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Founding Performance Marketer (VC backed US Startup)

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This role is for one of our clients
Company Name: Human Capitalists

Industry: Technology, Information and Internet

Seniority level: Associate level

Experience: 3+ yrs

Location: remote

Jobtype: full-time

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Seeking a Founding Performance Marketer to scale user acquisition and build the company's paid growth engine from the ground up. This is not a traditional campaign management role; you will work directly with the founders and own performance marketing across channels, acquisition funnels, creative experimentation, and conversion optimization. The ideal candidate will combine creativity with data-driven decision-making to launch campaigns, analyze CAC and retention, optimize landing pages, review creatives, and rapidly test new growth opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own paid acquisition across Google Ads, Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, YouTube, and emerging paid channels
  • Manage and optimize acquisition budgets with clear CAC, activation, conversion, and ROAS goals
  • Build and improve landing pages, acquisition funnels, onboarding journeys, retargeting flows, and conversion systems
  • Run rapid experiments across creatives, messaging, audience targeting, bidding strategies, and funnel optimization
  • Partner with product, design, and content teams to improve user acquisition and activation outcomes
  • Analyze campaign performance and user behavior to identify scalable growth opportunities
  • Help shape broader growth and go-to-market strategy

Qualifications


  • 3+ years of hands-on performance marketing experience
  • Proven experience owning paid acquisition budgets, growth targets, CAC goals, and campaign performance metrics
  • Experience marketing a consumer product or product-led SaaS product in the US market
  • Strong analytical mindset with experience making data-driven growth decisions
  • Comfortable working in fast-moving startup environments with high ownership and ambiguity
  • Ability to independently execute campaigns end-to-end

Required Skills


  • Google Ads
  • Meta Ads
  • TikTok Ads
  • GA4
  • Mixpanel
  • Amplitude
  • Segment
  • Attribution
  • Conversion funnels
  • A/B testing
  • Pixel/event tracking
  • Analytics and reporting
  • Communication
  • Strategic thinking

Benefits & Perks

  • Opportunity to be an early team member at a fast-growing AI startup
  • High ownership and direct exposure to founders and company strategy
  • Ability to shape the company's growth playbook from the ground up
  • Competitive compensation with meaningful equity upside
  • Remote / hybrid flexibility
  • Fast-paced, highly collaborative work environment with significant learning opportunities

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Job ID: 147806299