Nordics Lead

Location: Team Leadership

Team: Country Stockholm / Sweden

About the Role

At Canva, we create tools that empower the world to design, with a mission to democratize design and unleash creativity for anyone, anywhere, on every platform. Inspired by our talented thinkers, remarkable culture, and explosive growth—from 220 million active users across 190 countries creating over 15 billion designs—we're just getting started on changing the world, one design at a time. Join our International Team as Nordics Lead in Stockholm, where you'll spearhead user growth, brand affinity, and revenue in the Nordics market, partnering with our diverse supergroup of marketers, growth experts, and specialists. In this onsite leadership role, you'll be the entrepreneurial force owning the multi-year strategy for MAUs and ARR, uniting local and global teams across Marketing, Growth, Product, Partnerships, Content, SEO, Education, Community, Sales, NFP, PR, Finance, and Strategy. Dive deep into Nordics market dynamics to localize our design platform—optimizing product features, content, pricing, and packaging for knowledge workers, SMBs, students, startups, NGOs, and beyond. Lead and coach your in-market team with Canva's collaborative spirit, shape bold marketing budgets, and become Canva's public face through press, events, and high-value sponsorships in enterprise, education, and government. Our design-focused, innovative culture thrives on high emotional intelligence, bold ideas, and genuine excitement for empowering creators. If you're a proven market builder with SaaS growth chops, analytical obsession, product passion, and a networked presence in the Nordics—plus fluency in Swedish and English—you'll thrive here. We hire for experience, skills, passion, and cultural fit that enhances our vibrant community. Tell us your pronouns and any interview adjustments needed—interviews are virtual. Let's design the future of creativity together.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact and own overall user and revenue growth for the Nordics region
• Develop and execute a comprehensive multi-year growth strategy partnering with local and global teams across marketing, sales, product, content, and finance
• Drive KPIs including Monthly Active Users (MAUs) and Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)
• Optimize product, content, pricing, and packaging for local users informed by market dynamics and cultural nuances
• Lead, inspire, coach, and performance manage the in-market team to maintain high impact standards
• Shape marketing strategy and deploy budget in partnership with regional and marketing leads
• Represent Canva as the public face in press, PR, events, and community engagements
• Build and sponsor high-value relationships for enterprise sales, education, government, and partnerships
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Growth, Product, Partnerships, Content, SEO, Education, Community, Sales, NFP, PR, Finance, and Strategy teams
• Champion Canva's design-first culture and mission in all local initiatives

Required Qualifications

• Fluent in Swedish and English (written and spoken)
• Experience building and scaling a market as regional GM, brand lead for global SaaS, or proven founder/growth lead
• Proven track record in driving user and revenue growth with ownership of KPIs like MAUs and ARR
• Strong leadership experience growing, inspiring, and coaching high-performing teams
• Deep understanding of Nordics market dynamics, cultural nuances, and key sectors (knowledge workers, SMBs, students, startups, NGOs)
• Well-networked with connections in government, corporates, influencers, journalists, and local talent
• Analytical expertise in deriving actionable insights from disparate datasets

Preferred Qualifications

• Public speaking and media experience as a public figurehead
• Product-oriented background with ability to translate user insights into product requirements
• Experience managing multi-year growth strategies across marketing, sales, product, and finance
• Budget management and marketing strategy deployment experience
• High emotional intelligence and collaborative team leadership
• Alignment with Canva's mission to democratize design and empower creativity

Required Skills

• Strategic market growth planning
• KPI ownership and analytics
• Cross-functional stakeholder influence
• Team leadership and coaching
• Public speaking and PR representation
• Network building and relationship sponsorship
• Product localization and user experience optimization
• Budget and marketing strategy management
• Cultural market nuance understanding
• Data-driven decision making
• Emotional intelligence and collaboration
• Entrepreneurial founder mindset
• Swedish and English fluency
• Design tool proficiency (Canva expertise a plus)
• SaaS growth experience
• Public figurehead presence

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package in a high-growth tech company
• Flexible onsite work in vibrant Stockholm office with collaborative design spaces
• Comprehensive health insurance and wellness programs supporting work-life balance
• Generous parental leave and family-friendly policies
• Learning stipend for professional development and design tool mastery
• Canva for Teams subscription and unlimited design resources
• Regular team offsites, creativity workshops, and innovation hackathons
• Impactful work democratizing design across the Nordics
• Global network with diverse, passionate teammates

Canva is an equal opportunity employer.