Chief Operating Officer US (mfd)

The operating leader who turns Natuvions international growth the US first then Japan and potentially Brazil into scalable repeatable delivery orchestrated across a global delivery network with a seat on the global leadership board.

Natuvion is the global leader in SAP data and business transformation now part of NTT DATA. Growth is going international and delivery has to scale with it. Priority one is the US market; close behind are Japan and potentially Brazil alongside selective acquisitions (e.g. South Africa). We are building a professional scalable delivery engine outside DACH orchestrated across a distributed international network (US India Slovakia Hungary Malaysia South Africa) and deploying our own software Natuvions transformation platform with forward-deployed engineering muscle at the customer.

We are hiring a Chief Operating Officer International to own that build take a seat on the global leadership board and partner closely with the US and DACH leadership to make the international story real.

Reporting to: Patric Dahse (Group CEO).

1. Build and lead scalable and high-performing delivery. Ramp up and manage a professional scalable project delivery across the US and international markets outside Europe the operating model delivery methodology and standards staffing and partner mix quality and margin. Turn project successes into a standardized repeatable and scalable delivery model.

2. Orchestrate US projects and programs. Land complex programs across a distributed onshore nearshore and offshore delivery network e.g. the US India Slovakia Hungary Malaysia and South Africa on time on quality and on margin.

3. Deploy Natuvions software with forward-deployed engineering. Own the deployment of Natuvions software at customers standing up a forward-deployed engineering capability that gets the platform into production and proves value inside live customer projects.

Integrate into the board and drive alignment. Take your seat on the global leadership board and drive strategic and operational alignment with the COO Europe region the US leadership and Group CEO Patric Dahse so US and Europe grow synergistically as one company. The broader mandate:

• Own the operational build-up and scaling of delivery in the US market with priority including ramp-up and leadership of local delivery team and sequence entry into Japan and potentially Brazil.

• Build and steer the SI / partner channel to extend delivery capacity and market reach.

• Help identify and integrate selective acquisitions (e.g. South Africa) into the international delivery organization.

• Build the international leadership bench: recruit and develop country and delivery leaders.

• Leverage the NTT DATA group wherever it accelerates market access talent and delivery.

Required

• 15 years in enterprise software or transformation delivery at senior level with a strong US track record of building and scaling delivery organizations and owning a P&L.

• Deep domain background in one or more of: SAP Oracle a major system integrator (Accenture Deloitte PwC) and/or a data-transformation or enterprise-software partner with clear domain know-how.

• International delivery orchestration: proven ability to run projects and programs across a distributed onshore/nearshore/offshore network (e.g. US India Slovakia Hungary Malaysia South Africa).

• SI market network & partner steering: a strong network across the system-integrator market and partner channel and a track record of steering partners and managing complex projects and programs through the channel.

• Proven experience ramping up and professionalizing project delivery at scale operating model methodology quality utilization and margin.

• Native English speaker; you communicate with the clarity and authority expected at board level.

• A board-ready operating leader comfortable owning a number presenting to a board and driving cross-regional -based preferably East Coast to allow presence in Malvern PAwith the willingness to travel internationally (Europe Japan Brazil and the delivery network).

• Entrepreneurial hands-on low-ego you build the engine and are not above getting into the delivery detail.

Strong plus

• Data-software background: direct experience with data migration transformation or data-lake/platform software e.g. SNP Syniti DMLT Informatica Databricks Snowflake or similar. German language skills (the company operates DACH-wide; internal communication is bilingual).

• Experience with forward-deployed engineering getting software into production inside live customer projects.

• Experience in Japan and/or Latin America with cultural fluency across US DACH Japan and the NTT DATA group context.

• M&A and post-merger integration experience.

• Familiarity with the SAP S/4HANA transformation and data-migration domain.

• A seat on Natuvions global leadership board and ownership of the international growth agenda from day one.

• The mandate to build the international delivery organization your way with the backing of a global IT-services leader (NTT DATA).

• A direct line to the Group CEO (Patric Dahse) to whom the role reports and close partnership with the US and DACH leadership.

• A high-growth platform at the intersection of enterprise software AI-native transformation and global system integration.

• Competitive executive compensation commensurate with experience (base performance bonus and long-term participation components) plus benefits.

• US base flexible location with regular international travel.