Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Boldmoves; Küsnacht; Vor Ort; CHF 250.000 - 400.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Bastionne is seeking a founder-caliber CEO to lead its next growth phase, scaling sovereign machine-identity and zero-trust infrastructure for defense and critical infrastructure deployments. You will own strategy, technical vision, commercial execution, and capital strategy while remaining hands-on with architecture, threat modeling, and identity design.

The role demands proven founder/CEO experience, deep security expertise, and the ability to navigate high-stakes government and industry

Qualifikationen

• Must have founder/CEO experience with a technology company and profitability
• Second company built from first principles to self-sustaining revenue
• Hands-on experience architecting security-critical or decentralized identity systems, including threat modeling
• Deep expertise in zero-trust architecture and machine/device identity management
• Full-stack technical fluency (C++, C, Swift) to engage credibly with engineering
• Experience with IAM integration and DevSecOps
• Background in fintech/payments or other high-assurance regulated environments
• Cryptography or AI/ML security certifications
• Recognition in cybersecurity/defense innovation (awards, publications)
• Strong public-speaking and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex topics clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong executive presence and professional communication skills, with the ability to represent the company credibly in senior engagements

Aufgaben

• Lead Bastionne as founder-caliber CEO to drive the next growth phase and scale sovereign machine-identity and zero-trust infrastructure
• Own strategy, technical vision, commercial execution, and capital strategy while staying hands-on with architecture, threat modeling, and identity design

Kenntnisse

Founder/CEO experience

Self-sustaining revenue startup

Security-critical / decentralized ID

Zero-trust architecture

Machine/Device identity management

Full-stack fluency (C/C++/Swift)

IAM integration / DevSecOps

Fintech/payments background

Cryptography / AI/ML security certs

Public speaking / executive comms

Leadership / strategic vision

Jobbeschreibung

Role and responsibilities

Zurich, Switzerland | Full-time | 100%

About Bastionne

Bastionne builds sovereignty infrastructure for critical systems. We help governments, defense organizations, and critical-infrastructure operators maintain sovereign control of their systems, data, and operations in contested, compromised, and disconnected environments, with no dependence on external CAs or PKI. Every device becomes a bastion; together, they form a Bastionne.

The Role:

We're looking for a founder-caliber CEO to lead Bastionne's next phase of growth — scaling sovereign machine-identity and zero-trust infrastructure from early defense and critical-infrastructure deployments into a category-defining platform. You'll own strategy, technical vision, commercial execution, and capital strategy, while staying hands-on with architecture, threat modeling, and identity design.

Requirements

Must have:

• Track record as founder/CEO of a technology company, ideally through to profitability
• A second company built from first principles to self-sustaining revenue
• Hands-on experience architecting security-critical or decentralized identity systems, including threat modeling
• Deep expertise in zero-trust architecture and machine/device identity management
• Full-stack technical fluency (e.g. C++, C, Swift) to engage credibly with engineering
• Experience with IAM integration and DevSecOps
• Background in fintech/payments or other high-assurance regulated environments
• Cryptography or AI/ML security certifications
• Recognition in cybersecurity/defense innovation (awards, publications)
• Based in or willing to relocate to Zurich
• Strong public-speaking and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong executive presence and professional communication skills, with the ability to represent the company credibly in senior-level customer, investor, government, and industry engagements.
• Resilient and composed mindset, with the ability to operate effectively under pressure and engage credibly with defence, security, law-enforcement, and critical-infrastructure stakeholders.
• First-hand experience of, or demonstrated familiarity with, high-risk, adversarial, or operationally challenging environments is considered an advantage.

Qualifications and Skills