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What makes us Qlik?

A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for 13 years in a row, Qlik transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights, driving strategic business outcomes. Serving over 40,000 global customers, our portfolio leverages pervasive data quality and advanced AI/ML capabilities that lead to better decisions, faster.

We excel in integration and governance solutions that work with diverse data sources, and our real-time analytics uncover hidden patterns, empowering teams to address complex challenges and seize new opportunities.

The Critical Situation Manager Role

Step into the pivotal position of Critical Situation Manager at Qlik's Global Support Organization. As the linchpin of communication with our customers, you'll orchestrate resolution efforts across internal teams, managing the entire lifecycle of critical issues related to Qlik products and services.

What makes this role interesting?

• Be the Crisis Maestro: Take the lead in handling impactful customer problems, making informed and timely decisions to address crises and minimize potential damage.
• Global Impact: As the Critical Situation Manager for APAC, your role extends across time zones, requiring flexibility during critical business hours. It's not just a job; it's an opportunity to be the go-to person in crisis situations.
• Strategic Crisis Preparedness: Develop and maintain a comprehensive crisis management plan, conducting drills and simulations. Your foresight will contribute to a well-prepared and responsive workforce.

Here’s how you’ll be making an impact:

• Coordination Excellence: Act as the central point of contact during crises, ensuring flawless execution of the escalation resolution process. Your efforts will directly impact internal/external customer satisfaction levels.
• Communication Mastery: Develop and implement communication strategies to keep stakeholders informed, maintaining a positive image and transparent communication during crises.
• Continuous Improvement: Conduct post-crisis analyses, identifying areas for improvement and updating crisis management plans. Your recommendations will enhance organizational resilience and risk mitigation.

We’re looking for a teammate with:

The Critical Situation Manager for APAC is required to handle all APAC related problems and manage the escalations. The primary working hours will be in IST timings, but the role requires flexibility from the candidate to be available during critical APAC business hours (AET/SGT/IST) for any crisis situations.

• You have a bachelor’s degree in IT or equivalent.
• Proven experience in crisis management or a related field.
• Creative problem-solving, attention to detail, integrity and accountability skills are a prerequisite to be successful in this job.
• Must be technically literate and articulate technical issues in a relevant way to both engineers and management. Technical knowledge of multi-tenant, cloud systems, and highly sophisticated infrastructure is highly desirable.
• Desirable to have technical background with hands-on working knowledge in two or more areas listed below:

• Cloud: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
• ETL: Has strong conceptual understanding of Data Warehousing and ETL, Data Governance and Security, Cloud Computing, and Batch & Real Time data processing.
• BigData: Solid Hadoop fundamentals, preferred hands-on CDH/CDP implementation.
• Java:
  • Ability to read and understand advanced level Java/ C++ (any programming language) and solid experience in reading and analyzing Java stack traces and exceptions.
  • Debugging JAVA/JVM issues, Classes, Interfaces, Java Heap performance tuning and optimizing Garbage Collection. Knowledge of analyzing Heap dump and Thread dump is a plus.
• Linux: Seasoned on the command line; comfortable with built-in tools like top, iostat, lsof, and netstat.
• Database: You have good working knowledge of ONE or any of the following or RDBMS: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Teradata, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

• Influential teammate that builds working relationships across all organizations, including Qlik partners. Demonstrates developing and maintaining productive relationships across organizations to complete business objectives.
• Well versed in the business of service delivery with experience developing and managing projects stakeholders, senior executives, and customers
• Excellent project management skills, including the ability to influence teams to handle projects.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to understand and translate customer’s needs.
• General knowledge/experience in SaaS, Software Industry, with the ability to learn about and understand enterprise software products.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Ability to remain calm and focused under pressure
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Self-motivated with a curious mindset and a passion for improving the status quo constantly.
• Above average ability to manage expectations, promote information sharing across diverse groups, and represent the customer in internal discussions
• Strong team player with proven coaching and mentoring abilities

Please note that this role is not purely functional. The Critical Situation Manager is required to be both technically competent in above mentioned technologies and business oriented to handle crisis situations.

The location for this role is:

Bangalore, India (Hybrid) - Office Location: JP Nagar, South Bangalore

Apply now and be a driving force in transforming the data landscape.

More about Qlik and who we are:

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What else do we offer?

• Genuine career progression pathways and mentoring programs
• Culture of innovation, technology, collaboration, and openness
• Flexible, diverse, and international work environment

Giving back is a huge part of our culture. Alongside an extra “change the world” day plus another for personal development, we also highly encourage participation in our Corporate Responsibility Employee Programs

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