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Head of Growth, Stanley

Job type: Full Time · Department: Marketing · Work type: Hybrid

Los Angeles, California, United States

About Stan

đź’ˇOur Mission: Empower anyone to make money working for themselves.

Stan is the Shopify for Content Creators, empowering anyone to make a living working for themselves on the internet.

We help anyone build distribution for themselves (create content, build an audience, drive leads through Stanley, our AI Content Agent), and then convert that into a real, sustainable business (Stan Store).

We're a mission-driven team of high-performers backed by the best VCs (Forerunner, Pear, and Norwest) and angel investors (Steven Bartlett, GaryVee, The Hormozis, and Michael Ovitz).

We help the internet’s biggest Creators build their businesses so they can spend their time doing what they love: Creating. Over the past 5 years, we’ve scaled from $0 to $40M+ ARR—and done so profitably.

If you’re excited about working with the very best, rigorous execution, and empowering millions of entrepreneurs to build their dream, we’d love to have you join us.

🌟 About the Team

In today's world, Distribution is the new Differentiation.

Every Entrepreneur, Executive, and Creator is racing to build their personal brand - but very few know how.

We built Stanley to solve that.

Stanley is an an entire $1M content team in your pocket. AI-powered content system He helps any Founder or Creator generate high-performing content in their authentic voice. On average, customers using Stanley are generating 50% better engagement in their first month.

But we believe the opportunity is significantly larger ($10BN+), and we're looking for the right growth leader to help us get him there.

🎯 About the Role

We’re hiring a Head of Growth to build the growth engine that scales Stanley into a category-defining business.

This is not a traditional marketing role.

We’re not looking for someone to inherit a mature growth machine and optimize it. We’re looking for someone who can determine where growth should come from in the first place, then scale it.

You’ll identify growth opportunities, determine where we should invest resources, build repeatable acquisition channels, and scale teams around what works.

You’ll begin as a builder.

Over time, you’ll become the leader responsible for one of the most important functions in the company.

If you’re looking to manage existing channels, this isn’t the role for you.

If you’re excited about building them and then aggressively scaling them, keep reading.

🛠️ What You’ll Do

  • Build the Growth Strategy

    • Determine the highest-leverage opportunities for customer acquisition and growth

    • Evaluate which channels deserve investment and which do not

    • Develop the roadmap for how Stanley acquires customers at scale

    • Create experimentation frameworks and operating systems for growth

    Build Growth Channels

    • Personally launch and test new acquisition channels

    • Develop repeatable growth motions

    • Partner closely with Product, Founder Success, and Product Marketing

    • Improve customer activation, conversion, and retention

    Scale What Works

    • Build teams around successful growth channels

    • Hire and develop exceptional growth talent

    • Allocate resources across acquisition opportunities

    • Create long-term channel and investment strategies

    Lead the Marketing Function

    You’ll inherit a small but talented team across:

    • Social Media

    • Content

    • Brand

    • Creative

    Your role is to provide strategic direction, prioritization, accountability, and leadership.

    Partner with Company Leadership

    • Work directly with founders and company leadership

    • Influence product direction through customer insights

    • Help shape Stanley’s long-term growth strategy

    • Operate as a key leader within the business

🔍 What Success Looks Like

Within your first 12-24 months:

  • Customer acquisition accelerates significantly

  • Signups and customers grow consistently

  • Repeatable growth channels are established

  • Activation and conversion rates improve

  • A high-performing growth organization is built

  • Stanley is on a credible path toward becoming a $100M+ business

Success Metrics

You will be accountable for:

  • New signups

  • New customers

  • Customer acquisition efficiency

  • Activation rates

  • Conversion rates

  • Growth velocity

Who You Are

You have a track record of building growth engines, not simply managing them.

You’ve been responsible for identifying growth opportunities, determining where to invest resources, building repeatable acquisition channels, and scaling organizations around what works.

You’re comfortable moving between strategy and execution. One day you might be evaluating channel economics and growth strategy, and the next you might be launching experiments yourself.

You thrive in ambiguity and enjoy building from first principles.

Required Experience

  • 8+ years of experience in growth, marketing, or go-to-market leadership

  • Experience owning customer acquisition and growth outcomes

  • Experience building new growth channels from zero

  • Experience operating in high-growth startup environments

  • Experience leading cross-functional initiatives

  • Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills

Strongly Preferred

  • Helped scale a business, product, or business unit beyond $10M ARR or revenue

  • Experience scaling growth from $10M to $50M+

  • Experience owning meaningful growth budgets and investment decisions

  • Experience hiring and leading growth teams

  • Experience in AI, creator economy, prosumer software, consumer SaaS, or PLG businesses

🌱 Bonus Attributes

  • Founder experience

  • Creator experience

  • Experience building growth functions from scratch

  • Experience scaling products from 0→1 and 1→N

  • Experience working directly with founders

Why Join Stan

You’ll have the opportunity to help define how founders build their brands in the AI era, and work on a generation-defining product.

You'll grow immensely here at Stan, as we push ourselves to be the very best versions of our selves daily

You'll see your work directly impact the lives of millions of aspiring Entrepreneurs, giving them the voice and distribution to build their dreams

You'll work alongside the very best: we're deeply proud of the good, kind, talented and hardworking people we have here at Stan

And you'll hopefully make a lot of money doing it ;)

🙌 At Stan, You’ll Enjoy

  • Autonomy & Ownership: Real responsibility and authority to build something meaningful

  • Top-of-Market Compensation: Competitive cash and meaningful equity

  • World-Class Team: High bar, low ego, and deeply collaborative

  • Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k match, wellness stipend, equity, lifetime Stan membership

🤝 Interview Process

Our interview process is designed to be thoughtful, efficient, and respectful of your time:

  1. Recruiter Screen

  2. Hiring Manager Screen

  3. Functional Deep Dive or Case Study

  4. Onsite Interviews (functional, values, collaboration)

  5. Executive conversation

🌍 Equal Opportunity

Stan is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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