Chief Technology Officer

About us Infracorp S.p.A. is an Italian group operating internationally across systemic infrastructure sectors, including Data Centers, Aviation, Energy and Space. The Group develops AI-based platforms designed to orchestrate complex strategic decision-making across these sectors. We are now bringing these platforms to market as products for both public- and private-sector customers. Manthica is the AI Lab of Infracorp. Our flagship platform is OneContext, the “AI second brain” that powers our vertical products for enterprises and public administrations. It delivers a strategic view and operational insights by orchestrating and leveraging the data, CRM and BPM tools already in place. Its architecture follows a simple security principle: the more sensitive the data, the closer AI processing remains to it - whether on-premise, in a private cloud or in a public cloud. Data sovereignty drives every architectural decision, while a Human Expert in the Loop validates decisions across every core process. No migration required: customers' accounts, documents and email stay where they are. We continuously enrich the platform and its vertical products, developing increasingly specialised solutions and expanding their capabilities through internal development and external integrations. We are looking for the person who will lead this evolution. The Role Chief Technology Officer (CTO) · reports to the CEO · member of the leadership team · location: Italy (Rome preferred), hybrid · full-time, permanent contract. You own Manthica’s roadmap, people and technology budget, and you lead the product architects. You evolve the platform into products customers buy, within the compliance and security constraints that enterprise and public-sector markets demand. We are not looking for a pure architect or a pure manager: we want someone who has already taken an innovative B2B software product from prototype to market and wants to do it again with AI at the centre. What you will do - Technology strategy. Define the target architecture for Manthica’s platforms and its vertical products, ensuring scalability, interoperability, security, observability and vendor independence. Establish the technical standards and architectural principles that allow new vertical products to be developed quickly without creating technical debt. - Product roadmap. Lead the architects to define and maintain the 12–24 month roadmap for the platform and its verticals, with priorities, releases and success criteria. Decide what to build, what to buy and what to defer, and explain it to the CEO and to customers. - People. Lead the product architects, who design the verticals on the platform, and the technical team, growing it to the size the roadmap requires. Estimate the skills needed at each phase, hire and develop the team (development, AI/ML, data, DevOps, QA). - Infrastructure and tools. Plan and size hardware and software resources: compute capacity for the models, on-premise / private cloud / public cloud environments, licences, AI vendors. Negotiate provider contracts and keep the platform independent from any single vendor. - Budget. Prepare and manage the annual technology budget (people, infrastructure, licences, consulting), with quarterly forecasts and explained variances. You can say what it costs to serve one more customer. - Compliance and cyber security. Work with Legal, Security and Compliance to define and implement the products’ compliance requirements, including GDPR, NIS2, the EU AI Act, ISO 27001 and relevant public-sector requirements. - Market and technology. Track how AI models can interact with CRM, BPM and business-intelligence products, and how these markets are evolving; turn the changes into concrete roadmap choices. Take part in technical negotiations with customers and partners. What success looks like - A clear technology and product roadmap aligned with business priorities - A scalable architecture for OneContext and its vertical products - A technology organisation capable of delivering the roadmap - Known unit economics: cost per customer and per AI request under control - Enterprise-grade security, compliance and auditability - Successful launch and scaling of the first vertical products What we are looking for - 8–10+ years of experience in B2B software, including 3–5 years in a CTO, VP Engineering or Head of Product role within a software company or scale-up - At least one B2B software product taken from prototype to paying customers, with measurable results you can discuss - Hands-on experience building, integrating or deploying CRM, BPM or business-intelligence products - Practical experience with LLMs and AI agents in production: model selection, inference costs, cost per call, answer quality, evaluation and limitations - Experience sizing and hiring technical teams and managing a six- or seven-figure technology budget - Working knowledge of GDPR, ISO 27001 and the security requirements of large enterprises or public bodies - Cloud and hybrid architectures (on-premise, private cloud, public cloud) and integration with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace - Fluent Italian and English What sets you apart Skills that really matter - A dynamic view of the AI market: you can tell what will change the product within six months from what is noise - You are comfortable operating in uncertainty, experimenting quickly and adjusting course when the evidence changes - You know how to turn experimentation into reliable, scalable and marketable products - Strategic thinking on CRM, BPM and business intelligence: you understand why customers buy them, not just how they work - You speak to customers and investors without jargon, with the right storytelling, and to the team with technical precision, bridging the two worlds - You build teams that stay: you know how to attract, delegate and grow people A plus - Experience delivering AI or enterprise software products to public administrations - Experience applying NIS2 and the AI Act to a real product - Experience in international contexts - Open-source contributions or publications on applied AI What we offer - A seat on the leadership team, with direct access to the CEO and real weight on product and investment decisions - A working environment where AI and innovative technologies take centre stage: study and industrial application are the day-to-day - A high-calibre international team on which to build the right set-up for growth - Base salary, performance-linked bonus and Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) - A platform that already works and three verticals to bring to market, with continuous evolution - Budget for the team and for training, freedom in choosing tools and vendors How to apply Send your CV and, if you like, a few lines about a product you took to market: what you decided, what worked and what didn’t. Please include links to relevant past work, including GitHub repositories where applicable. Write to recruiting@infracorp.global or apply via LinkedIn. The selection process consists of three meetings: a practical roadmap case, an interview with the CEO, and a discussion with the technical team. Manthica is an equal opportunity employer. We assess applications based on skills, experience and potential, regardless of gender, age, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.