Growth Associate

Reinforced Learning; Town of Tonawanda (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Reinforced Learning in Tonawanda, NY, is seeking Growth Associates to architect and scale the expert supply engine powering frontier AI training. You will own both manual and automated acquisition pipelines to grow our expert network from 100K to hundreds of thousands and beyond.

This role blends GTM automation engineering, talent acquisition, marketing, conference planning, partnership building, purchasing, and distribution.

Qualifications

• Experience scaling talent networks or marketplaces, recruiting, or outbound sales/lead generation.
• Thrives in ambiguity and can overcome bottlenecks on the fly.
• Proven track record of elite operational execution.
• Analytical rigor with funnel modeling and pipeline analytics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• High agency, resourcefulness, and competitive drive.

Responsibilities

• Build, optimize, and scale automated expert sourcing pipelines.
• Leverage LinkedIn and similar platforms to identify and recruit professionals from diverse industries.
• Lead purchasing efforts in the data acquisition field.
• Expand Reinforced Learning's Conference footprint.
• Expand Campus Partnership efforts with elite universities and MBA/PHD programs.
• Collaborate with Marketing to improve brand awareness and social media strategy.
• Work with Engineering on Product Design Optimization.

Skills

Talent network scaling

Outbound sales

Analytical reasoning

Written communication

Resourcefulness

High agency

Tools

Clay

Instantly

Apollo

Zapier

Scripting

Web scrapers

Job description

Overview

Reinforced Learning is hiring

Overview

Reinforced Learning is hiring Growth Associates to architect and scale the expert supply engine powering frontier AI training. You will own both manual and automated acquisition pipelines to grow our expert network from 100K to hundreds of thousands and beyond. This role blends GTM automation engineering, talent acquisition, marketing, conference planning, partnership building, purchasing, and distribution.

This is not a typical “growth” role. It is an operational, and strategic position working directly with our founding team. You will design scalable systems, run experiments, recruit elite experts and operators, build automation stacks, represent Reinforced Learning at conferences and panels, and drive brand amplification / marketing initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Build, optimize, and scale automated expert sourcing pipelines
• Leverage LinkedIn and similar platforms to identify and bring on professionals from diverse industries
• Lead purchasing efforts in the up and coming data acquisition field
• Expand Reinforced Learning's Conference footprint
• Expand Campus Partnership efforts with elite universities and MBA/PHD programs
• Collaborate with Marketing to improve brand awareness and social media strategy
• Work hand in hand with Engineering on Product Design Optimization

Required Qualifications

• Experience scaling talent networks or marketplaces, recruiting, or outbound sales/lead generation
• Scrappiness, thriving in ambiguity, and being able to overcome bottlenecks on the fly
• Demonstrated track record of elite operational execution
• Analytical rigor; comfort with funnel modeling and pipeline analytics
• Exceptional written and verbal communication
• Evidence of high agency, resourcefulness, and competitive drive

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with GTM tooling (Clay, Instantly, Apollo, Zapier, scripts, scrapers)
• Willingness to operate in a 5-6 day startup cadence
• Passion for frontier AI and ambition to build category-defining systems