This is an early-career growth role with unusually high ownership.
We’re working with a fast-growing AI startup in San Francisco that is building software for a large, complex and highly manual B2B market. The company has strong early traction, a lean team, experienced founders and ambitious plans for the next stage of growth
.They’re now hiring a Founding Growth Associate to work directly with the CEO and help build the company’s growth function from the ground up
.This is not a traditional marketing coordinator role
.It is also not a senior VP-level GTM role
.It’s for someone early in their career who writes exceptionally well, moves quickly, has strong commercial instincts and wants to learn how growth is built inside a high-intensity startup.
The role
You’ll work across content, messaging, outbound, paid acquisition, lifecycle campaigns, launch activity, events and growth operatio
ns.Your job will be to help sharpen how the company explains itself, reaches the right audiences, tests new channels and turns early traction into repeatable grow
th.This is a hands-on role. You’ll be writing, testing, researching, coordinating, launching, measuring and improvi
ng.One day you might be drafting founder-led content or rewriting website copy. The next day you might be building outbound messaging, researching target accounts, analysing campaign performance, helping with an event, or testing a new acquisition chann
el.There won’t be a perfect playbook waiting for y
ou.You’ll help create it.
What you’ll work on
You’ll help shape the company’s messaging, narrative and tone across founder content, website copy, campaign messaging and customer-facing mater
ials.You’ll support growth programs across acquisition, activation, referrals, reactivation and lifecycle marke
ting.You’ll help design and execute outbound campaigns, including research, targeting, messaging, sequencing, testing and repor
ting.You’ll contribute to paid acquisition experiments across relevant digital channels, helping the team understand what converts and where to f
ocus.You’ll support product launches, events and campaign rollouts from positioning and copy through to coordination and follo
w-up.You’ll help build simple systems and processes so growth activity becomes more repeatable over time.
What we’re looking for
We’re looking for someone sharp, hungry and highly self-di
rected.You might have 0–3 years of experience across growth, marketing, GTM, content, startup operations, founder support, sales, community, partnerships or a similar high-ownership envir
onment.You may also have built something yourself: a newsletter, community, student venture, side project, content channel, small business, campaign or startup p
roject.The exact background matters less than your ability to think clearly, write well and execute quickly.You should be comfortable with ambiguity. This is an early-stage environment, so things will move fast and priorities will change. The right person will enjoy that pace rather than need everything perfectly defined.You’ll be a strong fit
if youWrite clearly, commercially and with goo
d tasteCan draft founder content, website copy, outbound messages and campai
gn copyMove quickly without needing constant di
rectionEnjoy turning vague ideas into live expe
rimentsAre excited by startups, AI and B2B s
oftwareCare about both creative messaging and measurable o
utcomesAre comfortable working close to founders, customers and commercia
l teamsHave the energy to build from scratch rather than maintain an existing machine.
Nice to have
Early-stage startup experienceGrowth, marketing, GTM or founder’s associate experience
Hands-on exposure to paid acquisition
platformsExperience writing content or campaigns that generated real e
ngagementOutbound, lifecycle, referral or demand generation e
xperienceExposure to marketplace, platform, SaaS, community or network-driven b
usinessesExperience in a relationship-heavy or operationally complex
industryEvidence that you’ve built something scrappy and made it work.
Why this role matters
The company has already proven early demand. The next challenge is building a growth function that is sharper, more repeatable and mor
e scalable.You’ll be joining at the stage where your work can have an outsi
zed impact.You’ll work closely with the CEO, get real exposure to company-building, and learn how narrative, acquisition, campaigns, product launches and commercial strategy come together inside a fast-movi
ng startup.This role will suit someone who wants responsibility early, is willing to work hard, and is excited by the idea of helping build something from the ground up.
Location
San Francisco, in person
CompensationStrong base salary plus equity, depending o
n experi
ence.BenefitsHealt
hcare supportRegular team events
and offsitesMeals and
office perksWel
lness suppor
tFlexible PTO
