Senior Vice President, Application Solutions

The Senior Vice President, Application Solutions is a strategic and influential senior leader responsible for overseeing all operations and driving strategic implementation in a division.

This role is accountable for the successful financial performance and profitability of the division and for directing a full complement of division senior management to ensure the attainment of financial and strategic business goals.

The Senior Vice President, is responsible for establishing and achieving strategic objectives, plans, and budgets, working closely with executive leadership in providing input into the strategic direction, guidance, and divisional policies that are aligned to the overall strategic objectives while fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture focused on strategic and operational excellence.

**Job Description**:
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Accountable for management of the full complement of functional managers, including product development, marketing, manufacturing, planning, and finance/administration functions within the division.
- Plan, drive and ensure flawless execution of initiatives, activities, and programs within the division.
- Oversees the coordination of the overall divisional strategy and activities through the relevant functions and supporting business development for revenue generation.
- Contribute in a continuous and significant way to corporate decision-making and the development of corporate strategies and plans.
- Ensure the whole business unit or division flexibly reacts and is aligned to current business drivers, organizational initiatives, and regional programs.
- Provide significant input into the development, implementation, and execution of the global divisional strategy to drive revenue growth in established and emerging markets.
- Analyzes business-critical divisional operations priorities and ensures the implementation of plans that will lead to business continuity and continuous service improvement.
- Costing and budgeting of divisional operations, SLAs, and efficiency improvement.
- Responsibility for technology transformation of projects as they related to the specific division.
- Through assessment of intangible variables, identifies and evaluates fundamental issues, providing strategy and direction for the division and promotion of new ideas.
- Provides direction to senior managers and peers in various areas, groups, and/or operations.
- Provides input into policies and negotiates critical matters with internal and external stakeholders.
- Work with senior leaders in sales to develop new approaches to sales modelling, forecasting, and quoting and supports market due diligence for existing and new markets.

**Knowledge and Attributes**:

- Strategic leader with creative and financial acumen coupled with strong business intellect necessary for taking the division to the next level.
- Display a cohesive ability at interpersonal and communication skills, both verbally and written.
- Demonstrate business acumen, finance expertise, and strategic planning skills.
- Ability to interface and maintain effective working relationships with all departments.
- Relationship building and communication skills, together with a structured, organized approach.
- Rigorous follow up combined with a flexible approach and recognition of the ever-changing environment.
- Strong strategic thinker.
- Organizational and political agility with the ability to influence and negotiate to successful outcomes.
- Detailed and results-oriented.
- Data or metrics are driven by the ability to create a culture of accountability.
- Unwavering unshakeable integrity, ethics, and trust.

**Academic qualifications and certification**:

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a business-related field or equivalent.
- Master's in business administration (MBA) degree and other relevant certifications

**Required experience**:

- Substantially vast experience within the field in which the company operates.
- Substantially vast experience in the practices, policies, and procedures of their chosen field.
- Substantially vast experience working in a related division within a corporate environment, Data Centers, etc.
- Substantially vast experience leading a division and managing a team of senior managers in the execution of strategic initiatives.
- Previous business unit and/or divisional management experience in a similar environment/industry.
- Substantially vast experienced leader with excellent people skills and work ethic.
- Substantially vast experience in strategic planning and business development.
- Substantially vast experience with successfully managing complex budgets.