Head of Growth, Operations

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Lead growth and operations for a well-funded media holding company in Kansas City. Driving affiliate marketing, SEO, and paid media strategies to scale digital revenue.

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeKansas City • Kansas, Montana • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $220,000 - $275,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Affiliate Marketing & Revenue Growth: Architect and scale affiliate programs, manage affiliate P&L, recruit and negotiate with partners across multiple categories.
SEO & Content Strategy: Lead organic search strategy including technical SEO, content roadmaps, and keyword targeting; collaborate with editorial to align content with commercial goals.
Paid Media & Performance Marketing: Manage paid search and social campaigns with a focus on ROAS and budget discipline; optimize full-funnel marketing systems from awareness to retention.
Digital Marketing P&L Ownership: Own budget allocation, vendor relationships, and ROI-driven decision making across all digital marketing channels.
AI & Technology Integration: Deploy AI tools to enhance content production, SEO, campaign optimization, and build a lean, tech-forward marketing operation.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Hands-On Affiliate Marketing Expertise: Build and scale affiliate programs end-to-end, from recruiting publishers to optimizing commission structures, driving core revenue growth across content properties.
Digital Marketing P&L Ownership: Own the digital marketing P&L with clear budget accountability and ROI focus, managing spend across paid search, paid social, and affiliate channels to meet aggressive growth targets.
Process Builder with Tech Savvy: Thrive in a startup-like environment by creating scalable systems and leveraging AI tools daily to optimize content, campaigns, and operations, supporting a lean, tech-forward growth engine.

Benefits

Comp & perks

High ownership: Real authority and autonomy from day one to build and scale growth operations.
Tech-forward marketing: Heavy use of AI and automation to drive efficiency and scale with a lean team.
Cross-channel impact: Lead affiliate, SEO, paid media, and YouTube growth with full P&L accountability.

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Hard Skills & Tools

affiliate marketingSEOcontent strategypaid mediaperformance marketingdigital marketing P&L ownershipcampaign optimizationAI toolskeyword targetingbudget management

Soft Skills

negotiationcollaborationdecision makingprocess buildingadaptabilitystrategic thinkingleadershipcommunicationanalytical skillsproblem solving