Regional Chief Technology Officer, ANZ

About Rimini Street, Inc.

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a Russell 2000® Company, is a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software and a Salesforce and AWS partner. The Company has operations globally and offers a comprehensive family of unified solutions to run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize enterprise application, database, and technology software, and enables clients to achieve better business outcomes, significantly reduce costs and reallocate resources for innovation. To date, over 5,300 Fortune 500, Fortune Global 100, midmarket, public sector, and other organizations from a broad range of industries have relied on Rimini Street as their trusted enterprise software solutions provider. To learn more, please visit riministreet.com, and connect with Rimini Street on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. (IR-RMNI)

We are actively seeking an ANZ Regional Chief Technology Officer. This is a remote position and is based in Australia.

Special Note to Applicants:

This is not a traditional internal CTO position typically housed within the internal IT office. The Regional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) role is entirely external-facing. It does not involve managing a team or staff. Instead, the position will collaborate closely with various teams across the company, including our global product management, professional services, marketing, cybersecurity, and other teams as needed.

The role focuses on advisory, relationship building, generating awareness, and identifying opportunities. It does not encompass project execution responsibilities.

Position Summary

The Regional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) will serve as the primary technical advisor and thought leader for our customers and prospects in their respective regions. This customer-facing role requires a deep understanding of enterprise architecture, ERP systems, and related technologies. Reporting to the Global Corporate CTO based in the US and the local Regional General Manager in their respective region, the Regional CTO will play a crucial role in building credibility, generating awareness, and driving business growth through public speaking, content creation, and direct executive customer engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Enterprise Architecture Guidance

• Provide expert advice on IT enterprise architecture, best practices, and strategic road mapping for regional customers and prospects.
• Engage in discussions on enterprise systems such as Oracle and SAP ERP, cloud infrastructure, databases, Java, cloud deployments, and data integration.
• Assist in building credibility with executives to help the sales team and account management teams secure new business and strengthen relationships with existing customers.
• Be a rainmaker that identifies opportunities and develops a status of a trusted adviser.
• Understand and address technical sales objections and concerns from prospects   

2. Public Speaking and Industry Engagement

• Act as the regional public spokesperson, delivering presentations at industry events, conferences, social events, boardroom sessions, and roundtables.
• Generate awareness through educational and insightful conversations in various formats.

3. Thought Leadership and Content Creation

• Collaborate with the marketing team to produce webinars, articles, white papers, media interviews, and other thought leadership content.
• Continuously create fresh and engaging educational pieces to drive traffic to our website and generate interest in our services.

Candidate Qualifications:

1. 10+ years of Deep Technical Expertise and Advisory

• Extensive experience advising C-level executives and providing enterprise architecture and ERP road map consultations.
• In-depth knowledge of ERP modules, implementation, deployment, and functionality (e.g., Oracle E-Business Suite, SAP ECC, S/4HANA, etc.).
• Familiarity with ERP on-premise and cloud deployment models, including IaaS and SaaS strategies.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts and solutions for ERP workloads.
• Proficiency in relevant technologies such as Java, operating systems, storage, cloud technologies, data migration, integration, AI, and more.

2. 5+ years of Public Speaking and Thought Leadership

• Proven experience in public speaking, media engagements, and content publication.
• Ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience creating thought leadership content and driving engagement through educational materials.

3. Interpersonal Skills and Regional Expertise

• Strong communication skills, both in the local regional language and English.
• Ability to travel regionally and internationally as needed.
• Established relationships with CIO-level executives in the region.
• Experience negotiating with ERP vendors is a plus.

4. Additional Qualifications

• 5+ Years of Previous experience as a CIO or similar role with a track record of successful ERP implementations and IT transformations.
• Knowledge of SaaS solutions like SAP RISE, Oracle Fusion, Salesforce, and others.
• 5+ Years of working with cloud platforms (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) and workload migration methodologies.
• Insight into industry trends, emerging technologies, and AI solutions related to ERP and enterprise data.

5. Personal Attributes

• Articulate and poised, with strong public presentation skills.
• Proactive, innovative, and visionary in approach.
• Able to effectively respond to common objections and concerns related to third-party support services.
• Must speak fluent English.  Multiple additional spoken languages preferred.

Education

• MS/MBA: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems or equivalent.

Location

• Remote - Australia