At Avito, we are looking for a Head of Strategic Development for Avito Work.
Avito Work is the leading job search resource in Russia for mass professions. Every year, more than 1.5 million employers post vacancies on the platform. We aim to become the platform of first choice for recruitment, making it easier for employers to find suitable candidates and for job seekers to find suitable work.
Currently, Avito Work is developing three areas: classifieds, transactional business, and HR-tech.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Developing and updating the vertical's strategy;
- Identifying growth points and justifying strategic initiatives;
- Creating and updating a long-term financial model;
- Managing approved initiatives in cross-functional teams, including bringing ideas to MVP and forming rollout roadmaps;
- Defining areas of responsibility and tasks for involved business units;
- Supporting the strategic planning process for the vertical and its key directions;
- Conducting benchmarking and regularly updating category strategies;
- Evaluating the attractiveness of initiatives and developing financial models in collaboration with the finance team.
Requirements:
- At least 2 years of experience in a strategic or business function at a large tech company;
- Experience in Big 3 or Big 4 consulting firms;
- At least 5 years of experience managing working groups involving different functional teams;
- Proactively manage expectations of the manager and stakeholders;
- Experience defending strategy at the C-level;
- Possess financial modeling skills;
- Fluent English at the Upper-Intermediate level.
Working at Avito means:
- The opportunity to influence the development of the business and product;
- Diverse tasks: analyzing user behavior, identifying growth points, building frameworks, and developing data infrastructure;
- Access to high-quality data, powerful tools, and necessary hardware — everything is set up for productive work;
