Country Manager - South Africa

Canva

Johannesburg, South Africa
On-site
Market builder experience
Strategic partnerships
Commercial instincts
The Country Manager role is designed to act truly local, while leveraging Canva’s global scale

Job Summary

  • The Country Manager role is designed to act truly local, while leveraging Canva’s global scale.
  • This is a player‑coach role with full accountability for user growth (MAU), revenue (ARR), and the strength of Canva’s local ecosystem.
  • Own market growth end‑to‑end, acting as the founder of Canva South Africa, setting and delivering ambitious MAU and ARR growth targets.

Matching Summary

The Country Manager role is designed to act truly local, while leveraging Canva’s global scale.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Market builder experience
  • Strategic partnerships
  • Commercial instincts
  • Founder-level ownership
  • User-obsessed
  • People leader
  • Product-minded

Nice-to-have

  • Bias to action
  • Comfort with ambiguity
  • Deep curiosity for local users
  • Able to do and lead
  • Inspire and coach teams
  • Turn insight into action
  • Influencing senior stakeholders

Key Requirements

  • Proven market builder
  • Deep partnerships experience
  • Strong commercial instincts
  • Founder-level ownership
  • User-obsessed
  • People leader
  • Product-minded
  • Analytical
  • Strong communicator
  • Values aligned

Work Rights

Not specified

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