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November 29, 2006
"VP Pro Services for Seriously Disruptive Software Startup"
This is a stealth mode enterprise software company based in San Francisco that hyperventalites over itself but is extremely vague about what it actually does.
To apply, email: job-240345990@craigslist.org
VP Professional Services for Seriously Disruptive Software Startup
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Reply to: job-240345990@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-11-26, 8:28PM PST
Do you have that rare combination of deep experience and energy enough to take a senior leadership role in something really new? We hope so, because we want your help making sure our customers get the most out of an enterprise software platform so powerful that it could be dangerous if misused.
This is a venture-backed company with a small, extraordinary team. We have built our initial product and are preparing for beta testing at a handful of Fortune 50 companies. Our customers are IT thought leaders, excited about seeing what happens when we deploy our solution in their enterprise. Their pain point is at the intersection of information overload, attention and collaboration.
We are seeking someone who can help find the ideal balance of professional services and software revenue for our company by ensuring that our customers achieve deeply meaningful results. Frankly, we are not exactly sure what the successful candidate will bring to the table because the product and the application are so novel. Ten+ years of strategy consulting experience for one of the major firms might provide a baseline of experience and give us a sense of your seniority and management skills. We are certainly expecting you to have experience developing organizations, even if your CV doesn't mention "organizational development" per se. You will need to relate to senior managers in high-performance organizations and have stories from your own experience in building and managing teams (and high-level office politics).
Initially, your job will be to provide hands-on guidance for leaders who use our software as they explain, invite and incent others. You will also help them explore and even compete in ways that are highly novel and yet quite familiar. Getting involved in the sales process will help you understand your client and set the stage for their success. Use of our product could scale quickly, so as we grow, you will need to build a professional services team that can keep up. You will be a senior member of the management team and participate in decisions about our own business model as well as product and marketing strategy.
Posted by Paul at November 29, 2006 06:26 AM
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