Senior Manager, Growth & Ambassador Pipeline

USA (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level5+ years expSalaried Ft

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive high-velocity affiliate growth and partnerships, owning revenue, paid UGC/whitelisting, and membership conversion for a DTC brand.

  • Primary ownership: Build and optimize a scalable affiliate pipeline to harvest unicorns.
  • Must-have: 5+ years scaling affiliate programs at a $20M+ DTC brand and $1M+ monthly revenue.
  • Standout: Own revenue targets, paid UGC/whitelisting, and Greenhouse Membership-driven growth.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Build the Pipeline: High-velocity outreach and seeding at scale. You'll manage thousands of seeds to harvest a handful of unicorns.
  • Run Adjacent Category Tests: Pet, DIY, Wellness, Homesteading. Find the whitespace with low CAC and high LTV, then own it.
  • Own Paid UGC and Whitelisting: Source, brief, and manage creators for paid UGC. Move top performers into whitelisted Meta and TikTok campaigns. You evaluate whitelisted content as a mid-funnel signal generator, not a direct-response unit.
  • Own Affiliate Revenue: You hold the revenue line and contribute materially to annual targets.
  • Drive Membership: Every partnership optimized toward Greenhouse Membership conversion.
  • Kill What Doesn’t Work: Weekly pipeline audits. If a segment isn't hitting gross margin thresholds after attribution, cut it.

Requirements

  • 5+ years scaling affiliate or ambassador programs at a $20M+ DTC brand
  • Proven track record managing $1M+ in monthly attributed revenue
  • Hands-on experience running paid UGC programs and creator whitelisting on Meta and/or TikTok
  • Mastery of modern affiliate platforms (SuperAffiliate, etc.) and CRM automation
  • Founder mindset on spend

Benefits

  • Base Compensation: Starting at $100,000, depending on experience and location
  • Bonus: This role is eligible for a team performance bonus at 10%.
  • Flexibility: We trust our team to get their jobs done. We trust that YOU know the best way to achieve that. High quality delivery of results means you can choose how and where you work. It’s not just about putting in the hours and checking a box. Flexible work includes flexibility around work location and working hours, including how you work & start and stop times.
  • Benefits: We include employer-paid health insurance premiums for employees at 80%, dependents at 50%, dental, vision, voluntary benefits, 7 paid holidays, 7 sick days, unlimited time off (salaried), 12 weeks paid parental or adoption leave, 401(k) with 4% match through Vanguard, $500 yearly professional development stipend, leadership development program, employee product discounts, and more
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Epic Gardening

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We are home to the largest gardening community on the planet - trusted by millions across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and our blog for making gardening simple, fun, and possible for everyone. Our vision is bold: a garden in every home. To achieve it, we’re building the world’s first category-defining gardening company at global scale - blending education, media, planning tools and world-class products into one seamless experience.From seeds, raised beds, and grow bags to seed-starting systems and digital planning tools, everything we design empowers gardeners of every level to succeed.Our products are available nationwide through leading retailers like Whole Foods, Petco, Ace Hardware, True Value, thousands of independent garden centers, and online at EpicGardening.com and Amazon.Together with our passionate community, we’re setting a new standard for what’s possible in gardening, where content and commerce unite to support every grower, everywhere. The future of gardening is already here, and it’s Epic.

Founded in 2013
Broomfield, Colorado, USA
87 employees (22 in marketing)
100% recommend to a friend
100% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
959K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
64.8%
Direct
25.7%
Referral
2.9%
Social
6.2%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~87

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
20 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
9 years
Median Tenure
2.6 years

Funding

Total Funding
$17.5M
Last Raise
$17.5M
Series A, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2021
    Series A • $17.5M