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# Senior IT Manager at inBeat Agency

- **Company:** inBeat Agency
- **Location:** Romania
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-04-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/inbeat-agency/3dc7b632-b510-47de-addf-cedaa542acaa/application

**Skills:** Identity and Access Management, Azure AD, Google Workspace, BYOD Security, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA, Microsoft 365, Incident Response, Vendor Management, POPIA, PIPEDA, CASL

> This role involves building the IT function from scratch for a portfolio of creative agencies, focusing on identity, access, BYOD security, and compliance. The candidate will design scalable systems, rationalize tool stacks, and establish baseline security standards like SOC 2 and GDPR readiness without inheriting l...

## Job description

## About us

Fieldtrip is a group of creative growth agencies, led by inBeat, that connects enterprise brands with the creators and communities who move their audiences. We run performance-driven paid media and micro-influencer campaigns for more than 250 brands — powered by a distributed team of roughly 200 people across 15+ countries, and a stack of tools that has scaled faster than the function that supports it. We are a remote-first, contractor-heavy, data-led agency group. We move quickly, we ship real work for real clients, and we care about the infrastructure behind the work as much as the work itself.

## The role

This is the first dedicated IT leadership role across the portfolio. You are not inheriting a function. You are building one. You will own IT end-to-end for ~200 people across 5+ agencies: the tools, the identity layer, the vendor stack, the BYOD posture, and the baseline cybersecurity and compliance that unblocks enterprise client deals. Daily support volume is low, around two access requests a day. This is not a helpdesk job. It is a builder's job with a clear growth track toward leadership. You will partner with the COO, the founders, and the operations team to design an IT function that scales with future acquisitions and gets Fieldtrip ready for SOC 2 Type II and GDPR-grade governance without bloating the team or the budget.

## What you'll do

- Own the IT function end-to-end. Systems, identity, access, onboarding, offboarding, tooling, and vendor relationships across every portfolio company.
- Design for BYOD and distributed teams. Build a security posture that works for personal devices, contractor workflows, and cross-border data realities.
- Rationalise the stack. Kill shadow IT, consolidate overlapping SaaS tools, and deliver visible monthly savings on platforms like Figma, Notion, Airtable, Adobe Suite and their cousins.
- Stand up baseline security. MFA, SSO, endpoint protection, incident response, and a living risk register aligned to NIST CSF or ISO 27001.
- Get us client-ready. Microsoft 365 setup that just works, enterprise security questionnaires answered without scrambling, and a trajectory toward SOC 2 Type II and GDPR-grade data handling.
- Lead, write, document. Turn tribal knowledge into runbooks. Explain IT risk and tradeoffs in plain English. Build the function so it doesn't depend on you.

## What we're looking for

Must-haves

- 5+ years of hands-on IT ownership at a remote-first Startup or Scale-up, ideally a marketing or creative agency, or a tech startup.
- Experience building an IT function from scratch, or meaningfully restructuring one.
- Deep, practical BYOD experience securing a distributed, contractor-heavy workforce.
- Strong identity and access management foundation (Azure AD + Google Workspace).
- A builder mindset. You ship systems that run without you.
- Applied experience with NIST CSF, ISO 27001, or SOC 2 type II + working knowledge of GDPR / CCPA.
- Excellent written communication. Documentation is a first-class deliverable here.

Nice-to-haves

- Familiarity with POPIA (South Africa) and or PIPEDA (Canada).
- CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+, or equivalent certification (not required).
- Experience handling enterprise security questionnaires and client procurement alignment.
- Prior portfolio / multi-entity IT experience.
- Awareness of CASL as it relates to influencer and campaign outreach.

Not a great fit if

- Your experience is tied to a helpdesk ticket queue.
- You come from a 10,000+ person corporate IT department and haven't worked in a high-paced startup environment
- You want to advise and move on. This is an ownership role for someone looking for a long-term career growth track.

## Why join us

- You build the function. No legacy system to maintain. No politics to dismantle. A clean sheet and real leadership scope.
- Real leverage. Every system you design touches ~200 people across 15+ countries from day one.
- Clear path to grow. Room to build the team beneath you as the portfolio scales and acquires.
- Remote by design. Work from anywhere with EST / CAT overlap. Contractor-friendly setup.
- A leadership team that wants an IT function. The mandate, the budget, and the backing are in place — that's why we're hiring.

