Chief Technology Officer | Brisbane, QLD | Deep Tech, MedTech | Executive Leadership | Salary + ESOP | 0‐1 Product Company
I'm working with an Australian MedTech company with a proprietary platform for real‐time physiological monitoring, that's looking for their next technical leader.
Backed by over $40 million, the business has completed its foundational R&D phase and is now actively transitioning to commercial product delivery. Their founder is globally recognised in his field. The hard science is solved. This hire exists to turn it into revenue.
Its core technology operates at the intersection of advanced hardware, novel AI‐driven analytics, and clinical data science, generating proprietary insights that no off‐the‐shelf solution can replicate. The platform produces validated digital biomarkers from bespoke clinical datasets, trained through rigorous human studies and built for real‐world deployment.
Targeting B2B markets where the cost of getting it wrong is high, with a pipeline into clinical healthcare.
The Role
The science is proven, the IP is secured, the funding is in place. What is now required is an exceptional technologist with the commercial instinct to drive the product to market, and the scientific depth to lead a world‐class research and engineering team without losing their trust.
Reporting directly to the CEO and sitting on the executive leadership team, the incoming CTO will set the technical direction of the company, own the product roadmap, and serve as the bridge between the research function and commercial reality.
This is not a pure R&D leadership role. This person will be judged on shipping product.
Evidence of driving successful products to market is greatly beneficial
What the CTO Owns
* Define and own the technical roadmap, steering the organisation from advanced R&D toward productised, sellable technology
* Lead, mentor, and inspire a multi‐disciplinary team of data scientists, biomedical engineers, and software developers
* Translate cutting‐edge data science output into clearly communicated milestones, deliverables, and product decisions
* Work alongside the CEO and commercial team to connect technical capability with customer needs, end‐user applications, and B2B sales strategy
* Partner with manufacturing, regulatory, and clinical teams as the product moves through development stages
* Represent the company's technical vision externally, to investors, strategic partners, customers, and regulators
* Drive accountability and rigour into the data science function, replacing ambiguity with clear velocity and measurable progress
* Evaluate and resolve existing gaps in the productisation pipeline, particularly around data delivery, insight presentation, and system implementation
Expectations for the CTO profile
* This is a specific profile. The company's technology is genuinely at the cutting edge, with proprietary health insights, bespoke machine learning models, and custom hardware integration.
* The CTO must be able to sit with the data science team and earn their respect, while also sitting across the table from a major B2B customer and articulating value with clarity.
* PhD in a relevant discipline, such as data science, biomedical engineering, applied physics, or a closely related field. Academic pedigree matters here
* Demonstrable experience transitioning technology from research or early‐stage development into commercial product. Not just leading R&D, but shipping
* Deep grounding in data science and AI/ML methods, able to interrogate models, guide methodology decisions, and distinguish genuine complexity from obfuscation
* Strong communicator, able to explain technically sophisticated concepts to non‐technical stakeholders, customers, and investors with confidence and clarity
* Industry experience, ideally in MedTech, health technology, wearables, or a comparably hard‐science domain
* Commercially minded, with a clear understanding of what a product needs to be to sell, not just to work
* A leader who holds people accountable while building genuine trust with high‐calibre scientists
If interested, please apply with your most up to date CV & I'll be in touch.
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