Director of Growth

Job Description: Director of Growth Consumer Marketing 

 

Thank you for your interest in coming to work at Fortune. If most but not all of this description is a good fit, we still encourage you to apply. 

 
The big picture: 

• Our basic task is simple: turn casual readers into habituated ones who pay and stay. You'll play an integral part in this. 

• We're expanding the scope of our subscription growth efforts, which means you'll be building from the ground-up more than optimizing. 

• Above all, our work is mission-driven. It must reflect the integrity of our journalism and be oriented toward the needs of our readers 

 

Where this role sits: 

• You'll report to our Vice President of Consumer Marketing 

• You'll be part of our cross-functional Growth team, working with colleagues from Product, Business Intelligence, the Newsroom, and beyond 

• You'll be the DRI for two of the team's objectives: converting more of our existing readers, and reducing subscriber churn 

 
Your remit: 

• Lead the Growth team to deliver on acquisition and retention OKRs 

• Implement standards and best practices for subscriber acquisition and retention across marketing and product surfaces, like e-mail and the paywall 

• Oversee efforts to reduce active churn by driving product adoption and mitigating risk at key lifecycle moments 

• Create a culture of hypothesis testing and rigorous measurement 

 

Things that will lead to success in this role: 

Values: 

• You pride yourself on your emotional intelligence 

• You care about excellence and are self-motivated 

• You're passionate about the importance of independent journalism 

Knowledge: 

• You're fluent in the operations and economics of digital subscriptions 

• You've worked at the intersection of  Marketing and Product 

• You're above-average when it comes to tech, use AI and know basic HTML 

Ways of working: 

• You like building things, and driving organizational change 

• You think transparency is an asset and default to creating visibility 

• You think strategically about how to set people and projects up for success 

Experience 

• 6+ years of related experience in marketing, or product management 

• You understand product and marketing development lifecycles  

• You have direct people management experience 

 

Total Compensation:

$100,000 - $150,000

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