VP of Customer Platforms

"At Klipboardwe've introduced a flexible hybrid work policy, where employees spend three days in the office and two days working from home. This approach promotes a balanced work environment that combines office collaboration with the comfort and convenience of remote work."

Klipboard provides specialist software, services and support to deliver fully integrated trading and business management solutions to companies in the distributive trade – wherever they are in the world. With a unique depth of knowledge and experience in ERP / SaaS solutions, Klipboard has a wide range of clients includes wholesalers, distributors, merchants and retailers from small traders to multinational enterprises.

Klipboard has offices in the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, South Africa, Kenya and North America. Our mission is simple : to design and deliver high performance, integrated ERP solutions that enable our distributive trade customers to source effectively, stock efficiently, sell profitably and service competitively

As VP of customer platforms, you will provide leadership and direction across our entire Customer Platforms Eco-System, shaping and executing an amazing transformation agenda, with AI the heart of every business process, taking Klipboard into the next stage of it's growth journey. You will be tenacious in leading a culture of Digital 1st, you will have led at scale, a customer platforms strategy, built / led a highly performing engineering function and business engagement across an Enterprise business and C-level leadership team.

A strong leader, resilient with credibility and expertise to build and run this amazing function.

This is an incredible opportunity for the right person to deliver transformational value for Klipboard.

• Develop a clear and compelling digital strategy for our future growth agenda, where AI is at the heart of the way we execute with technology and deliver services to our customers and colleagues
• Build, inspire, encourage and lead the Strategy of the Customer Platforms function to successfully deliver key objectives.
• Drive digital innovation and serve as a change agent throughout our business, with an Automation 1st mindset, driving efficiency, increasing customer sentiment
• Be an evangelist, championing the use of digital technology and practices to engender a digital mindset from the top down
• Lead the implementation of the digital strategy, working with cross-functional leaders, transitioning to an automated, highly efficient & self-service way of working for our customer and colleagues
• Be a thought leader to Identify new tools / techniques that will support and enhance the experience for our customers and colleagues
• Work with leaders across the business to generate innovative digital solutions for products, services, processes, customer experiences, marketing channels
• Drive through decision-making at Executive / Director level; including risk management, business partner engagement, financial control, presentations at Director and Executive level, negotiations, and transition planning.
• Own the Customer platforms / Customer experience planning and delivery cycle, including a unified approach to risk management, objective setting and budget management, backlog prioritisation.
• Own M&A integration across the Eco-System, Klipboard are an acquisitive company, and you will need to have had experience integrated acquired business’s, into a defined systems architecture

• 5+ years of experience in a similar role within a b2b SaaS company
• Proven leadership of successful digital transformation project implementation within a b2b SaaS company
• Know what it is to deliver amazing customer experiences through use of technology, understanding of core business Customer processes and their associated technical solutions
• An innovative and disruptive mindset, constantly looking forward, experience of bringing ideas to life – bringing Generative AI into daily business operations
• Experience in managing and leading an enterprise engineering function
• Proven skills for influencing and collaborating with CxO leaders
• Exceptional leader with a proven ability to set…