Sr. Director, Growth Marketing/Acquisition

About Calm

Calm is a leading consumer mental health company on a mission to support everyone on every step of their mental health journey. Known for its flagship consumer appranked #1 in its category with over 180 million downloads and availability in seven languages across 190 countriesCalm helps people sleep better stress less and live more mindfully through content and tools from experts and beloved celebrity voices. Building on this foundation Calm has created a broader portfolio including evidence-based solutions likeCalm Health offered through employers health plans and providers designed to expand access to mental health and sleep support boost benefits engagement and drive positive health outcomes. Today Calm supports more than 3500 organizations and reaches over 17 million covered lives through Calm Health. Calm has been recognized as aTIME100 Most Influential Companyand one ofFast Companys Brands That Matter. Learn more at.

What We Do

As a member of the Growth Marketing team you will get the chance to directly contribute to DTC growth at Calm. We are a small hungry and humble team that looks for innovative ways to bring new users into the Calm App and to . We combine data-driven strategy and creative problem solving to drive consumer growth across App Web and Offline Marketing channels. We are always looking for new opportunities to optimize and scale new and existing ad networks and channels. We value a can-do attitude data-driven decision-making high EQ cross-functional collaboration resourcefulness and curiosity.

We are hiring remote workers for this role in the San Francisco Bay Area Los Angeles New York City or Minneapolis areas. At this time only candidates in these locations will be considered.

What Youll Do

As Sr. Director of Growth Marketing Acquisition youll be a key leader fueling Calms growth engine and driving our mission to support global mental health. You will own strategy and execution across all paid acquisition channels leading a high-performing in-house team across media buying analytics creative and marketing operations.

Youre both strategic and hands-onable to zoom out to set vision and roadmap while also diving deep into data and campaign execution to coach your team toward best-in-class performance. You have deep experience managing paid channels for DTC businesses and you thrive in a fast-paced data-driven environment where accountability and innovation are key.

• Own Calms paid acquisition strategy and execution across digital and offline channelsincluding paid social paid search Apple Search Ads (ASA) Google UAC and emerging platforms
• Manage and mentor a team of media buyers UA analytics creative strategists and marketing ops to ensure high performance and alignment to business goals
• Set and manage annual media budgets and performance targets in close partnership with Finance ensuring cost efficiency and ROI that supports Calms financial plan
• Lead regular pacing and budget management processes to maintain accountability and alignment with the broader DTC financial plan
• Deliver regular performance updates and insights channel outlooks and growth recommendations to senior leadership
• Own the marketing measurement framework guiding roadmap evolution to drive incremental gains and robust attribution
• Launch and scale incrementality experiments to refine strategy and increase channel efficiency
• Analyze ad channel data to surface trends identify opportunities and drive optimizations in bidding targeting and creative
• Drive a roadmap of continuous experimentation across channels to unlock new growth levers
• Partner with Product and Engineering to optimize onboarding flows landing pages and conversion paths
• Stay ahead of digital marketing trends platform updates and consumer behavior shifts to ensure Calm maintains a competitive edge

Who You Are

• Deep channel expertise across paid social paid search ASA Google UAC and offline channels within a DTC environment
• Proven track record of driving acquisition growth and ROAS across 8-figure budgets
• Strong understanding of measurement incrementality testing cohort-based LTV and full-funnel performance tracking
• Analytical mindset with a passion for data and the ability to turn insights into scalable action
• Experienced in building and managing high-performing in-house teams
• Financially fluent with experience in media planning budget forecasting and optimizing spend for efficiency and scale
• Strong communicator and collaborator with a track record of influencing cross-functional partners
• Proficient in attribution platforms and technical marketing stack fundamentals
• Highly organized self-directed and thrives in a fast-paced environment

Nice to Haves

• Experience with mobile app or subscription-based performance marketing

Minimum Requirements

• 10 years in acquisition or performance marketing roles with deep experience managing paid channels in-house
• 5 years leading a high-performing media team
• Proven success managing 8-figure paid media budgets across multiple channels

Calm uses a geographic pay model that determines salaries based on the location where an employee lives. For this position the base pay ranges across Calms pay tiers is as follows:

$223200 - $341000

The base pay range represents the low and high end of Calms salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors which include the successful candidates geographic location skills experience and other qualifications.

Calm uses employee zip code to determine which pay range applies.

This role is also eligible for equity comprehensive benefits 401k flexible time off.

Calm may incorporate artificialintelligence technology to support the application review process but rest assured that human reviewers are involved in all stages of the hiring process.

Calm is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including disabled veterans. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or interview process please contact Calms Recruiting team at. All accommodation requests will be handled confidentially and assessed on a case-by-case basis.

We believe that mental health is health and every person should be considered in the discussion. Thats why were proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race color religion national origin age sex marital status ancestry physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information military or veteran status gender identity or expression sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law.

Calm is deeply committed to diversity equity and inclusion. We strive to create a mindful and respectful environment where everyone can bring their authentic self to work and experience a culture that is free of harassment racism and discrimination.

Employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Roles which require access to certain types of information may also require the successful completion of a drug screening.

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