Head of Marketing & Distribution

Description

Company Description

BlaBlaCar’s vision is to bring fairness, freedom and fraternity to the world of travel.

BlaBlaCar was created in 2006 with one dream in mind: fill the millions of empty seats on the road to create an efficient, affordable and friendly way to travel. Today, our global, trusted community counts 75 million members in 22 countries, enabling a smarter, large scale and truly sustainable transport network. 

Born from a simple idea of people sharing their rides, BlaBlaCar’s ambition is to become the go-to marketplace for shared road mobility. We offer long distance carpooling service, a commuting carpooling service, and since 2018  a marketplace bus service too. A filled bus emits one third of the emissions per passenger kilometer as an average car. So we want to fill those seats too! 

In 2018, 84 million travellers used BlaBlaCar globally saving 1.6 million tons of CO2. Meanwhile we enabled human connections, bringing people closer together in more ways than one with 87% of members say that carpooling is an enriching experience. 

BlaBlaCar offers a truly and unique international environment with a team counting 35 nationalities,  serving a global member-base from 8 offices in Berlin, Kiev, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris (HQ), São Paulo, Warsaw. English is the official spoken language across BlaBlaCar. We are privately-held and founder-led. Our team of 500 employees is entrepreneurial, passionate, and fundamentally mission-driven. 

Job Description

As BlaBlaCar pursues its ambitious development in France & Benelux on carpooling, buses and commuting, we need to increase the awareness, adoption, and distribution of all three products.

As Head of Marketing & Distribution, you will lead the following teams & topics:

• Local Marketing

• Offline Distribution

• Pricing & commercial animation

You will report to the General Manager France & Benelux, and work very closely with the VP Marketing & her teams.

What you will be responsible for:

• Owning local marketing strategy and budget and following the execution of campaigns against the brands seasonal key stories and local objectives for France & Benelux : including but not limited to marketing plans development, budget management and spend optimization, channels strategy, local media buy, negotiation with local OTAs. Includes both offline & online, both acquisition & retention (managing a team of ~5+)

• Owning the commercial animation of the France & Benelux lines (synchronizing all marketing channels to tactically promote certain destinations at very specific times) and the pricing of both bus & carpool businesses

• Accompanying, animating, and optimising network of B2B offline distribution of bus tickets in France & Benelux (managing a team of ~3+)

Qualifications

What you will need to be successful:

• A minimum of 7 years of proven marketing experience, both online & offline, ideally in a high-growth environment

• Strategic ability that ensures projects deliver against business objectives

• Proven ability to successfully develop and execute major multi-channel marketing campaigns

• Very strong data and analytical skills

• Proven experience in team management

• Strong cross-functional leadership skills.

• Proactive, hard-working and solutions-oriented

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Native level of French, fluent in English

Additional Information

A few practical details about the role

• Start: As soon as you are ready!

• Location: Paris

• Contract: Permanent contract 

• Compensation: Competitive package based on experience

What we offer all of our employees:

• The opportunity to have a meaningful impact, building a CO2-saving global travel network enabling strong human connections too. 

• A strong “Fun & Serious” company culture  

• An international environment with a team counting 35 nationalities,  serving a global member-base from 8 offices around the world (Berlin, Kiev, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris (HQ), São Paulo, Warsaw)

• State-of-the-art office spaces, in a great location

And some other great perks!

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

• Annual BlaBlaBreak which takes us all for an unforgettable weekend

• Possibility to work from another BlaBlaOffice abroad for a week once a year (BlaBlaSwap)

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• A start-up spirit grounded in agility & teamwork 

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

• Bi-Weekly team-all BlaBlaTalks to learn from each other

• Weekly Tech Demos, so that we’re all up to date with where our product stands 

What is next?

If you are ready to join our exciting journey, please apply below: upload your resume in English (PDF format) and and any relevant content that you'd like to share, explaining why you'd like to join.

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 2 weeks. If your application and profile fit our requirements, we will invite you for an analytical test followed by 2/3 interview sessions and a business case.

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