Chief of Staff – Executive Leadership Program

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About the role

  • Chief of Staff partnering with Banyan Software operating leaders across portfolio value creation, M&A, and software business operations. Preparing high performers for future CEO or C-suite roles.

Responsibilities

  • Work directly alongside a seasoned Operating Leader overseeing a portfolio of software businesses
  • Act as a trusted right hand to the Operating Leader and close working partner to CEOs and functional leaders
  • Move across multiple operating companies and business problems
  • Shape go-to-market plans, improve customer onboarding, and establish the first 100 days of newly acquired businesses
  • Own initiatives end to end
  • Work across go-to-market, M&A, customer, and finance priorities
  • Partner with CEOs and functional leaders to identify priorities and implement the Banyan Operating System
  • Lead cross-functional projects across product, go-to-market, sales, marketing, pricing, and customer success
  • Support acquisition diligence through value-creation plan framing
  • Support integration planning and onboarding for newly acquired businesses
  • Help execute value-creation plans after deals close
  • Support the Operating Leader on critical initiatives, executive decision-making, and cross-company collaboration
  • Influence outcomes without formal authority or direct reports

Requirements

  • Graduating or recently graduated from a top MBA program
  • This cycle is not open to first-year MBA students
  • 2–5 years of pre-MBA experience in an operating role, management consulting, private equity, or investment banking
  • Demonstrated record of owning measurable outcomes
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal judgment
  • Ability to synthesize complex information and influence senior stakeholders without formal authority
  • High learning agility and comfort with ambiguity
  • Ability to prioritize what matters and move from analysis to action
  • Low ego and high ownership
  • Ambitious but humble; seeks feedback and builds trust quickly
  • Motivated by operating a business rather than title
  • US or Canadian work authorization required
  • Experience in software, SaaS, or another recurring revenue business is an advantage
  • Familiarity with vertical software economics is an advantage
  • Experience leading a team is a nice-to-have; direct people management is not required

Benefits

  • Two-year Executive Leadership Program
  • Cohort of high-caliber peers and long-term network of future operators
  • Direct apprenticeship with senior operators
  • External executive coaching in Year 2
  • Mentorship from Operating Leaders with decades of software experience
  • Fast track to potential CEO/C-suite or Banyan Software HQ leadership role for high performers
  • Genuine initiatives inside live businesses and leadership-level stretch assignments
  • Regular check-ins and development opportunities

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

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