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.
Chief Executive Officer
Star Media Enterprises
Location: Remote, USA, with periodic travel
About Star Media Enterprises
Star Media Enterprises is a long established provider of audience measurement software and ratings data to the ad supported television industry, with a multi product platform (StarTrak, StarEstimator, StarPost, WARP, MultiTrak) used by broadcast and cable networks to inform research, sales, and stewardship decisions. The company processes daily data from Nielsen, Comscore, and VideoAmp, with evaluation systems for iSpot and Vizio/Inscape, and its flagship StarTrak System is used by most ad supported television networks that receive national overnight ratings. Star Media is part of the Banyan Software portfolio, a permanent home for software businesses serving specialized industries.
The Opportunity
This is a chance to lead a trusted, multi decade market leader through its next chapter. Star Media sits at the center of a high stakes data ecosystem for cable and broadcast networks, and the next CEO will modernize how the company presents, prices, and packages its products while protecting the trust the platform has earned across major media customers.
There is real space to expand penetration within the existing customer base, reposition a portfolio of mature products, and bring AI to bear on how audience data is processed, surfaced, and licensed. The right leader is product oriented, commercially fluent, and credible inside the network ecosystem from day one.
What You Will Own
Strategy and Commercial Outcomes
Product and Technology Partnership
Team and Operations
What We Are Looking For
The CEO we are looking for is a product led SaaS leader and commercial operator who is energized by the opportunity to create real, lasting business value. They have held senior executive responsibility at a vertical SaaS company or a technical role within the industry. They are capable of proactively repositioning products ahead of market pressure, make difficult product and talent decisions for the long term health of the business, and understand how to grow recurring revenue and protect the retention that makes it durable. This is a value creating enterprise SaaS leader who sees AI not as a feature but as a structural advantage embedded in how they build, operate, and create enduring competitive distance for the businesses they lead.
Qualifications for Success
Why Star Media and Banyan
A permanent home, not a portfolio play. Banyan buys, holds, and grows software companies for life. We never resell. You can invest in architecture, teams, and platforms without a three to five year exit clock cutting your work short.
Autonomy with backing. Stack choices, team structure, delivery practices, AI strategy. These are yours. Banyan operates with a collaborative, decentralized culture where the entrepreneurial spirit of each company stays intact.
A personal approach. Banyan operates like a family office, not a financial sponsor. You will work with people who understand vertical market software and respect what makes each business unique.
Legacy and continuity. We preserve the brand, identity, and culture of the companies we acquire. You are building on a foundation that will be protected, not consolidated or stripped for parts.
A peer network. A community of portfolio company technology and business leaders navigating the same challenges: modernization, AI adoption, scaling teams, and building on acquired codebases.
Compensation
The expected base salary for this position is: USD $240,000 to $275,000, plus annual bonus and equity participation. Salary is based on a number of factors including market conditions, location and may vary depending on job-related skills and experience.
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Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software businesses, their employees, and customers to preserve the legacy of founders, while helping grow the business into the future.
We are on a mission to acquire, build and grow great software businesses that have dominant positions in niche markets all over the world. Today Banyan has over 3,000 employees throughout the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand. Founded in 2016 with permanent capital to preserve the legacy of founders, Banyan focuses on a buy, hold and grow for life strategy. For more information on Banyan Software, Inc. visit: http://www.banyansoftware.com
What We Look For:
- Great enterprise software businesses that have dominant positions in niche markets
- We work with owners who are thinking about an exit today or further down the road
- We are flexible and can be creative when we find a business that is a good fit
The businesses in the Banyan family all share a similar profile:
- Annual revenues in excess of $2M-$30M
- A high percentage of recurring revenue
- Positive operating margins and cash flow
- High customer retention and satisfaction
- Happy and committed employees
