MIDDLE8 · 6 hours ago
Founding Head of Growth - Music AI/Social Media - $250k + equity
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$250K/yr - $250K/yr
8+ years expMIDDLE8 is building a social music platform aimed at transforming music discovery and creator growth. As the founding Head of Growth, you will architect and drive user acquisition, activation, and retention, while designing and optimizing growth systems and strategies to ensure sustainable growth.
Computer Software
Hiring Manager
Ben Charlton
Responsibilities
Serve as the architect and hands-on driver of user acquisition, activation, and retention
Design the growth system from the ground up, building powerful loops, optimizing onboarding flows, creating habit-forming triggers, and scaling the tactics that drive sustainable, compounding growth
Own the growth roadmap across acquisition, activation, retention, and referral for both consumers and creators
Partner closely with product and design teams to optimize onboarding, conversion, and engagement flows
Identify, design, and scale growth loops and network effects that turn users into advocates
Test messaging and run campaigns across paid, organic, referral, and lifecycle channels while refining funnels from awareness through to habit formation
Define success metrics, run rapid experiments, and translate insights into repeatable, scalable wins
Implement core growth infrastructure, including tracking, attribution, and lifecycle systems
Hire and lead a high-performing growth team that consistently delivers strong results
Qualification
Required
At least eight years of experience in growth, growth marketing, or growth product roles at high-growth consumer technology, social, or gaming companies
Successfully scaled a product from early traction to millions of engaged users
Deep understanding of growth mechanics, including viral loops, retention drivers, and compounding growth levers
Equally strategic and hands-on, capable of setting the plan and executing experiments yourself
Ability to move quickly, thrive in ambiguity, and take decisive action even without perfect data
Analytical, creative, and deeply committed to uncovering what truly works
Benefits
Equity
Company
MIDDLE8
Middle8 bridge R&D, product and growth, bringing impactful ideas to life across all aspects of culture.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase