We’re hiring a Growth Lead for an early-stage, venture-backed startup building in the future of digital payments and consumer finance.
This is a true 0 → 1 role for someone who thrives in ambiguity, understands internet culture, and knows how to turn attention into growth. You’ll work directly with founders to take a product from launch to its first highly engaged users through experimentation, community, partnerships, and unconventional growth tactics.
The product sits at the intersection of payments, fintech, and consumer internet, with a strong focus on usability, virality, and real-world adoption.
Role Details
- Fully remote
- Candidates in LATAM, North America, or Europe preferred
- Must be able to overlap with GMT-3 / Buenos Aires working hours
- Full-time
- High ownership and autonomy
- Equity available
Requirements
What We’re Looking For:
We’re looking for someone who has:
- Proven experience growing consumer products from zero to first users
- Strong background in consumer app marketing, ideally within payments, remittance, fintech, marketplaces, or high-engagement apps
- Hands-on experience owning acquisition, activation, retention, referral, and repeat usage
- Strong funnel thinking and analytical ability
- Experience designing and running rapid growth experiments
- A highly operational mindset — willing to spend time in communities, replying to users, testing ideas, and executing directly
- A deep understanding of internet culture, attention-driven marketing, and how products spread online
Spanish or Portuguese fluency is strongly preferred.
You Might Be a Fit If…
- You’ve studied or admire the growth strategies behind products like Cash App, Tinder, Polymarket, Pump.fun, StepN, Liquid Death, or GAS
- You think in loops, funnels, and behaviour patterns
- You enjoy testing unconventional ideas quickly
- You’re comfortable operating without an existing playbook
- You’re equally excited by strategy and execution
- You genuinely enjoy figuring out why people share, convert, return, and obsess over products
This role is best suited to someone who likes being in the trenches, not just building growth strategy decks.
Nice to Have
- Experience within crypto or web3
- Experience with Reddit/community-led growth
- Background in fintech, payments, remittance, or viral consumer products
- Strong intuition for social distribution and internet-native campaigns
Benefits
What’s on Offer
- Permissionless culture with direct access to founders
- Opportunity to shape growth from the ground up
- Strong autonomy and rapid decision-making
- Backing from top-tier investors
- Significant upside through equity and long-term growth opportunities
Hiring Process
- Intro call
- Interview
- Reference checks
- Paid contract project (10–30 days)
- Long-term engagement
Due to the high volume of applications we anticipate, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback to all candidates. If you do not hear back from us within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. We genuinely appreciate your interest and wish you the best in your job search.
Commitment to Equality and Accessibility:
At MLabs, we are committed to offer equal opportunities to all candidates. We ensure no discrimination, accessible job adverts, and providing information in accessible formats. Our goal is to foster a diverse, inclusive workplace with equal opportunities for all. If you need any reasonable adjustments during any part of the hiring process or you would like to see the job-advert in an accessible format please let us know at the earliest opportunity by emailing [email protected].
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