Vice President, Worldwide Professional Services- Data Solutions

3 Weeks ago • 15 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The Vice President, Worldwide Professional Services will lead a global delivery organization, driving strategy and execution for services around the database portfolio. This role focuses on customer success, operational excellence, and emerging data technology. The responsibilities include global services leadership, strategic transformation, portfolio management, customer engagement, and talent development. This role involves leading the integration of acquired technologies and partnerships, while ensuring customer satisfaction and profitability. The executive will also lead customer adoption of cloud-native data catalog and observability offerings.

Must have:

15+ years of progressive leadership in professional services.
Expertise in legacy RDBMS and modern data ecosystems.
Experience managing global delivery teams and driving operational excellence.
Familiarity with modern data catalog and observability platforms.
Experience in managing OEM partnerships and integrating technologies.
Strong executive presence and cross-functional leadership.

Good to have:

M&A integration experience with services and technology alignment.
Track record of scaling services P&L and managing global partner ecosystems.
Knowledge of cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and data governance best practices.
Deep domain expertise in Data Catalog, Data Observability and Data Quality markets

Perks:

Shape the future of data services.
Work alongside the COO and executive team.
Help clients modernize systems.
Competitive executive compensation, equity, and global visibility.

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Job Details

About Actian

Our Vision is to be the Most Trusted, Flexible and Easy to Use Hybrid Cloud Data Platform. Actian is transforming industries by empowering companies to accelerate application modernization and simplify the Cloud journey. Our customers use the Actian Data Platform to unify their siloed data, explore and securely exchange data to run a variety of analytic workloads that provide real time business insights at a fraction of the cost. We have 24 of the Fortune 100 companies using Actian technology in some of the most mission critical applications that impact your daily life.

About the Role

We seek an experienced and visionary Worldwide Professional Services vice president to lead a global delivery organization supporting enterprise customers across legacy and modern data ecosystems. This executive will drive the strategy, operations, and execution of services around our extensive relational database portfolio, accelerating customer success in our newly acquired and OEM-partnered cloud-based data catalog and data observability solutions.

This is a high-impact leadership role for a transformation-minded executive who thrives at the intersection of customer success, operational excellence, and emerging data technology.

Key Responsibilities

Global Services Leadership
Lead, scale, and manage a high-performing global professional services organization.
Define and execute the global services strategy in alignment with the COO and corporate objectives.
Ensure world-class service delivery, customer outcomes, and services profitability.
Strategic Transformation:
Drive customer adoption and value realization for new cloud-native data catalog and observability offerings.
Lead integration and operationalization of technologies acquired via M&A and OEM partnerships.
Portfolio Management
Maintain and modernize support for legacy RDBMS platforms.
Build new offerings around metadata management, lineage, data quality, and observability.
Customer Engagement & Advocacy:
Serve as executive sponsor for strategic customers undergoing data transformation.
Partner closely with Product, Sales, and Customer Success to align service offerings to evolving customer needs.
Talent Development & Culture:
Recruit, retain, and grow a world-class services team across global regions.
Foster a high-performance, customer-first culture of continuous learning and innovation.

Qualifications

15+ years of progressive leadership in professional services, consulting, or customer-facing technical roles.
Expertise in both legacy RDBMS (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, DB2) and modern data ecosystems.
Proven experience managing global delivery teams and driving operational excellence at scale.
Familiarity with modern data catalog and observability platforms (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Monte Carlo, Databand, Bigeye).
Deep experience in managing OEM partnerships and integrating acquired technologies into services portfolios.
Strong executive presence, communication skills, and cross-functional leadership.

Preferred Experience

M&A integration experience with focus on services and technology alignment.
Track record of scaling services P&L and managing global partner ecosystems.
Knowledge of cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and data governance best practices.
Deep domain expertise in Data Catalog, Data Observability, and Data Quality markets

Why Join Us

Shape the future of data services for a global organization in transformation.
Work alongside the COO and executive team to influence strategic direction and delivery excellence.
Help enterprise clients modernize from legacy systems to next-gen data intelligence platforms.
Competitive executive compensation, equity, and global visibility.

We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.