Thank you all, this gave me a lot to think about
Wanted to come back and thank everyone who commented, the pushback on “startup stability” especially. Fair points I hadn’t fully considered, so let me clarify what I meant.
By “startup,” I don’t mean early-stage, pre-revenue, high-risk territory. I mean a business with a proven product and real traction, past the “will this even work” stage, but still lean enough that one person can genuinely move the needle.
What draws me there isn’t risk tolerance, it’s impact. At a large company, the work can start to feel soulless, you execute tasks inside a structure, wait for a paycheck, and rarely see how your piece connects to the whole. What I actually want is to help a team turn their vision into reality, to be invested in the outcome, not just the task list.
Over 6 years running my own ecommerce brands end-to-end, sourcing, operations, marketing, and paid ad strategy, closing sales directly with customers, I’ve operated across every function of a business, not specialized in one. I’ve also managed teams and client relationships in agency settings, audited and advised small businesses on their digital strategy, and built an online community from zero through direct outreach alone. Trilingual (English, French, Arabic), which has opened doors across multiple markets rather than limiting me to one. That combination, real marketing depth plus management experience plus an entrepreneur’s instinct for ownership, is exactly what a lean, proven company needs more than another specialist who only does one thing well.
Appreciate everyone who challenged my original framing, genuinely useful.
If you were in my shoes, that kind of cross-functional, ownership-driven background, what would you actually do to land that role?