Growth & Marketing Manager
- Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Contract
- Full-time
Type: Full-time, Independent Contractor
Location: Remote
Work hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM US Eastern time zoneAbout the JobWe’re hiring a growth-minded marketer to own end-to-end marketing execution, with one rule: everything must be done with AI. You’ll direct, edit, and optimize. But you don’t write, post, or manually build anything. Instead, you manage AI systems that do. You’ll orchestrate SEO, content, especially LinkedIn, and analytics, not with elbow grease, but with leverage.This role requires strong familiarity with B2B enterprise software and a working understanding of how back-office operations, workflows, and SaaS buying decisions work. You’ll be marketing to RevOps, Finance, and Ops leaders, not consumers.About the RoleYou’ll be the first and only marketing hire, responsible for designing, deploying, and scaling our AI-first growth engine. This is a solo operator role with no manual execution. All content creation, publishing, and optimization must be driven by AI tools and workflows you manage. You just need to bring personality and wit in addition to oversight.What You’ll DoBuild and manage a full-stack AI-powered marketing engineOwn our LinkedIn voice, publishing cadence, and editorial calendarOversee SEO and content systems that you select and setupRecommend and configure best-in-class AI workflows across channelsMonitor traffic, engagement, and conversion via Google AnalyticsLaunch experiments and campaigns with clear hypotheses and reportingEnsure our positioning resonates with enterprise buyers—especially ops and finance leadersWhat You Won’t DoWrite blog posts from scratch (you’ll edit AI-generated drafts)Manually post to social (you’ll configure scheduling tools)Design from scratch in Canva or Figma (you'll edit it in Canva)Hire freelancers or agenciesYou’re a Good Fit IfYou’ve marketed B2B SaaS or workflow tools to enterprise buyersYou know how to extract great work from AI systemsYou’ve run growth or marketing solo at an early-stage startupYou can write clearly, edit sharply, and prioritize ruthlesslyYou move quickly and care about results, not vanity metricsYou don’t need hand-holding or a team to executeYou want ownership without complexity