Job Application for Revenue Optimization Lead at Blinkist

Blinkist connects people with powerful ideas from leading authors and experts to broaden perspectives, gain knowledge, and spark understanding in all areas of their life, both personal and professional.

Used by over 28 million people worldwide, Blinkist distills the key ideas from the most relevant, impactful books and podcasts. These can be read or listened to in 15-minute summaries, that we call Blinks.

Together with Go1, our parent brand, who gives organizations and their employees access to the largest curated e-learning library on the planet, we’re on a mission to reach one billion learners as we unlock positive potential through a love of learning. ✨

Scene Set

Blinkist and Go1 are united in our mission to become the premier destination for lifelong learning. Our aim is for Blinkist to lead the B2C market in its category. Already driven by profitable growth, we place monetization and maximizing returns as pillars of our growth flywheel.

Why This Role is Perfect for You

Are you an ex-founder, entrepreneur, or management consultant ready to make a significant impact? We’re seeking a dynamic and passionate Revenue Optimization Lead who is obsessed with the bottom line. You'll leverage your strategic and analytical mindset to drive decisions and execute.

Check out the interview process for this position here: https://jobs.blinkist.com/008

What You’ll Do

Innovate and Lead: Analyze and enhance our most profitable revenue-generating flywheels, devising creative strategies to boost RPU and reallocate traffic and resources to maximize profits.

Strategic Impact: Evaluate and optimize revenue levers like user acquisition, retention, and upgrades, crafting strategies that maximize our monetization potential.

Drive Growth: Identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities within these levers and execute on these within iterative daily sprints.

Market Expansion: Develop and execute market-specific plans, using diverse strategies to capture and maximize revenue in key regions.

Collaborate and Influence: Work closely with the co-founder and growth leadership team, providing results and aligning efforts to meet ambitious revenue goals.

Get hands-on: You’ll be a part of marketing, engineering and data teams actively contributing to the most important task at hand. Whether that be analysis, prototyping or launching initiatives.

What You Need to Have

Experienced in creating data-driven, customer-focused journey programs that enhance successful areas and explore new growth opportunities.
Whether from management consultancy, entrepreneurship, or a strong entrepreneurial spirit, you should bring core expertise and an insatiable curiosity and drive to learn and contribute.
Experience running, or consulting for, small to mid-size businesses, ideally in the tech space.
Successful in driving results within cross-functional teams and able to adapt communication styles to suit (ranging from junior engineers to the CFO).
Well-versed in topics such as user acquisition, pricing, subscription optimization or similar.
Knowledgeable about digital marketing and the dynamics of subscription businesses.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and make data-driven decisions
A preference for speed and pragmatism over perfection
A growth-focused mindset which is focused on delivering daily

Why Blinkist/Go1

Our unique culture of empowerment, mutual respect, and transparency has always been our defining characteristic. We support each other and carve out opportunities for every individual to develop and grow. We strongly believe that diversity powers innovation, thus we celebrate and support our differences, providing equal opportunities for employment and career growth. We embrace a flexible, remote-friendly way of working that supports different needs and lifestyles.

These are some of our most valued benefits:

30 PTO days + Wellbeing days + Learning days
Flexible approach to work
Monthly work-from-home or transport reimbursement
One time work from home office set up budget
Employee Stock Option Plan
Unlimited access to the Go1 Learning Hub and Blinkist app
Professional development fund
Volunteer leave to give back to the community
Family planning & parental leave, plus support for parents returning to work
Wellness initiatives and an Employee Assistance Program

If you choose to join our team in Berlin, you'll have access to our modern office space in Neukölln and enjoy healthy plant-based meals prepared fresh every day by our very own chef. 🥑

Apply Now

If we’ve captured your interest and you want to take part in changing the world through the power of ideas – apply now and tell us what got you excited about this opportunity.

We look forward to hearing from you! ☀️

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