Chief of Staff - UK

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. The Opportunity This is a high-impact opportunity to work directly alongside one of Banyan’s seasoned Operating Leaders, each overseeing a portfolio of software businesses in a buy, hold and grow investment model. As Chief of Staff , you become a trusted right hand to your Operating Leader and a close working partner to the CEOs and functional leaders across their companies. The role is deliberately broad. Rather than a fixed rotation, you will move across multiple operating companies and business problems: shaping a go-to-market plan for one company, improving customer onboarding at another, or standing up the first 100 days of a newly acquired business. You will gain exposure to software M&A, but the core of the job is hands-on value creation and operating work. You own initiatives end to end. The Executive Leadership Program (ELP) runs two years. Development is intentional. You will work through a range of experiences spanning go-to-market, M&A, customer, and finance priorities portfolio-wide, plus gain hands-on leadership reps, with regular check-ins and development opportunities to ready you for your next role. High performers move from the ELP program into a CEO or C-suite role within a Banyan operating company, or into a leadership role at Banyan Software HQ. For those who want to learn how great vertical software businesses are built and run, and who want the fastest path available to running one themselves, this is the job. What You’ll Gain • A cohort of high-calibre peers . You grow and learn alongside other ELPs at Banyan, building a long-term network of future operators. • Direct apprenticeship with senior operators . You will work very closely with an Operating Leader and see first-hand how experienced leaders make decisions across different software businesses. • Dedicated development support . External executive coaching in Year 2, plus mentorship from Operating Leaders with decades of software experience. • The fastest track we offer to running a business . High performers move directly from this program into a C-suite seat inside a Banyan operating company or a leadership role at HQ. It is not guaranteed, performance decides placement, but it is the first place Banyan looks when those seats open and we have a strong track record of placing CEOs through our ELP. • Real operating reps, not case reps . You carry a genuine initiative inside a live business and leadership-level stretch assignments, decisions that show up in a P&L. What You Will Own Portfolio Value Creation • Partner with CEOs and functional leaders across multiple operating companies to identify priorities and implement the Banyan Operating System, turning strategy into measurable operational improvements. • Lead high-impact, cross-functional projects across product, go-to-market, sales, marketing, pricing, and customer success as the right hand to Leader. M&A and Integration • Gain exposure to Banyan’s acquisition process, including value-creation plan framing during diligence. • Support integration planning and onboarding for newly acquir