Chief Operating Officer US (m/f/d)

Natuvion GmbH • Malvern, PA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Chief Operating Officer, International will own the build-out and scaling of Natuvion's international delivery operations, with a primary focus on the US market, followed by Japan and potentially Brazil. This role involves establishing a professional, scalable delivery engine across a global network of delivery centers, leveraging Natuvion's proprietary software and forward-deployed engineering. The COO will be a key member of the global leadership board, responsible for strategic and operational alignment across international regions and ensuring synergistic growth with the European operations.

Requirements

• 15+ years in enterprise software or transformation delivery at a senior level.
• 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.
• Proven ability to run projects and programs across a distributed onshore/nearshore/offshore network (e.g., US, India, Slovakia, Hungary, Malaysia, South Africa).
• Strong network across the system-integrator market and partner channel.
• 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 with clear and authoritative communication skills suitable for board level.
• Board-ready operating leader, comfortable owning a number, presenting to a board, and driving cross-regional alignment.
• US-based, preferably East Coast to allow presence in Malvern, PA.
• Willingness to travel internationally (Europe, Japan, Brazil, and the delivery network).
• Entrepreneurial, hands-on, low-ego approach.

Nice To Haves

• 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.
• Experience with forward-deployed engineering.
• Experience in Japan and/or Latin America.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead scalable and high-performing delivery operations across the US and international markets outside Europe.
• Establish the operating model, delivery methodology, standards, staffing, partner mix, quality, and margin for international delivery.
• Turn project successes into a standardized, repeatable, and scalable delivery model.
• Orchestrate US projects and programs, ensuring they are delivered on time, on quality, and on margin across a distributed delivery network (US, India, Slovakia, Hungary, Malaysia, South Africa).
• Own the deployment of Natuvion's software at customers, establishing a forward-deployed engineering capability.
• Integrate into the global leadership board and drive strategic and operational alignment with regional leadership and the Group CEO.
• Own the operational build-up and scaling of delivery in the US market, including leadership of the local delivery team.
• Oversee sequence entry into Japan and potentially Brazil.
• Build and steer the SI/partner channel to extend delivery capacity and market reach.
• Assist in identifying and integrating selective acquisitions into the international delivery organization.
• Build the international leadership bench by recruiting and developing country and delivery leaders.
• Leverage the NTT DATA group to accelerate market access, talent, and delivery.

Benefits

• A seat on Natuvion’s 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed