Chief Product & Technology Officer Host Hotel Systems

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. The Banyan Software Foundation endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world. Banyan is Great Place to Work Certified a five-time Inc. 5000 honoree and a top 10 company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Atlanta Banyan operates more than 100 portfolio companies across North America the UK EU and APAC.

We are seeking an accomplished Chief Product & Technology Officer to lead endtoend product engineering architecture security oversight (in partnership with CISO) and modernization strategy. This role is accountable for establishing disciplined governance rationalizing products and versions unifying architecture implementing modern SDLC and test and release management as well as building a resilient engineering culture.

The CPTO owns the full product and technology mandatefrom roadmap definition and architectural modernization to engineering execution quality assurance talent development and product lifecycle governance. The role requires handson leadership strong technical credibility and the ability to execute a multiyear transformation while maintaining the reliability of a missioncritical retail platform used by thousands of frontline operators daily.

The CPTO will also define AI strategy and execution roadmap establishing the foundations for predictive analytics data-driven decision support automation of internal processes and future AI-enabled customer experiences. This includes building the data platform governance and engineering practices required to responsibly introduce machine learning and generative AI capabilities across the product suite and internal workflows.

Product & Technology Strategy

• Define and deliver integrated product technology and AI strategy aligning modernization with business objectives.
• Lead roadmap governance product rationalization and lifecycle management.
• Drive architectural consolidation across legacy and modern frameworks establishing a secure scalable cloud-aligned platform.
• Establish AI and data foundationsdata platform governance predictive analytics use cases and generative AI opportunities.

Engineering Leadership & Process Excellence

• Implement a modern SDLC with clear standards automation quality gates and predictable delivery practices.
• Reduce key-person dependency through documentation cross-training and institutionalized processes.
• Introduce AI-assisted engineering tools to enhance developer productivity and code quality.
• Establish model lifecycle processes for any AI features (testing monitoring drift detection).

Modernization & Technical Excellence

• Lead migration to the platform and drive UI API and integration modernization.
• Strengthen data architecture API governance and documentation maturity.
• Design AI-ready system components and foundational analytics capabilities.

Security Governance & Compliance

• Partner with the CISO to strengthen governance IR/DR readiness vulnerability management and secure development practices.

Customer & Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as executive technology liaison to customers and partners improving transparency and predictability.
• Collaborate with Support leadership to uphold SLAs and drive customer confidence.

Organizational Leadership & Talent Development

• Build and mentor high-performing product engineering QA DevOps and architecture teams.
• Set a culture of accountability quality and continuous improvement.
• Lead hiring restructuring and upskilling programs to support the transformation.

• 10 years progressive leadership experience in SaaS engineering and product management including CPTO/CTO/VP Engineering or similar roles.
• Demonstrated success modernizing legacy platforms into modern cloudready architectures at scale.
• Deep expertise cloud infrastructure CI/CD automated testing and architectural patterns for distributed systems.
• Proven track record implementing disciplined product management roadmap governance and release processes.
• Strong understanding of application and infrastructure security vulnerability management and compliance frameworks.
• Experience leading technical transformation in mission-critical software environments.
• Experience defining and delivering AI/ML or advanced analytics strategies in SaaS retail supply chain or operationally intensive environments.
• Strong understanding of modern data architecture data governance data quality frameworks and their relationship to AI reliability and safety.

• Background in hospitality or SaaS experience
• Experience with analytics reporting and AIenabled product features.
• Familiarity with MS stack
• Experience working within long-term hold operationallyfocused ownership models.
• Experience with AI-assisted engineering tooling LLM-based product features or ML-driven customer insights.

Were creating a modern unified platform that brings together property management payments and the entire guest journey into one seamless systemreplacing the fragmented outdated tools that hotels have had to rely on for years. Our mission is simple: help hotels run better move faster and deliver exceptional guest experiences at every touchpoint.

But what really sets Host apart is the stage were at.

Were growing fast solving real-world problems for leading hotel groups and building technology that sits at the heart of how hospitality businesses operate every single day. This isnt a maintenance role on a legacy systemthis is an opportunity to shape a platform that is actively redefining an industry.

Were looking for exceptional people who care deeply about quality ownership and impact.

At Host you wont get lost in layers of bureaucracy. Youll have autonomy responsibility and the chance to make a visible difference from day one. We value people who think critically move with urgency and take pride in doing things properly.

Were building something ambitious and were looking for people who want to build it with us.

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