EMEA Solutions & Services Leader

Skillsoft is hiring an experienced Solutions & Services Senior Director to make an impact and drive ARR growth, improve retention, drive a great customer experience, and guide teams through change with clarity and pace. We are seeking a strong operator, coach, and change agent who can turn strategy into repeatable execution across the EMEA markets. 

The Solutions & Services Senior Director will have the opportunity to be a player/coach and deliver regional results and own the Customer Experience and growth engine for EMEA. Overseeing the regional Market Solutions Leaders and ensuring consistent, disciplined execution across the customer lifecycle to include presales, adoption, expansion and renewal. This role operates as an executive people leader, global practice owner, and partners closely with the EMEA VP of Sales as the region's primary Go To Market change leaders for the region sustaining team confidence, clarity, and pace through continued change. 

• →Define the charter and target operating model for regional shared/channel solution teams.
• →Establish rules of engagement between shared CSM pools, MSLs, direct sales, and channel partners.
• →Build channel enablement content and playbooks for solution positioning through partners.
• →Design coverage tiers so tier-2/tier-3 customers receive scalable, high-quality solution support.
• →Report on channel-sourced ARR and shared-team utilization to the Global Solutions Leader. 

• 12+ years of progressive management experience in enterprise PaaS spanning some combination of Sales, Customer Success, Solutions Consulting/Pre-Sales, and/or Professional Services.
• Overseeing Professional / Managed Services and Solutioning (or consulting) experience with demonstrated results driving long-term customer growth with services engagements based on business cases.
• Proven track record of delivering ARR growth, retention, and expansion in a platform and solutions-based selling motion.
• Proficient in Salesforce and Business Intelligence (BI) tools.
• Deep fluency in MEDDPICC (or equivalent), value-based selling, and end-to-end customer lifecycle management.
• Experience as a practice or system builder — designing repeatable processes, tools, or capability models adopted at scale.
• Possess a strong operational rigor with proficiency in forecasting, pipeline inspection, and data-driven outcomes
• Have a deep familiarity with EMEA market dynamics.
• Executive presence with proven ability to engage C-suite customers and internal senior leadership. 

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