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Unit4

Cloud-based SaaS for strategy and adaptability

Vice President Product & Engineering - Coda & FP&A

Full-Time
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London, UK
Remote
Engineering ManagementEngineering Leadership

About the job

Requirements
  • 10+ years in engineering leadership, including at least 5 years managing engineering managers or multiple teams, with a proven ability to own both product and engineering.
  • Hands-on experience with financial applications is required.
  • A track record of leading with urgency and ownership with startup experience, or equivalent experience operating with startup-level speed and agility inside a larger organization.
  • Strong hands-on fluency in Java, C, and TypeScript, or closely comparable languages, with the depth to make and defend architecture and technical trade-off decisions.
  • Proven experience balancing technical debt and maintenance with continued investment in innovation, protecting platform stability without slowing the pace of new development.
  • Demonstrable hands-on experience applying AI to software engineering at team scale with measurable results, such as AI-driven code modernization, test generation for legacy code, or agentic development workflows, and an informed point of view on how AI will change engineering and the product itself.
  • Strong product instincts and the ability to translate customer and market signals into a roadmap tied directly to growth and revenue goals.
  • Genuine customer focus proven in an enterprise context, including direct engagement with major accounts, escalations, and advisory input.
  • Proven people leadership, including hiring, developing, and retaining product and engineering talent; building scalable teams and organizational structures; coaching leadership teams; strengthening succession; and creating operating models that empower leaders while maintaining accountability for outcomes.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to move between deep technical detail and business-level conversations with the General Manager and other executives, provide clear executive recommendations, explain trade-offs, and influence customer, technical, and commercial audiences.
Responsibilities
  • Own the Product & Engineering organization for Coda and FP&A end to end, including the team, architecture, delivery, and roadmap, reporting directly to the General Manager.
  • Partner with the General Manager to define and deliver the long-term strategy for Coda and FP&A, translating business priorities into product, technology, and investment plans.
  • Set engineering strategy and technical direction for the Coda and FP&A codebases, mainly Java, C, and TypeScript, and engage in architecture and design decisions.
  • Establish a multi-year technology roadmap aligned with product and business priorities, leading modernization of established platforms while protecting service stability and customer confidence.
  • Own the product strategy and roadmap for Coda and FP&A, shaping priorities based on customer needs, market opportunity, and commercial goals.
  • Act as executive sponsor for strategic customer relationships, key opportunities, and business-critical escalations, working with Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, and Finance.
  • Lead portfolio investment decisions across customer needs, commercial opportunity, innovation, platform modernization, operational resilience, and technical debt, providing recommendations on priorities, opportunities, and risks.
  • Improve delivery speed and agility through tight feedback loops, rapid iteration, and a bias to action while maintaining enterprise reliability.
  • Lead, mentor, and grow product and engineering teams; strengthen the management layer, hiring plan, and career paths needed for growth.
  • Build succession and talent plans and shape an organizational structure and operating model for accountability, collaboration, and sustainable growth across Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, and related disciplines.
  • Define and champion an AI strategy for the department covering product improvements and how teams build and ship software.
  • Own operational excellence across the department, including uptime, security, performance, and quality standards.
  • Establish the metrics and operating rhythm, including sprint cadence, DORA metrics, quality gates, and OKRs, needed to run the department as a scaling business.
  • Use customer, product, engineering, and operational data to inform priorities and investment decisions, and provide reporting on portfolio performance, delivery, platform health, and risk.
  • Represent Coda and FP&A in company-wide product and technical leadership discussions, engage key customers on product and architectural topics and escalations, and represent the business in Unit4 executive forums.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience leading a complex, global Product & Engineering organization through growth, modernization, and organizational change is strongly preferred.
  • Genuine enthusiasm for AI and a point of view on how it will change engineering practice and the product itself.
  • A visionary perspective and the ability to shape the department's future and articulate it clearly to the team and leadership.

About the company

Unit4 provides cloud-based enterprise software for people-centric organizations, covering core functions such as finance, human resources, procurement, project management, and analytics through a SaaS platform. The product is accessed via the cloud and offers a configurable, integrated suite with dashboards and real-time analytics, plus optional consulting and support services. It differentiates itself by a global, service-oriented approach that serves businesses, non-profits, and public sector entities, combining industry- and function-specific features with ongoing services beyond traditional on-prem ERP. Its goal is to help organizations improve strategy, performance, and adaptability while making work meaningful for their people.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$2.6M

Headquarters

Sliedrecht, Netherlands

Founded

1980

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What believers are saying

  • August 2026 wins included Winnipeg School Division, East Riding, and the LGA.
  • Unit4’s July 9, 2026 AI for Your World trial lowers adoption friction through August 2027.
  • Stuart Nash became COO on August 6, 2026, pairing Customer Success with IT operations.

