Country Manager, UK

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have an office in London and co-working spaces in Austria and Czechia. But you have choice in where and how you work we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

About the team

Canvas International Team is a diverse & distributed team of content specialists marketers and growth teams who drive user growth brand awareness and affinity in our key international markets. Youll partner closely with leads across the International Supergroup to build and implement a comprehensive multi-year strategy for user and revenue growth goals for your market. You will work with local regional and central teams including Marketing Growth Product Partnerships Content SEO Education Community Sales NFP PR Finance & Strategy.

What youd be doing in this role

• Growth hacking: Youll act like a founder of the business and spot the biggest growth opportunities by displaying deep curiosity and user obsession combining intuition data analyses and Canva best-in-class growth hacking strategies to spot and act on opportunities in the country.

• Result oriented inspiring leadership. Act as the main leader and be responsible for overall user and revenue growth in United Kingdom. Youll bring together local and global teams across marketing sales product content and finance to create and execute a cohesive multi-year growth strategy and own the KPIs including MAUs and ARR for crazy big goal to double them in one year.

• Localization. Work closely with the regional team to localize our product content pricing and packaging to meet the real needs of local users informed by a deep obsession for user and 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.

• Creating a team of A-Players. Hire inspire drive and coach the in-market team setting a high bar working closely with local specialty leads.

• Fast and decisive leadership: Act with sense of urgency acting on opportunities with time in mind leveraging existing resources to the maximum always competing against time.

• Owning the budget. Partner closely with all stakeholders and and the local team to maximize the impact of the budget by acting frugal with founder mentality.

• Sponsor education and enterprise: 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.

Youre probably a match if

• Strongly entrepreneurial. Founder-style appetite for growing something big from a small start and working across everything from B2C education to press.

• Relentless problem solver. Doesnt give up when faced with challenges or roadblocks acts always resourceful with ideas connections frameworks to solve problems even if fails at first attempts.

• User obsessed. Deeply obsessed with user always searching for insights motivators barriers and opportunities which may not be obvious to others. Champions and advocates users.

• Experienced building a market. For example as the regional GM Country Manager or brand lead for a global SaaS company or as a proven founder or growth lead in a startup leading scarce resources.

• A proven team builder. Ability to grow inspire and coach high-performing teams. You have high emotional intelligence and empathy and a 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.

Whats in it for you

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but youll experience lots of moments of magic connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Heres a taste of whats on offer:

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing social connection office setup & more

• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good take time to recharge and supports you personally

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Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience skills and passion as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you dont feel like your skills quite match whats listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

Experience: years
Vacancy: 1