‍The role

The GM of United Kingdom is at the heart of all things Headout in the region - from strategy to sales, to partnerships, to marketing, to PR, to legal, to finance and everything in between. In this role, you will be the primary voice and ambassador of our United Kingdom business. You will be responsible for building a team of 8-10 and growing our business to 100s of millions of dollars within the next 24 months. This role requires someone who is strategic, moves fast, detail-oriented, and is a proven team leader.

This job is a high-stakes poker game and the buck stops with you. The combination of skills needed makes this an especially hard role to find the right person. Therein lie the challenges and the opportunity.

What makes this role special?

• Build. You'll have your fingerprints all over Headout's presence in the region. You'll do whatever it takes to launch quickly, get 1% better every day, and scale something completely new. This means everything from high-level strategy to nitty-gritty operational details - from what cities or regions to launch next, to something as specific as ensuring the title of an experience really communicates the essence of it.
• Lead. Recruit, lead & retain a world-class team of builders and owners. As a leader, you are a culture carrier. The tone starts with you.
• Own. From first principles, you'll build and iterate on the optimal strategy & vision for Headout in UK and Ireland. You will drive growth and directly manage the overall P&L.
• Collaborate. You'll work with a cross-functional team, including engineering, product, design, operations, finance, and marketing to build the business in this part of the world.
• Manage. This role requires an experienced manager. You will be building and overseeing a large team, responsible for motivating and empowering them to scale the business.

What skills and experience do you need?

• You are a leader. You have 5+ years of people management experience leading people leaders (managing leaders with direct reports). You know how to create a trust environment by providing ongoing constructive, actionable feedback for your team and fostering an open climate for communication.
• You solve problems from first principles. You're excited to solve problems in innovative ways, and you resist "this is how it's always been done" thinking.
• You're equally comfortable operating at 10,000 feet and 1 foot. You don't hesitate to get in the weeds and operate at the lowest level of detail, but you're just as comfortable thinking long-term and inspiring a team. No job is beneath you.
• You're unafraid of ambiguity. Rapid change and learning is exciting to you, and you thrive in ambiguous, startup environments.
• You're accountable - You want to lead the outcome and positively shape our most important metrics. You have experience leading projects, hitting goals, and succeeding in a team environment.
• You're analytical. You let data win arguments, and you're comfortable pulling your own data in SQL or modeling in Excel.
• You're relentless. You roll up your sleeves and do whatever it takes to make things successful.
• You have 7+ years of experience. You've succeeded in high-performance cultures (whether in tech, operations, strategy, consulting, banking, logistics, military or a related experience).

Bonus

• You have experience starting or scaling a startup that hit some meaningful inflection points.
• You have a demonstrated interest in things that lie at the intersection of marketplaces, travel, events, people and all things experiential.
• You have spent a considerable amount of time in the UK and really understand the market's pulse.