Remote Position
[Remote] Head of Growth
๐ Remote ยท South Africa
๐ผ Full-time
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Intel Syndicate provides real-time alerts for threats including cyberattacks, severe weather, civil unrest, crime, and active-threat incidents. The founding Head of Growth & Partnerships will grow the company from beta to paying subscribers by leading creator and partner outreach, content, market intelligence, user feedback, and the subscriber growth funnel.
Responsibilities
- Build and work a target list of OSINT, preparedness, intelligence, security and emergency-management creators on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, podcasts and newsletters
- Pitch, negotiate and close creator partnerships; onboard each partner to build and promote their own Intel Syndicate page
- Run the partner program: tracking links, payouts, content calendars, and keeping partners active
- Open strategic partnerships with preparedness brands, security communities, training organizations and media outlets
- Create and publish content for our Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and X: threat-news carousels, short-form video and app walkthroughs
- Turn real alerts into shareable proof of what the app does
- Supply partners with ready-to-post assets and hooks
- Track competing alert, safety and news apps: features, pricing, positioning and reviews
- Identify the audiences and use cases with the most pull, and bring recommendations to the founder
- Collect feedback from beta testers, subscribers and partner audiences (surveys, interviews, reviews, comments)
- Turn it into a short list of product priorities and messaging changes
- Own the funnel from first view to paid subscriber, including App Store listing copy
- Report weekly on subscribers, partner pipeline, partner-sourced signups and churn
Skills
- 2+ years in creator partnerships, affiliate marketing, business development or partner-led growth
- Real familiarity with the OSINT, intelligence, security or preparedness creator space ideally with relationships in it already
- A track record of closing partnerships with measurable results
- Hands-on content skills: short-form video, carousels, captions (CapCut, Canva or similar)
- Comfortable being paid entirely on results, working independently and setting your own schedule
- Background in intelligence, military, law enforcement, emergency management or cybersecurity
- Experience growing a subscription or mobile app, including App Store optimization
- Your own audience in the space
- Experience running an affiliate platform and partner payouts
- Applicants must be 18 or older and legally able to provide services as an independent contractor in the United States
Benefits
- Recurring commission: 10% of net subscription revenue on every paying subscriber, paid monthly, for as long as they stay subscribed; founding boost of 20% for your first 12 months. Paid on all subscribers, not just the ones you bring in.
- Subscriber milestone bonuses, each paid once at year-end the first year-end you reach the milestone: 2,500 subscribers: $5,000; 5,000 subscribers: $15,000; 10,000 subscribers: $40,000; 25,000 subscribers: $100,000; 50,000 subscribers: $200,000.
- Equity of up to 10% of The Intel Syndicate LLC through profits-interest units, vesting by milestone: 1% at 2,500 subscribers, +2% at 10,000, +3% at 25,000, and +4% at 50,000. Vesting begins after 12 months.
- Remote (U.S.); you set your own hours, location, methods and tools.
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