Chief Product & Technology Officer

Overview

Canvas turns iPhone/iPad LiDAR scans into accurate, structured 3D models for design, construction, and the built world. We help these professionals to see, shape, and realize the full potential of every space. We’ve grown a $300k side project into a nearly $10M business with strong product-market fit for micro-SMBs — and we’re now preparing for our next phase of growth, up-market expansion, and our Series B.

We’re hiring a Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO) to partner with the CEO, unify Product + Engineering + Design, and inspire the organization toward the next chapter of innovation and scale. This is a highly strategic, high-impact role that requires both executional excellence and exceptional product and technical leadership.

What You’ll Lead

Joint Product & Technology Strategy

• Set a clear, compelling, emotionally resonant vision that teams believe in

• Translate that vision into a focused, achievable, high-ROI roadmap

• Balance innovation, delivery speed, and long-term technical scalability

• Know when to push, when to simplify, and when to pivot

Customer-Centered Product Development

• Build products customers love, advocate for, and are willing to pay for at scale

• Develop a repeatable product engine grounded in customer value and market opportunity

• Strengthen PM craft, simplify complexity, and raise the bar for UX and design

• Mentor PMs and elevate the entire product and design function

World-Class Engineering Leadership

• Partner with VP of Engineering to build, inspire, and retain a high-performing engineering organization

• Foster a culture where engineers can do the best work of their careers

• Drive architectural clarity, platform evolution, and technical excellence

• Balance refactoring, rebuilding, and pragmatic “just enough” approaches

• Improve velocity and reliability with strong engineering systems and rituals

• Support and grow engineering leaders as thoughtful, empowered leaders

AI, Automation & Data Impact

• Partner with Head of CV/AI Strategy to turn cutting-edge CV/AI research into differentiated, productized value

• Drive automation that expands margins, reduces COGS, and meaningfully improves quality

• Build the data foundations that power real-time insights, forecasting, product decisions, and GTM alignment

• Create clear data governance, instrumentation, and performance measurement across the company

• Ensure Canvas has the analytics and automation capabilities required to scale — and to tell a compelling Series B story

• Keep Canvas at the forefront of CV/AI innovation, with discipline and focus

Cross-Functional & External Leadership

• Partner closely with Sales, Global Operations, Sales and Marketing, and Finance to drive ambitious company outcomes

• Participate in investor conversations and board updates as a strategic organization leader and thought partner to the CEO

• Represent Canvas credibly to OEMs, partners, and the broader industry

• Build trust, alignment, and productive tension across teams

What Success Looks Like

• A unified, energized Product + Engineering org aligned behind a shared mission

• A roadmap that delivers measurable customer value, revenue growth, and operational leverage

• Stronger technical foundations without slowing delivery

• Clear momentum toward Series B and a compelling product/tech narrative

• Customers who are fanatical about Canvas — not just satisfied

Who You Are

• A seasoned product & technology leader with experience scaling SaaS/platform companies from ~$10M → $50M+

• Deeply user-centered and passionate about creating products people love

• Emotionally intelligent leader who inspires and motivates teams

• Commercially minded; deeply understands the link between product, GTM, and growth

• A great storyteller: clear, concise, and able to guide boards/investors with confidence

• A simplifier — cuts through noise to find the signal

• A builder of cultures: high trust, high accountability, high performance

• Thrives in ambiguity and independently drives company-level initiatives

• Experience in AEC, construction tech, proptech, geospatial, or CAD/BIM.

Why This Role

• Direct partnership with a CEO committed to clarity, culture, and excellence

• A team hungry for strong product + technical leadership

• A massive, meaningful problem space ready for a category-defining platform

• A chance to build products and systems that customers fall in love with

• Outsized influence on Canvas’s Series B and long-term trajectory