Head of Marketing - Germany 🇩🇪

Our mission? Creating the finance solution that energizes SMEs and freelancers, so they can achieve more. We simplify everything from everyday banking to bookkeeping and spend management. At Qonto, we’re passionate about creating the best product, so if you’re looking for an ambitious team that’s revolutionizing an old-fashioned industry, get in touch!

Our journey: Alexandre and Steve launched Qonto in July 2017. Since then, the team has earned the trust of more than 400,000 customers and opened offices in Paris, Berlin, Milan, and Barcelona. In the summer of 2022, we joined forces with Penta, a market leader based in Berlin and Belgrade, forming a united team of 1,300 Qontoers. We also made it to the LinkedIn Top Companies French ranking!

Our values:

Ambition | We tackle big challenges. No matter what.

Teamwork | We create momentum by working together, at the same speed.

Mastery | We pursue excellence through continuous learning. We face challenges with humility. Every day.

Integrity | We're open. We're honest. And we earn the trust of our clients and each other.

You can find out more about the Qonto Way here.

Our beliefs: Our goal at Qonto is to create a warm and welcoming environment where individuals from all walks of life can truly thrive. We've gone above and beyond to ensure that every applicant is evaluated solely based on their skills and potential, rather than their gender, ethnicity, age, (dis)ability, or any other irrelevant factor. Our team consists of 49% international individuals, with 44% women and 20% parents. With this diversity, we are a powerful force! Join us in our mission to build a workplace that celebrates diversity and embraces individuality. Discover the steps we took to create a discrimination-free hiring process.

Our career track: At Qonto, we cherish your unique skills, breaking away from conventional labels like "senior" or "director," and instead, offering personalized career tracks and expertise levels from 1 to 9 that truly celebrate your impact!

As a Head of Marketing for our German market, directly reporting to Lukas, our Managing Director Germany your mission will be to develop our awareness and acquisition in Germany, together with your team. Germany is our fastest growing market at Qonto.

You will manage a team of local experts in the fields of events, content, social media, and marketing to adapt and localize our global strategy for the German market. You will work in close collaboration with our central teams (marketing & comms as well as acquisition).

👩‍💻🧑‍💻As a Head of Marketing - Germany at Qonto, you will

• Be at the forefront of moving Qonto upmarket to become a well-known, trusted product in the German Mittelstand and attract many German companies of all sizes to our platform.

• Be part of the German leadership team and work together with the Managing Director - Germany on the future growth strategy for Qonto Germany

• Help us position Qonto as the top-of-mind business banking & finance platform for SMEs, startups & freelancers.

• Be in charge of further scaling our market presence by leading and coordinating the markets growth strategy & execution across our local channels (content, events, social media, influencers, community management)

• Collaborate with our different global teams (brand & comms, acquisition, partnerships, revenue growth) to make sure that our overall marketing plan for the German market is relevant and consistent with our brand platform.

 •Plan, forecast and analyze our results to make sure the right investments are made.

Work closely with other teams across the company such as Product Marketing or Partnerships to ensure best-in-class communication to prospects and customers.

 •Run a team of 10 people and directly manage a dedicated team of long-standing marketing managers for awareness (events, social media, influencers and community management) and content management (content, CRM, copywriting).

 •Work directly with large-scale partners to collaborate on marketing initiatives together with your team.

 •Work on expanding & developing the team to build the best-in-class marketing team in Germany.

What you can expect

• Evolve in our fast-growing German team: become the key point of contact for the German Marketing Strategy

• See the direct effects & outcomes of your work on customers & the business

• Work with passionate co-workers, always eager to help

• Learn and improve your ways of working every day

🤝 About your future manager

His path? Lukas is the Managing Director - Germany at Qonto. He joined this position after building Penta in Germany where he was responsible for product and commercial. Before that, he founded a FinTech startup in the UK and is an angel investor in the European tech community. He lives in Berlin and is a proud father of a young daughter.

What he can bring to the team? Lukas has an exceptional growth mindset and is a true enabler for his team to reach their full potential. He brings a fine blend of data-driven approach with empathy to ensure the team has everything they need to reach our ambitious goals.

🏅About You

• Experience: You have 7+ years of relevant experience in marketing, PR, communication roles (having a previous experience in a start-up/scale-up is a plus) and you have already managed a team of at least 5 people.

• Marketing expert: You display an excellent understanding of marketing trends and you are able to influence and work cross-functionally within multiple internal teams and external agencies.

• Autonomous: You have strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Mastery: You are creative but also a good strategist who picks up the right point of view.

• Great team player: Thanks to clear written and verbal communication skills, you love solving problems with your teammates but you are also capable of working well with agencies and freelancers.

• Languages: You speak German to a native level and you are fluent in English, French would be nice to have.

Perks

A laptop. An inclusive work environment. A tailor-made career track. And so much more to help you succeed.

- A central fully-renovated building in Berlin with WeWork services

- Monthly team events

- Tailor-made remote work policy depending on the job you apply for

- 28 days of paid leave

- Moka Care to take care of your mental health and gym access with Urban Sports Club

- A Hrmony lunch card: 100% covered

-100% public transportation reimbursement

- A progressive parenthood policy as part of our commitment to the Parental Act (1 in 6 of Qonto employees is a parent!) and childcare benefits with selected partners

💪 Our hiring process:

- Interviews with your Talent Acquisition Manager and future managers

- A remote exercise to demonstrate your skills and give you a taste of what working at Qonto could be like

We will send you an interview guide so you can best prepare yourself.

On average our process lasts 20 working days and offers usually follow within 48 hours 🤞

To learn more about us:

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