Founding Growth Lead

ABOUT THE ROLE This is a hands-on founding growth role at an early-stage fintech company building an AI-enabled financial services business. You will work alongside the founder to build the customer acquisition engine, turn audience reach into qualified conversations, and improve conversion. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Build and run acquisition programs across outbound, automation, events, gifting, partnerships, referrals, paid channels, and PR. - Turn media reach among founders and business owners into customer conversations and signed mandates. - Map prospective sellers and buyers, their needs, decision-makers, and the best ways to reach them. - Run rapid growth experiments, measure results, and develop successful approaches into repeatable programs. - Help determine which customer segments to serve and how to earn prospective clients' attention. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Typically 2 to 10 years of experience, including early growth work at a fast-growing startup serving small businesses or founders, or similarly strong results acquiring founder and business-owner customers. - Hands-on experience building campaigns, writing outreach sequences, and setting up growth automation. - Demonstrated personal success acquiring customers through channels such as outbound, events, partnerships, referrals, or automation. - Ability to connect growth decisions to results, with a sound understanding of acquisition costs, conversion funnels, and retention. - Creative judgment, a willingness to run experiments, and interest in shaping an early-stage team and business. - Finance, M&A, or banking experience is not required. No specific technology stack is listed. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Compensation will be shaped around the candidate, with meaningful equity. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION On-site in San Francisco, California. New York is also listed as a work location.