Growth Marketing Lead (CMO) - German Speaker

Are you passionate about marketing, love to develop strategies, and enjoy inspiring people with creative campaigns? Would you like to work in a dynamic, growth-oriented B2B SaaS company where every day is different? Then you are exactly what we're looking for!

Who are we?

ahead is a spin-off company from isolutions, created with a bold vision: to transform the way organizations connect and collaborate. Our modern intranet platform empowers companies to bring people, knowledge, and communication together in one intuitive digital workspace. Backed by years of experience and innovation, we're building the future of work-one connected team at a time.

How your day will look like

• Marketing strategy & positioning: You develop and are responsible for a measurable, scalable marketing strategy focused on growth in the DACH region, targeted along the customer journey and coordinated with our sales team. Managing the Operations Handover process to ensure smooth transitions from project delivery to ongoing operations.
• Sales pipeline development: You design and manage effective demand generation measures (allbound campaigns) to generate qualified leads and significantly fill our pipeline.
• Funnel & conversion optimization: You analyze and optimize the entire demand and lead generation - from website visit to SQL - with clear KPIs, ongoing testing culture and focus on efficiency.
• Budget & ROI responsibility: You manage the marketing budget, manage external service providers and ensure a data-driven decision-making basis to improve ROI and CAC.
• Revenue & Sales Alignment: You work closely with the sales team, define common KPIs, establish structured handover processes and translate marketing activities into concrete revenue targets.
• Brand & thought leadership: You position ahead as the leading provider of modern intranet solutions in German-speaking countries - with targeted campaigns, co-marketing initiatives and creative formats on LinkedIn, events and in the media.

Your Profile

• Proven experience in the B2B SaaS environment: at least 5 years of experience in growth marketing, ideally with concrete successes and the ability to increase conversion rates and reduce CAC.
• Excellent analytical skills: Confident using marketing automation tools (e.g. HubSpot), Google Analytics and BI platforms, as well as strong knowledge of measuring and optimizing KPIs and performance metrics.
• Strategic thinking and operational drive: You combine strategic vision with a hands-on mentality and can react quickly to market changes to capitalize on growth opportunities and scale processes.
• Strong communication and leadership skills: Business fluent in German and English; ability to communicate convincingly both internally and externally.
• Results orientation & sales focus: You understand marketing as an integral driver of sales growth, take responsibility for the direct contribution to sales targets and have a strong mindset for continuous optimization and innovation.
• Native or fluent level of German (at least C1/C2).

What we offer

• Shaping the future: A highly motivated working environment in a dynamic and innovative team.
• Hybrid work: Flexible working - at home (remote) or in our state-of-the-art offices in Barcelona.
• Workation: Up to 6 weeks of remote work within the EU.
• Trust and freedom: We value passionate people who want to help think and create. want to be involved. You will be given a lot of freedom to shape your day-to-day work.
• Satisfied customers: A strong and trusting customer base that appreciates our work.
• Flat hierarchies: Close collaboration with the founding team and short decision-making paths.
• Career opportunities: Diverse development opportunities in a growing company.
• Further training: Active support for your professional development - with access to training and further education opportunities.
• Modern work equipment: We provide Apple devices (MacBooks) and offer regular vouchers for technical upgrades

How to find out if this is the next step of your career

1. Short Introductory Video
2. Discovery call with HR
3. Review Documents
4. Structured Interview (1h)
5. Role-specific assessment (3h)
6. Reference Interview
7. Conclusion of contract
8. Onboarding

Our commitment: to give you feedback on each step, both in positive and negative cases.