About this role
Chief Technology Officer
Our client is a high-growth AI SaaS business with a global engineering footprint, headquartered in Hong Kong.
They are hiring a Chief Technology Officer to own the technical vision end to end and scale the engineering organisation through its next phase of growth. This is a seat at the table, not a delivery function. The role can be based in Hong Kong or in Mainland China, and candidates elsewhere who are open to relocating are equally welcome.
Proficient English communication is essential, with Mandarin a strong advantage.
What You Bring to the Table
- Agentic AI A Track Record: You have taken AI products from idea to production, with genuine depth across LLM systems and agent architectures rather than oversight from a distance.
- Scale-Up Pedigree: Senior technology leadership inside venture-backed companies during periods of rapid growth, with the scar tissue that comes with it.
- Team Builder: Proven experience growing an engineering team significantly in size and developing the Engineering Managers who lead it, across offices and time zones.
- Ownership & Judgement: High ownership, strategic drive, and the judgement to push back on the founder constructively when the technical call warrants it. Order takers will not enjoy this seat.
- Adaptability: Open-minded, agile, and at ease with ambiguity as the product and the market move underneath you.
What's in It for You
- A Seat at the Table: Work directly with the founder on technical direction and company strategy, rather than executing someone else's plan.
- Own the Technical Vision: End-to-end ownership of architecture and technical direction across the product.
- Real Mandate, Not an Order Book: They are explicitly looking for someone who will push back, not take orders.
- Scope to Build: Grow both the engineering organisation and the management layer within it, through the company's next phase.
- Agentic AI at the Centre: Agentic AI sits at the heart of the technical work, not at the edges of it.
Required Skills
- SaaS
- AI
- Business