Banyan Software

Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO) - Aequitas Solutions

United States · Exec

Work authorization required$200k-$250kDetected 1 day ago

Product ManagementProduct StrategyProcurementCustomer SuccessCadenceLeadership

About the role

There is real work to do, with real scope for impact.
The CEO will communicate direction and flag when something is off course, but the decisions are yours.

It is a good fit for someone who thrives with autonomy and wants to build something, not manage an established machine.
You own the function. Full charter.
The right leader will value that trust, build on it, and help the company evolve without losing what makes it strong.
Define and own the multi-year product and technology roadmap, shifting Aequitas from a customer-reactive posture to a market-facing one.
The CEO operates as a genuine partner, not a day-to-day manager.
You own the function.
Autonomy with a real partner at the top.
You will have the space to lead the function your way, with a leadership team that engages on outcomes, not process.

Change management maturity: the ability to move a long-tenured team toward new ways of working without damaging the culture or losing the people worth keeping.
Experience at a comparable scale is a strong indicator of fit.

Southern California a plus)
About Aequitas Solutions
Aequitas Solutions is a mission-critical Student Information System (SIS) provider serving K-12 public school districts, with its primary markets in California and Michigan.
US work authorization.
Ability to work in Pacific Time
based out of Southern California strongly preferred.
This is a meaningful differentiator.
a track record of managing migration off an existing tech stack without disrupting a mission-critical customer base.

enrollment, attendance, compliance reporting, and data governance.
Aequitas competes on trust, customer responsiveness, and deployment flexibility.
That flexibility is a deliberate competitive differentiator in a market where data locality and procurement caution are facts of life.
Aequitas was acquired by Banyan Software in 2022 and is actively expanding its product capabilities and customer footprint.
Aequitas has a loyal, established customer base, a platform with strong underlying functionality, and a clear mandate to grow.

The expected base salary for this position is: USD $200,000-$250,000, excluding incentives (when applicable).
Salary is based on a number of factors including market conditions, location, and may vary depending on

the person who takes full ownership of the product vision, technical strategy, and engineering execution, and drives the platform forward.
Product vision, technical strategy, engineering execution, AI roadmap, deployment architecture.
The Banyan Software Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world.

Aequitas's multi-deployment model gives districts options that larger SIS vendors do not. The company is actively investing in its on-premise and hybrid capabilities as a growth lever, and the CPTO plays a central role in that strategy.
Aequitas is a close-knit organization with long-tenured employees, loyal customers, and a strong sense of responsibility to the districts it serves.
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.
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Atlanta, Banyan operates more than 100 portfolio companies across North America, the UK, EU, and APAC.

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