Functional Team Lead, Partner Ready Product Acceleration

Job Description

Ready to join the clear market leader and help pioneer the future of Invoice Lifecycle Management?

If you're excited by growth, inspired by innovation, and want to be part of a company with a strong integrity and a supportive, value-driven culture, this is your opportunity to join the team that’s taking Invoice Lifecycle Management to new heights—and reshaping the future of finance.

At Basware, we didn’t just create the electronic invoice—we revolutionized how the world’s largest organizations manage, automate, and control their Accounts Payable operations. Basware has already processed over $10 trillion invoices—ensuring tax compliance, eliminating errors, and preventing fraud in jurisdictions across the globe.

Recognized as the #1 solution in our category by top analyst firms like Gartner, Forrester, and IDC, Basware is trusted by more than 6,000 customers worldwide—including many of the most iconic glob

The Functional Team Lead is a hybrid role sitting at the intersection of people leadership and hands-on delivery. You will lead and develop a growing team of Solution Consultants in our Partner Ready Product Acceleration program, while continuing to contribute directly to customer implementations. As the team grows, the balance will shift progressively towards leadership, but right now, both dimensions matter equally. This role is central to Basware’s “Customer First, Partner Enabled” strategy and requires someone who leads by example, with a proactive mindset for leveraging AI to drive efficiency across both delivery and team operations.

Team Leadership

Build and Develop the Team: Act as solid line manager for a team of Solution Consultants, taking responsibility for the full employee lifecycle including recruitment, onboarding, goal setting, performance and development discussions, and retention.

Guide Daily Work and Drive Results: Plan and assign delivery activities across the team, hold regular check-ins to review progress and give feedback, and ensure clarity and focus in a fast-paced program environment.

Coach and Grow People: Support team members’ personal development and wellbeing, recognise and celebrate success, and foster a high-performing culture of empowerment, trust, and accountability.

Drive Continuous Improvement: Implement initiatives that improve delivery quality and team efficiency, including identifying and introducing AI tools and practices that streamline operations across the program.

Hands-On Delivery

Deliver Customer Transformations: Contribute directly to customer implementations alongside your team, executing delivery phases from analysis and design through build, testing, go-live, and hypercare.

Consult and Challenge: Work directly with global enterprise customers to design target solutions, challenge outdated setups, and guide them through significant change with confidence and expertise.

Build Strong Customer Relationships: Establish trust with key stakeholders, communicate clearly on risks and progress, and support the team in delivering successful go-lives and post-go-live hypercare.