## About inBeat Agency

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: inBeat is a creative growth agency that blends performance creative, paid social, and creator marketing to launch campaigns that drive results for brands.
- **Entity Type**: Private (self-employed / bootstrapped; no disclosed funding rounds)
- **Headquarters**: Montreal, Canada (also offices in Quebec, Canada and New York, USA)
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Daniel Cruz (Co-Founder & CCO) – other founders not publicly named

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Advertising Services, Digital Marketing, Influencer Marketing, Performance Marketing
- **Target customers**: B2B – primarily mid-market to enterprise brands in mobile apps, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, and D2C. Notable clients include HelloFresh, Bumble, YouTube.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “We grow brands through data-driven creative designed to perform & scale across channels.”

## Products & Services
- **Performance Creative**: High-volume production of static ads, motion, VSLs, and UGC designed to convert under real spend, iterated based on performance signals.
- **Influencer Marketing**: Full-program management covering sourcing, vetting, whitelisting, darkposting, and campaign execution from nano to macro creators.
- **UGC (User-Generated Content)**: Rapid, low-fi content production optimized for feeds and testing in paid and organic channels.
- **Paid Media**: Cross-channel media planning and management across social, CTV, search, and emerging channels; profitability modeling and performance planning.
- **Strategy & Research**: Qualitative research, market audits, CRO, influencer focus groups, and messaging testing.
- **Branding & Identity**: Performance-friendly brand strategy, identity design, and digital touchpoint optimization.
- **Growth Services**: CRO, funnel optimization, user acquisition, and organic search.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private, no reported funding)
- **Key Metric**: $20M+ in paid media managed; 300+ assets shipped per month; 86 employees (as of mid-2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: None disclosed (self-funded). Partners include major platforms (TikTok, Meta, Google).
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount growth of +38.7% YoY (from ~62 to 86 employees) with 25+ countries represented in the team.
  - Listed case studies show 300% increase in ROAS, 70% reduction in CPA, 33% growth in MoM profit margin.
  - Active hiring across multiple roles (Senior Account Manager, Head of Operations, Influencer Managers, Creative Strategists) as of early 2026.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Data-driven creative flywheel**: Every creative decision is backed by performance signals (stop rate, click rate, conversion) – not gut feel.
- **Full-funnel integration**: Strategy, creative, influencer, and media are managed under one roof, allowing seamless attribution and rapid iteration.
- **Speed and scale**: 300+ assets shipped per month with fast turnaround – built for testing and optimization.
- **Creator-first approach**: UGC and influencer marketing are core offerings, with deep expertise in sourcing and managing creator relationships across tiers.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling operations**: Hiring a Head of Operations to systematize processes and support global growth.
- **Expanding into new geographies**: Team spans 25 countries; actively hiring in Canada, LATAM, South Africa, and Europe.
- **Deepening measurement & attribution**: Building proprietary reporting layers to link media, CRO, search, and attribution data.
- **Maintaining performance culture**: Emphasis on hiring “nerds” who thrive on data and results; recent posts stress a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Rated 4.2/5.0 on employer review sites, with strong scores for work-life balance (4.1) and culture (4.1). Described as a “small, close-knit team of creatives.”
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Fully remote with team distributed across 25+ countries. Flexible working environment.
- **Notable perks**: Autonomy in roles (e.g., “full ownership from day one”), opportunities to work with major consumer brands, rapid career growth in a scaling agency.
- **Engineering/creative culture**: Emphasis on data-driven decision making; tools include Figma, Klaviyo, Google Analytics, HubSpot, and a wide modern tech stack. Strong investment in continuous learning and iteration.

## Sources
1. [inbeat.agency](https://inbeat.agency/)
2. [inbeat.agency/services](https://inbeat.agency/services)
3. [LinkedIn – inBeat Agency](https://mx.linkedin.com/company/inbeat-agency)
4. [Datanyze – inBeat Agency Profile](https://www.datanyze.com/companies/inbeat-agency/547184615)
5. [Jobs.ashbyhq.com – inBeat Agency Careers](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/inbeat-agency)
6. [LinkedIn – Employee Data & Reviews (via Datanyze)](https://www.datanyze.com/companies/inbeat-agency/547184615)

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