Vice President of Platform, Sidetrade
Office located in Boulogne-Billancourt, FRA
AI-powered order-to-cash platform
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AI-powered order-to-cash platform
201-500 employees
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Office located in Boulogne-Billancourt, FRA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To deliver fast ROI, enhance efficiencies and cash culture, heighten human intelligence, and digitize the order-to-cash process.
Role
Who you are
- This senior position requires a proven track record in a leadership role within a B2B SaaS platform, either in a technical or product-related function
- Proven track record in a technical leadership position for a B2B SaaS platform, with experience in either a technical (and ideally also product-related function)
- Deep technical expertise in building scalable, multi-tenant cloud platforms, with strong knowledge of modern architectures (e.g., microservices, event-driven, API-first), ideally with .NET framework & Python
- Strategic thinking to align platform investments with long-term product goals and business growth
- Strong leadership and people management skills to build, inspire, and scale high-performing engineering teams
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration, especially with Product, Security, Infrastructure, and GTM teams
- Customer-first mindset to ensure the platform enables great developer and end-user experiences
- Proven track record in DevOps and CI/CD enablement, with a focus on automation, velocity, and reliability
- Data-informed decision making, leveraging metrics, telemetry, and feedback loops to guide priorities
- Experience managing technical debt and platform evolution, balancing innovation with stability
- Strong communication skills to influence executive stakeholders and drive platform vision across the org
- Familiarity with SaaS-specific concerns, such as multi-tenancy, usage metering, billing integrations, and compliance (SOC 2, ISO, etc.)
What the job involves
- As a newly created position reporting to the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) and with everyday working with our CPO (Chief Product Officer), we are seeking a highly experienced and strategic VP Platform to join our dynamic team
- The VP Platform will be responsible for leading and defining the product strategy and implementation roadmap for elements of our SaaS platform that are shared across different O2C domains
- This includes areas such as Authentication, Search Optimization, Data Processing, and 3rd Party Connectivity
- Technical Leadership: Leading a technically oriented team in delivering mission critical product components & features in our SaaS platform
- Focus on scale & reliability as well as providing critical services to the wider product. Collaborating with VP Innovation to ensure appropriate architectural decisions are made
- Product Strategy: Define and lead the product strategy for shared elements of the O2C platform, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives
- Implementation Roadmap: Develop and manage the implementation roadmap for shared platform elements, coordinating with various O2C domain teams
- Team Leadership: Manage a team of Product EPMs (Engineering Program Managers), providing guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure successful project delivery
- Collaboration: Work closely with the CTO, CPO, and other senior leaders to align platform strategy with company goals and customer needs
- Stakeholder Management: Engage with key stakeholders to gather requirements, provide updates, and ensure alignment on platform initiatives
- Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor and optimize platform performance, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security
Our take
IDC ranked major player in the O2C market, Sidetrade, helps companies improve revenue, grow profitability, and optimize working capital through its smart and efficient platform. The company’s software is applicable to all industries and scalable to businesses of all sizes, enabling businesses to comprehensively track and manage invoices.
The company’s next-generation AI (called Aimie) reliably predicts intention to pay by analysing $4.6 trillion worth of B2B payment transactions daily in the Sidetrade Cloud, securing and accelerating the cash flow of more than 21 million companies, across 85 countries, and includes Expedia, TechData, Kyocera and Nespresso amongst its clients
The company’s entrance into the North American market has exceeded expectations, with 58% of its new bookings now coming from the region and is focusing its efforts on accelerating further expansion in the coming years. This has of late included strategic acquisitions of credit risk management company CreditPoint and German competitor SHS Viveon AG. With its current growth and mounting resources, Sidetrade is well-positioned to be a world leader in AI-driven order-to-cash applications.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Apr 2004
$0.6m
SEED
Jun 2000
$1.2m
SEED
Total funding: $1.8m
Company benefits
- Development & Learning
- Hybrid Work Model
- Sidetrade Social Club
- Sidetrade Sport Organization
- And more depending on location.
Company HQ
Centre Ville, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Leadership
Olivier Novasque
(CEO)Current Board Member at Contentsquare and is a Seed4Soft Business Angel. Former VP Of Sales at GE Capital.
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