Growth Lead

MeritFirst • Austin, TX

6d

About The Position

MeritFirst is building the infrastructure to make better talent allocation the default, using objective and efficient ways for people to demonstrate critical thinking, problem-solving, and execution, so companies hire on demonstrated ability rather than pedigree alone. We’re looking for a Growth Lead to build that system. This role will identify job categories where MeritFirst can become the best place to discover talent and attract exceptional candidates. The Growth Lead will turn real work into compelling assessments, build flagship programs and competitions around them, and work with companies to convert demonstrated ability into interviews, offers, and successful hires.

Requirements

• Unusually high-agency generalist who operates with extreme ownership and a maniacal sense of urgency.
• Ability to move between strategy, growth, partnerships, recruiting, operations, and storytelling.
• Experience building something from zero (not merely operating a mature channel or inheriting an existing playbook).
• Ability to persuade both an exceptional candidate to bet on a new platform and a skeptical hiring leader to act on a new signal.
• Strong taste for programs, competitions, events, and experiences people genuinely want to join.

Responsibilities

• Identify role categories with meaningful employer demand, large pools of overlooked talent, and skills that can be demonstrated objectively.
• Build relationships with founders, hiring managers, and talent leaders.
• Secure real opportunities and help companies understand how MeritFirst’s signal should inform their hiring decisions.
• Find and activate exceptional people through communities, referrals, partnerships, content, schools, trade programs, creators, and channels that do not look like conventional recruiting.
• Work with our product team, assessment experts, hiring managers, and exceptional practitioners to turn popular roles into rigorous, efficient assessments and realistic work challenges.
• Create competitions, cohorts, showcases, and in-person or online events that ambitious candidates want to participate in - and that employers pay attention to.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed