Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Huckleberry Labs is dedicated to building life-changing products and experiences for families. They are seeking a Senior Director of User Acquisition and Growth to lead user acquisition efforts, focusing on both paid and organic strategies to scale efficiently and reduce reliance on paid ads over time.
Responsibilities
- Define the end-to-end user acquisition growth strategy across paid and organic (including App Store Optimization, affiliates, and product) — ensuring they compound together rather than operate in silos
- Own accountability for marketing investment efficiency. Drive forecasting and resource allocation based on LTV, CAC, and viral coefficient performance, with a clear plan for how organic and PLG channels reduce blended CAC over time
- Lead, mentor, and align direct reports executing across paid, organic, and growth channels under a unified acquisition strategy
- Partner directly with Product and Engineering to prioritize features that drive product-led acquisition — growth surfaces, onboarding hooks, network effects, and shareable moments
- Leverage Huckleberry's 5M+ family community as a growth asset — through UGC loops, social sharing prompts, and peer recommendation mechanics
- Serve as the strategic marketing leader within the Growth Pod. Translate acquisition insights — including PLG signals like referral rates and viral lift — into prioritized product roadmap inputs
- Partner with Business Analytics to build attribution that captures paid, organic, and viral acquisition in a unified view — so the pod always knows where growth is actually coming from
- Champion rapid, statistically sound A/B testing across acquisition channels and product surfaces — including referral mechanics, onboarding flows, and sharing prompts
- Oversee strategy and budget optimization for paid channels (SEM, Paid Social, Programmatic) — with a clear POV on how blended CAC improves as organic and PLG channels scale
- Direct content strategy to maximize SEO-driven growth, generating high-intent users through owned channels. This is a co-equal priority to paid, not a support function
- Directly own App Store Optimization to maximize organic app downloads
- Strategically manage the Affiliate Marketing agency for brand compliance and efficient, high-quality user volume
Skills
- Experience: 10+ years of progressive growth experience in consumer subscription, with 4+ years in senior leadership managing Director-level reports
- Acquisition Breadth: Proven mastery across both paid (SEM, Paid Social, Programmatic) and organic (SEO, Content, ASO) acquisition — with a track record of growing both and knowing how to balance them
- Proven Growth Track Record: You've taken something from small to big — a channel, a brand, or a company — that you can point to with real before/after numbers
- Analytical Depth: Expert proficiency in data, analytics, and BI tools. Strong command of attribution modeling, unit economics, and viral loop modeling
- Startup DNA: Proven ability to thrive in a Series B/C environment; resourceful, execution-oriented, and obsessively focused on LTV:CAC
- Cross-Functional Acumen: Demonstrated success influencing product and engineering roadmaps as a core member of a Growth Pod or cross-functional team
- Product-Led Growth Expertise: Hands-on experience designing and shipping referral programs, viral invite loops, or other in-product growth mechanics. You should be able to speak fluently to k-factor, referral conversion rates, and how you've moved them
Benefits
- Equity
- Unlimited PTO
- Health
- Vision
- Dental
- Paid parental leave for primary and secondary caregiver
- 401k match
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