Director of Growth Marketing Jobs & Recruiters

Yes, growth marketing can pay very well, especially at Director, VP, and C-suite levels where candidates own acquisition, retention, revenue efficiency, and experimentation strategy. Compensation varies by company stage, industry, channel mix, location, equity structure, and leadership scope. Ikon Search supports employers with compensation benchmarking to help align offers with current talent-market expectations.

A Director of Growth Marketing typically leads strategies that increase qualified acquisition, conversion, retention, and revenue. The role may oversee paid media, SEO, lifecycle marketing, experimentation, analytics, demand generation, funnel optimization, and cross-functional campaigns. In high-growth companies, this person often partners closely with product, sales, finance, RevOps, and executive leadership.

Ikon Search’s recruitment process and established digital marketing talent network typically allow qualified shortlists to be presented within two to three days. Timing can vary for confidential, niche, senior, or highly technical searches, but the team focuses on speed without compromising candidate quality, vetting rigor, or alignment with company culture and long-term hiring goals.

Ikon Digital recruits growth marketing talent for Start-ups, Digital Marketing Agencies, SaaS, Fin-Tech, Mar-Tech, eCommerce, and Ed-Tech companies. The team also supports PE-backed portfolio companies and Series A-C scale-ups seeking leaders who can build measurable acquisition, lifecycle, retention, performance marketing, and digital growth programs.

Yes. Ikon Search offers Retained Search, Contingent Search, Full-time Permanent recruitment, Long or Short-term Contract staffing, and Temp-to-Hire engagements. This flexibility helps employers hire a permanent Director of Growth Marketing, add interim leadership, cover a leave, support a major project, or evaluate a candidate before conversion.

Strong candidates often combine channel expertise, analytical rigor, leadership ability, and commercial judgment. Important skills include paid acquisition, SEO or content strategy, lifecycle and CRM marketing, conversion rate optimization, experimentation, attribution, marketing analytics, budgeting, agency management, and team leadership. Tool familiarity may include GA4, Looker Studio, HubSpot, Marketo, Braze, Klaviyo, Meta Ads, and Google Ads.

Yes. Ikon Search works with qualified marketing professionals exploring growth marketing, performance marketing, lifecycle, eCommerce, content, and senior digital leadership opportunities. Recruiters help candidates understand role expectations, compensation ranges, market demand, and hiring timelines while matching their experience to employers seeking specific channel expertise and leadership capabilities.

Ikon Search vets candidates through structured recruiter interviews, review of career progression, technical and channel expertise assessment, motivation checks, culture alignment, and reference checks when appropriate. For growth marketing roles, evaluation often includes measurable campaign impact, budget ownership, funnel experience, analytics fluency, leadership scope, and ability to operate in fast-moving environments.