Growth Associate

San Francisco

San Francisco, CA * On-site * Full-time Compensation: $100,000--$130,000 base + competitive equity (plus performance bonus) **About The Company** Our client is a fast-growing, well-backed AI research lab that builds novel datasets and runs experiments powering the frontier of AI. Their customers are the leading AI labs, and you'd work directly with a founding team assembled from top quant-trading, big-tech, and finance backgrounds. This is an early, high-ownership seat with real proximity to how frontier AI models get built. Founded 2025 * 11--50 people * Industry: Frontier AI / AI research The Role We're hiring a Growth Associate to architect and scale the expert-supply engine that powers frontier AI training. You'll own both manual and automated acquisition pipelines and grow the expert network from 100K into the hundreds of thousands. This is not a typical growth seat --- it's technical, operational, and strategic, blending GTM automation, talent acquisition, funnel experimentation, and distribution, working directly with the founding team. **What You'll Be Doing** * Build, optimize, and scale automated sourcing pipelines * Use LinkedIn and similar platforms to identify and bring on professionals across industries * Run many concurrent recruiting workflows to deliver qualified experts at high volume * Experiment on funnel performance and double down on what scales * Recruit elite experts and operators into the network * Build the automation stack that makes all of this possible * Drive brand amplification across channels **Tech stack:** Clay, Instantly, Apollo, Zapier, plus custom scripts and scrapers. **Requirements** * A background scaling a talent network or marketplace, or a strong track record in outbound sales / lead generation * Hands-on with modern GTM automation tooling (Clay, Instantly, Apollo, Zapier, and light scripting/scraping) * Analytically rigorous --- comfortable modeling funnels and reading pipeline analytics * A demonstrated record of high-volume operational execution * Genuine high agency, resourcefulness, and competitive drive, and comfort with an intense, fast-moving startup pace * Strong written and verbal communication * Roughly 1--3 years of relevant experience * US-based with unrestricted work authorization (US citizen or green card) --- no sponsorship, OPT, or CPT Nice to Haves * Deep proficiency with automation/GTM tooling and scrappy scripting * Real passion for frontier AI and ambition to build category-defining systems * A generalist who owns problems end to end and figures things out independently * Prior startup growth, sales, ops, or marketing experience * A couple of years of experience (perhaps plus a master's) paired with strong work ethic * Comfort juggling many workstreams in high-pressure environments Why Join * Build the expert-supply engine behind frontier AI training, with the leading AI labs as customers * Work directly with an exceptional, top-tier-backed founding team * Broad ownership and scope in an early, high-agency generalist role