Growth Operations & Automation Specialist

Why this role exists

At Pennylane, Growth Operations is crucial in transforming prospect data and marketing processes into an automated, reliable, and scalable growth engine.

We are hiring a Growth Operations & Automation Specialist to join our Growth team and work at the intersection of business, data, automation, and AI. Your mission: enhance how we identify, enrich, and activate prospects while building tools that boost Marketing and Sales efficiency.

You will also contribute to AI adoption by identifying use cases, creating agents and workflows, testing new tools, and empowering teams to use them effectively.

🌍 What is Pennylane?

Pennylane is one of France's leading fintech unicorns, creating the financial and accounting operating system for European SMEs and accounting firms.

Founded in 2020, we empower business owners to make better decisions and enable accountants to focus on client advisory.

A few figures to illustrate our scale and ambition:

💻 1.3 million+ SMEs already work with Pennylane.

🤝 7,000+ accounting firms use our platform.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 1,100+ Pennylaners representing over 25 nationalities.

💰 €400 million+ raised since launch.

🌍 Remote-friendly, international culture as we expand across Europe.

What you’ll do

As part of our Growth team, you'll closely collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Product Marketing, Operations, and Product.

Build scalable automation workflows

Design and maintain complex workflows using n8n

Automate prospect scraping, enrichment, scoring, and activation

Identify CRM bottlenecks and replace manual processes with scalable solutions

Connect our data warehouse with Salesforce to generate opportunities and provide actionable insights to Sales

Turn data into growth

Improve prospect database quality and usability

Build tools to help Marketing and Sales generate and activate qualified leads

Support acquisition initiatives: outbound, events, partnerships

Monitor project impact on lead generation, conversion, and efficiency

Drive AI adoption

Identify valuable AI use cases for Growth, Marketing, and Sales

Create agents, skills, and reusable workflows

Experiment with tools like Dust, Cursor, and Claude Code

Support adoption via training, documentation, and pilot programs

Connect and optimise our stack

Integrate tools such as Salesforce, Modjo, Dust, and Livestorm

Translate business needs into technical solutions

Own projects from scoping to deployment and iteration

Ensure compliance with GDPR, CNIL, security, and data governance

What you bring

Hands-on experience in Growth Ops, Marketing Ops, Revenue Ops, or automation , ideally in B2B SaaS or a scale-up

Strong proficiency with n8n and complex, multi-tool workflows

Ability to translate business challenges into tech solutions

Familiarity with CRM systems, prospect data, scraping, enrichment, and scoring

Proven record of impactful automation projects

Practical experience using AI tools and supporting adoption

Strong communication and project management skills

Autonomy, curiosity, and an ownership mindset

Professional working proficiency in English

Bonus: Experience with SEO, SEA, or the broader acquisition funnel

🛠️ Tools and environment

You’ll use tools like n8n, Salesforce, Modjo, Dust, and Livestorm and experiment with solutions such as Cursor, Claude Code, and MCPs .

What you can expect

A role combining Growth, automation, data, and AI

End-to-end ownership with measurable business impact

Opportunity to build systems from scratch

Key role in shaping automation and AI practices

Close collaboration with cross-functional teams

A demanding, supportive, execution- and learning-focused environment

📍 Location and working model

Permanent position based in Paris on a hybrid basis

🔎 Our recruitment process

Talent Acquisition interview ( 30 min, remote )

Hiring Manager interview ( 1 hour, remote )

Case study & debrief ( 1 hour, remote )

Final interview with a Marketing leader ( 45 min, remote )

Team-fit interview ( 1 hour, in person )

🌈 Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Pennylane is committed to an inclusive, supportive work environment with equal opportunities for all candidates, regardless of background, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other personal characteristic.

If this role excites you and you believe you could add value, we encourage you to apply—even if you do not meet every requirement.

⚠️ Important information for candidates

Please apply only through Pennylane’s official channels. Our communications come from addresses ending in @pennylane.com or @pennylane-partners.com .

We will never request payment or financial information at any stage of the recruitment process.

🇫🇷 Données personnelles

• Pennylane traite vos données pour gérer votre candidature et évaluer votre adéquation au poste. Si votre candidature n’aboutit pas, vos données peuvent être conservées 2 ans à compter de notre dernier échange ou de la clôture du recrutement afin de constituer & gérer un vivier de candidats. Vous pouvez vous opposer à tout moment et demander la suppression de vos données en écrivant à : [email protected].
• Notre data policy

🇬🇧 Personal Data

Pennylane processes your data to manage your application and assess your suitability for the position. If your application is unsuccessful, your data may be retained for 2 years from our last exchange or the closing of the recruitment process, in order to build and manage a candidate pool. You may object at any time and request the deletion of your data by writing to [email protected] . Learn more

🇩🇪 Personenbezogene Daten

Pennylane verarbeitet Ihre Daten, um Ihre Bewerbung zu bearbeiten und Ihre Eignung für die Stelle zu beurteilen. Sollte Ihre Bewerbung nicht erfolgreich sein, können Ihre Daten bis zu 2 Jahre ab unserem letzten Austausch oder dem Abschluss des Rekrutierungsverfahrens gespeichert werden, um einen Kandidatenpool aufzubauen und zu verwalten. Sie können jederzeit Widerspruch einlegen und die Löschung Ihrer Daten beantragen, indem Sie an [email protected] schreiben. Mehr erfahren

🇪🇸 Datos personales

Pennylane trata sus datos para gestionar su candidatura y evaluar su idoneidad para el puesto. En caso de que su candidatura no sea seleccionada, sus datos podrán conservarse hasta 2 años a partir de nuestro último contacto o de la finalización del proceso de selección, con el fin de constituir y gestionar una reserva de candidatos. Puede oponerse en cualquier momento y solicitar la eliminación de sus datos escribiendo a [email protected] . Más información