What critics are saying

  • Success depends on converting trial users before December 31, 2026, or losing AI momentum.
  • Public sector deals face long procurement cycles, and single-tender wins expose fragile demand.
  • TA Associates ownership keeps exit pressure alive if ERPx migrations miss 2030 targets.

What makes Unit4 unique

  • Unit4’s ERPx targets people-centric verticals: public sector, nonprofits, professional services, and higher education.
  • Its August 2026 Data Hub removes API maintenance from ERP analytics workflows.
  • On September 1, 2026, Unit4 hired CMO Anja Sadock to sharpen category positioning.

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  • Remote Work Options
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Hybrid Work Options

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Consultancy.uk
Oct 6th, 2026
Unit4 acquires resource management platform Napta to boost professional services offering

Unit4 has acquired Napta, a resource management and skills-intelligence platform specialising in professional and business services firms. Napta, which operates in 70 countries from its French headquarters, will continue under its existing leadership, brand and open ecosystem model. Co-founder and CEO Arnaud Caldichoury and all three co-founders will remain with the business. The companies plan to integrate Napta's skills and resource capacity data with Unit4's project, financial and people data, enabling firms to plan projects and staff them whilst viewing financial impact in one connected flow. Both companies will continue investing in integrations with major ERP, PSA and HCM platforms. Unit4 specialises in enterprise cloud applications, serving over 5,100 customers across professional services, non-profit and public sectors with more than 2,400 employees.

Constellation Research
Oct 6th, 2026
Unit4 acquires Napta to expand into resource, skills management.

Unit4 acquires Napta to expand into resource, skills management. Published October 6, 2026 Unit4 said it will acquire Napta, a Paris-based resource management and skills intelligence platform for services firms. Napta complements Unit4's ERP, financial and human capital management applications. According to Unit4, Napta will continue to operate under its existing leadership and business model. The combined company will be able to cover the professional services lifecycle. Terms weren't disclosed. Unit4's broader strategy is to focus on professional and business services firms, public sector, non-profits and education. Napta has more than 100 customers including many that are already using Unit4. Going forward, Unit4 outlined the following plan. * Unit4 said Napta will continue to be led by CEO Arnaud Caldichoury. * Napta's skills and resource capacity data will be integrated with Unit4's project, financial and people data. * Napta will continue to support customers running any ERP or professional services automation software. Simon Paris, CEO of Unit4, said: "We have ambitious goals to grow Unit4, and the professional services industry is the largest and fastest growing market among our key verticals making Napta the logical choice for a strategic acquisition. Today's announcement is a clear signal of intent to provide our customers with best-in-class products that will help them deliver more value to their clients." Caldichoury said Unit4's continued investment will give the company expand globally. Unit4 said it is planning to double the size of the company by 2030 and expand its reach into various industries. The company is also migrating its customer base to the cloud. Editor in Chief of Constellation Insights Constellation Research Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of Constellation Insights at Constellation Research, where he leads editorial coverage focused on enterprise technology, digital transformation, and emerging trends shaping the future of business. He oversees research-driven news, analysis, interviews, and event coverage designed to help technology buyers and vendors navigate complex markets with clarity and context... Insights News October 5, 2026 Data to Decisions Schneider Electric's $22.6 billion purchase of PTC gives the company an energy, industrial AI and intelligence stack that will expand its use cases into energy storage, automation,... Larry Dignan Insights News October 5, 2026 Next-Generation Customer Experience CarMax is leveraging Auros, which can now add human intelligence to AI and digital experiences... Larry Dignan Insights News October 4, 2026 Data to Decisions Enterprises are starting to rewrite themselves to become AI native. The efforts are just starting, but you can see the signs as a wide range of industries and companies start to re... Larry Dignan Insights News October 2, 2026 Data to Decisions McDonald's laid out its three year roadmap with a plan called McDonald's Next that includes a heavy dose of AI, an $8.5 billion investment in improvements and 250 basis points of r... Larry Dignan Insights News October 1, 2026 Data to Decisions Accenture's fourth quarter results indicate that enterprise demand for AI transformation is surging. Here's a look at the takeaways... Larry Dignan Insights News October 1, 2026 Data to Decisions Eli Lilly's AI factory is seeing strong usage running experiments at scale and the company has been able to save on token expenditures with control over its models and data... Larry Dignan Published. October 6, 2026 Insights News October 6, 2026 Future of Work Unit4 said it will acquire Napta, a Paris-based resource management and skills intelligence platform for services firms. Napta complements Unit4's ERP, financial and human capital... Larry Dignan Insights News October 1, 2026 Data to Decisions Accenture's fourth quarter results indicate that enterprise demand for AI transformation is surging. Here's a look at the takeaways... Larry Dignan Insights News October 1, 2026 Data to Decisions Eli Lilly's AI factory is seeing strong usage running experiments at scale and the company has been able to save on token expenditures with control over its models and data... Larry Dignan

