Chief Executive Officer
Job description
A future CEO role at saas.group, leading one or more HR tech / workforce management SaaS brands (product-led, self-serve B2B SaaS serving the German market) and owning their P&L, strategy, growth, culture and performance. The posting is building a talent pool of leaders for upcoming acquisitions rather than filling one specific open role.
This is an application to a talent network
You are applying to be considered for upcoming projects. It is not a single open position, and work is offered as projects arise.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
- Languages
- German – fluent, English – fluent
What you'll do
- Own growth for a product-led (PLG) SaaS business: sharpen the product, drive acquisition and activation, and build a scalable go-to-market engine, with marketing and product as the two competencies that matter most
- Drive operational excellence: build budgets, track KPIs, optimize ROI, and implement process improvements that increase efficiency and scalability
- Build, coach, and retain a high-performing leadership team; create succession plans and ensure organizational resilience, including across multiple small, complementary brands as the portfolio grows
- Foster innovation by identifying disruptive trends (including AI), experimenting with new business models, and making data-driven bets that strengthen market position
- Champion a strong culture: set high performance standards, encourage collaboration, ensure alignment with saas.group values, and embed diversity and inclusion
- Be ready to take on additional brands within the same space as the portfolio grows
- Own the brand's P&L, strategy, growth, culture, and overall performance, driving both short-term execution and long-term strategic direction
- Work closely with the leadership team, board, and the broader saas.group community across go-to-market, product, operations, and finance
What we're looking for
- Proven leadership experience as a CEO, GM, or senior executive in a B2B SaaS HR Tech company, ideally product-led (PLG), with a strong track record of driving growth and building enduring businesses
- A strong operational and commercial background, first and foremost: an operator who has grown a product and a team
- Marketing and product as core strengths: demonstrated ability to grow a SaaS product's user base and revenue through marketing-led and product-led motions
- Strong financial acumen: budgeting, forecasting, and P&L responsibility, with proven ability to link financial discipline to sustainable growth
- Experience leading organizational transformation through process improvements, operational standardization, and adoption of cutting-edge practices
- A talent magnet: skilled at hiring, developing, and retaining top performers, mentoring future leaders, and creating succession pipelines
- Strong people leadership: ability to set goals, hold teams accountable, address performance issues decisively, and nurture a culture of excellence
- Comfort managing more than one brand or business line at once, with the versatility to context-switch across a small portfolio of complementary products
- Fluent German speaker with strong English, given the initial market focus on Germany
- Visionary mindset with the ability to communicate a compelling long-term direction that inspires both internal and external stakeholders
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with fluency in English
- AI Literacy & Application: actively use AI tools to enhance personal productivity and work quality, staying curious about emerging capabilities and identifying opportunities to apply AI pragmatically in day-to-day work
Nice to have
- International experience or ambition as these brands expand beyond DACH
- Additional languages are a plus
Benefits
Freedom and autonomy: high-trust team with lots of flexibility to solve problems in your own way, with help from the team when needed
Our network: a community of entrepreneurial SaaS professionals that regularly exchange ideas, knowledge, learning, and expertise internally
- Ultimate flexibility: 100% remote, work from wherever you like, whenever you like
- Minimum bureaucracy: efficient, keeping momentum steady and sustainable
- Small and friendly team
- Flexible time off
- Join a journey to build the world's largest platform of independent SaaS companies
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About saas.group
We partner with ambitious leaders to transform great SaaS products into category leaders
Founded in 2017, saas.group acquires and scales high-potential B2B SaaS ventures, growing 23 exciting brands under its umbrella. It takes administration, finance, and back-office complexity off leaders' shoulders so CEOs can focus on growth, teams, and product strategy.
Mission
To build the world's largest platform of independent SaaS companies
Key facts
- 380+ colleagues
- 2017
- B2B SaaS
- Fully remote team of 380+ colleagues across 50+ countries
- 23 exciting brands under the umbrella
- Continuously acquiring new businesses
- Salary ranges are location-adjusted, targeting local market medians for a remote-first environment, and shared in writing before the first interview