Chief Product and Technology Officer

Who we are

Athos Commerce is the only all-in-one intelligent discovery platform that connects shoppers to the right products across whatever channel they are shopping: a brand's own site, marketplaces, social, comparison shopping engines, and AI platforms.

More than 2,700 brands, including Adidas, Burberry, Clarins, and Marks & Spencer, rely on our AI-powered search, merchandising, personalization, and product feed management to help shoppers find the right product faster, reduce manual work for merchandisers, and drive higher conversion and average order value.

Who You Are

You are a strategic, commercially minded product and technology executive who combines deep technical expertise with a strong understanding of customer needs and business outcomes. You have a proven ability to lead both Product and Engineering organizations, build scalable technology platforms, and translate market insights into successful products.

You are a hands-on leader who thrives in complex environments, makes thoughtful investment decisions, and balances innovation with operational excellence. You are comfortable leading organizational transformation, integrating technology platforms, and developing high-performing global teams.

You bring strong executive presence, sound technical judgment, and a collaborative leadership style. You enjoy engaging directly with customers and partners, challenging conventional approaches, and leveraging AI and emerging technologies to improve customer experiences and organizational effectiveness.

What You'll Do?

As Chief Product and Technology Officer, reporting directly to the CEO, you will lead the product and technology strategy for Athos Commerce, translating commercial objectives into a clear product direction, strategic investment decisions, and consistent execution. You will oversee Product Management, Engineering, System Architecture, Platform Operations, Product Design, Data, and Information Security while leading the next stage of integration across our established commerce platforms. Working closely with customers, agency partners, and executive leadership, you will drive product innovation, improve customer experiences, and ensure our technology remains secure, reliable, scalable, and cost-effective. This is a hands-on executive role where you will balance long-term strategic priorities with delivering meaningful improvements to customers across our platforms.

How You Will Succeed

• Define Product and Technology Strategy: Establish a unified product and technology vision aligned with customer needs, market opportunities, and business growth objectives, including the strategic application of AI and emerging commerce channels.
• Lead Product Strategy and Execution: Oversee customer discovery, product roadmaps, lifecycle management, and investment prioritization, using customer evidence, commercial potential, and engineering capacity to guide decisions.
• Drive Platform Integration and Modernization: Lead the continued integration of Athos Commerce's established platforms while maintaining product delivery, improving technical architecture, and managing technical debt.
• Improve Customer Experience and Self-Service: Make Athos products faster to implement and easier for merchants and agency partners to configure independently, reducing reliance on engineering resources and improving time to value.
• Build a High-Performing Engineering Organization: Lead global engineering teams to deliver high-quality software improvements predictably while maintaining strong development practices, accountability, and execution.
• Ensure Platform Reliability and Security: Oversee architecture, cloud infrastructure, platform operations, security, and compliance to maintain reliable, scalable, and cost-effective technology.
• Strengthen Customer and Commercial Partnerships: Engage directly with merchants, agency partners, and prospects while partnering with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Finance on product positioning, pricing, launches, and strategic customer commitments.
• Develop and Scale Global Leadership Teams: Recruit, mentor, and develop senior Product and Technology leaders, establish clear ownership and accountability, and foster a collaborative culture across distributed teams.
• Drive AI Innovation and Adoption: Identify opportunities to bring AI and machine learning capabilities to market while embedding AI into Product and Engineering workflows to improve efficiency, quality, and customer outcomes.
• Own Financial Planning and Technology Governance: Manage Product and Technology budgets, workforce planning, vendor decisions, technology investments, and risk management while communicating priorities, performance, and material risks to executive leadership and the board.

What We're Looking for

• Significant senior leadership experience within a software or SaaS organization, with direct responsibility across both Product and Engineering functions.
• Proven track record of developing and executing product and technology strategies that deliver measurable customer value and commercial results.
• Direct experience building ecommerce search, product discovery, merchandising, or personalization products; marketing technology experience is a plus.
• Strong technical judgment across software architecture, development practices, cloud infrastructure, platform reliability, scalability, and information security.
• Experience leading complex platform integrations, technology modernization initiatives, or organizational transformation while maintaining ongoing product delivery.
• Practical experience bringing AI and machine learning capabilities to market and integrating AI into Product and Engineering workflows.
• Strong commercial understanding of SaaS business models, including recurring revenue, customer retention, margins, profitability, and cost to serve.
• Demonstrated success building, scaling, and developing senior Product and Engineering leadership teams.
• Experience leading distributed teams across multiple countries, regions, and time zones.
• Ability to make and communicate complex tradeoffs between business growth, customer commitments, delivery capacity, and long-term platform sustainability.
• Strong financial and operational management experience, including departmental budgets, workforce planning, and strategic technology investments.
• Excellent executive communication skills, with the ability to engage customers, agency partners, technical teams, executive leadership, and board members.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across commercial and technical functions to drive shared business objectives.

Benefits

• Open PTO
• Company-paid health, dental, and vision insurance
• Medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA)
• Company-paid Short Term and Long Term Disability coverage
• Company-paid Life and AD&D coverage
• Voluntary benefits, including critical illness, accident insurance, legal services, and pet insurance
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Flexible work environment. Work from one of our offices, hybrid, or remote.

Athos Commerce is an equal-opportunity employer and proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. We strongly believe that diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are essential in cultivating an inclusive culture and building an innovative, successful organization. All qualified applicants are considered for employment, without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status. If you require accommodation during the application process, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Originally posted on Himalayas