Mechanism Ventures · 1 week ago
Head of Growth
Mechanism Ventures builds profitable companies and has launched and scaled 10 companies since 2019. The Head of Growth is a founding-level growth operator responsible for developing and executing the growth strategy for a newly launched startup, focusing on profitability and scalable growth systems.
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Responsibilities
Own growth end-to-end for a newly launched company, with profitability as the primary KPI
Design and execute the growth strategy across acquisition, conversion, retention, and monetization
Build and maintain a clear growth model defining assumptions, targets, and constraints
Design fast, disciplined experiments to validate demand, channels, pricing, and positioning
Personally Own Or Directly Oversee Paid acquisition (especially Google Ads and Meta)
Conversion rate optimization
Landing pages and funnel testing
Retention and lifecycle systems where relevant
Scale what works, kill what doesn’t—quickly and decisively
Partner closely with product, engineering, and design to translate growth insights into high-leverage changes
Participate in board meetings to share growth strategy, results, learnings, and blockers
Document systems, playbooks, and learnings so they can be reused across future launches
Leverage AI and automation to increase speed, clarity, and effectiveness
Transition growth ownership to a long-term team once the engine is stable and repeatable
Qualification
Required
5+ years building and scaling growth engines in early-stage companies
Deep hands-on experience with Google Ads, Meta Ads, and CRO
Strong first-principles and systems thinking
High-speed, high-quality execution under ambiguity
Strong written and verbal communication
Comfort leveraging AI, automation, and modern growth tooling
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Unlimited time off policy with a two-week minimum
Company
Mechanism Ventures
Mechanism Ventures cofounds startups with world-class entrepreneurs.
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