Director of Growth Marketing

Seattle, WA (Hybrid)

$184K/yr – $230K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own Americas performance marketing strategy and measurement backbone to drive multi-channel acquisition with AI-enabled iteration and executive storytelling.

  • Growth ownership: lower funnel channel mix, budget architecture, and acquisition targets aligned to company growth planning.
  • Measurement foundation: attribution, incrementality testing, and media mix modeling using AI tools.
  • Execution and talent: pacing, forecasting, reallocations; build and lead a world-class media buying and marketing management team.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Define and Lead Strategy: Author the Americas performance marketing strategy, owning the lower-funnel channel mix, budget architecture, and acquisition targets. as a direct input to company growth planning.
  • Build the Measurement Foundation: Establish the frameworks, tooling, and organizational fluency needed to operate at the frontier of attribution, incrementality testing, and media mix modeling.
  • Drive Executional Excellence: Ensure the team executes with rigor across pacing, forecasting, and reallocation — maintaining efficiency guardrails while scaling aggressively.
  • Develop Organizational Capability: Lead and grow a team of media buyers and marketing managers, setting the operating rhythms, talent bar, and culture of accountability that make the function world-class.
  • Influence Product and Creative Direction: Partner with Product and Creative to ensure performance insights shape what gets built and how it gets messaged — pushing for features and creative systems that unlock scale.
  • Operate AI-Natively: Champion the use of AI-powered tools and agentic workflows to accelerate creative iteration, audience research, and performance analysis across the growth org.
  • Communicate with Executive Impact: Translate performance signals into strategic narratives for senior and executive stakeholders — highlighting risk, opportunity, and the decisions needed to stay ahead.

Requirements

  • Experience: 10+ years in performance or growth marketing, with a proven track record of leading high-impact acquisition programs in tech, fintech, or e-commerce.
  • Management: 5+ years leading and developing high-performing marketing teams, with a track record of building strong talent pipelines and a culture of accountability.
  • Strategic Ownership: Demonstrated ability to define the strategic direction for a significant marketing function that influences company-level growth targets and competitive positioning.
  • Budget Mastery: Proven expertise managing large-scale, multi-million dollar media budgets with full accountability for efficiency and outcome.
  • Complexity and Ambiguity: Expert ability to bring structure and clarity to undefined problem spaces — whether that's a new channel, a broken measurement model, or an evolving competitive landscape.
  • Autonomy: Proven ability to organize, prioritize, and execute multi-quarter plans independently with minimal executive oversight.
  • Influence: Advanced expertise in driving cross-functional alignment and marketing strategy without direct authority.
  • Technical Literacy: Fluency in leveraging data-driven insights, modern measurement frameworks, and AI tools to inform strategy and measure impact at scale.

Benefits

  • Flexible paid time off
  • Health, dental, and vision + 401k plan with company matching
  • Paid parental, medical, military and family care leave
  • Mental Health & Family Forming Benefits
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Continuing education
  • Our Connected Work Culture: Driving Innovation, Together
  • For corporate team members, we have an in-office expectation of at least 50% of the time monthly, typically achieved by coming in three days a week. This creates a consistent, meaningful overlap that supports team norms and business needs.
  • Managers also have the flexibility to set higher expectations based on their team's specific needs.
  • These intentional in-office moments are vital for deepening relationships, fueling creativity, and ensuring your impact is felt where it matters most.
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Remitly

3.8 Glassdoor

Remitly is an international payments company that leverages digital channels, including mobile phones, to send money internationally. Remitly's digital products are fundamentally faster, less expensive, and far more convenient for customers to send money across borders.

Founded in 2011
Seattle, Washington, USA
3.3K employees (184 in marketing)
66% recommend to a friend
91% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.2M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$598.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.4%
Direct
55.2%
Referral
3.4%
Social
1.2%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
134 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
3.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
7

Funding

Total Funding
$526.7M
Last Raise
$550M
Post IPO Debt, 9 months ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $550M
  • Jan 2023
    Post IPO Equity • $6.7M
  • May 2021
    Corporate Round

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