Zycus - Associate Vice President - Program Management

- As Associate Vice President of Professional Services you will lead and inspire our team. You'll drive end-to-end SaaS product delivery, oversee project management, and ensure successful implementation of our S2P solutions. An Ideal candidate will have experience with large business transformation programs enabled by cutting edge ERP (SaaS and On premise) platforms such as SAP or Oracle. The AVP - Professional Services (PS) will be responsible for P&L, delivery, quality of implementation, grooming managers and next level of leaders.

- Your expertise in program management, customer success, and strategic leadership will help enterprises unlock real savings, minimize risks, and elevate compliance with our seamless, user-friendly software.

What You- ll Do:

- Champion Customer Success: Own a portfolio of high-impact customer accounts, driving strategic initiatives and revenue growth.

- Lead Major Implementations: Manage multi-year SaaS implementations, ensuring they are delivered on time, on budget, on value, and exceeding client expectations.

- Governance Guru: Establish robust governance with both internal and client stakeholders.

- Customer Whisperer: Build strong customer rapport, boosting satisfaction and loyalty.

- Project Maestro: Oversee project schedules, risk management, and budgets, ensuring all contractual commitments are met.

- Tech Leader: Provide technical leadership for digital project implementations, guiding cross-functional teams to success.

- Strategic Innovator: Offer strategic guidance during implementation phases, ensuring all tools, processes, and staff are primed for success.

- Thought Leader: Become a trusted advisor within Zycus, influencing how we implement new products and services.

- Relationship Builder: Cultivate relationships with clients and internal stakeholders at all levels.

- Critical Thinker: Utilize your critical thinking skills to identify strengths and weaknesses in alternative solutions.

- Develop a World Class Team: Drive strong contingency planning, cross training, and career development plans across your team.

- Ensure Right Resources Available at Right Time: Drive high utilization of the team. Proactively assess future resource needs, addressing through internal development, new hiring, and/or partner engagement.

- Ensure Strong Project Financial Performance: Drive revenue and margin attainment, as well as ensuring high project level profitability.

- Change Agent: Drive continuous improvement in people, process, and technology, both internal and external to the team.

External Skills And Expertise

- Experience: 15+ years of consulting or professional services experience with a Bachelor- s degree in Business, Computer Science, or Engineering.

- Industry Knowledge: Hands-on experience with enterprise SaaS products, especially in S2P/P2P, CLM, ERP, and CRM applications.

- Background: Candidates from Big 4 firms (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG) or premium Indian business schools (e.g., IIMs, ISB, XLRI) are highly preferred. Experience in the e-procurement space also highly valued.

- Communication Skills: Stellar verbal and written communication skills.

- Customer Engagement: Extensive experience engaging with customers, with international exposure being a plus.

- Leadership: Proven ability to manage and mentor high-performing teams.

- Ethics: High standards of ethics and accountability.

- Timezone flexibility: Work will be in support of US Delivery - requiring support for at least half of the US day (ET).

Why Zycus? Here- s Why:

1. Innovative Cloud Product Company: Be at the forefront of global business transformation with our ML and AI-powered SaaS products.

2. Market Leader: Recognized by Gartner as a leader in Procurement Software Suites, we set industry benchmarks with our SaaS-based implementation methodologies.

3. Rapid Growth: Join us as we grow at a staggering 50% year on year in the EMEA - APAC region.

4. Global Exposure: Work with Fortune 500 customers and gain unparalleled global experience.

5. Impactful Work: Shape the future of procurement with large-scale global transformation projects and collaborate with our product team to influence our product roadmap.

6. AI Leader: Not only is Zycus at the forefront of the industry in providing AI in their solutions, but we challenge the organization every day to find new and unique ways to leverage GenAI to improve the productivity and efficiency of the organization.

Be part of a team that's redefining procurement with Cognitive Procurement software. Let's innovate, transform, and create a significant impact together. Start your #CognitiveProcurement journey with Zycus, where you are truly #MeantforMore.