General Manager Spain and Portugal

In this role, you will:

• Represent N26 legally and serve as the primary spokesperson for N26 in Spain, building the brand and reputation by promoting its mission, values, and goals to external audiences (customers, media, business partners, and regulatory authorities).
• Develop and implement a cross-functional country strategy in alignment with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT).
• Act as the Leader for the Spanish Bank branch, ensuring full compliance with all regulatory requirements, including legal liability and Managing Director (MD) decision rights.
• Advise the ELT and global functional leaders on strategies to increase total net contribution per market.
• Lead the Local Market team in collaboration with global divisions.
• Champion the local customer, ensuring all decisions are properly localised, and well-coordinated across local and central functions.
• Contribute to, review, and agree on country P&L forecasts, ensuring the achievement of local P&L targets through cross-functional efforts.
• Define the target organisation for the Spanish Bank branch, promoting compliance excellence by sponsoring local compliance projects.
• Generate proactive market insights (e.g., on competitors) and serve as the point of contact for all local market topics.
• Identify and lead major local business development and collaboration opportunities.
• Motivate and lead cross-functional country teams, providing input on the recruitment and performance of country employees.
• Serve as the site lead and legal representative for all local N26 entities, ensuring an excellent employee experience for local staff
  
  

What you need to be successful:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in a similar role covering strategic planning, business development, and market expansion for or in an international company preferably in a bank or other financial institution, with 5+ years in a leadership capacity 
• Deep understanding of the Spanish consumer tech and/or retail banking market
• Demonstrated experience in FinTech, consumer platforms, digital environments or financial services - even better, all of the above
• Excellent commercial and analytical skills, you can easily evaluate data and use this as a powerful force in decision making
• Outstanding analytical skills: data-driven decision making, with excellent Excel and communication skills to effectively communicate complex information
• Proven track record of effectively engaging and collaborating with key stakeholders including C-level and the ability to effectively influence cross-functional leaders and teams
• Track record of building and growing a business as well as delivering high impact projects successfully
• You are a dynamic senior spokesperson with experience in public speaking and public relations (100% fluency of the Spanish language required)
• Entrepreneurial spirit with strong customer, product and business-oriented thinking
• A solid understanding of the business case behind retail banking as well as the competitive landscape in Spain and Portugal - you know why N26 is better than its competitors and can position us against them
• A hands-on mentality, with a natural aptitude to manage competing priorities
• A strong local network, easily opening doors for N26
• You have completed a Masters degree in either Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or a related field.
  
  

What’s in it for you:

• Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe’s most talked about disruptors 🚀.
• Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget, work from home budget, discounts to fitness & wellness memberships, language apps and public transportation.
• As an N26 employee you will have access to a Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account. As well as subscriptions for friends and family members.    
• Vacation days vary depending on your location of work. Additional day of annual leave for each year of service.  
• A high degree of autonomy and access to cutting edge technologies - all while working with a friendly team of peers of diverse nationalities, life experiences and family statuses.
• A relocation package with visa support for those who need it.
  
  

Who we are:

N26 has reimagined banking for today’s digital world. Technology and design empower everything we do and it’s how we are building the global banking platform the world loves to use. We've eliminated physical branches, paperwork, and hidden fees for an elegant digital experience and supreme savings. Giving people the power to live and bank their way is what gets us out of bed in the morning and inspires the work that we do.  We are headquartered in Berlin with offices in multiple cities across Europe, including Vienna and Barcelona, and a 1,500-strong team of more than 80 nationalities.

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N26 is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.