Chief Technology Officer

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About the role

  • Field CTO guiding Fortune 500 organizations adopting 1Password’s identity security platform. Advising executives, shaping product strategy, and scaling Solutions Engineering through technical leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Advise strategic Fortune 500 customers on identity, access, and security challenges
  • Build relationships with CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, Chief Architects, and technical decision makers
  • Participate in executive briefings, architecture reviews, strategic workshops, and customer meetings
  • Provide technical leadership throughout enterprise sales cycles
  • Support strategic opportunities by accelerating technical alignment, reducing execution risk, and building customer confidence
  • Create repeatable technical plays, executive messaging, reference architectures, and playbooks
  • Mentor senior Solutions Engineers and elevate field technical capabilities
  • Partner with Sales, Solutions Engineering, and Enablement leadership on technical trends and organizational investments
  • Develop enablement programs for emerging technologies and customer challenges
  • Bring customer feedback, competitive intelligence, and implementation insights to Product and Engineering leadership
  • Influence product roadmaps, validate emerging capabilities, and support early customer adoption
  • Translate market trends into product and go-to-market strategies
  • Speak at conferences, executive events, customer advisory boards, analyst briefings, and industry forums
  • Develop technical thought leadership through presentations, blogs, webinars, whitepapers, and executive content
  • Represent 1Password externally and strengthen its market position
  • Partner with executive leadership across Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Go-to-Market to influence company strategy
  • Define the future of Solutions Engineering through mentorship and scalable engagement models

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in enterprise technology, cybersecurity, consulting, solutions engineering, enterprise architecture, or technical leadership
  • Demonstrated success influencing executive technology leaders within Fortune 500 organizations
  • Deep technical expertise in identity, access management, privileged access, cloud security, developer platforms, SaaS security, or AI security
  • Exceptional executive communication skills
  • Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business outcomes
  • Ability to simplify highly complex technical concepts into compelling executive narratives
  • Proven ability to influence enterprise architecture decisions across large, complex organizations
  • Experience supporting strategic enterprise sales opportunities and partnering with executive sales teams
  • Strong understanding of enterprise buying processes and modern sales methodologies such as MEDDPICC
  • Experience building technical strategies, reusable methodologies, or scalable customer engagement frameworks
  • Ability to influence product strategy through customer engagement and market insights
  • Ability to build trusted relationships across Product, Engineering, Sales, and executive leadership while influencing without direct authority
  • Experience speaking to diverse audiences at industry conferences, executive forums, and analyst events
  • Willingness to travel up to 50%
  • Ability and willingness to meet frequent travel requirements for customer meetings, executive engagements, conferences, and industry events
  • Professional experience in cybersecurity, identity and access management, privileged access management, cloud security, DevSecOps, or a closely related security domain
  • Experience serving in a senior, customer-facing technical role supporting large or complex enterprise organizations
  • Must already be legally authorized to work in the United States or Canada; no work authorization, relocation assistance, or visa sponsorship/transferring is offered
  • Successful applicants must complete a background check

Benefits

  • Annual base salary of $228,000–$342,000 USD for USA-based roles or $228,000–$342,000 CAD for Canada-based roles
  • Commission eligibility
  • Immediate participation in benefits program
  • Health benefits
  • Dental benefits
  • 401k for USA-based roles
  • RRSP for Canada-based roles
  • Generous paid time off (PTO)
  • Equity grant / RSU program for most employees
  • Incentive programs, where applicable
  • Maternity and parental leave top-up programs
  • Retirement matching program
  • Free 1Password account
  • Paid volunteer days
  • Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly
  • Remote-first work environment
  • In-person onboarding in Toronto for all go-to-market roles
  • Accommodation available upon request during recruitment
  • AI tools may be used responsibly during the application process

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$228,000 - $342,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

CloudCyber SecurityGo

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

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