The world and especially the internet is still far from truly international. Most communication and content happens in just one or two languages, leaving billions of people out.
Palabra.ai is building real-time AI speech translation for calls, events, conferences, livestreams — and an API that lets any app embed our technology. At a fraction of the cost of interpreters, we make live translation accessible to teams and individuals worldwide.
The role
We’re hiring a Founding Head of Growth to own Palabra’s growth engine end-to-end: acquisition → activation → retention → monetization — across both our developer-friendly API and our plug-and-play products.
This is a high-ownership, hands-on leadership role. You’ll work directly with the co-founder/CBDO and closely with Product, Engineering, Sales, and Customer Success to turn attention into revenue and build repeatable growth loops.
Why now
- Recently raised a $10M pre-seed from top-tier investors (incl. 776 / Alexis Ohanian and notable founders).
- 400+ leads and 20 active POCs (incl. Agora).
- Tech is battle-tested; now we need a growth leader to build the machine.
What you’ll do
- Own and scale growth strategy across acquisition, activation, retention, and monetization.
- Build a structured experimentation system: hypotheses, prioritization, testing cadence, measurement, and learnings.
- Drive GTM experiments across channels (paid, organic, content, community, partnerships, events) to find scalable levers.
- Partner with Product + Engineering to ship growth loops:
- free-to-paid conversion
- onboarding/activation improvements
- usage expansion
- lifecycle (reactivation + churn prevention)
- (where it makes sense) referral/virality
- Collaborate with Sales on pipeline growth: lead quality, conversion, ROI, and sales enablement.
- Define and track core KPIs (CAC, LTV, conversion rates, activation, retention/churn, payback) and turn them into action.
- Build our external growth presence (thought leadership, launches, partnerships, communities).
- As we scale: hire and lead the growth team (demand gen, lifecycle, marketing ops, content/SEO — based on what works).