In a bid to become the world’s first global neobank for digital nomads, bunq announces plans to grow its global headcount by 70% by the end of 2024.
This move comes as 40 million people globally are choosing “location-independent careers.”
In order to fulfill its expansion strategy, bunq now hires “for a variety of roles across all of its offices and remotely as it awaits licenses to operate in the US and the UK.”
bunq’s current hiring spree is centered “on bolstering its commercial functions.”
The company is actively “seeking sales and business development, product marketing, PR, affiliate marketing, and market analysis experts to drive growth.”
Additionally, bunq is hiring for international expansion specialists in order “to solidify its global footprint.”
To ensure seamless user experiences, bunq is also “recruiting for user support, development, and quality assurance roles.”
True to its DNA as a bank built by digital nomads for digital nomads, bunq is offering “a tailored digital nomad program for many of these positions.”
The program allows employees to work “from anywhere in the world, with increasing flexibility the longer they work at the company.”
The company believes in fostering a flexible and “inclusive work environment that attracts top talent from around the world.”
However, bunq’s commitment to community also “means expanding its physical presence.”
The bank is hiring across all its offices, “including its headquarters in Amsterdam and its locations in Sofia, Istanbul, Munich, Paris, Dublin, Madrid, London and New York City.”
Ali Niknam, founder and CEO of bunq said:
“bunq is laser focused on making life easy for our users. To keep our skyrocketing growth soaring, we’re looking for user-centric, entrepreneurial minds who crave growth and love a challenge.”
The number of digital nomads globally has risen eightfold since pre-COVID (from 4.8 million people identifying as digital nomads in 2020 to 40 million people in 2023).
With more and more people preferring remote work and “flexible work arrangements, the total number of digital nomads worldwide is set to reach 60 million by year-end.”
bunq invites passionate and driven individuals to join its team.
Founded in 2012 by serial entrepreneur Ali Niknam, bunq claims it has brought lasting change to the European banking industry.
By having its users at the heart of the business and building a product rooted in their wants and needs, bunq quickly scaled “to become the second largest neobank in Europe.”
Serving digital nomads across Europe, bunq makes life easy for location-independent people and businesses starting “from the way they manage money: how they spend, save, budget and invest.”
As noted in the update, bunq claims that it was “the first bank to get a European banking permit in over 35 years, raised the largest series A round ever secured by a European fintech (€193 million), and was the first EU neobank to achieve structural profitability at the end of 2022.”
On its mission to build the first global neobank for digital nomads, in April 2023, bunq announced its bid to “enter the US market by applying for a banking license.”
