Director, Growth

Posted 15 Days Ago
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New York, NY
Senior level
Information Technology • Security • Software • Cybersecurity
Laika helps businesses manage compliance, pass security audits, and become trustworthy partners in the marketplace.
The Role
The Director of Growth at Thoropass is responsible for developing and executing the growth strategy, including demand generation, optimized marketing campaigns, managing marketing budgets, and enhancing website performance. This role involves leading collaboration across teams to meet revenue goals and increase market impact through both organic and paid efforts.
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Working at Thoropass

Thoropass makes it as easy to do the right thing as it is to check a box. Our team members believe that partnership lightens the load. Not everyone can be an expert at everything – lending each other support in areas of weakness strengthens everyone’s offering. We collaborate openly and enthusiastically; without ego. 

What We Do

At Thoropass, we’re compliance experts so you don’t have to be. Pairing easy software that’s always getting smarter with expert guidance and continuous monitoring, we integrate into your process to prepare you to pass any audit, every year, with flying colors. Hundreds of growing companies use Thoropass’s compliance automation platform, expert services, auditors and partner ecosystem to get and stay compliant over the lifetime of their business. We offer SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and other infosec and privacy frameworks.

We are a rapidly expanding team based in New York. We were founded in May 2019 and raised our Series C funding in November 2022. Our top investors include: J.P. Morgan, PayPal Ventures, Fin Capital, Centana, and Bain Capital. We're growing customers and revenue dramatically and we’re poised for continued break-out growth in 2024 and beyond.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Director of Growth to take charge of growing Thoropass’ demand function and programs. You’ll lead the way in program orchestration and optimization—everything from web strategy and analytics, to paid ads, SEO, content, and event marketing.

You’ll report to our VP, Marketing and join a collaborative, results-oriented team that knows how to work hard and have fun. We’re looking for someone highly analytical, creative, quick to adapt, and comfortable managing strategy and execution (with some help from agencies and contractors).

If you’re humble, driven, not afraid to own a number and be accountable to revenue goals, and love working as part of a team, this might be your perfect fit. Bring your expertise, passion for making an impact, and a sense of humor—we like to keep things real around here.

Let’s talk responsibilities:

Strategy

  • Set the vision and define the future state of Growth for the company.
  • Steward the culture of innovation, lead with an experimentative mindset, encourage the team to fail, and fail fast. 
  • Lead the orchestration of the growth strategy for the GTM org including but not limited to: paid search, paid social, content, events (virtual and in-person), lifecycle marketing, account based marketing, SEO (search everywhere optimization), marketing operations, and inbound routing.
  • Expand upon the foundation to lead the org into the next phase of growth by partnering closely with the Demand Gen Manager, RevOps, and GTM leadership on the design and optimization of our internal marketing systems, including attribution, signal scoring, lead follow-up, and more. 
  • Partner closely with the VP of Marketing to prepare for quarterly business reviews, board meetings, budget planning, and other internal initiatives.
  • Lead our quarterly Inbound forecasting process to accurately project lead & pipeline impact by channel.
  • Manage the growth marketing budget. 
  • Serve as the bridge and ally between marketing and sales

Organic (Website / SEO)

  • Collaborate closely with product marketing, content, design and web development to ensure our website experience aligns with brand & performance goals.
  • Lead the engagement with our content/SEO resources to optimize site performance and increase organic traffic and conversion.
  • Regularly analyze website traffic, keyword rankings, & other metrics to identify trends, diagnose issues, and solve challenges creatively.
  • Lean in to help drive the strategy for CRO through site personalization and A/B testing.
  • Regularly share updates, learnings & recommendations with broader team & leadership.

Paid

  • Oversee an annual budget spanning paid search, paid social, bespoke content creation (like partnering with Caspian Studios to create Scam Hunters), and new channel testing.
  • Develop, launch, and optimize paid campaigns across relevant channels, such as Google and LinkedIn, collaborating with design to create effective ad assets.
  • Regularly monitor campaign performance and optimize for key metrics such as CPL & lead to opp conversion, as well as sales follow-up SLAs.

What You Need To Excel

  • Experience: 7-10 years of demand gen / growth marketing experience in B2B SaaS, particularly for post Series B companies & with a technical/security audience.
  • Influence: Strong organizational & leadership skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and initiatives. 
  • Detail-Orientated: Manage multiple projects & prioritize effectively; move quickly while maintaining quality execution. In other words, Asana is your love language.
  • Self-Starter: Operate independently & solve problems proactively while aligning with broader marketing strategy & goals.
  • Analytical: Strong aptitude for interpreting performance data to unlock insights about our market, business, channels & campaigns.
  • Technical: Google Analytics, Google Ads, LinkedIn Ads, Google Tag Manager, WordPress, VWO, Salesforce, HubSpot, Clay, Apollo, Keyplay.
  • People Management: Experience and excitement for managing and developing a talented team of growth-minded professionals.
  • Travel: Willingness to travel as needed to meet with customers, attend industry events, and collaborate with teams.

USA Compensation:

  • The salary range for this position is  $180,000 - $210,000 and will be based on experience and skill set
  • Immediate access to health, dental, and vision care
  • Early equity in a fast-growing company
  • Hybrid work from home model
  • Flexible PTO
  • Stipend for home office equipment
  • Monthly wellness stipend

Equal Opportunity

Thoropass provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Even if you feel you don’t meet every requirement, consider applying! Thoropass acknowledges the research which shows that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs when they don’t meet all of the stated qualifications. However, we’re looking for authentic innovators to blaze new trails and you just may be the right person for this or another role.

Top Skills

Apollo
Clay
Google Ads
Google Analytics
Google Tag Manager
Hubspot
Keyplay
Linkedin Ads
Salesforce
Vwo
Wordpress
The Company
HQ: New York City, NY
75 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2019

What We Do

Laika helps businesses manage compliance, fly through audits, and build trust in the marketplace.
With Laika's software platform and expert-in-the-loop offering, it has never been easier to design, demonstrate, and maintain compliance. We take charge of compliance obligations comprehensively. Our platform serves as a compliance command center for managing controls, policies, internal/external audits, vendor risk, and more.
But unlike other solutions, we know that sometimes businesses just want an expert to take care of things. That's where Laika comes in. We specialize in compliance, audit, and attestation for digital-native companies and enterprises investing in digital transformation.
We've helped hundreds of companies build and manage their security programs, obtain security certifications, pass thousands of audits, and respond to hundreds of thousands of security assessment questions from enterprise procurement teams.

Why Work With Us

Laika is creating trust in the marketplace and empowering growth through compliance expertise. We are focused on our customers' success and we are dedicated to integrity, innovation, and excellence.
We believe in seeing the best in ourselves and our coworkers, finding smart solutions to difficult problems, and celebrating our successes. Join us!

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