Growth & Discovery Director

About Speed Radio

Speed Radio is where the world meets to discover ideas, perspectives, and people through short spoken audio clips. Full-flavour listening without the fillers or filters.

We exist to unlock the power of voice to shape beliefs, open conversations, and build community. Through one-minute spoken clips, we deliver inspiration and entertainment that keeps people switched on and dialed in while on the go.

At Speed Radio, we value authenticity over artificiality, clarity over noise, and ownership over hierarchy. Every team member represents our brand externally in how we communicate, execute, and collaborate.

The Role

We are looking for a hands-on Growth & Discovery Director who has already built and scaled growth systems in consumer product environments.

This is not a strategy-only role. You will do the work initially and then build a team around you.

You should be someone who looks at acquisition channels, funnels, cohorts, and behavioural loops and immediately sees systems that can be built, tested, and optimised.

This role is central to the product. You will work closely and directly with the CEO to design and optimise the compounding growth engine behind Speed Radio.

You will own how users:

• Discover Speed Radio
• Activate
• Form listening habits
• Invite others
• Stay

What You Will Own

1. Organic Growth Engine

• Design and optimise referral and invite loops
• Build sharing mechanics across WhatsApp, Instagram, X and other channels
• Develop SEO doorway and content distribution strategies
• Create claim your profile and creator-led growth flows
• Build and optimise viral loops

2. Discovery & Feed Performance

• Work closely with product and data science teams to improve:
• First session experience
• Time to first follow
• Retention curves
• Cohort stickiness
• Partner on recommendation system feedback loops

3. Activation & Lifecycle

• Improve onboarding flows
• Design push notification strategy
• Build email and re-engagement systems
• Strengthen habit formation mechanics

4. Growth Analytics

• Own growth dashboards and KPI tracking
• Define the north star metric and supporting metrics with the CEO
• Run structured experiments with clear hypotheses
• Maintain disciplined test-and-iterate cycles

5. Distribution Strategy

• Identify scalable growth channels
• Build repeatable acquisition playbooks
• Design early-stage partnerships that drive distribution

What Success Looks Like

Within 6 months:

• Clear improvement in activation and retention metrics
• Referral loop functioning and measurable
• Growth roadmap aligned with product milestones

Within 12 months:

• Organic engine driving a meaningful share of new installs
• Discovery improvements measurably increasing retention
• Repeatable acquisition playbooks ready to scale

Requirements

• 58 years experience in consumer product growth
• Proven track record improving activation and retention
• Experience working closely with product and data teams
• Strong analytical capability
• Comfortable operating in early-stage ambiguity
• Bias toward building over talking

Nice to Have

• Experience with feed-based or algorithmic products
• Experience in social, media, or creator platforms
• Exposure to referral-driven growth

Profile We Are Looking For

• Structured thinker
• Data-driven but product-intuitive
• Comfortable getting hands dirty
• Commercially sharp
• Clear communicator

This role will shape how Speed Radio grows. You will be close to the core product and directly influence how users discover and experience short-form audio.

How to Apply

Apply via LinkedIn