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The Strategic Technology Executive role at Teradata is a strategic, customer-facing executive position responsible for communicating Teradata’s product vision and platform differentiation directly to senior customer stakeholders. Reporting into the WW VantageCloud Platform Architecture organization, this role serves as a unified global voice from the field into Product, while also delivering consistent strategic messaging to customers. The Field CTO is a technologist, market analyst, and trusted advisor who influences Teradata’s long-term product strategy through close customer collaboration and participation in cross-functional forums. This role will be a part of the Global Field CTO function within the Platform Architecture team enabling a tighter feedback loop from the field to Product and ensuring customer requirement alignment across regions and industries.
Job Responsibility:
Act as Teradata’s technical executive liaison to customer C-levels and senior leadership, articulating our long-term product vision and competitive differentiation
Lead strategic discussions on cloud modernization, hybrid/cloud architectures, and the Vantage roadmap (SQL to AI/ML to GenAI)
Deliver executive briefings, workshops, and thought leadership at public conferences and customer events
Guide Solution Engineers (SEs) and Account Teams in strategic technical messaging and positioning
Drive consistency in outbound messaging through reusable assets, “gold standard” decks, white papers, and social content
Represent global field and customer perspectives in product strategy, roadmap planning, and prioritization sessions
Regularly interface with Product Management, Engineering, Product Marketing, and the Office of the Strategic Technology Executives
Contribute to strategic forums including Product Advisory Councils, POC feedback loops, and roadmap workshops
Define and communicate long-range customer-driven needs (e.g., 2–4 year vision and North Star alignment)
Participate in a unified, global Strategic Technology Executive function that ensures consistent feedback loops and messaging across all geographies and industries
Coordinate and contribute to global initiatives such as internal knowledge sharing, bi-weekly Strategic Technology Executive alignment meetings, and consolidated product feedback summaries
Contribute to standing up the global Strategic Technology Executive operating model, including selection of regional representatives to support requirement gathering and formalizing engagement mechanisms with Product
Requirements:
Proven record of 15+ years of technical sales leadership, field technology advocacy, or product strategy roles
Deep technical knowledge in cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP), data platforms, data architecture, hybrid environments, and AI/ML use cases
Executive presence and the ability to communicate complex topics clearly to both technical and business audiences
Experience directly influencing product strategy through clearly structured feedback mechanisms
Ability to collaborate across engineering, marketing, and sales organizations to drive unified strategy execution
Demonstrated thought leadership via public speaking, publications, or recognized contributions to the analytics/cloud space
Nice to have:
Technical degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s or MBA is a plus)
Prior experience in global, matrixed organizations with customer-facing strategic roles
Public cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Expert) preferred
Demonstrated ability to drive customer digital transformation and business outcomes through data and analytics