Head of Growth Marketing

Mercury

Head of Growth Marketing strategizing growth for Mercury's innovative banking solutions. Leading a talented team to acquire and retain customers in the financial technology sector.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeRemote • California, New York, Oregon • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $264,800 - $367,800 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set the strategy across all areas of growth marketing (paid, demand gen, martech, lifecycle, website optimization, SEO/GEO)
Think across channels and full funnel – the work doesn’t stop when the customers join, we need to activate and monetize them (we are launching new products all the time)
Hire, manage, and develop a team of marketers and agencies (will inherit a talented team of 11)
Create a team culture of relentless execution, experimentation, and curiosity (everything from trying new ad creative to trying new technology)
Be extremely data driven and be excellent at defining, setting, and reporting on full-funnel KPIs (working with a data science team)
Develop strong relationships with sales, partnerships, and product/engineering teams to collaborate on growth strategy across the company
Be a crucial voice of marketing leadership; understanding how to hit growth goals while staying true to the brand and putting the customer first
Make strong, principled decisions and influence a cross-functional group to execute

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in growth marketing, with at least 5+ years hiring and developing people
PLG experience: You’ve worked at startups at Mercury’s scale and larger, and have seen high volume PLG / self-serve acquisition; a bonus if you also have experience with demand gen / sales-led acquisition
Breadth in all areas of growth marketing, with deep expertise in paid, SEO, and martech
Proficiency in full-stack of marketing tools: You know what tools to use and how to use them—or you can figure it out quickly. You’re excited to try new tools to unlock more capabilities in the team. We’re currently using: CustomerIO, Salesforce, Dato (CMS), Rockerbox (MTA), Segment
Experimentation mindset. You understand the importance of testing and scaling what works, and can prioritize tests and find ways to get them out quickly.

Benefits

Comp & perks

base salary
equity (stock options/RSUs)

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Hard Skills & Tools

growth marketingpaid marketingSEOmartechdemand generationfull-funnel KPIsdata-driven decision makingexperimentationself-serve acquisitiontesting and scaling

Soft Skills

team managementleadershipcollaborationcommunicationdecision makinginfluencecuriosityexecutionrelationship buildingstrategic thinking