Head of Marketing

Paris, France

About the role

As Head of Marketing, you’ll report to our Chief Business Officer and you will shape Swan’s go-to-market strategy across product marketing, brand & content, growth, and regional marketing.
Your mission is to position Swan as the leading embedded banking platform in Europe, helping software companies understand and adopt embedded finance.
You’ll combine strong customer empathy, sharp positioning, compelling storytelling, and a data-driven mindset to build our brand, generate demand, and drive growth across Europe.

✨ Main tasks

  • Marketing team leadership. Lead Swan’s Marketing team, bringing together central Content, Growth, Product Marketing functions and local Marketing Managers, while setting clear priorities and OKRs and allocating resources to the highest-impact opportunities.

  • Brand positioning & strategy. Strengthen Swan’s brand positioning and scale brand awareness across core European markets, including France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Belgium.

  • Content, communications & events. Own Swan’s content and communications strategy across the website, social media, events, and PR, turning complex products and ideas into compelling stories that strengthen brand awareness.

  • Growth marketing. Build repeatable go-to-market motions that drive demand generation and pipeline growth in partnership with Sales and RevOps, using funnel data and experimentation to continuously improve performance.

  • Partner marketing. Develop strategic partner marketing initiatives that amplify Swan’s reach and accelerate growth across existing and new markets.

  • Product marketing. Own Swan’s product marketing strategy end-to-end, from customer insights and positioning to product launches, adoption, and commercial enablement.

✨ Curious about your future team?

At Swan, you’ll have the opportunity to join our dynamic Marketing team and play a central role in shaping how Swan is positioned and how we scale across Europe.

Your team currently consists of nine members across Content, Growth, Product Marketing functions and local Marketing Managers.

The Marketing team works closely with Sales, RevOps, Product, Partnerships, and the broader leadership team. In your role, you can expect strong cross-functional collaboration, with a shared focus on customer value, growth, and execution.

About Swan

Swan is a European fintech and innovation leader in embedded finance. Swan’s Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) is the easiest way for companies to embed banking features. Via Swan’s simple APIs, European companies can integrate banking services (accounts, cards, and payments) quickly and easily into their own product.

Founded in 2019, the fintech processes over 200 million euros of transactions per month, for 60+ companies across ten European countries. Swan has over 100 employees and is led by fintech experts and experienced entrepreneurs: Nicolas Benady, Nicolas Saison, and Mathieu Breton. The company was founded together with the startup studio eFounders and has received growth capital from leading VC investors such as Creandum and Accel. Swan is a Mastercard principal member and a licensed financial institution, regulated by the ACPR.

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Job details

Location

Paris, France

Company

NameSwan
IndustryBanking
Team Size4

Funding

Total raised

$43.8M

Last stage

Series B

Investors

EEight Roads Ventures
LLakestar
Accel
Creandum
BBpifrance

Founders

Nicolas Benady

Nicolas Benady

Founder

LinkedIn
MB

Mathieu Breton

Founder

Nicolas Saison

Nicolas Saison

Founder

LinkedIn

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.