Global Head of Marketing

Wave

2d•$195,000•Remote

About The Position

We are hiring a Global Head of Marketing to drive growth across Wave’s Payments, Growth, and other core teams. In this strategic role, you’ll shape our cost-effective brand strategy, lead go-to-market initiatives for new products, and manage both our internal marketing team and external partners. You will report directly to Wave’s General Manager of Growth. In this role, you'll; Lead the marketing team: Build and mentor a high-performing marketing team focused on achieving ambitious growth targets. Foster collaboration with other departments to ensure effective prioritization and execution of marketing activities. Manage relationships and strategies with external marketing agencies or internal PR teams. Work closely with PR to align on Wave’s response to policy and operational issues. Drive growth by developing and prioritizing marketing strategies effectively: Develop and execute multi-channel product marketing strategies, with a primary focus on high-impact offline channels such as billboards, radio, and BTL activations, supported by social media content strategy and execution across all channels, including influencer initiatives. Monitor metrics to measure marketing campaign effectiveness and optimize overall marketing performance over time. Continuously build and improve messaging across all channels and target audiences across various segments. Identify and close deals with marketing-specific partners. Optimize the cost of customer acquisition and own marketing budgeting: Collaborate across marketing to establish and manage marketing budgets for each country. Monitor spending to ensure resources are utilized effectively. Identify cost-saving opportunities and allocate budgets strategically to maximize return on investment. Optimize customer acquisition costs by working with our growth team to evaluate campaign performance and channel effectiveness. Manage Wave’s brand: Oversee brand efforts, ensuring consistent and impactful brand communications across all marketing materials and touchpoints.

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.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

Build and mentor a high-performing marketing team focused on achieving ambitious growth targets.
Foster collaboration with other departments to ensure effective prioritization and execution of marketing activities.
Manage relationships and strategies with external marketing agencies or internal PR teams.
Work closely with PR to align on Wave’s response to policy and operational issues.
Develop and execute multi-channel product marketing strategies, with a primary focus on high-impact offline channels such as billboards, radio, and BTL activations, supported by social media content strategy and execution across all channels, including influencer initiatives.
Monitor metrics to measure marketing campaign effectiveness and optimize overall marketing performance over time.
Continuously build and improve messaging across all channels and target audiences across various segments.
Identify and close deals with marketing-specific partners.
Collaborate across marketing to establish and manage marketing budgets for each country.
Monitor spending to ensure resources are utilized effectively. Identify cost-saving opportunities and allocate budgets strategically to maximize return on investment.
Optimize customer acquisition costs by working with our growth team to evaluate campaign performance and channel effectiveness.
Oversee brand efforts, ensuring consistent and impactful brand communications across all marketing materials and touchpoints.