Go-to-Market Lead - New Ventures

Full Time
London, UK
1 month ago

We have the opportunity to accelerate the growth of our product portfolio by nurturing our innovative new ventures (Loonshots) projects into profitable ventures and this role will be instrumental in transforming SumUp from a single product company to a leading product-ecosystem provider.

As Go-to-market Lead you will spearhead end-to-end responsibility for SumUp new venture products, including Online Store, Invoices and Lending; setting ambitious business targets, and cultivating a highly motivated cross-functional team. You will drive growth metrics, oversee product improvement initiatives, and foster strong stakeholder connections to ensure market fit and success in achieving organisational objectives.

You'll have the opportunity to make an impact by owning the GTM of SumUp's new products and making it your personal mission to make them successful.

What you’ll do 

  • Develop go-to-market strategies and execution plans for each new venture by collaborating with key stakeholders on a daily basis to identify and define growth opportunities, set ambitious growth goals, and devise strategic plans to achieve them
  • Develop testing and growth hack ideas, set targets and priorities for your team (channel experts), ensure all channels efforts are targeted and aligned, and evaluate the delivery and provide feedback
  • Leverage data and metrics to continuously assess the effectiveness of growth initiatives, adjust tactics based on insights and boost performance in user acquisition, retention, and revenue growth.
  • Foster a culture of experimentation by implementing A/B testing and other validation methods to optimize product-market fit.
  • Stay ahead of market trends, customer behaviour, and the competitive landscape, and ensure that these insights are communicated to the product team to stay informed and capitalise on potential growth opportunities
  • Together with the channel experts in your team, leverage data and metrics to measure the success of growth initiatives, identify areas of improvement, and make data-driven decisions to optimise performance continually.

You’ll be great for this role if

  • You have 8+ years of experience in growth-focused roles within high-growth companies, and a background in growth marketing, revenue operations, or scaling commercial functions.
  • You have experience in developing and executing end-to-end go-to-market strategies, including performance marketing, CRM, retail, and partnership channels, with a focus on scaling user acquisition, revenue, and market share.
  • You have experience in setting up, leading and evaluating multiple complex projects, including resource planning, effective risk and stakeholder management.
  • You have great analytical skills and are skilled at creating business cases and making quick, informed decisions to capitalize on growth opportunities.
  • You are experienced in leading interdisciplinary teams, uniting diverse stakeholders, and driving alignment across teams to achieve ambitious growth targets.

Why you should join SumUp

  • Opportunity to work with a truly global, multicultural team (we are 3000+ people from over 90 nationalities, spread across 4 continents).
  • Competitive salary package and virtual stock option programme
  • Health Insurance Cover with Vitality (including optical, dental) 
  • Life Assurance cover with MetLife for 2 x your salary
  • Learning & development budget for attending conferences and external training
  • We offer a corporate pension scheme, 28 days’ paid leave, and other great benefits.

About SumUp

We believe in the everyday hero.

Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we're creating tools that help them run their businesses. With a founder’s mentality and a 'team-first’ attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America and the United States work together to ensure that the small business owners we partner with can be successful doing what they love. 

SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. SumUp does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. SumUp also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind.

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