Head of Growth

Clera

$150K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven track record in growth roles at developer-focused or B2B SaaS companies, especially in early-stage settings.
  • In-depth understanding of developer go-to-market strategies, particularly product-led growth (PLG) and community engagement.
  • Data-driven with the ability to set up tracking systems, run experiments, and make evidence-based decisions.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills tailored for a technical audience.
  • Self-directed and capable of developing processes in a fast-paced startup environment.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute a comprehensive end-to-end growth strategy focusing on various acquisition and retention tactics.
  • Identify high-impact channels for reaching AI/ML engineers, including content and community-driven tactics.
  • Build and manage the demand-generation funnel from initial awareness to user retention and expansion.
  • Collaborate closely with the engineering team to enhance the product for effective PLG operations.
  • Create technical content that engages and educates developers, such as blogs and tutorials.
  • Foster connections within the AI developer ecosystem, including open-source communities and developer tools.
  • Track growth metrics through analytics to facilitate constant improvement in performance.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary plus meaningful equity in the company.
  • Opportunity to significantly influence company direction and growth strategy.
  • Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're a seed-stage AI infrastructure startup (Y Combinator / top-tier VC backed) building the go-to sandbox environment for teams developing and testing AI agents. Our platform lets engineering teams run their agents against stateful, production-like "twins" of third-party services - safely, repeatably, and without touching live systems.

As our Head of Growth, you'll be the first dedicated growth hire at a 2-10 person company, working directly with the founders to build the growth engine from scratch. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role at the intersection of product, marketing, and sales in one of the fastest-moving sectors in tech: AI agent tooling.
What You'll Do
  • Define and execute the end-to-end growth strategy - spanning developer acquisition, product-led growth loops, and pipeline generation.
  • Identify and prioritize the highest-leverage channels (content, community, partnerships, events, paid, outbound) for reaching AI/ML engineers and platform teams.
  • Build and own the demand-generation funnel: from awareness through activation, retention, and expansion.
  • Work closely with engineering to instrument and optimize the product for PLG motions - trials, onboarding, usage milestones, and upgrade triggers.
  • Develop and distribute content that resonates with a technical developer audience (e.g., blogs, tutorials, case studies, conference talks).
  • Establish relationships in the AI developer ecosystem - open-source communities, AI agent frameworks, and developer tool ecosystems.
  • Set up analytics and reporting to track and improve key growth metrics (CAC, activation rate, time-to-value, MRR growth).
  • Eventually build and lead a small growth team as the company scales.
What We're Looking For
  • Required:
    • Proven track record driving growth at a developer-focused or B2B SaaS company - ideally at the seed or early Series A stage.
    • Deep understanding of developer go-to-market motions (PLG, developer community, bottom-up SaaS).
    • Comfortable with data: you set up your own tracking, run experiments, and make decisions based on evidence.
    • Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to craft messaging for a technical audience.
    • Highly autonomous - you can operate with minimal process and build structure where none exists.
  • Nice to Have:
    • Background in AI/ML tooling, DevOps, testing infrastructure, or developer platforms.
    • Experience marketing to AI engineers or agent development teams.
    • Familiarity with CI/CD workflows, API-first products, or sandbox/testing environments.
    • Technical background (engineering degree or prior engineering experience).
Compensation & Benefits
  • Competitive salary and meaningful early-stage equity.
  • Direct influence over company strategy and trajectory.
  • Visa sponsorship available.
Location

This role is on-site in San Francisco, CA. We work together in person - we're a small, fast-moving team and believe in the energy of working side by side.

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