Product Growth

Astrocade•Palo Alto, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Growth at Astrocade is not a single funnel - it is two sides of a platform that have to grow together. Creators need a reason to build here. Players need a reason to stay. As our product growth hire, you will help own the strategy, experimentation, and analytics foundation that helps both sides move, while developing a deep understanding of user behavior, motivations, and friction points across the ecosystem. This role sits at the intersection of product, data, design, and engineering, turning insight into action for creators and players alike. This is a hands-on IC role with a clear path to more ownership as we scale. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and grow. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every single qualification, we’d still love to hear from you.

Requirements

Have a strong track record of shipping experiments, features, or systems that moved key metrics such as activation, retention, engagement, or conversion
Are deeply curious about users and can combine data with judgment, direct user understanding, and product sense
Are highly fluent in data and analytics: comfortable with product analytics tools, experiment design, and translating ambiguous behavior into actionable insight
Have strong product sense - you can spot high-leverage opportunities, scope tight MVPs, and ship without overthinking
Thrive in ambiguity and are energized by building from zero rather than optimizing what already exists
Communicate clearly and document exceptionally well - you can explain the “why,” define the goal, outline tradeoffs, and leave behind recommendations that cross-functional partners can execute against independently
Are a strong cross-functional collaborator - you've worked closely with engineering, design, marketing, and data teams
Want to grow into a team leadership role as the growth function scales

Nice To Haves

Experience growing a two-sided marketplace, creator platform, or consumer social product
Familiarity with viral growth mechanics and community-led growth loops
Experience building a growth function from scratch at an early-stage company
Comfort working on AI-integrated product experiences

Responsibilities

Own product growth across acquisition, activation, engagement, retention, and expansion for both creators and players
Identify the highest-leverage opportunities across creator and player funnels, and prioritize ruthlessly.
Finding the right balance between the priorities of both players and creators and when making product decisions.
Build a deep understanding of users through data, experiments, feedback, and direct observation
Think in systems: evaluate how growth decisions affect different users, surfaces, and loops, and flag unintended consequences before shipping
Run rigorous experiments and turn insights into shipped product improvements
Partner with engineering and design to build onboarding, discovery, viral, and activation experiences
Improve the creator journey from first visit to first published game, reducing friction and accelerating time-to-value
Define core metrics, communicate the why behind recommendations, and document decisions and learnings clearly
Use and own agentic tools to automate workflows, uncover insights, and scale what works

Benefits

Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and performance bonus.
100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
Flexible PTO and unlimited sick time.
$650/month AI Tools budget to use on the tools that help you do your best work.
$500/month Lifestyle Benefit for wellness, fitness, meals, house cleaning, and more.
$200/month Fun Benefit to spend on hobbies, travel, games, concerts, or whatever brings you joy.
Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave for birth parents and 12 weeks for non-birth parents, plus a $1,500/month childcare benefit.
$2,000 workspace setup allowance and $200/month commuter benefit.
Daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner on in-office days, plus regular team events and offsites.
401(k) retirement plan through Human Interest.