Vice President, Data Solutions

Summary

Join Actian as the Worldwide Professional Services vice president to lead a global team supporting enterprise customers across legacy and modern data ecosystems. You will drive the strategy, operations, and execution of services around Actian's relational database portfolio, accelerating customer success in cloud-based data catalog and data observability solutions. This leadership role requires a transformation-minded executive who excels in customer success, operational excellence, and emerging data technology. You will lead, scale, and manage a high-performing global professional services organization, defining and executing the global services strategy. The role also involves driving customer adoption of new cloud-native offerings, integrating acquired technologies, and maintaining support for legacy platforms. You will serve as an executive sponsor for strategic customers and partner with various teams to align service offerings with customer needs. Finally, you will recruit, retain, and grow a world-class services team.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• Maintain and modernize support for legacy RDBMS platforms
• Build new offerings around metadata management, lineage, data quality, and observability
• 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
• Recruit, retain, and grow a world-class services team across global regions
• Foster a high-performance, customer-first culture of continuous learning and innovation

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Benefits

Competitive executive compensation, equity, and global visibility