Vice President - Data Services - PaaS

Company Profile: One of the leading & fastest growing AI & Big Data Company spread Globally and working with High End Corporate Clients across the world.

VP of PaaS Data services

Company is looking for a VP of PaaS Data Services to lead and scale our Data Services and PaaS organization.

They need strong Paas & some API Experience at leadership role

Key Responsibilities:

Own the end to end Data Services business for Near including but not limited to:

- Conceptualizing - Platform as a Service for various categories interested in leveraging data such as E-commerce, O2O, Retail, Publishers, Telecom etc.

- Understanding requirements of early adopters in each category and productising it as APIs or services

- Working with Product Marketing to create collateral and product materials for customers

- Work closely with the Sales team and VP of Growth to define the GTM strategy for each of the categories

- Own the feedback process to improve the Data Services offering based on customer feedback and requirements

- Recruit, motivate, mentor and lead a high-caliber team

- Use communication and collaboration tools to provide a high-level of visibility and transparency around KPIs and results to Executive and other teams.

- Work closely with the Executive Team to align on quarterly milestones and revenue targets

- Provide line management for all direct reports, complete annual reviews and conduct performance management for the Growth team.

- Proactively present succinct, fact- and logic-based recommendations to the Executive Team.

The Requirements:

- 10+ years of experience leading engineering teams with 4+ years of experience in API services and PaaS

- Hands on experience in setting up and managing a team with quarterly and annual revenue targets

- Prior experience in building and scaling API at a SaaS Startup would be a plus

- Experience in a fast-moving, growth-minded startup, and comfort with needing to be flexible and adaptable as requirements change.

- Strong leadership skills including vision-setting, goal-setting, coaching, team building, empowerment, and cross-functional communication.