Chief Executive Officer - Northwoods

The role

The CEO will lead Northwoods to grow its county business and expand into new HHS markets. This hands-on role involves full P&L responsibility, product strategy, and building government relationships.

What you will do

• Set and execute a multi-year strategy to grow county business and expand into new HHS markets
• Personally lead relationships with state HHS leaders, state CIOs, and county HHS directors
• Lead statewide capture, from pre-RFP shaping through award and contract negotiation
• Own product strategy and roadmap for all products and solutions
• Launch new products with clear adoption, revenue, and margin targets
• Use AI to increase caseworker capacity and engineering productivity
• Build a delivery organization ready for larger, more complex implementations
• Lead and develop the existing leadership team
• Run a disciplined operating cadence with strong forecasting and cost visibility

Required qualifications

• Owned a P&L as CEO, President, GM, or equivalent at a software business serving state or local government
• Built or scaled a business in the state and local HHS market
• Run two growth motions at once
• Launched a product and grown it

Nice to have

• Captured and delivered a statewide HHS system, or played a leading role in one
• Entered an adjacent market with an existing product or platform
• Experience across multiple HHS programs and federal oversight agencies
• Working experience with federal funding strategies, modular modernization efforts, and state HHS procurement
• Leadership at a commercial HHS software vendor, not solely at a systems integrator
• Built AI-enabled products for regulated data
• Private equity, permanent-capital, or investor-owned environments

Benefits

• Autonomy in a long-term ownership environment
• Join a trusted peer community of software CEOs
• Access optional operating resources without losing independence
• Share meaningfully in value created through EBITDA growth and multiple expansion

Before you apply

• We will ask for references from state and county agency leaders you have worked with
• All candidates must apply through our official Careers site to be considered for employment

About the company

Banyan Software is a permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries. It acquires and grows companies worldwide using a buy-grow-and-hold-for-life approach.