What makes us Qlik?
A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for 15 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 a role where you operate at the center of the most critical moments in a customer’s journey. As a Critical Situation Manager, you lead high-impact escalations with full ownership—bringing structure, clarity, and decisive leadership when it matters most.
You act as the central point of coordination and communication, guiding customers and internal teams through complex, high-pressure situations from identification through resolution. This role requires a strong combination of technical understanding, executive communication, and the ability to drive outcomes across teams.
If you thrive in fast-paced environments, can confidently navigate ambiguity, and have proven experience leading critical escalations; this role offers a high-impact and visible opportunity.
What makes this role interesting?
This is not a behind-the-scenes role—your work is highly visible, impactful, and essential to customer success. You’ll be drawn to this role because it offers:
Front-line impact in critical moments
Be the person who brings structure, leadership, and reassurance during high-stakes customer situations.
End-to-end ownership
Lead critical situations from escalation through to resolution, with full accountability for progress and outcomes.
A mix of technical and strategic thinking
Use your technical understanding to assess complex issues while applying business context to drive the right decisions.
Cross-functional influence
Work across engineering, support, customer success, and leadership teams, aligning stakeholders and driving action without direct authority.
Here’s how you’ll be making an impact:
Your work will directly protect customer relationships, strengthen trust, and improve how critical situations are handled across the business. You’ll:
Lead with confidence during high-impact events
Act as the central leader during critical situations, ensuring structured, decisive, and effective response.
Drive clarity through communication
Provide clear, concise, and timely communication to customers and senior stakeholders, simplifying complex issues.
Minimize disruption and accelerate resolution
Quickly align the right teams, remove blockers, and maintain momentum toward resolution.
We’re looking for a teammate with:
You’re someone who stays calm under pressure, communicates with clarity, and brings people together to solve complex problems.
Experience in crisis or escalation management
Demonstrated ownership of critical customer situations from identification through resolution.
Strong technical literacy
Ability to understand complex systems (cloud, SaaS, enterprise software) and translate technical issues into clear business impact.
Proven ability to operate under pressure
Structured, decisive, and effective in high-pressure environments.
Executive communication and presence
Confidence communicating with senior stakeholders, with the ability to synthesize complexity into clear messaging.
Strong understanding of service delivery and customer expectations
Ability to represent the customer effectively and align internal teams on priorities.
Cross-functional leadership
Proven ability to influence and align multiple teams (Engineering, Support, Customer Success) without direct authority.
Ability to translate complexity into action
Turn customer issues into clear internal priorities, actions, and next steps.
The location for this role is:
Singapore or India, Bangalore/Mumbai
Apply now and help change how the world transforms complex data landscapes into actionable insights and turns complex data challenges into new opportunities!
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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