Chief Technology Officer; CTO

Minnesota’s Top Workplaces! Knutson Construction is accepting applications for a Chief Technology Officer to join our team!

“Together We Make Dreams Real” – that is our purpose as a company and we exist to work in concert with each other, owners, design professionals and trade partners to make the journey as stress-free as possible. Together, we’ve created a dynamic, fun, inspiring environment where we can be ourselves and grow each day. Knutson is deeply committed to cultivating and upholding diversity throughout our workforce, relationships, and communities.

We recognize the utmost importance of continually advancing our comprehension of diversity, equity, and inclusion as transformative forces within our work, industry, and company values.

At Knutson, opportunities to shine happen daily. We value what makes you different and empower you to act on your ideas.

The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) serves as Knutson Construction’s enterprise leader for technology strategy, vision, integration, transformation, and governance. This role is responsible for shaping how technology enables business performance, supports growth, and strengthens differentiation across markets. The CTO integrates IT, data & analytics, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence (AI) into a cohesive enterprise capability that enhances operational execution, risk management, and The Knutson Experience (TKE).

This role partners closely with the Executive Leadership Team, Operations, Finance, Safety, and Market Sector Leadership to align technology investments and capabilities with Knutson’s strategic priorities, while reinforcing the company’s Zero Incident Safety Culture and commitment to continuous improvement.

• Serve as a strategic partner and advisor to the President and Executive Leadership Team on strategic enterprise technology direction, priorities, investments, opportunities, and risks.
• Translate Knutson’s strategic plan into an integrated technology roadmap across IT, data, AI, and cybersecurity, ensuring technology alignment with enterprise goals, growth and risk tolerance.
• Provide forward-looking insights into emerging technologies and trends impacting construction and project delivery.

• Lead enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives to improve performance, scalability, and consistency.
• Integrate technology across Operations, Preconstruction, Finance, HR, and Safety functions.
• Develop scalable, repeatable frameworks and standards to enable consistent execution across the company.
• Drive process improvement through automation, system integration, and standardization.

• Define and lead the enterprise data strategy, including governance, architecture, and standards to ensure data quality, integrity, accessibility, and responsible AI use.
• Advance analytics and AI capabilities by identifying, prioritizing, and scaling use cases that enhance project delivery, decision-making, and risk management.
• Enable a data-driven organization by promoting adoption of analytics, reporting, and insights across all functions and levels.
• Integrate automation and intelligent technologies into core business processes to drive efficiency, consistency, and actionable insights.

• Oversee enterprise IT operations, infrastructure, cloud environments, networks, end-user services, and systems to ensure reliability and scalability.
• Align technology platforms with business and field execution needs.
• Guide system selection, vendor strategy, and technology architecture decisions.
• Ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance across office and field operations.
• Lead enterprise application strategy, integration, and optimization efforts.

• Oversee enterprise cybersecurity strategy and partner with security leadership to protect systems and data.
• Integrate technology risk management into broader enterprise risk management processes.
• Ensure business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities are in place and effective.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory &…