Head of Marketing

About Wahed Invest

Wahed is a New York headquartered FinTech firm with global subsidiaries in London, Dubai, and Mumbai. It is the first automated Shari’ah complaint investment platform in the world. Wahed's mission is to provide an safe, reliable, and truly automated Shari’ah compliant investment vehicle to Islamic investors across the globe.

Job Description

The Head of Marketing is ultimately in charge of maximizing client adoption of Wahed’s products and services globally and at a very fast pace. This includes assessing demand and prioritizing markets/ client segments, defining go to market strategies and key partnerships to be secured. Delivering well in this role especially requires strong analytical, quantitative and management skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and adapt the marketing plan
• Assess priority markets’ demand
• Define best go to market strategies and tactics based on product readiness and priority segments to focus on
• Assess and secure key partnerships in each market
• Monitor and improve marketing performance including:
• Customer service and satisfaction
• Competitive position
• Providing timely feedback for products and services development
• Set growth and performance benchmarks. Establish and maintain performance analytics and dashboards
• Manage the annual marketing budget creation and deployment
• Lead and manage multiple teams in different geographies:
• Implements discipline and analytical rigor in marketing and sales process
• Liaise with the Board
• Liaise directly with the Board of Directors through reporting

Required Skills

• Deep knowledge of the startup "scene” and strong interest in tech products
• Analytical capabilities
• Quantitative skills
• Result orientation
• Strong management skills in multicultural environments
• Hard worker and strong work ethics
• practical mindset with a creative business acumen and lead people through complex marketing operations.
• Bachelor's degree a must; MBA a plus.
• 7+ years of experience building and leading significant growth-oriented marketing teams

Function/Role

Marketing

City

Dubai

Country

UAE