EMEA Strategy & Operations Lead: Market Entry & Growth

Firstwork; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Firstwork is building a European expansion and you will own the European market entry plan alongside the CEO and Chief of Staff, including sequencing, entity setup and winning first customers. You’ll work in the Office of the CEO and collaborate across Finance, Legal and GTM teams to shape the board materials and investor communications.

The role requires 4–8 years in top-tier strategy or related roles, ability to model ambiguous problems, and experience across multiple European markets with a

Qualifications

• 4–8 years in tier one strategy consulting, investment banking, private equity, or a strategy role inside a company growing fast.
• Ability to take an ambiguous question, build the model behind it, and write the two pages the board will actually read.
• Experience across more than one European market, and a European language beyond English.
• A bias to finishing. Getting the entity live counts. Writing the recommendation doesn’t.

Responsibilities

• Own the European market entry plan, from sequencing and targets through to entity setup and first customers
• Build board, investor and strategic partner material with the CEO and Chief of Staff
• Support the private equity relationships and the pipeline running through their portfolio companies, including the preparation and the follow-through
• Run pricing, packaging and competitive analysis for the region
• Set the operating cadence for the European team, meaning planning, metrics and the weekly rhythm
• Localise go-to-market with Sales, Marketing and Product, covering messaging, contracts and how we position on compliance
• Pick up the projects the Office of the CEO needs done properly and nobody owns

Skills

Strategy consulting

Financial modeling

European market experience

AI & automation mindset

Job description

Firstwork is building a European expansion and you will own the European market entry plan alongside the CEO and Chief of Staff, including sequencing, entity setup and winning first customers. You’ll work in the Office of the CEO and collaborate across Finance, Legal and GTM teams to shape the board materials and investor communications.

The role requires 4–8 years in top-tier strategy or related roles, ability to model ambiguous problems, and experience across multiple European markets with a