Head of LATAM

Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Company

Canva is a global product company focused on empowering users through locally relevant growth strategies and product experiences.

What you will do

• Set and own the multi-year LATAM growth strategy across users, revenue, and market expansion.
• Own the regional P&L, forecasting, budget allocation, investment trade-offs, and unit economics.
• Lead, develop, and hold accountable Country Leads across Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and frontier markets.
• Translate local market needs for Product, Marketing, Content, Localisation, and Finance teams, turning central resources into regional advantages.
• Drive localization across product, pricing, packaging, partnerships, messaging, content, and marketing.
• Represent Canva across LATAM with press, enterprise, government, ecosystem partnerships, and events.

Requirements

• Proven record of driving significant results through market strategy, pivots, or expansion.
• Experience building and leading senior leaders such as Country GMs or regional directors.
• Experience stabilizing or turning around an underperforming market.
• Strong data-driven commercial judgment, including P&L management, resource allocation, and unit economics.
• Experience collaborating with global central teams through influence and cross-functional leadership.
• Fluency in Portuguese and Spanish, with customer and cultural experience in Brazil and at least one other major LATAM market.

Culture & Benefits

• Founder-minded approach with strong ownership, urgency, and long-term thinking.
• Cross-functional collaboration across Product, Marketing, Content, Education, and B2B.
• Focus on measurable impact, local market insight, and global product excellence.
• Opportunity to shape growth across multiple LATAM markets at regional executive level.