The role and why it matters
You will be the founding growth hire for the company's expert-contributor platform, reporting directly to the COO. This is a zero-to-one operating role for someone who can acquire and activate contributors, build supply-side partnerships, improve retention, and turn funnel data into repeatable growth systems across physical AI and media-generation verticals.
What you'll do
• Build and own the contributor-platform growth engine from the ground up.
• Design and run experiments to acquire expert contributors, improve signup-to-activation conversion, and retain top talent.
• Develop partnerships with studios, creator networks, expert communities, and specialist firms.
• Work hands-on with funnel data, dashboards, cohorts, and acquisition economics to identify bottlenecks and scale winning channels.
• Run paid campaigns and creative acquisition programs with meaningful budget and autonomy.
• Build lifecycle messaging, outbound, CRM, and workflow-automation systems that support contributor growth.
• Translate contributor feedback and experiment results into improvements to onboarding, communications, incentives, product, and operations.
• Present clear recommendations and results to company leadership under close strategic review.
Requirements
What we're looking for
• 4 to 8 years of experience in growth marketing, growth operations, marketplace operations, or a closely related role.
• Direct experience building a growth program or marketplace supply motion from zero to one.
• Hands-on expertise with funnel data, cohort analysis, dashboards, experimentation, and acquisition economics.
• A record of designing growth experiments, measuring results, and scaling the channels that work.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain decisions under probing.
• Creativity, resourcefulness, high ownership, and comfort operating in ambiguity at a fast-moving startup.
• Willingness to work on-site in San Francisco five days per week or relocate.
Bonus points
• Experience growing a contributor platform, creator network, expert community, or marketplace supply side.
• Experience running paid campaigns through platforms such as Meta Ads or Google Ads.
• Background in B2B SaaS, consumer marketplaces, AI data, or adjacent contributor-driven businesses.
• Familiarity with CRM, outbound, lifecycle messaging, workflow automation, and SQL.
Benefits
Compensation, location, and benefits
• $170K-$200K base salary, with flexibility up to approximately $250K for exceptional candidates.
• Competitive equity and comprehensive benefits.
• Full-time, on-site work in San Francisco five days per week.
• Meals and rides home are covered.
• Eligible existing visa transfers, including OPT and H-1B transfers, may be supported.
