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title: 'vCTO at RFA'
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# vCTO at RFA

- **Company:** RFA
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/rfa-2/ce992b43-c20d-4fd5-baf6-329a456202c1

## Job description

We are seeking an experienced Virtual Chief Technology Officer (vCTO) to provide strategic technology leadership to a portfolio of financial services clients. The vCTO serves as the senior technology advisor for assigned clients, helping them align technology with business goals, manage risk, plan future technology investments, and make informed decisions around architecture, platforms, vendors, and emerging technologies. This is a highly technical and client-facing leadership role, but it is not an implementation position. The vCTO is expected to understand complex environments, provide strategic and architectural direction, and coordinate the appropriate internal teams to execute. Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate combines the technical depth of a senior architect with the business perspective and communication skills of a technology executive. They are comfortable working with senior engineers on architecture and design decisions, while also advising COOs, CFOs, partners, principals, and other executives on technology strategy, risk, investment, and business impact. They are proactive, consultative, technically credible, and able to see across multiple technology disciplines to ensure the client’s overall needs are being met.

## Responsibilities

- Develop and maintain multi-year technology roadmaps aligned with client business objectives.
- Understand each client’s business, operating model, technology environment, risk profile, and future plans.
- Identify technology gaps, risks, lifecycle issues, modernization opportunities, and future requirements.
- Recommend appropriate architectures, technologies, platforms, and vendors.
- Introduce new technologies where they can improve efficiency, security, resiliency, or business outcomes.
- Initiate strategic projects based on identified client needs and work with internal teams to move those initiatives into execution.
- Provide high-level technical and architectural guidance across cloud, infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, identity, Microsoft 365, business continuity, and related technologies.
- Lead recurring strategic technology reviews with client executives.
- Help clients plan and prioritize annual and multi-year technology investments.
- Serve as a senior escalation point when significant technical or service issues require cross-functional coordination or executive involvement.
- Work across Engineering, Security, Compliance, Projects, Service Delivery, Solutions Architecture, and other technical teams to ensure client needs are being addressed.
- Ensure technical decisions and projects remain aligned with the client’s broader strategy.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI and automation, and identify practical opportunities for adoption

Required Qualifications

- 10+ years of progressive experience in information technology, consulting, managed services, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, or related fields.
- 5+ years in a senior technology leadership, architecture, consulting, or client advisory role.
- Strong technical knowledge across infrastructure, cloud, networking, cybersecurity, identity, Public Cloud AWS and Microsoft 365/Azure, and business continuity.
- Demonstrated experience developing technology strategies, roadmaps, and long-term investment plans.
- Ability to evaluate complex technical environments and provide architecture-level recommendations.
- Experience working directly with senior executives and presenting complex technical topics in clear business terms.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity, technology risk, resiliency, and operational best practices.
- Experience coordinating initiatives across multiple technical teams or disciplines.
- Strong written, verbal, and executive communication skills.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Previous experience as a vCTO, vCIO, CTO, CIO, Director of Technology, IT Director, Enterprise Architect, Solutions Architect, or senior technology consultant.
- Experience working for an MSP or technology consulting organization.
- Experience supporting financial-services organizations.
- Familiarity with financial-services technology environments, vendors, regulatory requirements, and security expectations.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365.
- Experience with cybersecurity, disaster recovery, business continuity, and technology risk management.
- Familiarity with AI, automation, data governance, and other emerging technologies.

## About RFA

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: RFA is the first AI-native technology partner for finance, delivering managed IT, cybersecurity, cloud, and AI services to regulated industries, with deep specialization in alternative investments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Titan in 2025; Titan backed by a $74M round led by General Catalyst)
- **Headquarters**: London, UK (global HQ) with major presence in New York, USA; offices across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific
- **Founded**: 1989
- **Founders**: Richard Fleischman (as Richard Fleischman & Associates)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: IT services, cybersecurity, managed cloud, and AI for financial services and other regulated industries
- **Target customers**: B2B – hedge funds, private equity firms, asset managers, and other regulated financial institutions
- **Mission/purpose**: To be the technology partner finance has trusted since 1989, delivering secure, AI-augmented operations for fast-moving, highly regulated organizations

## Products & Services
- **Managed AI**: Governed AI agents that augment human experts, built on the Titan platform, with automation, monitoring, and analytics embedded into IT operations.
- **Managed Cybersecurity**: 24/7 SOC, managed detection and response, and vCISO leadership – security is baseline for every service.
- **Managed IT Services**: End-user support, network solutions, and system management with proactive issue resolution.
- **Managed Cloud**: Azure, AWS, and Microsoft 365 managed as a single estate with resilience and cost control.
- **Compliance & Advisory**: Security leadership on tap, plus a control environment built to meet investor DDQ and regulatory exam requirements.
- **Development**: Data warehouses on Snowflake or Databricks, modelled in dbt, with reporting and applications on top.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (Titan’s $74M funding round valued the platform, but RFA’s standalone valuation is not available)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of **$123.3M** (LinkedIn estimate); supports **$1.5T+ in client AUM** across **700+ financial firms**
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: General Catalyst (lead investor in Titan); Titan’s team includes engineers from Scale AI, Vanta, and Two Sigma
- **Growth Signals**: Acquired by Titan in 2025 (covered by Wall Street Journal); employee headcount of 203 (+5.2% YoY); global presence in 14 locations across 19 countries

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-native MSP**: The Titan platform embeds governed AI agents into every service, differentiating from traditional MSPs.
- **Deep regulatory specialization**: Built specifically for capital markets and alternative investments – controls, documentation, and reporting meet investor DDQ and regulatory exam requirements.
- **Security-first foundation**: 24/7 SOC and vCISO leadership are included in every engagement, not added as an afterthought.
- **Global coverage with local compliance**: Offices in North America, EU, and Asia-Pacific ensure consistent service and regulatory adherence across jurisdictions.

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding the AI-native platform to further automate IT, security, and compliance for financial firms.
- Deepening specialization in alternative investments (hedge funds, private equity).
- Scaling the Titan platform to new regulated industries while maintaining security and governance at the core.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasis on internal promotions, continuous professional development, and long-standing team bonds.
- **Work model**: Hybrid and remote options available (some roles on-site in London, New York, India, etc.; global remote roles exist).
- **Notable perks**: Opportunity to work at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and finance; be part of a newly AI-native organization backed by top-tier VC (General Catalyst); access to a global team across 19 countries.
- **Engineering culture**: Augmented by the Titan platform – engineers work with AI agents, cloud infrastructure, and security systems in a regulated environment.

## Sources
1. [RFA Official Website](https://www.rfa.com/)
2. [RFA About Page](https://www.rfa.com/about-us)
3. [RFA Careers Page](https://www.rfa.com/careers)
4. [RFA Jobs on Lever](https://jobs.lever.co/rfa-2)
5. [RFA LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/rfa)

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