Area Growth Lead
Marketing & Growth, Lagos, Nigeria
If you’re here, it’s because you’re looking for an exciting ride.
A ride that will fuel up your ambitions to take on a new challenge and stretch yourself beyond your comfort zone.
We’ll deliver a non-vanilla culture built on talent, where we work to amplify the impact on millions of people, paving the way forward together.
Not your usual app. We are the fastest-growing multi-category app connecting millions of users with businesses, and couriers, offering on-demand services from more than 170,000 local restaurants, grocers and supermarkets, and high street retail stores. We operate in more than 1500 cities across 23 countries.
Together we revolutionise the way people connect with their everyday needs, from delivering essentials to connecting our ecosystem of users through innovative solutions powered by technology. For us, every day is filled with purpose.
What makes our ride unique?
🤝 Our culture and strong values.
💪 Our career development philosophy.
🤝 Our commitment to being a force for good.
We have a vision: Building the largest marketplace in your city, to give access to anything in minutes. And this is where your ride starts.
YOUR MISSION
The Area Growth Lead is responsible for driving execution across all functions in their designated areas - working closely with the Commercial, Growth, Expansion, Supply Operations, and Partner Operations teams. The role requires a strong blend of commercial acumen, analytical depth, and hands-on execution to accelerate growth of their area.
The Area Growth Lead acts as the key execution driver, ensuring strategic priorities are translated into concrete actions and results on the ground.
THE JOURNEY
- Translate national growth priorities into actionable area & neighbourhood plans, ensuring consistent execution
- Lead weekly & monthly business reviews, identify performance gaps, and drive corrective actions with clear owners and timelines
- Design and execute local marketing and acquisition strategies tailored to their designated areas
- Collaborate with the Commercial team to expand selection, focusing on high-potential neighborhoods and stores
- Drive neighborhood -level partner performance: ensure top stores are live, and well performing
- Work with the Supply Ops to ensure optimal Delivery Times, rider availability, and customer experience
- Work closely with a multidisciplinary area team - fostering ownership, accountability, and collaboration.
- Promote Glovo culture and ensure high team morale, engagement, and performance.
WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE RIDE
- Proven experience owning end-to-end execution in hands-on roles, including field-based work (e.g. field visits, partner visits, on-the-ground execution)
- Willingness and ability to spend significant time on the ground to gather insights, troubleshoot issues, and drive execution
- Strong problem-solving skills with comfort working in data-driven settings
- Familiarity with Lagos Mainland settings
- Experience in marketplace, e-commerce, logistics, food delivery, or FMCG
- Exposure to city-level or territory ownership role
Individuals representing diverse profiles, and abilities, encompassing various genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds, are less likely to apply for this role if they do not possess solid experience in 100% of these areas. Even if it seems you don't meet our musts don't let it stop you, we are all about finding the best talent out there! Skills can be learned, and embracing diversity is invaluable.
We believe driven talent deserves:
- 🌟 An enticing equity plan that lets you own a piece of the action.
- 💪 Top-notch private health insurance to keep you at your peak.
- 🍔 Monthly Glovo credit to satisfy your cravings!
- 💳 Discounts on transportation, food, and even kindergarten expenses.
- 🏖️ Extra time off, the freedom to work from home one day a week, and the opportunity to work from anywhere for up to three weeks a year!
- 👪 Enhanced parental leave, and office-based nursery.
- 🧠 Online therapy and wellbeing benefits to ensure your mental well-being.
Here at Glovo, we thrive on diversity, we believe it enhances our teams, products, and culture. We know that the best ideas come from a mashup of brilliant diverse minds. This is why we are committed to providing equal opportunities to talent from all backgrounds - all genders, racial/diverse backgrounds, abilities, ages, sexual orientations and all other unique characteristics that make you YOU. We will encourage you to bring your authentic self to work, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels heard.
Feel free to note your pronouns in your application (e.g., she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).
So, ready to take the wheel and make this the ride of your life?
Delve into our culture by taking a peek at our Instagram and check out our Linkedin and website!