MARKET MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
9 days ago
Sant Boi de Llobregat
Stark builds the world’s most powerful electric motorcycles. From the VARG MX to the road‑legal VARG EX & SM, our bikes have won world championships and are engineered to outperform any combustion engine. We’re based in Sant Boi, Barcelona and are growing fast (77% year‑on‑year), building a team that will take us even further. Si le interesa solicitar este empleo, por favor, asegúrese de cumplir los siguientes requisitos que se enumeran a continuación. About Stark Stark will become the global market leader in premium motorcycles. Building premium motorcycles requires innovation and we need your help to make us succeed. Our mission is to lead the way towards a sustainable motorcycle industry, by reducing plastic and CO2 pollution. This will be achieved by building sustainable products that are superior to traditional technology in terms of Performance, Emotion and Design. The Role Market Management Specialist role: Stark sells motorcycles globally from a single operational hub in Barcelona. The market portfolio is growing, and the way we run it is built around a centralised, lean, HQ‑first model: local presence is sales‑oriented, all operational execution lives in one place. As the portfolio grows, we are building a coordination layer to make the model scale at pace, across very different time zones, regulatory environments, and market structures. The Market Management Specialist is responsible for a portfolio of Stark markets and ensures that every function at HQ is delivering correctly for each one. You do not run Finance, Legal, IT, Operations, Logistics, or Service Support directly. The functions own that work. Your job is to keep visibility over how each market is performing, flag issues early, drive corrective action when something breaks, and make sure no market falls between the cracks of HQ teams. (Think of it as the centralised counterpart to what a country manager would do, but for several markets at once and from Barcelona.) The role reports to the Head of Global Market Management, sits inside Business Excellence at HQ in Barcelona, and is a build role: the trackers, KPIs, and review cadences for the portfolio do not exist yet. You will help create them and make them stick. What You’ll Do • Oversee a portfolio of Stark markets and ensure that all HQ functions are delivering correctly for each one., • Monitor entity health per market: invoice processing, tax filings, compliance obligations, vendor SLAs, registration renewals., • Track external service providers where used and flag SLA breaches early., • Maintain a per‑entity tracker that captures status, open items, risks, and next required actions., • Coordinate with in‑market sales resources, where they exist, on operational needs that go beyond pure sales., • Maintain working relationships with HQ counterparts across Finance, Legal, IT, Operations, Logistics, Service Support, and Sales., • Identify when tasks are falling between functions and drive corrective action with the right owner., • Serve as the single point of contact at HQ for market‑specific operational issues in the assigned portfolio., • Escalate systemic issues that affect multiple markets to the Head of Global Market Management., • Plug into market entry projects led by the GTM Manager and accept formal handover of newly activated entities., • Onboard new entities into the operational management framework from day one, applying lessons from the existing portfolio., • Coordinate local implementation of cross‑functional changes (e.g., payment flows, ERP, regulatory reporting) across the assigned markets and track adoption post‑rollout., • Provide data inputs for the regular market health review across the assigned portfolio.What You Will Bring To Stark, • Detail‑oriented and proactive: you catch issues before they escape., • Comfortable managing several markets in parallel, sometimes across very different time zones, without anything falling through the cracks., • Cross‑functional coordination instinct: you can engage with Finance, Legal, IT, Operations, Logistics, Service Support, and Sales in their own language., • Comfortable building processes and trackers from scratch where they do not exist., • Fluent English. Additional languages a plus.EXPERIENCE, • 4 to 7 years of experience in business operations, market operations, business administration, country management, or international project coordination in a scaling company., • Multi‑entity exposure in an international business., • Working knowledge of multi‑jurisdiction entity administration, VAT and compliance frameworks, or strong willingness to learn the regulatory landscape quickly.NICE TO HAVE, • Additional languages (Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Finnish)., • Direct exposure to LATAM, North American, European, or Oceania markets., • Prior exposure to centralised or shared‑service operating models., • Experience with cross‑functional process change rollouts (ERP, payment flow, regulatory reporting)., • Experience with intercompany flow management or transfer pricing operationalisation., • Familiarity with managing external service provider relationships.Why work with us?, • The chance to work on a product people are genuinely passionate about., • A fast‑growing company with real momentum., • A creative, international team based in Barcelona., • Competitive salary and benefits package., • Direct access to riders, race teams, and the product — this is not a remote‑from‑the‑product role., • Subsidised lunch in our in‑house restaurant., • Free access to our in‑house gym (including weekends)., • 30 days of paid vacation.Accessibility and Inclusion We don’t just accept difference — we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, neurodiversity, or disability, feels a true sense of belonging. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process (such as assistive technology, extra time, or a specific format), please let us know at . xcskxlj We encourage applications from underrepresented groups and are excited to see how your unique perspective can help us grow. #J-18808-Ljbffr
