About us

First Circle is the first fintech SME lender in SE Asia. Our proprietary IP empowers businesses with fast, convenient, and cost-effective financing as we develop a $50bn+ opportunity in the region. Our team is led by ex-Goldman, McKinsey, and Morgan Stanley management. We are supported by a global impact & VC investor-base and an advisory board of industry experts.

The role

As we scale, we require a VP of Growth to lead our strategic and tactical growth across partnerships, marketing, and product development.

This is a key role and will report directly to the CEO and operate as a fully integrated member of the leadership team.

Your main activities will be:

• Growth strategy: define the growth objectives with the CEO; ownership of growth strategy for customer engagement, acquisition, and retention
• Product, channel, scale: measure product-market fit, product channel fit, and scale performing channels; set key data markers and performance metrics to measure the customer lifecycle and grow demand for our products
• Prioritise growth initiatives & product changes: creatively design new methods of lead generation; optimise user acquisition funnel; develop customer retention & referral methods; lead your digital marketing execution team
• Establish and maintain data resources: infrastructure which enables analysis of user behaviour, scientific experimentation, and engagement

This is an incredibly challenging and interesting opportunity for the right individual to gain a unique insight into the fintech world in the dynamic and fast-paced emerging market economies.

Beyond personal growth and development, you will play a lead role in supporting SME growth throughout the region. Sustainable capital provision enables businesses to prosper, expand, and improve the livelihoods of the SME owner and their employees – lasting impact on vertical mobility for millions of people.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in growing a company
• Experience in data analytics to retrieve, manipulate, and visualise customer and marketing data
• Creative & strategic thinker with an ability to lead innovative projects from conceptualisation through to execution in a timely manner
• Ability to draft and lead sales training for initial training continuous skill development of your team
• Data-driven to test and learn across multiple
• Strong individual leadership & sales skills
• Adaptable to new and fast-changing environments
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a team player with a hands-on approach
• Driven to transform economies through sustainable high-impact capital provision
• Motivated by learning in high-growth environment