Founding Growth Marketer

San Francisco, CA (On-site)

$100K/yr – $220K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead growth initiatives at an early-stage startup by running experiments, building repeatable systems, and owning broad areas with AI-native tooling.

  • Own and run growth experiments to drive compounding lead generation across channels.
  • Must-have: Claude Code demo ability (or similar) to showcase end-to-end AI projects.
  • Standout: AI-native mindset with daily use of AI tools and power user of AthenaHQ platform.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Run Growth Experiments
  • Design and execute experiments to increase lead generation across channels
  • Test hypotheses, measure results, and report findings to the team
  • Double down on what works and build compounding growth loops
  • We won't judge you on failed experiments. We value curiosity and grit. Show us what you've got.
  • Build Systems
  • Architect end-to-end systems that make growth repeatable, not ad hoc
  • Own the marketing-to-sales-to-CSM handoff: build seamless flows so contacts move through our pipeline without friction
  • Set up and manage the tools, automations, and analytics infrastructure that power our growth engine
  • You should have a high learning curve and be comfortable picking up new platforms from scratch
  • Take Ownership
  • We operate on a high-agency basis. If you see an opportunity or a problem, you take action instead of waiting for permission.
  • Own results and entire areas of the company, not just tasks. At an early-stage startup, your scope expands as fast as you do
  • Be AI-Native
  • You\'ve built an end-to-end project in Claude Code (or similar) that you\'re comfortable demo\'ing
  • You use AI tools daily to move faster, think more clearly, and multiply your output
  • Be a power user of the AthenaHQ platform itself, providing daily product feedback to our product team

Requirements

  • No specific background or years of experience required. We care about your ability to do the job.
  • Strong critical thinking. You form your own hypotheses about markets and channels, you don\'t blindly follow playbooks.
  • Systems-oriented mindset. You think in loops, leverage, and compounding, not one-off campaigns.
  • Comfort with ambiguity. You can figure out what to do when nobody has told you what to do.
  • Bias toward action. You ship, measure, learn, and iterate quickly.
  • Clear communication. You can articulate what you\'re doing, why, and what you\'ve learned.
  • Location: In-person at our San Francisco office, 5 days a week
  • Claude Code demo ability? Comfort with Claude Code (or similar) project demo

Preferred

  • You\'ve built an end-to-end project in Claude Code (or similar) that you\'re comfortable demo\'ing
  • You use AI tools daily to move faster, think more clearly, and multiply your output
  • Be a power user of the AthenaHQ platform itself, providing daily product feedback to our product team

Benefits

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AthenaHQ

Action on AI Search with Athena.Backed by Y Combinator, FCVC (seed investor in Coinbase, Instacart, Webflow, Rippling), Eli Schwartz, and current and former CMOs, AthenaHQ is the preferred AI-search partner for forward-thinking marketing organizationsFeatured on Forbes, WSJ, and Business Insider.Trusted by hundreds of next-gen marketing teams at Paperless Post, Ollie, Checkr, OneSignal, and more.

Founded in 2024
San Francisco, California, USA
16 employees (1 in marketing)