Performance and Growth Manager

Edinburgh, UK (Remote)

£52K/yr – £62K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own growth across a portfolio of DTC brands with end-to-end strategy, cross-functional planning, and paid social leadership.

  • Growth strategy and planning across channels, audiences, and lifecycle levers to boost revenue and profitability.
  • Strategic client leadership: challenge assumptions, align founders and executives, and translate data into commercially meaningful moves.
  • Creative and testing governance: partner with creative teams, frame experiments, and drive scalable growth roadmaps.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Act as the strategic growth partner for a portfolio of DTC e-commerce brands, taking responsibility for identifying, prioritising, and executing opportunities that drive sustainable revenue growth and improved commercial performance.
  • Develop comprehensive growth plans that extend beyond paid media, considering customer acquisition, retention, conversion rate optimisation, creative effectiveness, offer strategy, customer lifetime value, and overall business objectives.
  • Build a deep understanding of each client's business model, growth constraints, commercial targets, customer behaviour, and unit economics to ensure recommendations are grounded in business reality.
  • Work directly with founders and senior stakeholders to challenge assumptions, identify risks, uncover growth opportunities, and influence decision-making through commercially focused recommendations.
  • Lead quarterly and annual planning sessions that align marketing activity with wider business objectives and create clear growth roadmaps.
  • Identify opportunities to improve profitability, acquisition efficiency, customer value, and operational effectiveness through strategic planning and performance analysis.
  • Maintain ownership of overall account health, ensuring growth strategies evolve in response to changing market conditions, business priorities, and performance trends.
  • Oversee paid social strategy across Meta and TikTok, ensuring activity remains aligned with wider commercial objectives and growth plans.
  • Guide Senior Paid Social Managers on account strategy, campaign structures, testing frameworks, and scaling initiatives that improve performance and efficiency.
  • Review account performance regularly, identifying opportunities to accelerate growth, improve acquisition efficiency, and maximise return on investment.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of paid social, growth marketing, or e-commerce growth experience within an agency or DTC environment, with a proven track record of delivering measurable commercial outcomes.
  • Deep expertise across Meta Ads Manager and TikTok Ads Manager, with extensive experience managing and scaling high-performing acquisition campaigns.
  • Strong commercial acumen and a thorough understanding of business growth drivers, including customer acquisition, profitability, retention, contribution margin, and customer lifetime value.
  • Proven ability to translate marketing performance into commercially relevant recommendations that influence business decisions and growth strategies.
  • Advanced understanding of growth planning, customer acquisition strategy, creative testing methodologies, performance measurement, and full-funnel marketing principles.
  • Highly proficient in Triple Whale, Shopify, GA4, and performance reporting environments, with the ability to interpret complex data and identify actionable opportunities.
  • Experience leading strategic client relationships and communicating confidently with founders, leadership teams, and senior stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and develop team members whilst contributing positively to team culture and performance.
  • Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with a proactive, growth-oriented mindset.
  • Passionate about performance marketing, innovation, AI adoption, and helping ambitious brands achieve meaningful growth.

Benefits

  • Join a fast-growing and ambitious company with a collaborative, people-first culture.
  • Benefit from a hybrid-first working model, with remote working and optional access to our London office for collaboration and team connection.
  • Enjoy 27 days of annual leave, plus Bank Holidays and your birthday off each year.
  • Work abroad for up to 30 days per year (T&Cs apply), giving you added flexibility and balance.
  • Benefit from a company pension scheme designed to support your long-term future.
  • Access private health insurance after 6 months, helping you prioritise your wellbeing.
  • Receive life insurance cover alongside Smart Health wellbeing support services.
  • Benefit from a healthcare cash plan covering dental, optical, and physiotherapy support.
  • Follow a clear and structured progression plan designed to support your professional growth and career development.
  • Participate in annual salary reviews linked to performance and contribution.
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Founded in 2019
Leeds, England, GBR
42 employees (23 in marketing)

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