Senior Strategist (Full-Time)

Startpage is the second-largest private search engine on the planet, used by millions who demand a better, safer web. This is not a traditional marketing role. It’s a high-visibility, high-ownership position for a creative builder who wants to shape how a category-defining product scales. You’ll report directly to the General Manager of Startpage, operate with significant autonomy, and lead the programs that accelerate acquisition, activation, and loyalty across web, app, and browser experiences.

If you’re a roll-up-your-sleeves builder and an AI-powered strategist who takes ideas from 0→1, this is your stage.

Own the growth roadmap for Startpage: design, test, and scale initiatives that expand reach, app installs, and browser usage globally.

Lead the non-paid growth playbook: content flywheels, organic social, community and forums, partnerships, IRL pop-ups, surprise-and-delight stunts - anything that earns attention and trust.

Hands-on ownership: ideate, prototype in AI, make the assets, launch the campaign, wire the tracking, iterate.

Launch campaigns across TikTok, app stores, influencer and creator collaborations, podcasts, brand partnerships, and viral social formats - then author crisp business cases for where we invest next.

make data-driven calls to scale, pivot, or kill experiments quickly.

Partner tightly with social, product, design, and analytics to ship fast, learn faster, and create compounding growth loops.

5+ years in growth marketing or a related role, with a track record of non-traditional, high-velocity experimentation for tech or digital products.

you can evaluate full-funnel performance across channels and distill complex data into clear, decisive next steps.

Hands-on experience allocating budgets and working with influencer/creator programs.

Comfort building and prototyping using AI tools.

Bonus: experience growing subscription businesses or mobile apps.

Competitive salary + bonus + equity

Generous PTO + 11 company holidays

100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees

Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account

Leadership & growth opportunities

Virtual company and team building events

S. base salary range for this full-time position is $133,000 - 182,875 + bonus + equity + benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. S. role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

System1’s headquarters is located in Marina del Rey, CA with an additional office in Bellevue, WA.

Employees near office locations are returning to the office.

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