Senior Growth Strategist, Startpage

Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

$133K/yr – $183K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own and scale Startpage's growth engine by shaping the roadmap, running experiments across paid and non-paid channels, and translating trends into scalable campaigns.

  • Lead the non-paid growth playbook including content flywheels, organic social, partnerships, and creator collaborations.
  • Run smart bets with exploratory budgets and data-driven decisions to invest where we see signal.
  • Partner with product, design, and analytics to ship fast and create compounding growth loops.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the growth roadmap for Startpage: design, test, and scale initiatives that expand reach, app installs, and browser usage globally.
  • Lead the non-paid growth playbook: content flywheels, organic social, community and forums, partnerships, IRL pop-ups, surprise-and-delight stunts - anything that earns attention and trust.
  • Run smart bets with exploratory budgets across channels; double down where you see signal and sunset what doesn’t move the needle.
  • Hands-on ownership: ideate, prototype in AI, make the assets, launch the campaign, wire the tracking, iterate.
  • Launch campaigns across TikTok, app stores, influencer and creator collaborations, podcasts, brand partnerships, and viral social formats - then author crisp business cases for where we invest next.
  • Define KPIs, instrumentation, and dashboards; make data-driven calls to scale, pivot, or kill experiments quickly.
  • Be our trend radar and cultural translator: bring fresh ideas from the internet’s front lines into our growth engine.
  • Partner tightly with social, product, design, and analytics to ship fast, learn faster, and create compounding growth loops.

Requirements

  • 5+ years in growth marketing or a related role, with a track record of non-traditional, high-velocity experimentation for tech or digital products.
  • Scrappy attitude: 0→1 builder who executes end-to-end. Prioritizing doing over delegating.
  • Sharp analytical chops; you can evaluate full-funnel performance across channels and distill complex data into clear, decisive next steps.
  • Hands-on experience allocating budgets and working with influencer/creator programs.
  • Comfort building and prototyping using AI tools.

Preferred

  • experience growing subscription businesses or mobile apps

Benefits

  • Competitive salary + bonus + equity
  • Generous PTO + 11 company holidays
  • Open sick time
  • 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees
  • 401k with match
  • Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account
  • Paid professional development
  • Leadership & growth opportunities
  • Virtual company and team building events
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System1

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System1 (NYSE: SST) combines best-in-class technology and data science to operate the most dynamic Responsive Acquisition Marketing Platform (RAMP) powered by AI & machine learning. We are led by passionate entrepreneurs & industry veterans who have built and managed multiple billion dollar companies. Our team is comprised of incredible engineers, product managers, data scientists, & buy and sell-side experts.Learn more about our current openings and get a glimpse of life at System1 at system1.com/careers!

Founded in 2013
Marina del Rey, California, USA
339 employees (65 in marketing)
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60% CEO approval

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$133K/yr – $183K/yr

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$920M
Last Raise
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Post IPO Debt, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2022
    Post IPO Equity • $250M
  • Jan 2022
    Post IPO Debt • $400M
  • Sep 2017
    Private Equity • $270M

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