Enterprise Times
Sep 1st, 2026
Can Unit4's new CMO make it impossible to ignore?

Can Unit4's new CMO make it impossible to ignore? September 1, 2026 Unit4 has appointed Anja Sadock as Chief Marketing Officer. Sadock brings over 20 years of global marketing experience from across a range of industries, including SaaS, hospitality, and consumer goods. Sadock joins Unit4 to lead the global marketing organisation. She will be responsible for brand strategy, demand generation and integrating marketing into the AI-powered growth engine that Unit4 is developing. Unit4 has not held a CMO role for several years. Julie Knight was the last to serve in the position, holding the post from 2019 to 2023. Johan Reventberg, CRO at Unit4, stated, "Anja is exactly the marketing leader we set out to find: someone who thinks like a brand-builder, executes like a demand generation operator, and leads like a coach. She has already proven she can take a company nobody had heard of and make it the loudest, most credible voice in its category. And that is precisely the ambition we have for Unit4 in our markets. "Beyond the immediate lift to our pipeline and our brand, I believe Anja will help define how we compete for years to come, turning AI from a talking point into a genuine engine for growth. All the leadership team are thrilled to have her on board." The appointment follows that of Stuart Nash as Chief Operating Officer last month. It is the second C-Suite appointment supporting the firm's 2030 growth strategy. Xcelerate 2030 strategy that was first announced at its FY2026 kick-off in Amsterdam. The ambition is to "become a €1 billion European leader in intelligent, time-saving software", according to Nash. That target will mean doubling its business revenue, primarily through targeting its core verticals of Professional Services, Public Sector, Nonprofit, and Higher Education. Unit4 also aims to accelerate the migration of customers from legacy platforms to its modern, cloud-based, AI-powered ERPx platform. To achieve this, Sadock will focus on honing Unit4's brand and market position and scaling its demand generation engine to drive new customer acquisition. She is also aiming to embed AI across the marketing function to increase efficiency and increase productivity. Who is Anja Sadock. Sadock joins from TrusTrace, a technology vendor that offers a market-leading platform for supply chain transparency and traceability within Fashion and Retail. She was Head of marketing there for nearly 5 years. Helping to achieve 81% CAGR and the number one share of voice in its target segment over four consecutive years. It is that success at TrusTrace that makes her stand out, despite the potential lack of experience, in several of Unit4's core verticals. Sadock was also Head of marketing at Scandic Hotels for two and a half years. She spent 14 years at Procter & Gamble, rising through the marketing department to a senior marketing position as Head of brand operations in-store and e-business. At P&G, her responsibilities took her beyond her native Sweden and into several global markets. Sadock has an MSc in International Marketing and Management from the Copenhagen Business School, an MBA from the Schulich School of Business (Canada), a BSc from Copenhagen Business School and an MSc from emlyon Business School. She has spoken at several events, including SKSW, where she spoke about Honest Marketing & Circularity: A New Era for Fashion. She also spoke at COP29, Vogue Business Sustainable Futures, and several other global forums during her tenure at Trustrace. Anja Sadock, CMO, Unit4, stated, "Where Unit4 stands out is its people and the purpose. The mission to serve those who serve, and to give time back for what matters most, is not just a statement. It is a passion you feel in every conversation, backed by genuine depth of knowledge and drive to help customers in our core verticals succeed. "That is a powerful foundation. Unit4 has the people, the purpose, the product and the ambition to be the defining ERP leader for people-centric organisations. My job is to make sure the world knows it." Enterprise times: what does this mean. This appointment secures Unit4 a senior marketing leader at a pivotal moment in its 2030 growth strategy. Sadock's track record at TrusTrace is important because Unit4 needs more than awareness; it needs sharper category positioning, stronger demand generation, and clearer differentiation as AI becomes central to ERP buying decisions. Her experience across SaaS, consumer goods and hospitality should help Unit4 combine disciplined brand building with measurable pipeline execution. Her work in sustainability and traceability shows she can elevate complex enterprise propositions into market-facing narratives. In the wider ERP market, vendors are competing to prove that AI can deliver practical productivity benefits rather than hype. Sadock's speaking experience at global forums such as SXSW, COP29 and Vogue Business Sustainable Futures adds credibility and visibility. For Unit4, that could help amplify its people-centric ERP message and support its ambition to become a leading European intelligent software vendor.

