Beacon Software · 2 months ago
Technology Operating Partner
San Francisco, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Director/ExecutiveBeacon Software is a permanent capital holding company focused on acquiring and growing essential businesses. The Technology Operating Partner will oversee technology teams across Beacon’s portfolio, mentor CTOs, and implement best practices to ensure the growth and efficiency of software businesses.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Service IndustrySoftwareSoftware Engineering
Responsibilities
Overseeing the technology teams of all Beacon portfolio companies
Overseeing execution of each product’s technical roadmap
Working with individual CTOs to develop the architecture and technology strategy for their specific product
Recruiting/mentoring a high performance team of CTOs, SWEs, data scientists, and product managers
Cultivate a centralized pool of top engineering talent to serve across Beacon’s portfolio companies
Partner with company GMs and CTOs to recruit, mentor, and develop high-performing engineers and technical leaders
Define engineering management standards, establish expectations for technical leaders, and implement accountability frameworks to support long-term leadership development
Drive adoption of the Beacon Engineering Playbook across all portfolio companies to instill a consistent, high-performance engineering culture
Standardize agile ceremonies (e.g., sprints, standups), feature flagging, and blameless postmortems
Ensure consistent implementation of on-call processes, product requirements documentation (PRDs), and technical documentation
Champion quarterly planning cycles and ROI-based prioritization for initiatives
Guide company CTOs on key technical decision-making (e.g., infrastructure choices, database vendors, scalability parameters)
Provide mentorship and oversight for major technology initiatives, including UI redesigns, system migrations, and language rewrites
Set best practices for AI-powered development workflows and evaluate new tools (e.g., Claude Code, Devin, Cursor, Windsurf) to improve productivity
Support and oversee cross-portfolio technical initiatives to unlock synergies and shared innovation
Qualification
Required
Proven experience scaling and mentoring engineering teams across multiple business units or companies, ideally in a multi-product or holding company structure
Demonstrated ability to implement and maintain modern software engineering best practices across diverse teams
Experience managing technical infrastructure, agile workflows, product specification documentation, and observability systems
Familiarity with AI development tools and enthusiasm for leveraging AI to improve engineering velocity
Strategic thinker with strong coaching ability, capable of elevating the technical leadership of portfolio company CTOs and engineering leads
Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills and comfort working alongside founders, GMs, and operating leaders
Preferred
Engineering Executive with Coaching DNA: Has experience as a VP or Head of Engineering, ideally in a high-growth software environment, with a strong track record of developing technical leaders and scaling engineering organizations
Playbook Builder and Process Evangelist: Has built or led adoption of engineering best practices (agile workflows, observability, postmortems, documentation, PRDs) across teams, while maintaining speed and flexibility
Technically Fluent: Comfortable rolling up their sleeves to advise on architecture decisions, infrastructure tooling, and technical trade-offs; experienced guiding long-term technical investments like language migrations and platform redesigns
AI-Native Operator: Early adopter of AI tools for software development; has implemented or driven adoption of tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude, Devin, Cursor, or similar across engineering teams
Cross-Company Impact: Has managed engineering across multiple business units or operated in a holding company, platform, or multi-product context
People-First Leader: Deep belief in mentorship and hands-on coaching; enjoys helping others grow and measures success through the success of their teams
Systems Thinker: Understands how engineering decisions ripple through product, customer support, sales, and finance — and can design lightweight systems to ensure cross-functional alignment
Company
Beacon Software
Beacon Software is a holding company that specializes in the acquisition of software businesses.
Founded in 2024
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$250M2025-11-04Series B· $250M
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