Director of Growth

10 years

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Job Description

📈Our story: marketfeed. (YC S21)

marketfeed is a Y Combinator-backed investment-tech startup founded by Sharique Samsudheen and Sooraj E in 2020. We give users access to trading strategies and curated investment baskets created by SEBI-Registered Research Analysts, with automated execution in their own broker accounts.We’ve built a community of 2.3M+ investors and 400,000+ app users, with ₹300 crores invested so far. Backed by a team of 50+ people, our mission is to make wealth creation accessible and intelligent for everyone.We’re now building our dedicated growth function — and you’ll be joining a small, sharp team with the opportunity to

double the business in the next 12 months

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🕵 Who Are We Looking For?

A seasoned growth leader who understands how Indians discover, evaluate, and adopt investment products. Someone who can turn insight into measurable, repeatable growth and who’s comfortable switching between strategy and hands-on execution.

You Should Bring

  • Deep experience scaling investment or wealth products in India
  • A strong analytical approach to funnels, CAC, and user behaviour
  • Creativity in storytelling and GTM execution
  • The ability to build and lead a high-performance growth team
  • Experience working closely with founders and product/tech leaders
  • Strong exposure to both digital and offline channels

💻 What You’ll Do

1. Own the Growth Engine

  • Lead user acquisition, activation, and conversion into trade-ready users
  • Deliver CAC, funnel efficiency, and high-quality growth outcomes
  • Identify high-potential user segments and prioritise opportunities

2. Build the Growth Function

  • Hire and develop a top-tier growth team
  • Define operating rhythms, dashboards, and KPIs for the org
  • Align cross-functional teams across Product, Tech, Media, and CS

3. Design and Execute GTM Strategy

  • Build annual and quarterly GTM plans for all products
  • Scale digital channels: performance, lifecycle, referral, retargeting, influencers
  • Build non-digital channels: partnerships, communities, activations
  • Maintain tight loops between insights, experimentation, and execution

4. Run High-Impact Experiments

  • Test and iterate across acquisition, onboarding, and conversion
  • Use behavioural insight, data, and creativity to unlock growth
  • Adapt quickly as market conditions shift

5. Own the Budget

  • Allocate spend for maximum efficiency
  • Review channel performance and vendor impact
  • Balance pace with financial discipline

👀 What We’re Looking For

Experience

  • 10+ years of experience (7+ if exceptional)
  • 3+ years leading growth in investments/wealth/fintech
  • Track record across digital + on-ground channels

Skills & Competencies

  • Strong grasp of investor psychology and behavioural triggers
  • Ability to build and scale growth systems from zero to one
  • Sharp communication and cross-functional influence
  • Understanding of AI-driven targeting, automation, and personalisation
  • Strong network across the fintech and investment ecosystem
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and fast iteration

🎁 What’s In It For You

  • Build marketfeed’s growth engine from scratch
  • Work directly with the founders on high-stakes decisions
  • Your work will influence the financial journeys of millions
  • Competitive compensation + ESOPs
  • Flexible work culture, quarterly outings, pet-friendly office

💬 Our Hiring Process

We keep our hiring process transparent, engaging, and respectful of your time. Here’s what you can expect:
  • Initial Screening A short conversation with our recruiter or hiring manager to understand your background, motivations, and your experience in driving product-led growth.
  • Growth Deep Dive A discussion with leadership focused on your approach to acquisition, activation, GTM planning, experimentation, and how you’ve scaled investment products in the past.
  • Case Discussion / Strategy Round A scenario-based round where you’ll walk us through how you’d solve a real growth challenge — from diagnosis to decisions, experiments, budgets, and expected outcomes.
  • Founder Round A final conversation with our founders to ensure alignment on vision, values, execution style, and how you’d build and lead the growth function at marketfeed.
Our hiring process usually involves

3–4 rounds

(virtual or in-person) and is designed to help both sides make a confident, informed choice.

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