Growth Lead
Mechanism Ventures
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $160,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Act as a Deployed Operator: Step into portfolio companies as an interim growth leader to solve their most critical problems—whether it's cracking a new acquisition channel, fixing broken unit economics, or navigating a high-stakes pivot.
- Engineer Compounding Impact (Portfolio Enterprise Value): Design and execute high-velocity, rigorous experiments across the portfolio to find and scale new growth levers. Your focus is not on one-off wins, but on discovering repeatable, high-leverage strategies.
- Build the Playbook: Codify every learning from your engagements into reusable frameworks, systems, and playbooks. Your primary output is not just the result of your work, but the system you leave behind that makes the entire portfolio smarter.
- Serve as a Strategic Advisor: Act as a trusted thought partner to our portfolio CEOs, helping them deconstruct complex growth problems, identify leverage points, and make high-consequence decisions with intellectual honesty.
Requirements
- Proven Growth Leadership: 5+ years operating in startups and high-growth environments with direct P&L ownership, stabilizing businesses at inflection points, and driving sustainable scale.
- Full-Stack Growth Expertise: Fluency across acquisition, lifecycle/CRM, product-led growth, and performance marketing, with end-to-end CRO rigor and comfort across major channels.
- Analytical Depth: Mastery of measurement frameworks (MTA, incrementality, geo-lift), statistical testing, and revenue reconciliation—paired with strong modeling skills (LTV, CAC/payback, forecasting, retention).
- AI-First Operator: Hands-on experience using AI to accelerate experimentation, automation, personalization, and predictive insights.
- Playbook Builder: Habit of codifying learnings into frameworks, systems, and operating cadences that scale across companies.
- Entrepreneurial Mindset: Bias to action, accountability, and continuous improvement—paired with curiosity, humility, and drive to build enduring companies.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Equity in all active portfolio companies and any launched during your tenure
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
growth leadershipP&L ownershipacquisitionlifecycle/CRMproduct-led growthperformance marketingmeasurement frameworksstatistical testingmodeling skillsAI experimentation
Soft Skills
strategic advisingintellectual honestycuriosityhumilityaccountabilitycontinuous improvementbias to actionproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunication