Position: Country Manager
Company: Uklon
Category: Other
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper

Uklon — IT company that develops the leading ride-hailing service. We are expanding our business by opening up new countries and markets, which today is Azerbaijan.

We develop the highload product with ambitious technological challenges, continuous innovations and controversial decisions. Our work framework includes testing the new hypothesis, pushing our ideas and using the most current stack of technologies.
 
There is no finish or limit for us — we think globally. Our product changes tomorrow by adjusting today. Accept the challenge and get into the game head-to-head with the world’s titans! Let’s change the industry together!

Join us as the **Country Manager** in Baku, Azerbaijan. 

Hiring process:
1. First meeting 
2. Test task 
3. Final meeting 

**What do we offer for this position?**
● the challenge to bring the company to the international level just from scratch
● manage the budget
● new experience in ride-hailing service
● immersing in a company culture that finds each employee significant and valuable
and those, who can influence processes

**How can you influence the company’s development?**
● Lead our new branch
● Execute our launch plan and optimise it, based on local needs, opportunities and regulations
● Oversee and find cost-effective ways to improve the budget spending
● Prepare and execute launch
● Create a strategy on how to attract car fleets and private drivers and adapt it based on local specifications and insights 
● Find cost-effective ways to boost our drivers base and loyalty
● Build and manage a new team
● Run app tests on Baku’s market
● Grow the Uklon brand - represent us in the local community and media
● Advise and closely collaborate with HQ teams such as Product, Legal or Marketing to develop and execute key initiatives
● Oversee and optimise the budget spending and make sure that it is used effectively
● Participate in strategy development
● Work daily on improvements to the current strategies 
● Solve a mix of daily problems as well as set up a long-term strategy for each of the markets

**Half-a-year challenges:**
● Launch the business from scratch
● Building business processes 
● Track KPI
● Development of a business development strategy for the following years 

**To achieve the results, you need:**
● 3+ years of Expansion / Operations management experience;
● Successful experience running operations, bizdev deals;
● Experience with achieving big results with small teams;
● A business-oriented attitude, goal-oriented;
● An analytical thinker who loves to solve problems;
● A jack of many trades who feels comfortable doing anything from hiring to support to product discussions;
● Easily network with people of all backgrounds
● Upper-intermediate level of English

**Preferred skills:** 
● Experience in sharing economy, tech business, transport industry, startup or dynamic high-growth company
● Experience in product launches or running a business

**What are the terms of cooperation?**
● 8-hour working day, from 09 to 18
● cooperation in accordance with the legislation of Azerbaijan 

**How do we boost your skills in Uklon?**
● knowledge sharing among the teams (lectures, trainings, mentorship programs)
● attending webinars, lectures with the participation of company speakers, etc. 

If you want to work in a driving and ambitious product company focused on the development and global expansion, interested in applying the latest technologies and are ready to increase your expertise, join the Uklon team.

WE DRIVE!