Egypt Country Manager

What youll do (responsibilities)

• Strategy. Act as the main POC and be responsible for overall user and revenue growth in the MENA region. Youll bring together local and global teams across marketing sales product content and finance to create and execute a cohesive multiyear growth strategy and own the KPIs including MAUs and ARR.
• Localisation. Work closely with the regional team to optimise our product content pricing and packaging to meet the needs of local users informed by a deep understanding of local market dynamics and cultural nuances across a range of audiences including knowledge workers SMBs students startup ecosystems NGOs and other emerging sectors.
• Leadership. Hire inspire drive and in some cases coach the inmarket team ensuring a high quality bar for impact and working closely with local speciality leads on performance management.
• Budget. Partner closely with the regional team and marketing lead to shape the marketing strategy and deployment of budget.
• Sponsorship. Build and support high value relationships by acting as a local sponsor for enterprise sales education government partnerships etc.
• Public face. Represent Canva as a local figurehead across press PR events and community.

What were looking for

• Strongly entrepreneurial. Founderstyle appetite for growing something big from a small start and working across everything from education to press.
• Experienced building a market. For example as the regional GM or brand lead for a global SaaS company or as a proven founder or growth lead in a startup.
• A proven leader. Ability to grow inspire and coach highperforming teams. You have high emotional intelligence and empathy and are a deeply collaborative teammate.
• A strong communicator. Fully proficient in spoken and written English and with the interpersonal skills to influence global and local stakeholders.
• Keenly analytical. Deeply focused on KPIs and obsessive about driving actionable insights from disparate datasets.
• Product oriented. Passion for improving the experience of users and the ability to translate these insights into product requirements.
• Values aligned. Genuinely excited by Canvas mission and deeply aligned with our values and with exceptional references to prove it.
• Publicity savvy. Experience doing public speaking and acting as a public face to the press and other stakeholders.
• Well networked. Ideally with routes into some combination of government departments corporates influencers journalists and local talent.

Remote Work:

Yes

Employment Type:

Fulltime