Head of Platform

Head of Platform

Berlin, Germany

This role is part of our Central Platform Team at saas.group.

Profile Overview

We are looking for a high-impact, commercially minded technical leader to head our Platform Team. This is not just a technical role; it is a business-critical position focused on removing friction, improving developer experience, and enabling engineering teams to move faster and smarter.

The role requires a: a strong technical foundation, an analytical mind, and the ability to align and work with stakeholders at all levels - from engineering teams to CEOs.

Your immediate impact in the first 3-6 months will be:

• Launch a Scorecard System – Create a data-driven framework to measure activities, developer experience, AI adoption, and infrastructure efficiency across brands.
• Accelerate Engineering Velocity – Identify bottlenecks and roll out high-impact improvements across CI/CD, cloud cost optimization, and AI-driven automation.
• Drive AI and Automation – Help brands to measure & drive automation and AI adoption in engineering to enhance developer efficiency, optimize workflows, and reduce manual work.
• Become the Go-To Strategic Partner for cloud Infrastructure– Establish trust with your teams, brand CTOs, and leadership by solving real problems rather than enforcing rigid policies.

Your responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the Platform team, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation while strategically deploying resources to support acquired and portfolio companies.
• Develop and execute a yearly roadmap for your team that connects strategic goals to day-to-day operations, while managing and optimizing the platform budget, balancing infrastructure costs and tool investments.
• Champion zero-trust security principles across the platform, ensuring robust identity verification and least-privilege access, leveraging Google Workspace as an IdP.
• Oversee the integration and optimization of key tools, including AWS, GitHub Enterprise, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring solutions to maximize efficiency and reliability.
• Partner with acquired brands to address infrastructure challenges, deliver custom automation tools, and advocate best practices while respecting individual company needs.
• Define and track platform performance through KPIs, dashboards, and data-driven automation, ensuring scalability and operational efficiency.
• Drive the adoption of open-source solutions to enhance scalability, cost-efficiency, and platform innovation.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, finance, and leadership, to align platform initiatives with broader business objectives.

What You bring to the table

• You have 2-4 years of work experience in a demanding environment (corporate, top-tier consulting, or similar).
• Top University Degree – A STEM or business degree from a leading university (Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or equivalent).
• At heart, you are an entrepreneur with a strong customer-first mindset and an excellent sense for building and managing client relationships.
• Outstanding Stakeholder Management – The ability to communicate complex topics clearly and align technical and non-technical teams. You’ll work with all acquired companies. Help them to understand their unique needs while maintaining a minimum stack of centralized infrastructure.
• Proven experience leading platform or infrastructure teams, with a strong ability to mentor, deploy resources strategically, and drive technical excellence.
• Commercial and Strategic Mindset – an understanding of how platform engineering drives business growth, not just technical efficiency.
• A track record of managing roadmaps and budgets, balancing cost efficiency, and aligning infrastructure spending with business goals.
• Deep expertise in platform security, particularly zero-trust implementations, access control, and vulnerability management.
• Strong technical proficiency in automation,  and monitoring tools.
• A data-driven mindset with experience defining KPIs, creating dashboards, and using metrics to improve platform scalability and efficiency.
• Bias for Action – A proactive, ownership-driven approach to problem-solving and execution.
• Passion for open-source solutions and their role in driving innovation, cost reduction, and scalability.
• Excellent collaboration skills, able to work closely with leadership, finance, and engineering teams to ensure the platform’s success.

What’s in it for You

• Ultimate flexibility: We’re 100% remote. You can work from wherever you like, whenever you like.
• Freedom and autonomy: We’re a high-trust team, and you’ll be given lots of flexibility to solve problems in your own way — with plenty of help from the team when you need it.
• Minimum bureaucracy: We don’t like to get bogged down with meetings and red tape. We like to be efficient and keep momentum steady & sustainable.
• Small & friendly team: We help each other out, have fun, and joke around.
• Our network: We are a community of entrepreneurial SaaS professionals that regularly exchange ideas, knowledge, learning  and expertise with each other internally. 
• Flexible time off: We want you to recharge your batteries when needed.—