Vice President of Solutions, CADDi

$250-350k

OTE

+ Competitive stock options

Python

Senior and Expert level

Chicago

More information about location

Office located in Jackson Blvd, IL

Procurement solutions for manufacturers

Be an early applicant

Procurement solutions for manufacturers

201-500 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseManufacturingDeep TechSupply ChainSaaSData AnalysisProcurement

Be an early applicant

$250-350k

OTE

+ Competitive stock options

Python

Senior and Expert level

Chicago

More information about location

Office located in Jackson Blvd, IL

201-500 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseManufacturingDeep TechSupply ChainSaaSData AnalysisProcurement

Company mission

To create a world that can realize each manufacturer’s strength to create a flat, non-hierarchical relationship between customers and manufacturers.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Services leadership: Built/scaled a $5M+ services P&L (0→1 and 1→N); knows how to sell, deliver, and renew
Consulting toolkit: Top-tier consulting or Systems Integrator with hands-on execution bias
Manufacturing native: Deep familiarity with manufacturing enterprise systems (ERP/MES/PLM/QA/LIMS) and building data integrations
Comfortable leading data integration and AI-enabled use cases
Hands-on AI engineering: proficient in Python; able to build and ship AI-related applications and implement guardrails
Player-coach orientation: willing to be hands-on in early deliveries while building and scaling the team
Commercial acumen: Excellent at shaping ambiguous problems into scoped, valuable SOWs; credible at VP/CXO levels
Builder-leader: Can start solo, then recruit, mentor, and scale a high-performing team and partner ecosystem

What the job involves

You will be on the bleeding edge of AI, helping transform manufacturers and innovating as you go
Not only will you be helping customers, but you will be the chief pathfinder for our product and technology teams as you discover repeatable solutions for US manufacturers
Lead solutions delivery and customer transformation that coexist with, and leverage CADDi’s AI products and data platform
Build a solutions motion that starts bespoke and becomes repeatable offerings and product features
Own the services P&L and revenue target
Translate field patterns into reusable assets and clear product roadmap inputs
Purpose of Solutions Delivery: revenue capture, deal acceleration alongside Sales, and product roadmap signal by converting repeatable patterns into platform capabilities
Build and lead a team of Technical Account Managers, Solutions Architects, and Industry Consultants (e.g., procurement, supply chain, quality); stand up the Professional Services operating model (scoping, SOW templates, rate cards, stage gates, QA, change management, risk management)
Establish executive-level customer engagement (QBRs/value reviews), value realization frameworks, and expansion motions aligned to measurable business outcomes
Focus on delivering actionable insights and decision support from customer engineering and operations data
Customer transformation and delivery: Lead discovery, value engineering, and solution design across data, integrations, and AI-enabled use cases. Stand up delivery playbooks (SOWs, PMO cadence, QA, change management) and ensure measurable time-to-value
P&L and GTM ownership: Own services P&L and price/package offerings. Run pre-sales: scoping, solution architecture, SOWs, RFPs, rate cards; partner with Sales but own services growth
Product and platform shaping: Convert bespoke wins into repeatable accelerators and influence the platform roadmap with validated customer needs. Define guardrails for when to build custom vs. push for core platform roadmapping
TAM leadership: Institute executive sponsorship, QBRs, adoption runbooks, and expansion playbooks. Ensure TAMs drive value realization, risk management, and account expansion across business units and use cases

Our take

CADDi provides solutions to streamline procurement in the manufacturing industry, delivering an ordering and supply platform, as well as an AI-enabled drawings search system. The search system is particularly interesting because, according to the company, drawings data is the "most important data" in manufacturing.

Through CADDi, manufacturers can procure materials such as sheet metal and machining from an array of partners. By collecting these options in one place, the platform saves users time and effort because they don't have to conduct a search themselves. Similarly, CADDI's drawing search means users can source say, a complex machine part, from just a drawing - without needing to know any further details.

Having already established a strong presence in Japan, CADDi has begun international expansion efforts, beginning with a US division. It is well-funded, and is investing in growing its team and its network of suppliers, as well as further enhancing the technological capabilities its drawings search feature.

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Insights

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Company

Company benefits

Health Insurance
401k
Stock Options
Parental Leave
Annual Leave
Referral Bonuses

Company HQ

Chicago Loop, Chicago, IL

Leadership

Yushiro Kato

(CEO)

After graduating from the University of Tokyo, they worked at McKinsey & Company where they were an Engagement Manager leading the procurement and IoT practice in the manufacturing industry.

Aki Kobashi

(CTO)

After four years of building data processing systems at Lockheed Martin in coordination with NASA and JAXA, they joined Apple. There, they worked on mobile products including the iPhone, and as a senior engineer on the development of embedded products such as the Airpods.

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