General Manager
Job description
General Manager of Doit Lithuania, a first senior hire who will build and run the investment business in Lithuania and grow it across the European Economic Area. The role owns the regulatory relationship, team build, partner network and launch, and sits on the management board.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · 3 days/week in office · Vilnius, Lithuania
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Own the relationship with the Bank of Lithuania and other regulators.
- Build the Vilnius team, including compliance, operations and control functions.
- Select and negotiate with execution, custody, fund and banking partners.
- Own the business plan, financial projections, capital plan and budget.
- Launch the investment platform in Lithuania and roll it out across the EEA.
- Set up governance, policies and controls that meet EU and Lithuanian requirements.
- Work with group leadership on product, engineering and growth.
- Report to the board and take ownership of business and regulatory outcomes.
What we're looking for
- Generalist background in consulting, investment banking, start-ups, private equity or venture capital.
- Experience building or scaling a business, ideally in financial services or fintech.
- Strong problem-solving skills and business judgment.
- Ability to learn regulation quickly and work credibly with regulators.
- Strong ownership and execution skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with boards, regulators, partners and teams.
- Comfortable working across product, operations, finance and compliance.
- A clean record and good reputation, suitable for regulatory approval as a senior manager.
- Based in Lithuania, or open to relocating to Lithuania.
- Curious, resourceful, and driven to build.
- Strong English communication is required.
- You must be a European citizen or already hold a valid right to work in Lithuania.
Nice to have
- Lithuanian language ability.
- An existing working relationship with the Bank of Lithuania.
- Experience with MiFID II, brokerage, wealth management or fund distribution.
- Experience building or running a regulated financial business in the EU.
How to get hired
- 1Online assessment or practical task
- 2Role-specific interview
- 3CEO / final round
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About Bjak
We are focused on reinventing how people spend, save, invest, exchange, travel, and more. Our objective is to build tools that will help people get more from their money and become an expert at ease. In 2019, we built the first mobile-first insurance platform, enabling insurance to be accessible online by millions in the region. Today, it's the leading insurance platform in Southeast Asia.
Mission
We believe AI will help make finance smart, accessible and safe.
Key facts
- Teams working around the world, with over 20 nationalities and growing from offices and remotely.
- Built the first mobile-first insurance platform in 2019.
- Leading insurance platform in Southeast Asia.
What they value
- Work for passion, not counting hours
- Love building great next-generation products, not status quo
- Care about redefining how everyone around us can get the best financial applications, not for an exclusive few