General Manager - APAC
Provoke Solutions, New Zealand
Job Description
Join our cloud first organisation and build bespoke software using modern technologies and turbo charge your career!
Are you looking for an opportunity to work in a high performing development team, delivering clean, scalable code, on a variety of projects, working with some of the biggest names in NZ and the US? Somewhere you can gain career enriching experience to become someone that might be sought after as a future technical leader. Then have you considered joining Provoke Solutions?
Provoke are a software development consultancy, with a 20-year history of innovation and entrepreneurial growth. We are on a mission to build the software that helps our clients win. Because our clients deserve better than over budget, over engineered and late projects that don’t meet users’ needs.
As the General Manager - APAC, you’ll play a key leadership role and culture keeper in the New Zealand business and eventually other markets such as Australia in the region. Responsible for finance and operational matters and acting an inspirational leader for our Auckland, Wellington and remote offices, closely supporting our CEO who is based in the US.
Our goal is rapid growth, and we’re looking for someone that is excited by this. You’ll be instrumental in driving the commercial strategy and delivering growth revenue targets. Critical to your success will be your ability to drive staff engagement, commercial outcomes, as well as customer satisfaction and long-term loyalty.
What does that include?
- Support organic and inorganic growth and business acquisition into other markets
- Evangelize and demonstrate through behavior and words, the company mission, vision and core values to employees
- Manage budgets responsibly, but in a pragmatic and balanced way
- Lead culture, engagement and leadership initiatives
- Create a diverse and inclusive culture
- Support and lead business development, and sales opportunities
- Support recruiting, and retention activities.
Requirements
This job is for you if you:
- Have a transformational and passionate leader who lives and breathes customer centricity
- Have a track record of running a successful department with demonstrated revenue growth
- Have held senior leadership positions at services and product companies alike to bring outside perspectives and experiences to help Provoke evolve.
- Strong relationships and contacts within the Microsoft US and NZ/AUS subsidiaries
- Delivered strong revenue growth our year over year goal is 25% +
- Skilled in planning, budgeting, people development, organisational design and development, particularly creating a diverse and inclusive culture
- Experience analysing market trends, competitor landscapes, target markets and positioning businesses to maximise the opportunities
- Have worked in and understand services environment
- Are persistent to ensure goals are achieved, but know when to pivot
- Strong financial literacy and the ability to interpret and manage financial information and multiple business unit Pamp;L’s
- A collaborative style, with the confidence to proactively engage stakeholders across the business
- Able to foster effective relationships with third parties
- Willing to roll up your sleeves to do the work as much as leading teams to do the work
- Comfortable working within and leading in a matrixed environment
This is a rare opportunity for an experienced, inspirational, energetic commercial leader. If this challenging and highly rewarding role sounds like an opportunity that compliments your current skills, experience, and future career plan, we want to hear from you.
This role can be based in Auckland or Wellington, regular travel will be required between the cities.
Benefits
We offer a flexible work environment with a hybrid work model where you can work from home as you need and work flexibly to get your work done and have family/social life.
In addition to your base salary, our Kiwisaver contributions are on top of your base, we provide you with health insurance and your mobile phone plan covered as well. No one likes to work on their birthday, so we give you the day off fully paid! We also have an active social club and of course a really great team of people to work with.
For more information or a copy of the job description email or call 04 550 2339
Join us now to accelerate your career!