Growth Marketer

Kikoff; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Kikoff is seeking a data-driven Growth Marketer to scale user acquisition for its fintech platform. You will own campaigns across multiple channels, work with cross-functional teams, and relentlessly optimize for CAC/ROAS while learning fast in a high-velocity environment.

Initial collaboration with senior leadership will give way to full ownership of campaigns and strategic initiatives, with equity and benefits included in a fast-growing company that helps customers build credit and financial

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience driving growth toward CAC/ROAS or related targets.
• Ability to define and break down marketing KPIs into drivers.
• Ability to move fast with high-velocity and attention to detail.
• Strategic thinker able to organize problems and prioritize opportunities.
• Experience with hypothesis-driven testing (A/B, MVT) and interpreting results.

Responsibilities

• Grow user onboarding across digital and offline channels at scalable CAC/ROAS.
• Define, drive and measure KPIs for each campaign.
• Design and run AB tests to optimize campaigns continuously.
• Collaborate with designers, copywriters, product, data teams and others to execute campaigns.
• Aim for rapid learning and measurable business growth from day one.

Skills

Growth marketing

CAC/ROAS

A/B testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven

Job description

Kikoff: The Fintech Powering Financial Security at Scale

Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money. We're scaling fast. Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially.

Why Kikoff:

This is a consumer fintech startup, and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes, you can build an exciting business AND have real-life real-customer impact.

Kikoff is a high-growth consumer fintech startup offering credit-building solutions that are affordable, accessible, and educational. Our core product, the Kikoff Credit Account, has helped hundreds of thousands of customers build better credit. Kikoff has been featured by NerdWallet, Forbes, Buzzfeed, and others; and our app has a 4.9 rating amongst thousands of reviews. But Kikoff is more than just a credit builder: we are a long-term financial partner for our customers, and we have an exciting product roadmap of solutions to help our customers reach their financial goals.

About the role:

We are looking for a high-caliber Growth Marketerto join our team who is interested in growing into a lead role. This role is designed for a data-driven strategist who thrives on solving complex problems and is eager to push the boundaries of traditional marketing. You will operate at the intersection of technical execution, rigorous analysis, and creative strategy to launch high-impact campaigns.

While you will initially collaborate with senior leadership to scale existing channels and refine creative assets, you will quickly transition into full ownership of your own campaigns and strategic initiatives. We are looking for a professional who moves with speed, values precision, and is ready to drive measurable business growth from day one.

This is a full-time position with benefits and equity in a fast-moving and fast-growing environment that will help you grow your abilities and career as you help build a better ecosystem of credit for our customers.

What you’ll do:

• Growing the number of users who join our program at an efficient cost per acquisition by running campaigns across multiple digital and offline channels.
• Define, drive, and measure KPIs for each campaign.
• Continually design and execute AB tests to make the most effective campaigns.
• Work cross-functionally to bring campaigns to life: working with designers, copywriters, product team, data analysts, and more.
• Become a great growth marketer while getting broad exposure to many parts of marketing and building a company.

Who you are:

2+ years of experience demonstrating success in driving growth toward defined CAC/ROAS or volume targets, within set timelines and budgets or a strong track record in an analytical academic discipline or a structured, data-driven role.

Ability to define key marketing KPIs and break them down into their underlying drivers to understand and influence performance from first principles.

Ability to move fast and flexibly, juggling multiple projects with the trustworthiness to execute on schedule at high-velocity and attention-to-detail.

Strategic thinker able to break down and organize problems, assess opportunity areas, and develop big ideas and priorities to move the business forward.

Understanding of hypothesis-driven A/B, MVT, and incrementality testing with the ability to analyze test result data to tease out learnings and insights to inform future testing.

Understanding what makes an effective and strong direct response creative, with a framework to continually adjust and learn based on experimentation.

Nice to have:

Experience in a fintech business or the D2C industry is a bonus

Base Range

$120,000 - $145,000 USD

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Kikoff Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.