Expansion Manager US

Recharge.com is a fully digital, hyper-growth scale-up of Dutch origin. What started as an idea to digitize assets in 2003 grew into a worldwide fintech scale-up with a turnover of 300 million. Following a recent capital injection of €22 million by tech investor Prime Ventures, they are now expanding and future-proofing their global footprint. The US has been identified as an important growth market.

About Recharge.com

Whether you’re after a prepaid credit card, crypto currencies, new credits for your mobile phone while you’re abroad or online credit for A-brands such as iTunes, Netflix, Spotify, iTunes, Playstation or Amazon  – Recharge.com is the international one-stop-shop for all digital value products. Globally, they are the first global platform in the industry, giving them the first-mover advantage. Their partners are international A-brands in a wide range of categories, including app stores, gaming platforms, online shops, prepaid credit card providers, and mobile top-ups.  

“The team consists of over 120 international, go-getting Rechargers. What unites us is our mission to help everyone worldwide to buy, send or exchange digital value as simply and safely as possible – anytime, anywhere.” – Günther Vogelpoel, CEO

In recent years, the scale-up expanded quickly in terms of products, channels, and markets. As a result of the global COVID measures, no one can ignore the relevance of the proposition and the company’s growth is accelerating even further. They currently operate in over 150 markets around the world and processing millions of online transactions. The recent capital injection of €22 million by tech investor Prime Ventures enables the company to accelerate its global growth even more. As a result, they hiring two additional Expansion Managers, focusing on the US and the EU.

Vacancy: Expansion Manager US

Expansion Manager US is a highly entrepreneurial role within Recharge.com with full P&L responsibility for the US market. The objective is to create significant growth in the US in all categories. Noteworthy categories include Call Credit (focusing on a cross-border support proposition for immigrant communities) and the newly launched Entertainment and Gaming products. The Expansion Manager will also be in charge of leveraging the multi-category app and/or launching new products for the US market. 

Full ownership of the US market means the Expansion Manager will drive consumer research, competitor analysis, defining the market-entry or growth strategy, localizing the proposition and assortment, defining the channel mix, introducing new propositions or categories, running commercial activities, budget management, performance optimization and collaborating with Business Intelligence and Business Development. Understanding the market, consumers and competitors is essential in order to develop a great commercial plan and lead the way to success in the US. 

From acquisition to retention, from reducing bounce rate to increasing acceptance rate and from channel mix to commercial offers, the Expansion Manager will always be on the lookout for business opportunities to grow. The Expansion Manager will report to the Director of Online Marketing & New Markets Growth. 

“This role is really about building the country strategy, reviewing the position in a defined market, and making it happen. In some aspects, the organization is very mature and advanced, whereas in other aspects, it’s grassroots. As well as the brains to build new processes, you’ll need the ability to convincing a wide variety of people to embrace them.” – Paul Proisy, Global Director of Online Marketing and New Markets Growth

In order to hit the ground running, candidates will need impeccable analytical skills, an entrepreneurial mindset, a commercial focus, deep knowledge of online marketing and e-commerce, and project and stakeholder management skills.

Interested? 

Recharge.com is working with Top of Minds to fill this vacancy.
To express your interest, please contact Florentine van de Loo at florentine.vandeloo@topofminds.com.