Head of Business Unit - CDI - Paris
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This year marks 10 years since we launched the idea that simplifying our customers' lives is possible by offering an innovative solution that allows them to easily subscribe to, manage, and switch all types of contracts through a unique and intuitive platform.
In that time, we have supported more than 1.5 million customers in France, Spain, and Italy, while investing in new verticals and positioning ourselves as a highly efficient, innovative, and competitive scale-up in a rapidly growing market.
With over 900 employees across 3 locations, we are solidifying our position as a market leader in Europe. We are always on the lookout for talent ready to join a dedicated and motivated team driven by a meaningful project. Working with us means embracing a culture of excellence, innovation, and real impact.
To move a step further towards this vision and provide clients with an increasingly integrated and seamless experience, we recently created a new business unit offering our own energy contracts and originated a new energy provider on the French market: Papernest Energie.
This launch has been successful and we are looking for a Head of Business Unit to take responsibility for the overall management of Papernest Energie, including ownership of the P&L and launch of any offer expansion initiative.
Your missions:
- Own all aspects of the activity (strategic, financial, technical, legal, etc.)
- Ensure achievement of P&L targets
- Generate initiatives and coordinate related efforts to improve key metrics
Driving your own business unit P&L, you are empowered to make a strategic impact for papernest. You will report to Damien Theis (Chief New Business Unit). This is a true and rare entrepreneurial opportunity!
Your responsibilities:
- Handling the strategic vision and the overall roadmap,
- Your own business unit P&L, business plan and resource allocation, based on a top down and operational view of the business,
- Managing scale through structured and rigorous project management, coordinating inside and outside of BU teams,
- Defining product roadmap with Product and Tech teams based on your in depth & 360° understanding of the business and strategy, and develop a detailed understanding of product architecture,Coordination with Data, CRM, Operations and Finance teams,
Your profile:
- Degree from a top-tier business or engineering school,
- 3+ years of professional experience, ideally in a strategy consulting firm or in the energy sector,
- Strong analytical skills,
- Great structuring & problem solving skills,
- Pragmatic approach
- Entrepreneurial spirit: need a get it done mindset,
- Capacity to oversee, understand and manage a wide variety of subjects and activities (customer care, financial modeling, tech, legal, admin, sourcing, etc.),
- Fluent in French
What We Offer You:
Evolve in an international and inclusive environment: Everyone has a place at papernest, and with over 46 nationalities, it’s common to start a sentence in French and finish it in English or Spanish!
💸 Compensation: receive Subscription Bonuses for Company Creators (BSPCE) from your first day, in line with company regulations.
🏆 Benefits: as a provider of home insurance and green energy, we offer our employees attractive deals. After all, it shouldn’t be just our clients who benefit!
🩺 Health: enjoy mutual health insurance through Alan, offering simple, paper-free management of your healthcare expenses, with 50% covered by papernest.
🍽️ Meals: access the Swile card for meal vouchers valued at €9 per working day, with 50% covered by papernest. Plus, enjoy breakfast every Tuesday at the office, a fully stocked Ideal Garden refrigerator, and discounted rates at partner restaurants for healthy, balanced meals.
📚 Training: your growth is our priority. You’ll have continuous training aligned with your goals, whether in technical, language, or managerial skills.
📈 Career Development: numerous opportunities await you to deepen your expertise or explore new directions. We’re here to support your professional goals.
✨ Remote Work: take advantage of 2 remote work days per week to enhance your focus and productivity.
⚖️ Legal Advice: access the Ekie solution for dedicated legal and tax advice, helping you manage all your procedures with peace of mind!
Hiring process:
- First call with a member of the Talent acquisition team,
- First interview with Damien, Chief New Business Uni,
- Excel test and Business case to prepare and restitute to Damien and members of the team during 1h meeting,
- Interview with Philippe, co founder and CEO,
- References call
Interested in this challenge? 🙂
Don’t hesitate any longer—we look forward to meeting you! Regardless of your age, gender, background, religion, sexual orientation, or disability, there’s a place for you with us. Our selection processes are designed to be inclusive, and our work environment is adapted to everyone’s needs.
We particularly encourage applications from women. Even if you feel that you don’t meet all the criteria outlined in this job posting, please know that every application is valuable. We strongly believe that diverse and varied backgrounds enrich our team, and we will carefully consider your application. Parity and diversity are essential assets to our success.
- Locations
- Paris
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
Paris
About papernest
Founded in 2015, papernest is a French startup and member of the French Tech 120, which helps individuals manage their contracts and subscriptions on a daily basis.
Our platform enables individuals to combine, terminate and subscribe to all their housing contracts - electricity, gas, internet box, mobile, home insurance - in just a few clicks.
Today, housing contracts; tomorrow, all those of daily life: transport, streaming, gyms, etc. papernest's ambition is to become the platform from which anyone can centralise, optimise and terminate all their subscriptions.
Since 2015, papernest has grown considerably: more than 1M customers, 1000 employees, 4 markets in Europe and offices in Paris, Barcelona, Reims and Warsaw.
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