Unit4
Sep 1st, 2026
Unit4 appoints Anja Sadock as Chief Marketing Officer.

Unit4 appoints Anja Sadock as Chief Marketing Officer. London, UK September 1, 2026 Seasoned marketing leader joins to drive growth across Unit4's core markets through accelerating demand generation, brand leadership and AI-driven marketing transformation. London, UK, 1st September 2026 - Unit4, a leader in enterprise cloud applications for people-centric organisations, today announced that Anja Sadock is joining the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Anja brings more than 20 years of global marketing and commercial leadership experience across SaaS, hospitality, and consumer goods, building category-defining brands leveraging a rare combination of enterprise rigour and startup agility. She joins Unit4 to lead the global marketing organisation with responsibility for brand strategy, demand generation, and continuing the work to build marketing into an AI-powered growth engine. The appointment comes as Unit4 accelerates its 2030 growth strategy, which targets a doubling of the business through deeper penetration of its core verticals in Professional Services, Public Sector, Nonprofit, and Higher Education, alongside an accelerated migration of customers to its cloud-native ERPx platform. Anja will focus on sharpening Unit4's brand and market position, scaling the demand generation engine to drive net-new customer acquisition, and embedding AI across the marketing function to improve personalisation, automation, and measurable efficiency. Anja joins Unit4 from TrusTrace, a B2B SaaS platform for supply chain traceability, where she transformed the company from an unknown technology provider into the leading voice in its category, achieving #1 share of voice globally for four consecutive years and growing the business at an 81% compound annual growth rate. Prior to TrusTrace, Anja led brand and marketing strategy at Scandic Hotels, and spent 15 years at Procter & Gamble, where she held multiple senior marketing and commercial leadership roles across the Nordics and globally. A recognised thought leader in brand-building and marketing transformation, Anja has spoken at SXSW, COP29, and Vogue Business Sustainable Futures, among other global forums. "Anja is exactly the marketing leader we set out to find: someone who thinks like a brand-builder, executes like a demand generation operator, and leads like a coach," said Johan Reventberg, CRO at Unit4. "She has already proven she can take a company nobody had heard of and make it the loudest, most credible voice in its category, and that is precisely the ambition we have for Unit4 in our markets. Beyond the immediate lift to our pipeline and our brand, I believe Anja will help define how we compete for years to come, turning AI from a talking point into a genuine engine for growth. All the leadership team are thrilled to have her on board."

Unit4
Aug 20th, 2026
Unit4 expands Canadian Public Sector reach through new procurement partnership.

Unit4 expands Canadian Public Sector reach through new procurement partnership. TORONTO, ON August 20, 2026 Canoe Procurement Group ERP Program simplifies access to Unit4's modern finance solutions for Canadian Public Sector organizations TORONTO, ON - 19th August 2026 - Unit4, a leader in cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications for people-centric organizations, today announced its new agreement with the Canoe Procurement Group of Canada. As a Canoe Approved supplier, Unit4 will provide Public Sector organizations across Canada access to Unit4 ERPx through Canoe's competitively tendered procurement framework. This agreement will allow Canadian municipalities, local government bodies, public agencies, educational institutions, and other eligible government organizations to more efficiently procure Unit4's cloud-based ERP platform, reducing procurement complexity while maintaining compliance with applicable regulated purchasing and best practice requirements. Members of Canoe's ERP Program can access pre-qualified suppliers and implementation services through contracts that are built for Canada and have already been tendered on behalf of the Canadian Public Sector. The Unit4 contract is listed under Canoe's ERP program as Contract CAN-2026-001-UNT and is valid through May 30, 2033. Unit4's solutions support critical business functions including financial management, budgeting and forecasting, procurement and spend management, human resources, payroll, project costing, reporting, analytics, implementation services, and customer support. With a 40-year history of building industry-specific solutions, Unit4's secure SaaS ERP for Canadian Public Sector integrates easily with the interconnected applications many organizations rely on, while supporting AI adoption, and simplifying workflow automation and back-office extensibility.