Country Manager (in Dubai)

Description

• We are a pioneering FinTech company rolling out services in multiple countries in the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia region.
• Pyypl (pronounced “people”) has recently been selected in the Top 10 Start-up’s in the UAE for 2021 by LinkedIn. We are proudly regulated by various financial services regulators, and our Group Headquarters is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.We are a family of very experienced digital experts. 

Responsibilities

• Full P&L responsibility of the UAE business
• Management and growth of the UAE country team; building the team from 20 to c.50 employees
• Driving business growth by finding new opportunities to expand into new business streams and working with the Group teams to make this happen
• Consumer (B2C) business responsibility of >$10m/year from either:
• Subscription type of products/service, or a frequent-use small-value product/service
• Consumer payments, cards, retail banking, financial services, mobile wallets, financial "super apps" or similar B2C products
• FMCG/telco style retail distribution (and wholesalers/distributors)
• Managing teams of 40+ employees
• Managing promoter agencies
• Running events
• Building user communities/sub-segments
• Online marketing
• Offline (traditional marketing)
• Trade/channel marketing
• Commercial partnerships

Requirements

• You’re an entrepreneur at heart and you love building something from scratch
• You genuinely care and want to find the best, loyal, and passionate users/customers, it's not just about 'filling a sales quota'
• You take pride in what you do and have credibility and reliability to be the 'face of the company' towards local authorities, regulators, business partners, banks, media etc
• You’re outcome driven and you focus on tasks that deliver desired results and help achieve business objectives
• You’re a big believer in the power of continuous feedback and encourage people to give feedback to you so that you can continuously improve your ways of working
• You inspire people with your vision and energy and you “lead from the heart” by creating strong relationships with people
• You thrive on the challenge of solving a new problem
• You have a huge curiosity for learning, self-reflection and self-development
• You love building and scaling companies and are fully aligned with our vision and mission!

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Autonomy and trust
• Flexible working hours
• A chance to form and build a tech company and its culture from the ground up
• Continuous learning and development
• Fast career growth
• Team activities to promote open communication and collaboration Equal treatment to everyone
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