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Head of Growth
Stryde
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
Director
Hybrid
3 weeks ago
Growth StrategyBrand ManagementPR and Media RelationsChannel DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsContent Marketing
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About the Role
Stryde is seeking a founding Head of Growth to own growth strategy, brand, PR, and channel invention for a sports and entertainment investment platform. This senior, hands-on role requires 5-8 years in growth/brand/marketing with commercial instinct, AI fluency, and an entrepreneurial mindset.
Key Skills for This Role
Growth StrategyBrand ManagementPR and Media RelationsChannel DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsContent Marketing
Responsibilities
- Own growth strategy — how Stryde reaches sophisticated investors and converts attention into qualified, committed capital
- Own brand and narrative — identity, positioning, and the story across every touchpoint
- Own PR and media — editorial placements, press relationships, founder visibility
- Own channel invention — finding non obvious routes to convert investors: communities, partnerships, referral loops, formats
- Own strategic partnerships that extend reach into the right circles
- Own member acquisition as we scale the membership model across the region
- Own social and content — quality led, not volume led
- Own measurement — channel experimentation and reporting, using own AI tooling to run lean and move fast
Requirements
- 5–8 years across growth, brand, or marketing, with real commercial instinct
- Exposure to luxury, hospitality, finance, or sport is a strong plus
- An instinct for the premium: understanding of building desire, not just awareness
- Genuine AI fluency: ability to build own workflows and tooling on top of AI
- Entrepreneurial, hands on, and self directed
- Genuine passion for what we're building
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About Stryde
- Sports and entertainment are the world's most compelling asset class. Stryde is the platform built around them.
- We are the first DFSA regulated investment platform in MENA dedicated to sports and entertainment, giving sophisticated investors, family offices, funds, and HNWIs across MENA and beyond, institutional access to deals that have been historically out of reach: Formula 1, NBA franchises, European foot
- Beyond investments, Stryde is launching ultra premium experiences, with curated access to the world's most exclusive sporting moments.
The Role
- We're looking for our founding Head of Growth to own how Stryde grows and how it shows up in the world.
- This is a senior, hands on role with no team beneath you in the first period: you set the strategy and you execute it.
- You own (and build up) the full marketing function today and build the commercial engine that turns attention into qualified investors.
- This is not a performance marketing role. Growth here comes from being in the right rooms, building the right relationships, and creating a brand people want into before they fully understand what it is.
What You'll Own
- Growth strategy — how Stryde reaches sophisticated investors and converts attention into qualified, committed capital. You own the funnel end to end, not just the top.
- Brand and narrative — identity, positioning, and the story across every touchpoint.
- PR and media — editorial placements, press relationships, founder visibility.
- Channel invention — finding the non obvious routes to convert investors: communities, partnerships, referral loops, formats.
- Strategic partnerships that extend reach into the right circles.
- Member acquisition as we scale the membership model across the region.
- Social and content — quality led, not volume led.
- Measurement — channel experimentation and reporting, using your own AI tooling to run lean and move fast.
What We're Looking For
- 5–8 years across growth, brand, or marketing, with real commercial instinct: you think about pipeline and conversion, not just awareness. Exposure to luxury, hospitality, finance, or sport is a strong plus.
- An instinct for the premium: you understand what it means to build desire, not just awareness.
- Genuine AI fluency: not 'I use and brainstorm with ChatGPT,' but the ability to build your own workflows and tooling on top of AI to operate like the rest of our team.
- Entrepreneurial, hands on, and self directed: simply put, you don't wait to be told what to do.
- Genuine passion for what we're building, and it will show if you don't have it.
This role is not for you if:
- You measure success primarily through paid acquisition metrics.
- You need a large team around you to execute.
- You want a defined playbook rather than the chance to write one.
- You see 'Head of' as a strategy seat and expect someone else to be 'doing'.
What We Offer
- Competitive base, with real room to grow as the function and your scope expand.
- Meaningful ESOP — real equity in something being built from the ground up.
- Full autonomy over a function that will define how the world sees Stryde.
- Access to deal flow, a network, and experiences most people never get near.
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