Newsbreak
Ventures, General Management Rotation Program (AI Growth Architect)
Mountain View, California, United States. Posted 2 months ago
The role
You will design, build, and ship technical growth mechanisms and optimize acquisition budgets. You will also build business cases for new growth bets and translate technical data into recommendations for senior executives.
What you will do
- Design, build, and ship technical growth mechanisms including acquisition funnels, onboarding flows, referral/viral loops, activation triggers, and monetization experiments.
- Own and optimize acquisition budgets and channels.
- Define tracking specs and analytics events in partnership with engineering.
- Rapidly prototype and test growth hypotheses across new AI products.
- Build the business case for new growth bets, including market sizing, expansion opportunities, and go-to-market strategy.
- Translate growth experiments, data, and mechanics into clear narratives for senior executives and clients.
Required qualifications
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field from a top-tier university.
- Strong, hands-on coding ability (able to build and ship, not just spec), Python/SQL/JS or similar.
- Familiarity with growth/analytics tooling (e.g., Looker, GA/Firebase, attribution and experimentation platforms).
- 3+ years of experience in growth engineering, performance marketing, or a technical product/growth/GTM/monetization role, ideally including ownership of a budget or P&L.
- Excellent communication and executive presence.
- Founder's mindset, builder's mentality, and strong problem-solving skills.
Nice to have
- MBA a plus
- Passion for innovative technologies and artificial intelligence, with a strong pulse on key trends, themes, and players.
- Founder, CEO, or general-management experience, having owned a product or business end-to-end, not just a single function.
- Experience leading or mentoring cross-functional teams and presenting to clients, brand partners, or other external stakeholders.
- Experience with international or multi-market growth and expansion strategy.
About the company
NewsBreak is a local life and news platform with more than 40 million monthly users. It includes platforms like Nearby AI and NDot AI.