Sitecore’s new technology hub in Athens is fully operational

True to its commitment to an investment program of over 1.2 billion euros in the coming years, Sitecore®, the global leader in digital experience management software, announces the launch of its new technology hub in Athens. Following the acquisition of Moosend last May, Sitecore is further developing its footprint in Greece by expanding its operations and strengthening the hub with around 100 new jobs expected to be created in 2022.

The goal of the technology hub is to support an ambitious product expansion and development plan with a vision to disrupt the digital experience industry by offering an end-to-end, content to commerce product suite in the cloud, along with the creation of new and innovative technology solutions and job creation. Sitecore is constantly investing in the development of new technologies in unexplored areas, such as product development, while focusing on cloud (Azure and AWS) and cloud automation, and the software and solutions that will be developed by the Athens team will benefit from the existing and the company’s future clientele worldwide.

Sitecore’s decision to enrich its team with executives from the local market is bearing fruit, as the company has already made about 50 recruitments in the last period, while within the next six months, the company is expected to triple its capacity in Athens, covering mainly positions of programmers and software engineers, so that the technology center is able to support the strategic development plan of the company and its activities, both in Greece and internationally. To make the process even easier and more efficient for the candidates in Greece, Sitecore also launches a specialized career site through which those interested can submit their CV and speed up the interview process with the company team in Athens. .

Giannis Psarras, VP of Engineering at Sitecore, said: “Athens was chosen as Sitecore’s technology hub to make effective use of Greek talent and the undeniably high level of Greek engineers and developers. Recognizing that the company’s added value is its people, its goal is to form a team with high training and skills and multifaceted experience in technology.With our recent strategic moves we have further enhanced the quality and range of digital experience solutions we have.Greece is an important part of the global expansion of the company and our technology hub comes to seal not only our presence in the wider region and to actively contribute to the growth of our shares, but also to expand the opportunities for our customers around the world and even provide most advanced digital experiences for our customers, that they will have resulting in their highest efficiency. ”

Nota Stavrou, Digital Marketing & Social Media Specialist at Eurolife FFH, a company with a long partnership with Sitecore, commented: “We are already counting several years of successful cooperation with Sitecore. In the spring of 2020 we switched to the new Sitecore 9.1, integrating the website with the blog as part of the new content marketing strategy according to which the blog would be a content platform aimed at generating traffic to product pages and therefore producing sales leads from quotation forms found on these pages. “% in sessions per user on the blog and an increase of + 25% in sales leads within a year.

Founded in 2001, Sitecore is active in the digital marketing and digital content management industry and has an extensive presence in the US and around the world, through a round of acquisitions earlier this year, including the Greek startup Moosend in the spring.