Vice President, Growth Marketing

New York City, NY (Remote)

$265K/yr – $285K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the full-funnel growth strategy and lead a team to drive acquisition, conversion, and retention, partnering with Product, Brand, and leadership to scale CookUnity.

  • Own multi-channel growth and emerging frontier experimentation to maximize LTV while protecting CAC.
  • Build and mentor a high-performing growth team across acquisition, conversion, and retention.
  • Partner with Product, Brand, and leadership to drive data-informed growth initiatives and strategic storytelling.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Growth Strategy: Own the full-funnel growth vision and roadmap, integrating paid, owned, earned, and product-led growth initiatives to scale efficiently while protecting CAC and maximizing LTV.
  • Team Leadership: Build, mentor, and inspire a team of high-performing growth marketers, channel leads, and analysts focused on acquisition, conversion, and retention.
  • Channel Excellence: Oversee performance across Meta, Google, TikTok, DSPs, and emerging channels, while expanding into new frontiers such as influencer, affiliate, and partnership-based growth.
  • Data & Experimentation: Foster a rigorous culture of testing, measurement, and optimization—leveraging analytics, attribution, and cohort insights to drive decisions.
  • Product-Led Growth: Partner with Product and Tech to identify and execute high-impact growth loops, cross-sell, upsell, and referral initiatives across the CookUnity ecosystem.
  • Brand x Growth Integration: Collaborate with Creative and Brand to develop compelling storytelling and performance-driven creative that elevates CookUnity’s chef-led value proposition.
  • Forecasting & Performance Management: Own growth forecasting, budget allocation, and reporting across all digital and offline performance channels.
  • Thought Leadership: Stay ahead of emerging trends, technologies, and platforms (AI, personalization, creator economy, etc.)—ensuring CookUnity remains at the forefront of modern marketing innovation.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in growth marketing, digital acquisition, and lifecycle management within fast-paced, high-growth DTC or marketplace environments.
  • Proven success leading large-scale customer acquisition and retention programs across multiple channels.
  • Deep understanding of marketing analytics, attribution, cohort analysis, and performance forecasting.
  • Exceptional leadership experience building and managing teams across media, data, creative, and product functions.
  • Strong background in experimentation frameworks, conversion rate optimization, and funnel diagnostics.
  • Demonstrated success partnering with senior executives to shape company strategy and growth objectives.
  • Experience managing large marketing budgets with an ROI-driven, analytical mindset.
  • Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Preferred

  • Visionary leader with entrepreneurial energy, strategic clarity, and a bias toward action.
  • Balances creativity and analytical rigor—equally fluent in data dashboards and storytelling decks.
  • Highly collaborative and capable of influencing across multiple teams and stakeholders.
  • Deep empathy for the customer and passion for building a category-defining brand.
  • Thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, combining big-picture thinking with tactical execution.
  • Strong communicator who inspires teams, energizes partners, and can represent CookUnity externally as a growth thought leader.

Benefits

  • 🩺 Health Insurance coverage
  • 🌅 401k Plan
  • 📈 We grow, you grow: Stock Options Plan granted on Day 1
  • 🌟 Eligible for a bi-annual performance bonus
  • ⛱ PTO policy and paid sick days / Unlimited PTO
  • 🗓️ 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical
  • 🐣 Paid Family leave
  • 🕯 Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises
  • 🥘 A generous amount of CookUnity credits to enjoy our amazing meals, added to your account, monthly
  • 🧘🏽‍♀️ Wellness perks: access to fitness subsidies to build a healthy lifestyle
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CookUnity

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CookUnity is the first Chef-Direct Subscription service—a chef-to-food lover marketplace connecting the country's most talented chefs with eaters (consumers). We’re changing meal delivery by bringing small-batch, restaurant-quality meals to eaters across the country. Every week, a diverse collective of all-star chefs craft their signature, ready-to-eat dishes for an elevated at-home dining experience.

Founded in 2015
Brooklyn, New York, USA
769 employees (52 in marketing)
43% recommend to a friend
88% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.6M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.1M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
29.1%
Direct
62.7%
Referral
3.7%
Social
3.2%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~769

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
30 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
1.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Total Funding
$371.9M
Last Raise
$250M
Debt Financing, 4 months ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2025
    Debt Financing • $250M
  • Apr 2023
    Series Unknown • $47M
  • Dec 2022
    Series Unknown • $4.5M

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