Founding Growth Lead: Build the Growth Engine

BY Recruiting

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 250,000

Full time

8 days ago
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Job summary

BY Recruiting is seeking a Founding Growth Lead to join a scrappy, well-capitalized startup reimagining product demos with AI-native tech. You’ll own top-of-funnel growth through content, paid channels, SEO, and partnerships, and you’ll build distribution systems from scratch.

This is a founder-like role writing the playbook, running experiments with rigor, and collaborating with design to ship polished narratives.

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of B2B growth/marketing experience at a venture-backed startup.
  • Sharp copywriting instincts.
  • A data-driven, experimental mindset.
  • Comfort building from scratch in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.

Responsibilities

  • Drive top-of-funnel growth through content, paid channels, SEO, and organic social.
  • Build distribution systems through founder networks, events, partnerships, and outbound.
  • Run growth experiments with quantitative rigor, testing messaging, channels, and campaigns.
  • Write marketing copy that doesn’t feel like marketing copy: homepage, landing pages, case studies, launches.
  • Partner with design to ensure everything ships polished.

Skills

Growth/Marketing experience
Copywriting
Data-driven mindset
Ambiguity handling

Tools

SEO tools
Analytics tools
Paid acquisition platforms

Job description

BY Recruiting is seeking a Founding Growth Lead to join a scrappy, well-capitalized startup reimagining product demos with AI-native tech. You’ll own top-of-funnel growth through content, paid channels, SEO, and partnerships, and you’ll build distribution systems from scratch.

This is a founder-like role writing the playbook, running experiments with rigor, and collaborating with design to ship polished narratives.

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