General Manager (fast-track leadership program)

At Bending Spoons, we’re striving to build one of the all-time great companies. A company that serves a huge number of customers, where team members grow to their full potential, and functions at unparalleled levels of effectiveness and efficiency while adhering to high ethical standards.

To achieve this objective, we execute the following strategy: First, we acquire a digital business with untapped potential and make it successful by leveraging our platform—which comprises our expertise, technologies, data, brand, talents, and company culture. Then, we invest the proceeds into making our platform more powerful and into acquiring new businesses. This strategy combines an investor’s attention to capital allocation with the hands-on approach of an operator.

For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at Bending Spoons is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress their career at an exceptionally high rate. After an intensive training period of six to twelve months, you’ll take on a leadership role—either as the sole leader or co-leader—of a business unit generating revenue in the tens of millions of dollars at a minimum, with the potential to increase your level of responsibility to the hundreds of millions over time. You’ll report directly to our CEO.

Responsibilities:

• Drive strategy: Develop and execute bold, data-informed strategies focused on unlocking new levels of value for the company.
• Lead an outstanding team: Lead a high-performing team composed of some of the most talented professionals, making tough decisions to uphold excellence.
• Operate at the sharp end of the industry: We’re one of the highest-rated employers in tech and finance, with products having hundreds of millions of users.

What we look for:

• Leadership: Outstanding work experience in highly challenging roles and environments, demonstrating exceptional performance and outlier growth.
• Drive: Extremely ambitious, with initiative, effort, and tenacity matching the intensity of ambition.
• Reasoning ability: Ability to solve complex problems, think from first principles, and structure ideas sharply.
• Team spirit: Generous support for the best idea, reliability, honesty, and transparency.
• Proficiency in English: Proficient in reading, writing, and speaking English.

What we offer:

• An exceptional opportunity for growth, with Spooners in their 20s leading products worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
• Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams working in small, result-oriented, autonomous groups.
• Competitive pay and access to equity in the company, with packages designed to attract and retain top professionals.
• All benefits including flexible hours, remote working, unlimited backing for learning and training, top-of-the-market health insurance, a rich relocation package, generous parental support, and a yearly retreat to a stunning location.

Bending Spoons is a demanding environment: We’re extremely ambitious and we ask a lot of ourselves and one another. While this leads to fantastic learning, achievements, and career growth, it requires a significant commitment. If you like the role and are ready to give your very best, don’t hesitate to apply.

The selection process: If you pass our screening, we’ll ask you to take on a few tests that assess how you approach unfamiliar problems. If successful, we’ll invite you to a series of interviews. Bending Spoons is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, considering any applicant and providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.

Studies suggest that women tend not to apply for a job if their CV isn’t a perfect fit. Here, talent takes precedence over experience. So if you like the role and think you could be awesome at it in time, go ahead and apply.