Jr. General Manager Italy
Location: Milan Italy (Hybrid) Reporting to: VP of Expansion
Livo is building the AI-powered operating system for the healthcare workforce. We operate at the intersection of HR Tech marketplaces and applied AI tackling one of healthcares hardest problems: enabling hospitals to plan staff and operate their workforce effectively while improving the daily experience of healthcare professionals.
Livo is seeking a high-caliber strategist and operator to lead our entry into the Italian market. As the Jr. General Manager for Italy you will be the entrepreneur-in-residence responsible for translating Livos Spanish success into a dominant Italian footprint.
This is a high-stakes zero-to-one leadership role designed for a professional who thrives on ambiguity and possesses the founder-at-heart grit to build a business from the ground up. You wont just be supporting a launch; you will be architecting the Italian chapter of our global expansion.
Market Architecture & Strategy: Lead the scale-up end-to-end of Livos Italian infrastructure. You are responsible for ensuring our workflows are optimized for local success while maintaining global alignment.
Strategic GTM & Commercial Execution: Take full ownership of the Go-To-Market strategy. You will navigate complex sales cycles and build relationships with high-level stakeholders including HR Directors Hospital CEOs and C-suite clients.
The Voice of Italy: Act as the strategic partner to the VP of Expansion. You will analyze local trends and regulatory nuances to influence the global product roadmap.
Cross-Functional Orchestration: Lead collaboration between Sales Product and Marketing teams in Spain. You ensure that when Italy identifies a market need the global organization acts.
P&L & Performance Ownership: Own the local KPIs. You will manage dashboards and reporting providing the why behind the numbers and proposing strategic pivots to drive growth.
We dont expect you to know everything on Day 1 but we expect you to apply a consultants rigor to our expansion.
Diagnosis & Alignment (Days 130)
Immersion: Master the Livo Playbook in Spain; identify core success drivers for local adaptation.
Market Mapping: Identify the top 20 Must-Win accounts and map the key decision-makers in the ecosystem.
Risk Assessment: Identify the top 3 regulatory or cultural barriers and propose mitigation strategies.
Execution & Alpha Clients (Days 3160)
Operational Launch: Take full ownership of the implementation for our first wave of Italian clients; ensure they become referenceable success stories.
Strategic Feedback: Deliver a Market Insight Report to HQ detailing specific product localization needs to ensure seamless product-market fit.
Optimization & Scaling (Days 6190)
Revenue Milestone: Close the first 13 deals and hit initial targets for user engagement.
Process Engineering: Implement one process improvement (e.g. onboarding or lead-gen) that increases efficiency by 20%.
Future Planning: Collaborate on the 2026 growth budget and headcount strategy for Italy.
36 years of experience in Top-Tier Strategy Consulting Investment Banking or a high-growth Scale-up environment.
Entrepreneurial DNA while comfortable with ambiguity and the grit to solve problems without a manual. You think like an owner not a coordinator.
Strong command of data. You use numbers to drive decisions and can build a business case for any strategic pivot.
Ability to hold your own in meetings with both technical leads and C-suite executives.
Multilingual Excellence:
Italian: Native-level fluency.
English: Professional working proficiency.
Spanish: Professional working proficiency (essential for HQ collaboration).
Why Join Livo
Fast-Track Growth: Direct exposure to the VP of Expansion and global leadership.
Impact: The opportunity to build a brand from zero in one of Europes most important markets using cutting-edge AI.