Founding Head of Growth - (Nigeria applicants)
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via Ashby
About this role
Role Overview
Swoop, founded by Thiel Fellow Aubrey Niederhoffer, recently raised a $7.3M seed round—the largest ever by an African consumer startup—to build an African super-app, starting with food delivery. Backed by Long Journey, Variant, Version One, Soma Capital, and Dune Ventures, Swoop is already the largest food delivery provider in Eswatini and is scaling rapidly across the continent.
We’re looking for a Founding Head of Growth based in Lagos to own our marketing budget and strategy end to end—across digital advertising, store-driven growth, OOH, and emerging channels. You’ll work directly with our CEO and local marketing teams on the ground. This is a hands-on founding role at a rapidly growing company operating in your market.
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