Head of Growth Marketing

Palo Alto, CA (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own multi-channel growth with a balanced focus on paid, organic, and lifecycle, while building a measurement-first culture and a PLG-enabled product loop.

  • Growth Ownership: Own search, paid social, and newsletter sponsorships with a budget-and-payback lens tied to LTV:CAC and attribution clarity.
  • Organic Engine: Build a content and SEO engine that makes the product a go-to resource for its audience.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Paid & Performance Marketing Own strategy and execution across search, paid social, and newsletter sponsorships. Manage meaningful budgets against LTV:CAC and payback targets, and partner with engineering to build clean attribution and a measurement-first culture.
  • Organic Growth & SEO Own SEO and content distribution to drive sustainable organic acquisition, building a content engine that makes the company a go-to resource for its target audience.
  • Lifecycle & Retention Build and optimize lifecycle marketing to convert, onboard, and retain users, with segmentation tailored to the target personas.
  • Product-Led Growth Experiment with PLG motions — trials, freemium, in-product referral loops — in close collaboration with product.
  • Team & Leadership Lead a small team of growth marketers and creative specialists producing content that reads as useful, not promotional.

Requirements

  • 6+ years in performance marketing, having scaled a B2B or prosumer SaaS product from $0 to $10M+ ARR
  • Experience managing high-performing marketing teams or agencies
  • A generalist who owns paid, organic, and lifecycle, and knows how to prioritize by stage
  • Strong with SQL and data visualization — you build your own reporting
  • Comfortable using AI/LLM tools to optimize copy, analyze data, and automate workflows
  • Willing to be on-site in the Bay Area full-time

Benefits

  • Competitive Silicon Valley–standard salary, significant equity, and strong benefits.
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Founded in 2019
San Diego, California, USA
2 employees

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761

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Current headcount: ~2

Marketing Team

Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
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Funding

Total Funding
$1.8M
Last Raise
$1.8M
Seed, 5 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2021
    Seed • $1.8M