Growth Strategy Manager at GM Financial leading go-to-market initiatives for direct lending products. Focus on driving customer acquisition, revenue growth, and strategic partnerships in a hybrid work environment.
Responsibilities
Create actionable growth strategies that focus on expanding the user base, penetrating new markets, and increasing revenue.
Lead direct-to-consumer acquisition strategy, including affiliate/partner marketing and new channels.
Develop, refine, and grow a high performing, metrics-driven, customer acquisition funnel.
Measure and report on the performance of partnership marketing initiatives, optimizing for new customer acquisition growth and CAC.
Continuously evaluate the performance and ROI of campaigns, adjusting demand tactics and strategy accordingly.
Design and manage controlled experiments (A/B, Multivariate, etc.) from start to finish.
Identify, evaluate, and create new strategic partnerships and product opportunities to expand distribution and customer acquisition for our emerging direct lending products.
Collaborating with product, engineering, and design teams to improve product features and user experience.
Requirements
Experience in strategic planning and analysis
Proven experience scaling demand generation programs through technology, data and process.
Demonstrated understanding and experience with digital and traditional marketing platforms
Financial acumen to be able to analyze and understand the financial implications of business strategies
Knowledge of CRM best practices in customer segmentation, audience building, personalization and measurement to drive performance
Ability to dive into performance measurements with teams to help optimize and find key insights into performance
Exceptional communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to influence and work with senior stakeholders
Ability to translate broad marketing goals into technical/analytical applications and synthesize results into relevant strategic marketing recommendations
Excellent writing, communication, time management, and project management skills
Ability to effectively communicate to all levels of management and influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
Ability to understand opportunities from a business, analytical, and technical lens
A test-and-learn mindset and the ability to move quickly and decisively in a dynamic environment.
Proficiency with marketing automation and CRM systems, such as Salesforce, preferred
Experience managing agency/vendor relationships
Experience marketing regulated financial products or working with compliance/legal team
Partnerships and/or business development experience in financial technology industry
Strong financial modeling and business case development skillset
3-5 years of partnership or affiliate marketing experience required
3-5 years of demand generation experience, or related project or program management experience preferred
3-5 years of understanding of industry trends and how to leverage digital channels for growth preferred
Prior experience in financial services or at a FinTech company a plus
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience required
Master’s Degree preferred
Benefits
401K matching
bonding leave for new parents (12 weeks, 100% paid)
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