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.
Director of AI
AI Factory – Application Modernization Program
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Department |
AI Factory – Banyan Software |
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Reports To |
VP of Engineering |
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Location |
Remote (US-based preferred, 4+ hrs overlap US Eastern) |
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Type |
Full-Time |
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Direct Reports |
Forward Deployed Engineers, Project Manager / Scrum Master |
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Travel |
Up to 15% (operating company site visits as needed) |
Banyan Software acquires, builds, and grows great software companies for the long term. Across our portfolio of 100+ operating companies, many run on proven but aging codebases—15 to 25 years old—increasingly at odds with what modern customers expect: cloud-native, mobile-first, always-on SaaS.
The AI Factory is Banyan’s centralized application modernization engine—using AI-powered discovery, verification-first engineering, and an integrated delivery model to rewrite legacy applications into modern platforms in 15–25 weeks (vs. the traditional 2–5 years). This is a Banyan-funded program purpose-built for our operating companies, and it is already live.
The Director of AI will lead this program across its full scope—sitting at the intersection of product strategy, field engineering, and platform operations—with an outsized influence on how Banyan’s portfolio evolves over the next decade. The boundaries of this role are yours to define.
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Pillar 1 AI Factory Product Team |
Own the strategic direction and delivery cadence of the core product team—developers, team lead, and AI-powered tooling. Drive the product roadmap and continuously evolve factory capabilities based on field learnings. |
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Pillar 2 Forward Deployed Engineering |
Build, lead, and scale the FDE team from the ground up. FDEs embed directly with OpCo engineering teams to drive modernization, upskill developers on AI-assisted workflows, and ensure clean knowledge transfer. You will recruit the first FDEs, author the engagement playbook, and run initial transformations as a player-coach. |
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Pillar 3 Cloud Operations & Platform Automation |
Oversee the operational infrastructure underpinning every modernized application—multi-cloud architecture, CI/CD automation, observability, security, and resiliency engineering—ensuring the operational backbone scales across an expanding portfolio. |
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Attribute |
What It Means Here |
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Entrepreneurial Ownership |
You treat this program as your own business—identifying problems, proposing solutions, and executing without waiting for direction. You’ve built something from scratch or turned around a failing initiative and can articulate P&L-level thinking. |
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Influence Without Authority |
You walk into established teams with no formal power and redirect technical direction through credibility, trust, and persuasion. You earn followership by rolling up your sleeves and shipping alongside the team. |
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Hands-On Technical Depth |
You write production code, architect cloud-native solutions, set up CI/CD pipelines, and debug complex integration issues. You currently code—not “used to code.” |
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Ambiguity Tolerance |
You thrive without a playbook, then codify your learnings into one. You’ve entered undefined roles and created clarity. |
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Resilience & Pivot Ability |
You’ve had projects fail, changed course rapidly, and talk about failure without defensiveness. |
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Competency |
What It Means Here |
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Cloud-Native & Modernization |
Deep practical experience with re-platforming, microservices, cloud-native patterns (AWS/Azure), IaC, and DevSecOps. You can describe a specific migration—before, after, and what broke. |
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AI-Assisted SDLC Fluency |
You use AI-assisted dev tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot) daily and can train others. You know where AI accelerates and where it creates risk. |
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Structured Problem Decomposition |
You approach complex, ambiguous problems with frameworks—breaking modernization challenges into workable components, thinking in hypotheses. |
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Technical-to-Business Translation |
You translate AI and engineering concepts into business value and ROI. You’ve presented to executives on technical topics. |
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Change Management Execution |
You drive change through to adoption—understanding resistance, skill gaps, and the politics of technical transformation. |
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Metrics & ROI Orientation |
You define success in measurable terms: velocity, value delivered, and business impact—not just story points. |
This is not a typical Director title bolted onto a predictable org chart. The AI Factory is early, ambitious, and consequential. You’ll have a dedicated Project Manager / Scrum Master handling sprint cadence, backlog management, and stakeholder scheduling—freeing you to focus on shaping the modernization methodology, building a world-class FDE team, and defining how AI transforms legacy software at scale.
The scope is deliberately broad because the right person will see connections across these pillars that no org chart could anticipate. If you build rather than just manage—earn trust through technical credibility, not title—and see the potential in a program that touches every corner of a 100+ company ecosystem, this is the role you’ve been looking for.
Banyan Software is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members. Compensation is commensurate with experience and includes a competitive base salary, performance bonus, and equity participation.
The expected base salary for this position is: $250,000-$300,000 USD excluding annual bonus and equity (when applicable). 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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