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Country Manager Spain

WeRoad

WeRoad

Administration
Posted on Nov 5, 2024
Commercial · Madrid

Country Manager Spain

ABOUT WEROAD: CONNECTING PEOPLE, CULTURES, AND STORIES

Founded in 2017, WeRoad is a fast-growing startup that is disrupting the travel industry in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, UK and also...in Germany and France!

With more than 200 team members and 2.9k Travel Coordinators, we are a community of travelers, united by their love for travel, adventure, and discovering faraway lands and cultures. We bring together small groups of like-minded millennials and send them on life-changing experiences to 300+ destinations all over the globe.

We're on a mission to design and deliver experiences worth living and sharing, through rewriting the rules of the travel industry.


ABOUT THE ROLE

JOB TITLE: COUNTRY MANAGER SPAIN

LOCATION: MADRID (Hybrid)

TYPE OF CONTRACT: PERMANENT

SALARY RANGE: €58.000 - €70.000 (we will determine the offer based on experience and seniority)

REPORT TO: Chief Operating Officer

What you’ll do:

  • Develop and implement strategies to enhance WeRoad's market presence in Spain, aligning with overall company objectives, together with HQ and local functions.

  • Identify and activate direct, trade, B2B sales channels and partnerships to accelerate or growth respecting and strengthening our brand values.

  • Develop and foster our offline community events to become the reference in Spain as both online and offline community for millennials.

  • Recruit, train, and lead a high-performing team, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence.

  • Understand our WeRoaders and market needs, identify trends, customer preferences, and competitive landscape to inform business decisions.

  • Ensure that all customer interactions reflect WeRoad’s commitment to quality and service excellence.

  • Spokesperson in Spain and brand reference for PR.

  • Oversee financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, and reporting on key performance indicators.

  • Work closely with cross-functional teams (marketing, product development, customer service) to enhance offerings and improve operational efficiency.

What you’ll bring to the table:

  • You have a deep understanding of Spanish Millennials and GenZ targets and have expert-level knowledge of the Spanish language and culture.

  • You have a strong business background, and ideally, experience working in startups and/or the tourism industry.

  • You have already designed and executed a successful GTM strategy in Spain.

  • You have experience managing complex, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced, high stakes environment.

  • You have a strong results-orientation and top-notch analytical skills.

  • You have outstanding networking skills and the ability to make partnerships happen.

  • You have proven leadership skills and experience managing a team.

  • You exercise excellent judgment and problem-solving abilities.

  • Previous working experiences or knowledge of the tourism industry is definitely a plus.

You will love working at WeRoad if:

  • You are ambitious, want to build and be part of something huge, growing faster than you thought possible

  • You love travel and want to join a young, smart, and fun team of people who love it, too

  • You prefer adventure instead of daily routine and love working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

  • You are an entrepreneur at heart and a self-starter and aren't afraid to take on a lot of responsibility, right from the start

What we can offer:

  • A free WeRoad trip every year to the destination of your choice. Become one of our Travel Coordinators and you could go even more often.

  • A great workspace, a vibrant co-working space and community.

  • Opportunities to learn. We invest in training our employees, both on an individual basis but also as a team.

  • Best-in-class benefits. We have a generous paternity and maternity leave policy and give a bonus to newlyweds and new parents!

  • Health Insurance: We offer private health insurance to our senior team members.

  • Unlimited Holiday. You are the master of your own time. We have an unlimited holiday policy and encourage each employee to be their own entrepreneur. We also have a tradition that everyone takes at least a half-day off on their birthday.

  • Hybrid working. Remote and flexible working, and we support you to work from your destination of choice for up to 1 month per year.

  • Fun! We schedule regular team-building events throughout the year and have plenty of opportunities to meet our Travel Coordinators and WeRoaders from all over the world. All our team is invited to attend our Global Reunion, a weekend long festival.

WeRoad is an equal opportunity employer: we consider for employment all applicants, regardless of their race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, identity, age, family status, political affiliation, disability, and any other legally protected characteristic.

Statistically speaking, women are less likely to apply for roles where they don't fit the job description perfectly. DON'T TRY AND BE PERFECT but just go for it and send us your application regardless.

Ready to apply?

The below process is what you should be expecting, and of course you will receive more details on the main topic of discussion before each step. Considering the number of steps, be ready for a longer process!

  1. Introduction call with our COO, your hiring manager

  2. Business Case

  3. Business Case discussion with the COO

  4. Meet our P&C team

  5. Meet one of our country managers

  6. Last step with CEO or CMO

WeRoad is an equal opportunity employer: we consider for employment all applicants, regardless of their race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, family status, political affiliation, disability, and any other legally protected characteristic.

Statistically speaking, women are less likely to apply for roles where they don't fit the job description perfectly. DON'T TRY AND BE PERFECT but just go for it and send us your application regardless.

Team
Commercial
Locations
Madrid
Employment type
Full-time

About WeRoad

What’s WeRoad, you ask? Great question. In a nutshell: we do group adventures. We group strangers together and help them share incredible experiences around the world together. The result? Lifelong friendships that blossom from a group of people who didn't know each other a few days before. Lovely, aint it?

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