GM, Growth & Operations

GM, Growth & Operations

Department: Growth

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Remote - United States

Description

Company DescriptionWe are Mechanism Ventures. In 2019, we started building profitable startups from scratch. We brought together top engineering minds from places like Princeton and MIT to drive a 100% success rate and turn company building into a science.
During that time, we’ve built ten high-growth companies driving $100M+ in revenue. Along the way, we’ve developed an engineering approach to entrepreneurship rooted in algorithms and advanced mathematics.
Now, we’re working to automate company building to the point that we can press a button to launch profitable companies—ventures that can reinvest their own resources to become enterprises that help millions, or even billions, of people.
Your MissionTo take a DTC e-commerce company from break-even to $1.5MM/year in profit. We've already validated this company—it's generating real revenue and is default alive. Your job is to turn it into a profit machine. 

You'll personally own the growth strategy, make hard calls under pressure, build (and rebuild) until the math works, and win - or walk away knowing you weren't ready. 
If your instinct is to hire others to do all the work, this isn't for you. If you live for momentum, pattern recognition, and pushing boundaries - we want to hear from you. 
Position DescriptionLevel Sports, Inc. is a Mechanism portfolio company that produces high-quality PrimePutt putting mats, allowing golfers to train on the same surface PGA professionals use. 
As the GM of Growth & Operations at Level Sports, Inc., you will be responsible for scaling and leveraging the existing profitable foundation into an enterprise. You will be responsible for the entire business, including P&L ownership, physical product operations and development, growth marketing, hiring and managing a core team, and an ultimate liquidity event, whether M&A or IPO.
Initially, you will be the primary person executing most tasks and day-to-day work to scale, including paid media and partnership marketing. Multiple logistics contractors and the Mechanism team of growth experts are engaged and ready to support you, and you will have the ability to hire contractors or full-time team members to assist in key areas as you see fit. You’re an ideal candidate if you enjoy being hands-on while driving operational excellence and developing a deep understanding of the business. 
However, your role will quickly evolve. You will be responsible for rapidly scaling the organization, building a leadership team, and using the profitable foundation to unlock new areas for exponential growth. 
As the GM of Growth & Operations, you will have access to Mechanism’s in-house Practice Areas for operational support across Growth, Product, Engineering, Design, Operations, People, Finance, and Legal. Our in-house experts are at the top of their fields and are here to provide world-class strategic guidance and execution.
In this role, you will operate independently, with support from MV, to manage operations and logistics while reporting directly to the CEO of Mechanism Ventures. After successfully scaling Level Sports to $ 1.5 million in the first year, this position will transition to allow you to build your own team.  

Key Responsibilities

• Own and be accountable for rapid growth and the business P&L.
• Oversee and execute day-to-day operations, including inventory and supplier management, management of our warehouse and third-party logistics team, and ensuring customer satisfaction. You’ll need to be comfortable doing most of the work yourself at first and then bringing in resources when the time is right.
• Manage all supplier relationships, including nylon turf production, rubber and plastic parts injection molding, woodworking, and more. 
• Own and develop the strategic vision of the business in coordination with the board of directors.
• Drive numerous growth marketing initiatives to help drive business growth and learning. This will include paid media, organic, affiliate, influencer, and retention marketing.
• Manage growth analytics to drive performance across all funnels.
• Identify, test, and scale new customer acquisition channels and product expansions.

This role will be challenging, and it will change substantially as the business scales. You must be in the day-to-day, hands-on, and responsible for executing across all business areas. As the business grows, you must build a team to support scale so you can spend more time building the business. Thus, being highly adaptable and flexible is critical to success. However, we’d like to share a general idea of the direct impact you should make within the first three months on the team:

• 30 Days
  • Get access to systems and tools.
  • Successfully complete Mechanism growth training and onboarding.
  • Build a strong level of trust, confidence, and rapport with the Mechanism team.
  • Build a strong understanding of current growth capabilities and initiatives across Mechanism.
  • Cultivate a strong understanding of all Level Sports operations, history, and components.
  • Confirm early signs of meeting all expectations via a performance review.
• 60 Days
  • Scale the performance of the existing business.
  • Build a strong level of trust, confidence, and rapport with your team and the Mechanism team.
  • Take full operational and P&L responsibility for the business.
  • Confirm early signs of meeting all expectations via a performance review.
• 90 Days
  • Scale the business to maximize profitability.
  • Scale the business’ operational excellence and core team.
  • Confirm meeting all expectations via a performance review.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• You’re obsessive about driving growth. From big-picture strategic ideation to diving hands-on into the weeds to optimize a Google Ads campaign or tweak and test a creative design, you wake up excited about unlocking new paths to hypergrowth every day.  
• You are passionate about learning and constantly growing your expertise in every possible growth area, including paid media, organic and paid social, SEO, partnerships, growth product, and retention marketing. 
• You learn and execute extremely quickly, never letting perfect be the enemy of good.
• You are ready to bet big on yourself. You don’t want to be a cog in an established corporate machine. 
• You are not above tackling small challenges head-on, but you know how to delegate and recruit top performers. 
• You are a natural leader. You make complicated things simple and foster an environment of rapid execution, learning, and fun.
• You are entrepreneurial and relentlessly resourceful.
• You are genuine and bring an enthusiastic, professional demeanor. We have a very strict no-jerk policy and do not tolerate intellectual arrogance.
• You have excellent communication skills. 
• You have a test-and-learn mindset as businesses and markets evolve.
• You love golf and have a deep understanding of the industry.

• Deep expertise across all growth marketing areas, including paid media, organic and paid social, SEO, partnerships, growth product, and retention marketing. You’ve played the part of a full-stack performance marketer and understand how to engineer rapid business growth.
• Deep analytical and strategic expertise across growth modeling, funnel optimization, A/B testing, growth product, and digital marketing.
• Analytical and data-driven background, with a proven ability to extract valuable insights and narratives from large data sets. 
• Demonstrated experience building businesses and leading teams of top performers.
• Experience driving operational excellence at scale.
• Experience working with physical product design and production, global supply chain management, and logistics is a strong plus.

Logistics

Location and Time CommitmentWe are fully remote. You can work wherever you’re most productive. This role is full-time and must overlap with US ET for most of the workday. This challenging opportunity demands a level of dedication beyond the standard 9 to 5.Our compensation packages are designed to make this your dream job for both the short and long term. Each compensation package includes a base salary and a significant equity stake.
For candidates located in New York, Washington, Colorado, California, and Illinois, the base salary range is $170,000 - $220,000 USD. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and, experience, and location. Apply