Head of Acquisition
Join Axis to lead customer acquisition, activation, and onboarding — growing a high-performing team and making digital finance simpler and more accessible across Egypt.
Location: Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
Department: Commercial / Growth
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience: 8+ Years
Reporting To: Commercial Director
About Axis
Axis is an Egyptian fintech company focused on making financial services simpler, smarter, and more accessible through innovative digital solutions.
We are looking for a strategic, commercially driven, and results-oriented Head of Acquisition to lead customer growth, optimize onboarding journeys, and drive customer activation across Axis's products and services.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and execute customer acquisition, activation, and onboarding strategies aligned with Axis's commercial growth objectives.
Lead end-to-end customer acquisition across digital and offline channels, strategic partnerships, and special programs.
Establish and monitor growth KPIs, including acquisition volume, CAC, activation rate and onboarding conversion.
Manage acquisition budgets, growth forecasts, and resource allocation to maximize acquisition and commercial returns.
Own and optimize the customer journey from initial acquisition through successful onboarding and first transaction.
Drive customer growth while optimizing Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC), conversion rates, and channel performance.
Improve customer activation rates, onboarding completion, and first-transaction conversion through data-driven initiatives.
Identify and eliminate customer journey friction, onboarding drop-offs, and activation barriers.
Collaborate with Product, Technology, Marketing, Data, Operations, and Compliance teams to enhance customer acquisition, experience and growth performance.
Develop and execute customer segmentation, engagement, and reactivation strategies to maximize product adoption.
Ensure onboarding processes are efficient, scalable, customer-centric, and compliant with KYC and regulatory requirements.
Drive customer acquisition and business growth through performance marketing, paid media, SEO, SEM, and conversion-focused campaigns.
Own performance marketing campaign performance, optimizing budgets, channel effectiveness, customer acquisition cost (CAC), and return on marketing investment (ROMI).
Build, lead, and develop a high-performing Acquisition, Activation & Onboarding team.
Provide senior leadership with actionable insights, performance reports, and recommendations to accelerate sustainable business growth.
Requirements
8+ years of experience in Customer Acquisition, Growth, Digital Sales, Activation, or Onboarding, including at least 3 years in a leadership role.
Proven experience in Fintech, Payments, or high-growth digital businesses.
Strong track record of driving customer acquisition, activation, and measurable commercial growth.
Hands-on experience managing B2C customer acquisition funnels, digital onboarding journeys, and conversion optimization.
Strong understanding of CAC, activation metrics, funnel analytics, customer segmentation, and growth performance.
Knowledge of KYC, customer verification, and regulatory requirements within financial services.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and manage high-performing teams.
Strong commercial acumen, analytical thinking, strategic planning, and execution capabilities.
Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
What We Offer
Competitive compensation package.
Medical and life insurance.
Subsidized gym membership.
Competitive leave benefits.
Professional growth and leadership opportunities.
A dynamic and fast-growing fintech environment.
- Department
- Consumer unit
- Location
- Axis HQ Office
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
About Axis
ِAn Egyptian fintech company 🔐 licensed by the Central Bank of Egypt, building the mobile money infrastructure for Egypt and beyond. We offer two core solutions tailored for both individuals and businesses: Axis Wallet and Axis Payout