level environment is required. Deep architecture expertise across multiple technology domains, including front and commerce, data and integration, back and ERP, and cloud, is required.
Demonstrated ownership of strategic technology-partner and hyperscaler relationships, including joint roadmaps and alliances, is required. A track record of building and leading SME, architect, or technical-community organizations at scale is required. Strong command of AI and GenAI architecture and its industrialization at enterprise scale is required. Experience in e-commerce, retail, or omnichannel environments is required, with luxury-sector exposure as a plus. Full bilingualism in French and English is mandatory.
Practical notes
Typical interview steps
Leadership hiring usually includes a strategy case, a people scenario, and a values conversation. Candidates may be asked to turn around a struggling team or plan for growth. Past results are examined closely, especially how decisions were made. Interviewers dig into specific decisions you made and their consequences. Preparing two or three decision stories with numbers and lessons is the best use of time.
Good to know
Technical leadership roles combine architectural authority with partner-facing influence. Success depends on federating diverse experts and aligning technology choices with business outcomes. Tools such as cloud platforms, integration suites, and AI frameworks are commonly used in this type of role. Continuous learning and structured reporting are central to operating in complex, multi-division environments.
Questions to ask
Good questions to ask the employer in the interview: what does success look like in the first six months, how is the team structured, what is the current biggest challenge, and how are decisions made. Asking about growth paths and the review process is also well received. Employers expect questions, and good ones show preparation.
Career growth
Leadership careers move from manager to senior manager, director, and executive roles. Each step adds more scope and more responsibility for outcomes. The best leaders keep learning how to delegate, communicate, and decide. Leadership careers reward a record of building and developing people. The higher you go, the more your communication shapes the whole organization.