New Venture Lead

Dogs, cats, budgies and everything in between - pets deserve the world. They make us want to be better humans. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to build the most engaged and passionate community of pets and pet parents across the world. And we’re looking for talented team mates who can help us do it.

Founded in Sydney, our team of 500+ pet obsessives span Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. We’ve scaled to become one of Australia's top five eComm companies and the no.1 online pet store. But we’re just getting started. Like a whippet who’s spotted their mate across the dog park, our growth is only going to accelerate, as we continue to disrupt the way that pet parents shop.

Excitingly, the pet industry is booming (as in $15 billion kind of booming) and online pet retail is set to grow exponentially in the next five years. So this is a unique career opportunity to be part of our epic growth story.

The opportunity

Are you passionate about pets and their well-being? Are you ready to dive into an industry where health-conscious choices for our furry companions are taking the spotlight? We are building and scaling new pet businesses and are looking for a Venture and Growth Strategy Lead to further scale the growth.

This is a unique opportunity to flex your entrepreneurial muscles and build new businesses with the backing of a hugely successful pet business. You’ll need to be simultaneously performance-led while creative and be both hands on and strategic.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own a P&L, results and growth targets
• Define, assess, develop and launch additional new business opportunities
• Own and lead key cross business and 3rd party relationships
• Own and manage all growth channels and marketing platforms
• Develop, report and track key goals milestones
• Continuously improve the offering and the experience for pet parents
  
  

The ideal toolbox

• You’ve got experience and are highly proficient at a number of the following (ideally all!) - developing business strategy, managing the full P+L and commercials of a business, managing marketing performance and creative implementation.
• You have a high learning appetite with the ability to flex between topics and absorb new knowledge quickly
• You may have worked in a strategy consulting firm and have an appetite for launching and owning new ventures OR you have already worked in a scale up environment and haven a proven ability to balance strategy, commercial and operating outcomes
• You have built something before; this might be a side hustle, a business, an app or an initiative (in a professional capacity or outside of work)
• You’re interested (and potentially experienced) in how to bring a brand to life. You have your finger on the pulse in terms of creative branding, what is trending in the market and what makes pet customers tick
• Self-motivated with strong project management skills; you’re organised, highly driven and able to set and work to your own deadlines
• Gravitas to clearly and consistently work side-by-side with a broad range of functions, senior leaders and third parties to achieve exceptional outcomes
• Humble leadership and collaboration style; you inspire by doing and are willing to seek out and receive advice and input from others
• Adept at using data to inform decision making; from quantitative industry and consumer data to customer research and other qualitative data points
• You are hands on and enjoy working through problems. You have a preference to do the work rather than outsource
• You are a pet lover! You have owned pets before (or have been very close to them) and are exceptionally passionate about giving them the very best quality of life
  
  

Role location

We believe that building connections and collaborating as Pet Circlers is super important. So this role is based in Sydney with a hybrid arrangement of 3 days per week in our pet friendly offices (your pet might love coming to the office even more than you). This is subject to change in line with business requirements.

Juicy perks

• Heaps of development opportunities - stretch projects, secondments and unlimited learning courses via Go1
• Flexible working environment
• Up to 50% employee discount
• Product sample giveaways
• Pawrental leave and wellbeing leave
• Team charity volunteer days
• Classpass subsidy
  
  

Why Join?

We Reckon Our Mission To Help The World Pet Better Is An Important One, But Also An Incredibly Fun And Rewarding One. Becoming a Pet Circler Means You’re Committed To Help Shape An Entire Industry - It’s Pretty Exciting Stuff. Here’s What We Stand For

• We're better together
• We operate with humble hearts and hungry minds
• Pets matter' so pets and pet parents always have a seat at our table
• We're instinctively curious. Always.
  
  

Belong at Pet Circle

Our unique perspectives and expertise is our superpower - we value diversity in all forms. So, no matter your background, please apply if this role makes you excited to bring your full self to work each day.