Growth Manager / Co-Founder - Running Game

Overview

This is a unique opportunity. We're initially looking to hire a growth manager to take our fitness game Stride to the next level. The role will be responsible for planning and delivery of all growth activities related to app. Once we have proven we work well together, our hope is you would progress to become a co-founder and growth minded CEO within 6 months. Ideally you are:

• Proactive, growth minded and driven by the opportunities of start-up life
• Passionate about taking a unique fitness proposition to millions of users around the world
• Self motivated and comfortable working independently
• Excited to fast track into a senior leadership role
• All experience levels welcome

What is Stride

An iOS and Android game for runners and walkers where players compete to own the territory they run through. The real world is divided into hexagonal tiles, and the aim is to own the most tiles in your local area. Stride is live around the world. You can check us out on the app store here.

The Role

This is a unique opportunity to grow, and long term to lead, a fun product with the potential to change the health of millions of players around the world. The role will initially focus on growing our active user base, and wider brand awareness. Within 6-12 months, based on performance, the role would progress into C-Suite or even business leadership. Reflecting your alignment to business success, the compensation would be base level salary with a generous share package and bonus scheme. We're open to applications from candidates of all experience levels. Whether you're an industry veteran with years of experience, or a junior with the energy and enthusiasm to drive global growth.

Essential qualities

To be successful at this role you will need to work fast, iterate and learn. The route to growth could come from any number of channels, so you'll be comfortable switching disciplines and applying an organised approach to how you test and measure success:

• Delivery focused with a test and learn approach
• Open minded, agile and iterative working process
• Cross disciplinary skillset
• Creative approach to delivering with limited means

Related Activities

A broad range of activities fall under this role. You should be excited by this breath of opportunity, and willing to invest the time to understand each of them. A large part of the job will be to quickly identify those with the most potential. It's not expected you'll have have experience in all of them, but hopefully you’ll have knowledge or an interest in at least one or two:

• SEO / ASO and App Store relationship
• Content marketing
• Community building
• Partnerships
• Performance marketing
• Influencer Marketing
• Sales
• Social media 
• PR
• Events and activations
• Remarketing
• Email marketing
• Copywriting
• Creative specification and delivery

Nice to have

• A keen runner or walker - not essential but it's definitely worth mentioning if you are
• You use the product and feel passionate about it's potential impact
• An interest in games and/or consumer apps
• Ideally you're based in one of our key European or North American countries. If you aren't you'll need to mention in your cover note how we'll work together to deliver in those regions.

Benefits

• Basic starting salary with salary regular reviews
• Generous performance based bonus
• Significant share options from day one, and more unlocked based on performance
• Progression to CMO and even CEO for the right candidate
• Open to fully or partially remote, and candidates anywhere in the world
• Pension
• 28 days annual leave, plus 5 days at Christmas and your birthday off

As this is such a broad role, and we want to accept a CVs from the widest possible range of candidates, we'd love you to submit a short 200 word cover letter to explain why you're right for the role.

Please no recruiters at this time.