CEO Ermine

The Opportunity to Lead the Audit 4.0 Revolution

Who we are

At Byld we dont just build businesseswe create game-changing ventures in collaboration with leading corporations. Since 2017 weve been designing validating and launching new companies blending the best of the entrepreneurial and corporate worlds to develop scalable businesses with real impact.

Our venture Ermine was born from this vision. Built alongside Erhardt Ermine is a cutting-edge SaaS platform that centralizes Risk Management Audit ESG and Quality in one placeautomating evidence collection ensuring traceability and increasing operational efficiency.

About the Role

We are looking for a Founder/CEO with the relentless drive to transform a disruptive tech platform into an international leader. Someone who has taken a B2B digital product from 0 to scale closed complex enterprise deals raised capital and built a world-class team.

You must be the bridge between cutting-edge technology strategy and aggressive business execution.

Start Date: As soon as possible

Contract: Permanent

Responsibilities

As CEO & Co-Founder your mission will be:

Fundraising & Capital

• Lead capital raising end to end: from crafting the investment narrative and pitch deck to closing rounds (Seed Series A or beyond).

• Build and cultivate relationships with top-tier investors: VCs Business Angels Family Offices and strategic public grants (R&D).

Strategy & Growth

• Design and execute an aggressive growth strategy to dominate the global Audit 4.0 and Risk Management market nationally and internationally.

• Manage P&L burn rate and key metrics (MRR ARR CAC LTV NRR churn) to maintain consistent growth.

• Report to the Board of Directors (Byld Erhardt) on progress and strategic decisions.

Digital Product & SaaS Sales

• Own the B2B commercial pipeline and close enterprise contractslong sales cycles multi-stakeholder deals.

• Build a scalable repeatable sales engine with clear pricing upselling and account expansion playbooks.

Product & Team

• Build and lead a high-performance team through an outstanding startup culture.

• Collaborate with product and tech to prioritize roadmap based on market feedback and customer discovery.

What you need to bring (key requirements)

These are the 5 fundamental pillars were looking for:

1. Proven entrepreneurial experience in digital/SaaS environments

• Proven track record in high-growth B2B SaaS startupsideally as founder co-founder or early C-level executive having taken a digital product from 0 to scale.

• Mastery of SaaS metrics: MRR ARR churn NRR CAC LTV.

• Hands-on mentality: comfortable wearing multiple hats from configuring the CRM to closing the first 50 enterprise deals yourself.

2. Experience raising capital

• Track record closing investment rounds (Seed Series A or beyond) and crafting compelling investment narratives and pitch decks.

• Established network within the investor ecosystem: VCs Business Angels Family Offices.

• Experience with public funding instruments (R&D&i grants ENISA CDTI) is a strong plus.

3. Digital product sales experience

• Expertise in closing complex B2B contractslong cycles multiple decision-makers high-value deals.

• Experience building and leading commercial teams from scratch with hands-on knowledge of pricing upselling cross-selling and account expansion.

Nice to have

• Established network of professionals companies and decision-makers in the Audit GRC ESG or Quality sector who could be potential clients partners or advocates for Ermine.

• Deep knowledge of the Audit GRC (Governance Risk & Compliance) ESG or Quality sector and the future of compliance and control.

• You aspire to change how Audit 4.0 and control processes are developed in SMEs and roll it out on an international scale.

• Familiarity with RegTech LegalTech or GovTech ecosystems.

• Exceptional communication skills in both Spanish and English (written verbal and presentations).

The mindset we value

• Grit & Resilience: Youve faced the Valley of Death before and came out stronger. You adapt learn and push forward.

• Hands-on Execution: Allergic to bureaucracy. Speed > Perfection.

• Simplification & Clarity: You distill complexity into a clear direction. No jargon no fluffjust focus.

• Empathy & Leadership by Example: You inspire motivate and invest in the development of your team.

What we offer

• Skin in the Game: An exceptional equity package (up to 15%). This is a co-founder role not a corporate position.

• Competitive salary aligned with startup stage.

• Full support from Byld (Spains first Corporate Venture Builder) and Erhardt as industry-leading corporate partnerincluding interim management operational methodology and Bylds Liquid Building contribution.

• Access to Bylds ecosystem: mentors corporate network shared resources and fellow founders.

• Experienced motivated Board of Directors with experience in scaling and corporate venturing.