Manager, National & SME Growth

District of Columbia, USA (On-site)

$95K/yr – $120K/yrManager6+ years exp

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own national subscriber growth across Axios newsletters by driving cross-channel acquisition, diversifying paid media, and piloting an SME audience program, while strengthening retention and distribution through data-driven, AI-informed workflows.

  • National Growth: Own subscription targets across the national portfolio and optimize cross-channel acquisition strategies.
  • Experimental & Partnerships: Build an SME audience model, run experiments on audience-product fit, and expand distribution and lifecycle initiatives with cross-functional teams.

Job Description

  • National Subscriber Growth
  • Own subscriber growth targets across Axios’s national newsletter portfolio
  • Execute acquisition strategies across paid, owned, and earned channels
  • Monitor audience composition, growth performance, and acquisition efficiency
  • Contribute insights and recommendations to weekly growth reporting
  • Paid Media & Channel Diversification
  • Lead paid acquisition strategy across Meta, Google, LinkedIn, and emerging platforms
  • Drive diversification away from concentrated acquisition channels
  • Establish and optimize CAC and conversion benchmarks by audience segment
  • Partner with Creative on campaign messaging and assets
  • SME Audience Growth Pilot
  • Build and validate a new SME audience acquisition model
  • Run experiments around audience-product fit and conversion economics
  • Partner cross-functionally with Editorial, Product, Revenue, and PDT teams
  • Make data-driven recommendations on what to scale, refine, or retire
  • Distribution, Retention & Operations
  • Support national audience expansion through distribution partnerships
  • Partner with Lifecycle Marketing on onboarding, engagement, and retention initiatives
  • Use AI-enabled workflows to improve experimentation, analysis, and campaign execution
  • 6+ years in growth marketing, audience acquisition, subscription, or lifecycle marketing
  • Proven experience growing subscription, membership, or first-party audience businesses
  • Deep paid media expertise across Meta, Google, LinkedIn, and emerging channels
  • Strong analytical skills across CAC, LTV, attribution, and funnel optimization
  • Experience with modern martech and analytics tools (Braze, Segment, Sigma, Piano, etc.)
  • Experience launching or scaling new growth initiatives or audience programs
  • Experience with AI-enabled workflows
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
  • Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
  • Dental and vision coverage
  • Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
  • Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
  • One mental health day per quarter
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
  • Tele-mental health services through Headspace

Starting salary for this role is in the range of $95,000 - $120,000 and is dependent on numerous factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, and skills. This range does not include other compensation benefits. Axios' compensation philosophy takes into account cost of labor differentials across the country. Because this is a remote-optional job posting, this salary range takes into account all possible locations within the United States, but candidates will only be eligible for the salary range for their location.

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We are a new media company delivering vital, trustworthy news and analysis in the most efficient, illuminating and shareable ways possible. We offer a mix of original and smartly narrated coverage of media trends, tech, business and politics with expertise, voice AND smart brevity — on a new and innovative mobile platform. At Axios — the Greek word for worthy — we provide only content worthy of people's time, attention and trust. Careers: https://www.axios.com/careers

Founded in 2017
Arlington, Virginia, USA
625 employees (267 in marketing)