Head of Marketing Russia

  • Full-time

Company Description

BlaBlaCar is the global leader in long-distance carpooling. We’re an innovative and fast-growing company building a unique community of 60+ million members to transform the way people travel across the world!

Job Description

Why join us?

Marketing is at the core of our growth strategy and is one of the most important levers we use to acquire new and retain current users globally. This encompasses online and all above the line channels used to boost our growth across the globe.

As a Head of Marketing you will take the lead of our marketing efforts in Russia and will be fully involved into defining and executing the marketing and branding strategy. You manage local marketing team of 3-5 people and will directly cooperate with our central marketing experts. Your role will include defining positioning and developing messaging that is relevant and engaging for the target audiences. We also expect you to challenge our past marketing efforts using your experience gained on local market. You will also have strong impact on marketing partnerships strategy.

This role has the potential for massive impact on BlaBlaCar’s growth trajectory. If you have a strong analytical background, while still being able to take strategic perspective, are passionate about finding growth-hacking opportunities on local market, eager to tackle new challenges and want to work in a very fast-paced environment - we want to hear from you!

You will report to the General Manager Russia.

What you will directly contribute to:

  • Defining our Marketing strategy in cooperation with the General Manager and central Marketing Team and leading long term brand development and audience strategy by driving local insights and market analysis;

  • Building a detailed marketing plan based on the marketing strategic goals, including the best media mix and the right set of campaigns: online and ATL;

  • Preparing marketing budget allocation and monitor very closely our marketing performance to ensure relevance and cost-efficiency, including both above the line and online channels;

  • Leading marketing execution and impactful projects related to all our channels while balancing our efforts between high performance and impact and strategic innovation;

  • Driving the local partnership strategy ensuring it matches business KPIs, making key prioritization decisions;

  • Sharing learning and best practices with other countries.

Qualifications

What you will need to be successful:

  • 5+ years of marketing experience, including online performance marketing

  • Strong expertise in ATL (TV, radio, OOH): media planning, performance tracking

  • Sharp, analytical mind and an entrepreneurial spirit, able to work autonomously with minimal guidance and to drive business decisions using data insights

  • Intellectual curiosity and desire to learn new things, techniques and technologies

  • Great communication skills

  • Comfort working in a start up culture with a high growth/agile environment

  • Fluent in English with an in depth knowledge of the Russian market and culture - international experience is a plus.

Additional Information

A few practical details about the role:

  • Start: As soon as you are ready!
  • Location: Moscow
  • Contract: Long-term contract
  • Benefits: Competitive package combined with challenging career opportunities in a high-growth environment

What we offer all of our employees:

  • A start-up spirit that fosters agility, teamwork and impact

  • Challenging career opportunities in a high-growth and fast-paced environment

  • An inspiring working environment including state-of-the-art office spaces

  • Free carpooling to live our value “Be The Member”

  • Annual BlaBlaBreak which takes us all for an unforgettable weekend

  • Possibility to do a BlaBlaSwap once a year and go work from another BlaBlaOffice abroad

  • Bi-Weekly BlaBlaTalks when we learn from each other

  • Weekly Tech Demos

What is next?

If you are ready to join our exciting journey, please apply below: upload your resume in English (PDF format) and answer our questions in English. Kindly note that only complete applications will be reviewed by our hiring team and that all your information will be kept confidential.

You can expect us to review your application within the following 3 weeks. If your application and profile fit our requirements, we will invite you to our analytical online test followed by a first video interview, an on-site interview, a business case presentation and some final interviews.

BlaBlaCar is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

 

 

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