Discovery Director

Position: Growth & Discovery Director
About Speed Radio
Speed Radio is where the world meets to discover ideas, perspectives, and people through short spoken audio clips. Full-flavour listening without the fillers or filters.
We exist to unlock the power of voice to shape beliefs, open conversations, and build community. Through one-minute spoken clips, we deliver inspiration and entertainment that keeps people switched on and dialed in while on the go.
At Speed Radio, we value authenticity over artificiality, clarity over noise, and ownership over hierarchy. Every team member represents our brand externally in how we communicate, execute, and collaborate.

The Role
We are looking for a hands-on Growth & Discovery Director who has already built and scaled growth systems in consumer product environments.
This is not a strategy-only role. You will do the work initially — and then build a team around you.
You should be someone who looks at acquisition channels, funnels, cohorts, and behavioural loops and immediately sees systems that can be built, tested, and optimised.
This role is central to the product. You will work closely and directly with the CEO to design and optimise the compounding growth engine behind Speed Radio.
You will own how users:
Discover Speed Radio
Activate
Form listening habits
Invite others
Stay

What You Will Own
1. Organic Growth Engine
Design and optimise referral and invite loops
Build sharing mechanics across Whats App, Instagram, X and other channels
Develop SEO doorway and content distribution strategies
Create “claim your profile” and creator-led growth flows
Build and optimise viral loops

2. Discovery & Feed Performance
Work closely with product and data science teams to improve:
First session experience
Time to first follow
Retention curves
Cohort stickiness
Partner on recommendation system feedback loops

3. Activation & Lifecycle
Improve onboarding flows
Design push notification strategy
Build email and re-engagement systems
Strengthen habit formation mechanics

4. Growth Analytics
Own growth dashboards and KPI tracking
Define the north star metric and supporting metrics with the CEO
Run structured experiments with clear hypotheses
Maintain disciplined test-and-iterate cycles

5. Distribution Strategy
Identify scalable growth channels
Build repeatable acquisition playbooks
Design early-stage partnerships that drive distribution

What Success Looks Like
Within 6 months:
Clear improvement in activation and retention metrics
Referral loop functioning and measurable
Growth roadmap aligned with product milestones

Within 12 months:
Organic engine driving a meaningful share of new installs
Discovery improvements measurably increasing retention
Repeatable acquisition playbooks ready to scale

Requirements
5–8 years experience in consumer product growth
Proven track record improving activation and retention
Experience working closely with product and data teams
Strong analytical capability
Comfortable operating in early-stage ambiguity
Bias toward building over talking

Nice to Have

Experience with feed-based or algorithmic products
Experience in social, media, or creator platforms
Exposure to referral-driven growth

Profile We Are Looking For
Structured thinker
Data-driven but product-intuitive
Comfortable getting hands dirty
Commercially sharp
Clear communicator

This role will shape how Speed Radio grows. You will be close to the core product and directly influence how users discover and experience short-form audio.

How to Apply

Apply via Linked In