Mechanism Ventures · 2 days ago
Growth Lead
United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$160K/yr - $200K/yr
5+ years expMechanism Ventures is a company focused on building profitable startups by employing top engineering minds and advanced methodologies. The Growth Lead will act as a strategic operator, solving complex challenges and driving growth across the portfolio companies while developing reusable systems and frameworks for sustained success.
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Responsibilities
Drive Growth Through Strategic Experimentation & Analysis: Design, execute, and analyze high-impact growth experiments across portfolio companies. Apply advanced quantitative and attribution models to uncover causal drivers, optimize performance, and deliver measurable outcomes
Operate & Scale Portfolio Businesses: Step into leadership roles when needed, bringing entrepreneurial judgment and operational rigor. Leverage expertise in unit economics, monetization, retention, and performance marketing to stabilize operations and drive sustainable growth
Build Growth Systems & Leverage AI Innovation: Develop reusable playbooks, testing frameworks, and scalable models that elevate growth across multiple startups. Harness AI tools for automation, predictive modeling, creative testing, and performance insights to accelerate portfolio-wide impact
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
Qualification
Required
5+ years operating in startups and high-growth environments with direct P&L ownership, stabilizing businesses at inflection points, and driving sustainable scale
Fluency across acquisition, lifecycle/CRM, product-led growth, and performance marketing, with end-to-end CRO rigor and comfort across major channels
Mastery of measurement frameworks (MTA, incrementality, geo-lift), statistical testing, and revenue reconciliation—paired with strong modeling skills (LTV, CAC/payback, forecasting, retention)
Hands-on experience using AI to accelerate experimentation, automation, personalization, and predictive insights
Habit of codifying learnings into frameworks, systems, and operating cadences that scale across companies
Bias to action, accountability, and continuous improvement—paired with curiosity, humility, and drive to build enduring companies
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Unlimited time off policy with a two-week minimum
Company
Mechanism Ventures
Mechanism Ventures cofounds startups with world-class entrepreneurs.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Breanden Beneschott
Cofounder and CEO
Denis Grosz
Cofounder
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