Chief technology officer
Chief technology officers (CTOs) are responsible for planning, developing and implementing the organisation’s technological solutions. They are employed in ICT companies. In addition to technical competence, the position requires the ability to think strategically, management skills and business skills.
IT companies.
Chief technology officers must be familiar with technology, including software development, IT, cloud services, information security, artificial intelligence, data analytics and other areas. The profession requires the ability to develop long-term strategies that require skills in anticipating the future and technological trends. An ability to see the big picture is an essential skill.
Chief technology officers must have management skills and excellent interaction and presentation skills. The profession requires the ability to solve complex problems and find innovative solutions to them. Understanding the organisation’s business and customer needs is also crucial.
Language skills, particularly skills in English, are also required. The rapid development of information technology requires keeping up with the industry and learning new things.
Universities of applied sciences offer a bachelor of engineering (technology) degree with a specialisation in software technology, information technology or media technology. At universities of applied sciences, you can also complete a bachelor of business administration degree in data processing.
Faculties of technology provide education in technology, in which case the master's degree is a master of science (technology) and the bachelor's degree is a bachelor of science (technology). The studies may focus on, for example, information technology and telecommunications technology.
In the field of science at universities, you can study computer science and information technology and complete a master of arts degree or a bachelor of science degree. You can study information management and knowledge management in the field of business at universities. A suitable bachelor’s degrees is bachelor of science (economics and business administration) and master’s degree is master of science (economics and business administration).
Median salary
7879 €/mo
Private sector
7894 €/mo
Public sector
7025 €/mo
The data is based on the median income, meaning the amount of salary which is the middle of the salary amounts arranged in order of magnitude.
Source: Statistics Finland's structural statistics on wages and salaries