[Hiring] Chief Product Technology Officer @Banyan Software

Role Description

Classter has a strong, feature-rich product and a solid engineering organization. The next phase is scale. It starts with a clear product vision and an ambitious roadmap, delivered through an AI-centric approach, a solid architecture, and a proactive motion that leverages Classter's proven, unique expertise. To match that ambition, we are creating a new seat. As CPTO you own Product and Engineering together. It is product-led, the center of gravity is product, and it is a real technology leadership seat, not a product role with engineering bolted on. You report directly to the CEO, work alongside your peers the COO and the head of Sales, and lead experienced Product and Engineering teams already in place.

What you will own

• Product vision, roadmap and prioritization, end to end.
• Product direction and priority arbitration across the company.
• The engineering organization: its structure, delivery, quality and growth.
• Alignment of Product with go-to-market, the ideal customer profile and Sales.
• Technical strategy and architecture, keeping the platform coherent, scalable and secure.
• Predictable delivery, turning the roadmap into shipped software at a reliable pace.
• A deliberate approach to AI, in the product and in how the team builds.

Your first twelve months

• A product vision and roadmap the whole company understands and can execute against.
• A shift from a reactive, request-driven motion to a proactive, roadmap-driven one.
• Product, ICP and go-to-market visibly aligned.
• A credible plan to scale the product architecture, sequenced and underway.
• Engineering delivering to the roadmap at a predictable pace, with clear standards in place.
• At least one meaningful AI move, in the product or in how the team builds.

The team you will lead

You report to the CEO and sit on the leadership team. You lead six teams, each with an existing lead:

• Product Design & Analysis
• Main Product Development
• Mobile App and AI Features Development
• Architecture and Integrations
• Quality Assurance
• Technical Operations

You inherit a capable engineering organization with established leads, and strong product domain expertise. Your focus is direction and leadership.

Qualifications

• A senior leader who has owned both Product and Engineering, or a product leader who has genuinely run engineering.
• Strong track record in B2B SaaS, ideally vertical software.
• You have owned product vision, roadmap and prioritization at scale.
• You have led engineering organizations: architecture and technical strategy, delivery and quality.
• Experience taking a complex, feature-rich product and making its architecture coherent and scalable.
• A clear point of view on AI, in the product and in engineering, with a business model behind it.
• You align product tightly with go-to-market and the ideal customer profile.
• You bring direction to a founder-led company and an established team without steamrolling them.

Nice to have

• Education, EdTech, or another regulated, workflow-heavy vertical.
• International, multi-market SaaS.
• Experience in a founder-led company moving from craft to scale.
• Exposure to M&A and product integration.

Why this role

• A real ownership seat across product and engineering, with the mandate to shape where Classter goes.
• A strong product and team to build on, not a turnaround from zero.
• A permanent-capital owner behind you, with a long-term horizon.

Benefits

• Compensation: €100,000 – €120,000 gross per annum, plus benefits.

Company Description

Banyan Software is the best permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries, their employees, and their customers. We are on a mission to acquire, build, and grow great companies worldwide, helping them modernize through shared AI expertise and operational discipline.