Juliana Méndez

Growth Advisor

Barcelona, Spain

Experience

Jul 2023 - Present
2 years 1 month
Hamburg, Germany
Hybrid

Growth Advisor

Taxdoo

  • Advisory on growth and supporting transition to a hybrid product-led growth model.
Jul 2022 - Present
3 years 1 month
Germany

Head of Growth Marketing & Sales (Interim)

Madame Moneypenny GmbH

  • Helping women in Germany to protect and free themselves from financial dependency by developing their financial knowledge and self-confidence.
  • Leading GTM strategy and marketing, sales, and product teams.
  • Strategically growing the company from 0 to 30M annual revenue.
Jan 2021 - Jun 2022
6 months

Growth Advisor

CASAFARI

  • Developing the Growth Model and Product-led GTM motion.
  • Building a high-performing growth team.
Feb 2020 - Jan 2022
2 years
Munich, Germany
Remote

Head of Growth

Lanes & Planes GmbH

  • Built and led a remote growth team of over 12 members, reporting directly to the CEO.
  • Responsible for pipeline generation and ABM.
  • Achieved double-digit % MoM opportunity growth while reducing CPLs over 12 months.
Jan 2020 - Jan 2022
2 years 1 month
Belgium

Co-Founder

Alliance Europe

  • Developed a growth operations and leadership program for marketing and growth leaders in Europe.
  • Featured experts from high-profile companies including Airbnb, N26, HotJar, TikTok, Holded, Showpad, and Red Points.
Jan 2018 - Feb 2020
2 years 2 months

Marketing Advisor & Interim Head of Marketing

Madame Moneypenny GmbH

  • Developed and implemented the growth and GTM strategy for Germany's most successful online financial education program for women.
  • Grew the program from 0 to multiple million Euros in revenue.
Oct 2016 - May 2020
3 years 8 months

Founder - Growth Advisory and Leadership for Startups and Corporates

SaleSide

  • Offered advisory and interim leadership for growth-stage B2B SaaS companies such as OptioPay, Paqato, Casafari, Freshworks, Homewings, SocialCar, Consentio, AuthenticVacations.
  • Created growth strategies and GTM strategies for growth startups.
  • Specialized in B2B growth and account-based marketing.
  • Conducted corporate innovation workshops for companies like Shell, Bosch, and Rhenus Group.
  • Supported internationalization and localization.
Oct 2015 - Oct 2016
1 year 1 month
Spain

Marketing and Business Development Manager

TravelPerk

  • Built and led the commercial team to achieve a target of 2M GMV within the first 12 months.
Sep 2015 - Feb 2016
6 months
Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain

Part-Time Lecturer: Master in Business Analytics

ESADE Business & Law School

  • Taught business analytics and growth to master and MBA students.
Jan 2015 - Aug 2015
8 months
Indonesia

Regional Manager, SEA and US

AX Semantics

  • Managed operations in Southeast Asia and the US.
  • Strategized regional growth and won major key accounts (e.g., Rocket Internet).
  • Built sales representation and partnerships.
Aug 2014 - Feb 2015
7 months
Indonesia

Regional Manager, Latin America

AX Semantics

  • Managed operations for Latin America while building sales representation and partnerships.
  • Worked on client acquisition strategies.
Nov 2012 - Aug 2014
1 year 10 months
Indonesia

Regional Manager, Southeast Asia

AX Semantics

  • Managed operations in Southeast Asia.
  • Implemented regional growth initiatives.
Apr 2012 - Nov 2012
8 months
Stuttgart, Germany

Online Marketing Manager, Sales Systems for Building Efficiency

Bosch

  • Developed a cross-channel sales approach for energy-efficient buildings as part of BOSCH's "Sales Systems for Building Efficiency" top project.
Apr 2010 - Jul 2012
2 years 4 months

E-Marketing Manager, Global

Bosch

  • Defined the online marketing strategy for 13 brands across 80 countries.
  • Worked on SEO, usability, conversion optimization, content strategy, and the rollout of a global web platform.
Jul 2006 - Dec 2006
6 months

Public Relations, Luxury Division Lancome

L'Oréal

Jan 2004 - Dec 2009
6 years

Master's degree, International Marketing and Business, Public Relations, Communication Science

University of Hohenheim

Growth Strategy, Growth, Product-led Growth, Leadership

Product-led.org / Reforge

Summary

Fractional CMO and growth advisor for B2B SaaS (product-led growth, TravelTech, FinTech, PropTech). 13+ years of experience in creating and executing growth strategies from early stage to growth stage (0-50M ARR). Led 40+ growth teams and advised C-Level.

Done business across EU, SEA, US, LATAM, tri-lingual (DE, ES, EN).

SCALE: I have helped numerous companies, like Paqato, Taxdoo, Madame Moneypenny and Lanes&Planes to build and scale a reliable acquisition engine, align Marketing and Sales strategies and build pipeline for Sales to grow ARR from 7 to 8 digits.

PRODUCT-LED GROWTH: I have helped companies like Casafari, Taxdoo and others to create and implement their product-led strategy, (in)validate PLG use cases and design activation journeys.

EARLY STAGE: I have led Travelperk (now Unicorn) through a pivot, built up Marketing & Sales to reach their first 2M ARR. I led companies like Consentio to Product-Market-Fit and coached corporate innovation teams from Bosch, Shell, Rocket Internet and Rhenus to build and evaluate business models.

TEACHING: I taught Business Analytics and Growth to Master and MBA students, such as at ESADE and ESB (European Business School Reutlingen).

RECOMMENDED BY: VCs such as Mundi Ventures, Convivialité Ventures (Pernod Ricard) and Visionaries Club refer me to their portfolio companies.

Languages

English
Native
German
Native
Spanish
Native
French
Elementary
Indonesian
Elementary

Education

Oct 2004 - Jun 2009

University of Hohenheim

International Marketing and Business, Public relations, communication science · Stuttgart, Germany

Certifications & licenses

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