Growth Architect for Direct & Partner Fintech

Kamino; New York (NY); On-site; USD 210,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Kamino is hiring a Head of Growth in New York to turn direct and partner‑distributed financial products into sustained growth in funded customers, retained capital and revenue. You will own the growth strategy across acquisition, activation, retention and cross‑product adoption, deciding where to invest and which approaches can scale.

This is a hands‑on role, including budgeting, measurement and launching foundational programs before building the team.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of growth experience, including senior ownership of growth for a D2C financial product and direct experience serving U.S. customers.
• A track record of growing funded customers, retained balances, repeat activity or revenue while maintaining strong acquisition economics and customer quality.
• Experience building a Growth function in a lean company: setting direction, doing foundational work, and hiring and developing the team.
• The ability to lead across acquisition and lifecycle, with deep expertise in at least one of paid acquisition or lifecycle and the judgment to hire strong specialists.
• Experience building CRM and lifecycle systems using segmentation, automation and controlled experiments, and improving conversion across journeys.
• Ownership of material growth budgets with strong judgment across attribution, incrementality, cohort quality, and payback.
• Sound judgment around customer trust, compliance and platform policies with clear executive communication across functions.
• Daily fluency with AI tools and workflows that improve speed and quality.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the Growth function. Own strategy, budget, and forecasts; hire the team to scale.
• Acquire funded customers. Build paid acquisition and optimize channel economics and journeys.
• Build lifecycle and retention. Establish CRM and automation to drive repeat use and cross‑product adoption.
• Activate partner distribution. Work with Business Development to turn access into activity and revenue.
• Invest against measurable results. Own attribution, spend and payback analysis.

Skills

Growth leadership

US customer focus

CRM systems

Lifecycle management

Paid acquisition

Analytics & attribution

AI tooling

Executive communication

Budget ownership

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

CRM platforms

Job description

Kamino is hiring a Head of Growth in New York to turn direct and partner‑distributed financial products into sustained growth in funded customers, retained capital and revenue. You will own the growth strategy across acquisition, activation, retention and cross‑product adoption, deciding where to invest and which approaches can scale.

This is a hands‑on role, including budgeting, measurement and launching foundational programs before building the team.