Head of Growth

Oakland, CA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive growth for AI-native frontier products by designing rapid experiments and data-driven GTM execution.

  • Own end-to-end growth programs from strategy through execution.
  • Must-have: 5+ years marketing frontier AI/ML products at early-stage startups.
  • Standout: Hands-on use of AI tools to accelerate campaigns and experimentation.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Designing and executing growth strategies that convert prospects into paying customers
  • Translating awareness into qualified demand and demand into revenue
  • Building and launching campaigns across email, paid social, and organic channels
  • Writing copy, setting up segments, QA’ing flows, and shipping quickly across multiple AI-driven products simultaneously
  • Running high-velocity experiments across GTM channels
  • Blending traditional growth fundamentals with unconventional distribution strategies
  • Identifying and scaling what works in a rapidly evolving AI market
  • Setting up attribution, dashboards, and reporting across all channels
  • Driving a strong bias toward data, iteration, and performance optimization
  • Operating tools across paid social (X, Reddit), SEO, analytics, and automation

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience marketing frontier products, services, or features at early-stage companies (0→1 or 1→10), ideally in AI/ML environments
  • strong command of AI-native distribution, including AEO, LLM visibility, and paid social execution (especially X and Reddit)
  • can market to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • combines creative thinking with structured, hypothesis-driven experimentation
  • strong storytelling and positioning instincts
  • comfortable operating in ambiguity and moving quickly without perfect information
  • strong bias toward action, measurement, and iteration
  • Growth marketing, startup, consulting, or operating roles in early-stage companies
  • Experience building growth systems in AI, SaaS, or technical products
  • Exposure to technical audiences and engineering-driven products
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Founded in 2023
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
29 employees (7 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
20.7%
Direct
60.2%
Referral
4.9%
Social
12.6%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~29

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
8 years
Median Tenure
2.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1