Global Head of Marketing

Requirements: • Fluency in English and French. • At least 10 years of experience in marketing at an FMCG, tech start-up, telco company, or similar. • Experience developing or executing B2C marketing strategies in Africa. • Willingness to travel frequently to operating markets. • Compelling storyteller, in writing and verbally. • You might be a good fit if you • Have run a successful functional marketing team that executed well, partnering with other teams. • Prioritize culture and mission. • Have led impactful brand strategy for a globally recognized company or a fast-growing startup. • Are a strong communicator and are comfortable defaulting to overreaching when it comes to coordination. • Are deeply analytical in your approach to marketing and in optimizing the cost of customer acquisition. • Excel at managing large cross-cultural teams with rapidly changing priorities. • Have an extensive network of contacts across media, advertising networks, and vendors. • Are super detail-oriented and organized. • Are intellectually curious, creative in the way you go about tackling problems, and embrace failure as a means to spark innovation and growth. • Demonstrate tenacity and a willingness to go the distance to get something done. • Adjust quickly to changing priorities and handle complexity and change effectively. • Our team • We have a rapidly growing in-country team in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Uganda, Niger, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon plus remote team members spread across the world. • We're deeply passionate about our mission of bringing radically affordable financial services to the people who need them most. • We foster autonomy for our employees. You'll own your projects at every stage, from understanding the problem to monitoring your solution in production. • We raised the largest Series A in Africa in 2021. Our world-class investors, include Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, Y Combinator, and Partech Africa. • We are on Y Combinator's top companies by revenue. • How to apply • Fill out the form below, and upload a resume in English and a cover letter describing your interest in Wave and the role. • We review applications frequently and recommend that you apply to the role that most closely aligns with your skills, experience and career goals. • Wave is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Benefits: • Subsidised health insurance for you and your dependents, and retirement contributions (both vary from country to country). • 6 months of fully paid parental leave and subsidised fertility assistance. • Flexible vacation, with most folks taking between 21-30 days per year. • $10,000 annual charitable donation matching.