Founding CPTO (m/f/d)

Cyber Valley GmbH; München; Hybrid; EUR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Founding member on C-Suite

Employee stock option program (VSOP)

Job summary

Beyondbots is seeking a Founding CPTO to shape the strategic product direction and technical architecture, bridging AI models to real customer value. You will define what to build and how to build it, guiding the company from MVP to market leadership in supply chain AI.

You will lead by example with hands-on coding in early stages, recruit and mentor a growing engineering/product team, and drive a culture of shipping fast with high quality, cloud-native architecture.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in a senior expert/tech leadership role at fast-growing B2B software/SaaS.
• Excels in building and scaling a startup tech org and product.
• Strong vision for AI-driven, scalable product platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead product strategy and technical roadmap for a 100% AI-driven company.
• Lead architecture and mentor core engineering/product team (0 to >30).
• Oversee AI model integration, MLOps, and scalable infrastructure.

Skills

Leadership

Product strategy

AI/ML systems

Cloud architecture

DevOps culture

Executive communication

Hands-on coding

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

StackIT

OVH

Job description

Beyondbots is looking for a Founding Chief Product and Technology Officer.

About them

beyondbots is a dynamic start-up on a mission to redefine enterprise efficiency. They specialize in leveraging integration, automation, and AI to enhance client productivity, resulting in higher employee satisfaction and superior customer experiences.

Since they successfully built a robust project business across Europe, supporting global enterprises and SMBs with solutions in process automation, and AI. Looking ahead, their strategic focus is shifting to launch a cutting-edge supply chain AI platform, purpose-built to automate and optimize operations for enterprises.

The role

They are looking for a Founding CPTO (Chief Product and Technology Officer) who will hold overall responsibility for the strategic direction, development, and execution of their product roadmap and its technological architecture. As their engineering and product lead, you bridge the gap between their AI models and real customer value. You will define what they build (Product) and how they build it (Tech), taking them from MVP stage to a market leader for supply chain AI.

Your responsibilities

1. Product strategy anddiscovery (the "P")

• Own the Roadmap: You translate their business vision into a tangible product roadmap. You prioritize ruthlessly based on customer feedback and data, not gut feeling.
• Customer Obsession: You run product discovery cycles, speak to users, and ensure they solve real problems.
• Release Management: You know how to slice features to deliver value fast, validating hypotheses with minimal engineering effort.
• Customer Support: You own technical product support for their customers.

2. Technical leadership and execution (the "T")

• Hands‑on Leadership: In the beginning, you are willing to code, review PRs, and set up the architecture. You lead by example, not just by title.
• Team Building: You recruit and mentor their core engineering and product team (growing from “0” to >30 engineers/experts/leaders). You establish a culture of shipping fast with high quality.
• You understand the power of a 100% AI‑driven company and how to translate in your area of responsibility by automating internal development/engineering and product processes on base of their existing stack. Their goal is maximum internal efficiency.
• Pragmatic Architecture: You choose the right tools for the job and ensure continuous technical innovation of the firm. You avoid over‑engineering (e.g., unnecessary microservices) but build a scalable foundation (Cloud‑Native, Clean Code).

3. AI integration and operations

• Partner with the Head of AI: While the Head of AI builds the models, you build the infrastructure to serve them reliably.
• MLOps & Scalability: You are responsible for "Productionizing AI" – managing API latencies, vector databases, and inference costs at scale.

Requirements:

• You have a proven track record of 8+ years experience in a senior expert and technology leadership role (e.g., CTO, VP or Head of Engineering/Product, Lead Developer, Principle, Software Architect) at fast‑growing B2B software or SaaS companies, ideally with a focus on logistics, AI, or business process automation.
• You are highly motivated by the chance to collaboratively build and scale a startup. You thrive in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment where priorities and challenges frequently shift. This is a demanding start‑up role, so it's not for those seeking the boring path.
• As a natural builder and tech visionary, you drive innovation, solve complex real‑world problems, and confidently navigate the roles of an expert, a leader, and an entrepreneur.
• You are very experienced building and scaling a B2B SaaS product from scratch together with sales, marketing, and delivery teams to ensure successful market adoption and customer ROI.
• You have proven that you can actively coach technical teams and contribute to their professional development and growth.
• Exceptional skills in business and technical communication, able to articulate complex topics to the C‑Suite, technical teams, customers, and external stakeholders.
• You champion a culture of DevOps and engineering excellence, driving the implementation of robust CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release management to ensure rapid, reliable, and high‑quality deployment of product features.
• You have profound, practical experience with a major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, StackIT, OVH, or Azure) to manage infrastructure beyond foundational Kubernetes. This includes serverless computing, cloud security, and cost optimization for a scaling AI/SaaS product.
• You are very experienced in applying LLM/GenAI models in technical solutions and have a profound understanding of its principles.
• English business fluency
• Based in their Munich hub, can be changed to remote and regular on‑sites (2-4 per month).

Optional Requirements:

• German B2+ strongly preferred
• Supply Chain process or domain knowledge
• Expertise in enterprise ERP, TMS, or CRM technologies

This role is NOT for you if:

• You prefer managing managers and budgets over discussing architecture and user flows.
• Your last experience with hands‑on coding was during your academic studies.
• Team culture and close collaboration is everything for them, do not apply if you like tech more than people.
  

What they offer you:

• Founding Member: You are part of the founding team and the C‑Suite of beyondbots. You will own the overall technical platform development and product roadmap.
• Shared Victory: Your high‑stakes contributions are rewarded with an attractive bonus and employee stock option program (VSOP).
• Validated Use Cases for Product Development: Ready access to concrete, high‑impact problems to solve, ensuring product relevance and fast time‑to‑market.
• Team Culture: A highly skilled team that enjoys its work and offers a politics- and ego‑free zone.
• Established Brand and Company: A recognized name in the industry with a solid foundation, providing stability and market trust for new product initiatives.
  

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