Growth Associate

Growth Associate

San Francisco, CA · On-site · Full-time
Compensation: $100,000–$130,000 base + competitive equity (plus performance bonus)

About the Company

Our client is a fast-growing, well-backed AI research lab that builds novel datasets and runs experiments powering the frontier of AI. Their customers are the leading AI labs, and you'd work directly with a founding team assembled from top quant-trading, big-tech, and finance backgrounds. This is an early, high-ownership seat with real proximity to how frontier AI models get built.

Founded 2025 · 11–50 people · Industry: Frontier AI / AI research

The Role

We're hiring a Growth Associate to architect and scale the expert-supply engine that powers frontier AI training. You'll own both manual and automated acquisition pipelines and grow the expert network from 100K into the hundreds of thousands. This is not a typical growth seat — it's technical, operational, and strategic, blending GTM automation, talent acquisition, funnel experimentation, and distribution, working directly with the founding team.

What you'll be doing

• Build, optimize, and scale automated sourcing pipelines
• Use LinkedIn and similar platforms to identify and bring on professionals across industries
• Run many concurrent recruiting workflows to deliver qualified experts at high volume
• Experiment on funnel performance and double down on what scales
• Recruit elite experts and operators into the network
• Build the automation stack that makes all of this possible
• Drive brand amplification across channels

Tech stack: Clay, Instantly, Apollo, Zapier, plus custom scripts and scrapers.

Requirements

• A background scaling a talent network or marketplace, or a strong track record in outbound sales / lead generation
• Hands-on with modern GTM automation tooling (Clay, Instantly, Apollo, Zapier, and light scripting/scraping)
• Analytically rigorous — comfortable modeling funnels and reading pipeline analytics
• A demonstrated record of high-volume operational execution
• Genuine high agency, resourcefulness, and competitive drive, and comfort with an intense, fast-moving startup pace
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Roughly 1–3 years of relevant experience
• US-based with unrestricted work authorization (US citizen or green card) — no sponsorship, OPT, or CPT

Nice to Haves

• Deep proficiency with automation/GTM tooling and scrappy scripting
• Real passion for frontier AI and ambition to build category-defining systems
• A generalist who owns problems end to end and figures things out independently
• Prior startup growth, sales, ops, or marketing experience
• A couple of years of experience (perhaps plus a master's) paired with strong work ethic
• Comfort juggling many workstreams in high-pressure environments

Why Join

• Build the expert-supply engine behind frontier AI training, with the leading AI labs as customers
• Work directly with an exceptional, top-tier-backed founding team
• Broad ownership and scope in an early, high-agency generalist role