EMEA Strategy & Growth Lead

Firstwork; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Firstwork seeks a strategic leader to own the European market entry plan, coordinating with the CEO and Chief of Staff to sequence targets, set up entities, and secure first customers.

You will develop board and investor materials, support PE relationships, and drive pricing, partnerships, and go-to-market localization across two continents. This role offers rapid learning and ownership from day one.

Qualifications

• Four to eight years in tier one strategy consulting, investment banking, private equity, or a strategy role inside a fast-growing company.
• 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.
• Bias to finishing; getting the entity live counts. Writing the recommendation doesn’t.
• Range to be useful to a PE partner, a CFO and a Head of Operations in the same conversation.
• Habit of reaching for AI and automation before spreadsheets and headcount.

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 private equity relationships and the pipeline through portfolio companies, including preparation and follow-through
• Run pricing, packaging and competitive analysis for the region
• Set the operating cadence for the European team, including planning, metrics and weekly rhythm
• Localise go-to-market with Sales, Marketing and Product, covering messaging, contracts and compliance positioning
• Pick up projects Office of the CEO needs done properly and no one else owns

Job description

Firstwork seeks a strategic leader to own the European market entry plan, coordinating with the CEO and Chief of Staff to sequence targets, set up entities, and secure first customers.

You will develop board and investor materials, support PE relationships, and drive pricing, partnerships, and go-to-market localization across two continents. This role offers rapid learning and ownership from day one.