Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
In SaaS, “Field CTO” roles sit at the intersection of product capability, customer outcomes, and market narrative. This listing is notable because it is explicitly anchored in healthcare delivery settings (hospitals and clinics), where buying cycles, security expectations, and operational constraints often demand a more consultative technical voice than typical enterprise SaaS motions.
For a long-term SaaS career, the role builds credibility in translating platform strategy into executive-level decisions without being purely pre-sales engineering. The remit spans customer engagement, partner ecosystem work, and internal influence on product direction—experience that tends to transfer across SaaS companies that rely on complex deployments, regulated industries, and multi-stakeholder adoption. The emphasis on communicating technology vision through artifacts like briefs and case studies also maps to how senior technical leaders shape category positioning in SaaS.
This position best suits a seasoned technical leader who prefers external-facing work and is comfortable operating as a trusted advisor to C-level stakeholders. It will appeal to professionals who like balancing depth in areas such as cloud, zero trust, and end-user computing with clear storytelling, and who want their impact measured through customer alignment and roadmap influence rather than direct ownership of a single engineering team.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
The Field CTO, Healthcare will serve as a senior technical influencer, combining technical expertise, business acumen, and customer engagement skills, specifically in healthcare with a focus on hospitals and clinics. This role will report to the Chief Field CTO and work closely with customers, partners, and internal teams to communicate technology strategies that address complex business challenges. This individual will act as a trusted advisor to senior-level executives, driving a solution and strategy that supports the company’s and clients’ strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Customer Engagement & Solution Strategy
Act as a technical leader and advisor to customers, understanding the unique challenges in healthcare and technology requirements.
Develop and present strategic solutions that leverage Citrix technology offerings and address client-specific needs.
Participate in high-impact sales and marketing meetings, providing insights, technical guidance and real-world business experience to influence purchasing decisions.
Provide internal teams with insights on how to leverage new technologies to enhance product offerings and differentiate Citrix solutions.
Technical Vision & Thought Leadership
Lead and contribute to white papers, case studies, and solution briefs, sharing technology trends and insights.
Serve as a spokesperson for Citrix’s technology vision, educating clients and partners on our products.
Strategic Product Advocacy
Partner with customers, sales and product teams to influence product roadmaps based on customer needs.
Advocate for clients’ technological success, ensuring smooth implementation and long-term adoption.
Partner Development & Ecosystem Building
Build and nurture strong relationships with partners, vendors, and other ecosystem stakeholders.
Work with partners to co-develop solutions, build joint value propositions, and strengthen market presence.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of experience in a technical leadership role (e.g. Director, Senior Director, VP) within a healthcare provider; experience at a healthcare provider that utilized Ciitrix highly preferred.
Proven experience working with Healthcare Executives on large technology purchase deals and presenting a technology strategy and vision.
Strong knowledge of End User Compute, Zero Trust Network Access and Cloud Compute technologies.
Exceptional presentation and communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for business stakeholders.
Demonstrated success in building trusted advisor relationships with C-level executives.
Proven ability to influence and guide product strategies in alignment with customer and market needs.
Compensation may vary depending on your location, qualifications including job-related education, training, experience, licensure, and certification, that could result at a level outside of these ranges. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual bonus, and sales incentives depending on the terms of the applicable plan and role as well as individual performance.
NY generally ranges: $198,692-$298,038
CA generally ranges: $207,331-$310,997
All other locations fall under our General State range: $172,776-$259,164
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Cloud Software Group and the country where you work. U.S. based employees are typically offered access to healthcare, life insurance and disability benefits, 401(k) plan and company match, among others. This requisition has no specific deadline for completion.
About Us:
Cloud Software Group is one of the world’s largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done — from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks. Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap -- a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.
Cloud Software Group is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including lactation status), marital status, military service, protected veteran status, political activity or affiliation, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave and other protected classifications.
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