Toucanberry Tech

Chief Technology Officer

• Embed within strategic client programmes as the senior technical authority
• Act as the senior technical leader within complex client environments
• Shape and refine technology strategy alongside C-level stakeholders
• Translate business ambition into executable architectural direction
• De-risk large transformation programmes by breaking them into iterative value delivery
• Provide calm, credible challenge grounded in delivery reality
• Quickly identify and resolve blockers as they arise
• Elevate and protect engineering teams so they can perform at their best
• Report concisely both internally and externally

CTO – Project Based, Consultancy

People Operations

• Conduct an objective third-party review of current team capacity and the contractor-to-permanent mix
• Identify which roles should convert to permanent status and where capability gaps remain
• Advise on the target contractor-versus-permanent workforce composition
• Lead title and compensation negotiations for contractors transitioning to permanent roles
• Act as an intermediary between founders and individual contractors during negotiations
• Design and advise on performance management for permanent and contractor staff
• Frame contractor performance management around SOW ownership and output rather than line management
• Help avoid employment-status risk in contractor management
• Advise on job titles and promotion criteria for the first cohort of permanent hires
• Establish fair, defensible progression criteria and future career paths
• Potentially provide ongoing fractional Head of People support after successful delivery of the initial fixed-scope project

CTO – Project Based, Consultancy

Fractional Head of People – Contractor to Perm Transition