Chief Executive Officer | Vertical SaaS - Ongoing & Future Opportunities

<div class="content-intro"><p>Banyan Software is the best permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries, their employees, and their customers. With a buy-grow-and-hold-for-life approach and a permanent capital base, Banyan acquires and grows companies worldwide, honoring founder legacies and helping portfolio companies modernize through shared AI expertise and operational discipline. Founded in 2016, Banyan operates more than 120 portfolio companies across North and South America, Europe, and APAC, and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list for six consecutive years. The Banyan Software Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world.</p></div><h1>CEO / General Manager -- Vertical SaaS (Talent Community)</h1> <p>Remote | United States</p> <h2>Let's Start the Conversation</h2> <p>Our portfolio is growing continuously, with over 100 companies across healthcare, financial services, government, education, transportation, media, energy, manufacturing, and more. That growth creates new executive leadership opportunities on a regular basis.</p> <p>We are always interested in connecting with exceptional CEOs and general managers in vertical SaaS. Product-led commercial operators who lead with AI-first conviction, reposition ahead of market pressure, and want to build something that lasts. If that sounds like you, we would love to get to know you now, with the future in mind.</p> <h2>The Opportunity</h2> <p>As CEO of a Banyan portfolio company, you would lead the full business, owning strategy, product direction, go-to-market execution, team performance, and P&L outcomes. You would report to a Banyan Operating Partner and have full operational authority over how you run the company day to day.</p> <p>Our companies serve specific industries with mission-critical software. Customers depend on the product daily and rarely leave. The business has to be durable, the product has to be the primary competitive advantage, and the opportunity to create structural distance through AI is real.</p> <p>The scope will vary by company, but the mandate stays the same: grow recurring revenue, protect the retention that makes it durable, and lead the business through whatever comes next.</p> <h2>Who You Are</h2> <p>You are a product-led SaaS leader and commercial operator who leads with an AI-first mindset and is energized by the opportunity to create real, lasting business value. You have held executive responsibility at a vertical SaaS company with a track record of treating product as a primary strategic lever, building repeatable go-to-market motions, and leading your organization through at least one meaningful inflection point before the market forced the change. You proactively reposition ahead of market pressure, make strategic product and talent decisions for the long-term health of the business, and understand how to grow recurring revenue and protect the retention that makes it durable. AI is not a slide in your strategy deck; it is already changing how you think about where value comes from and what your product should become.</p> <p><strong>Qualifications for Success:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Owned the P&L and operational outcomes for a B2B SaaS organization, business unit or function, driving direct accountability for revenue growth, retention profiles, and margin expansion.</li> <li>Shipped AI-embedded product capabilities with measurable customer outcomes, or led sustained AI experimentation with clear conviction about where it creates durable value. Has also embedded AI into how the business operates: decision-making, team workflows, go-to-market execution, or operational efficiency.</li> <li>Built a repeatable go-to-market eng