Head of Growth (Founding Team)

About Abound

Abound is a consumer social app built around compatibility rather than volume: members are matched on shared values and meet in person in small groups. The product, brand and matching system are built, vetted and founder-funded, and the operating side of the company is covered. We launch in South Florida in 2027. The open seat is growth: acquiring members, building the local community, signing venues, and turning a finished product into a business with real traction in its first market. More in the first conversation.

The role

This is a founding-team position. You own growth and market launch, which at this stage is the whole front end of the business: acquisition (paid, organic, referral and partnerships), local community building, representing the brand in Fort Lauderdale, and signing the venues where members meet. Through the launch you will also work alongside the founder on the next fundraise, and as the company grows you will hire and lead the team under you. Expect to be out in the city most evenings in the first months. That is the job, not a side effect of it.

Who we are looking for

• You have launched a consumer product or a city-based community brand and personally taken it from zero to real traction. This is the requirement.
• You know customer acquisition cold: channels, creative, CAC, conversion, retention. You have run the numbers and the campaigns yourself, not supervised an agency doing it.
• You are comfortable representing a brand publicly and have a strong local network, or know how to build one quickly.
• You can close: venues, partners, sponsors, anyone whose yes you need.
• You have worked inside a venture-backed consumer company and been close to a fundraise. Having raised institutional capital yourself is a strong plus, not a requirement.
• You are based in, or will relocate to, the Miami / Fort Lauderdale area. This is not a remote role.

Compensation, and a frank note about it

Equity is the compensation, and for the first phase there is no salary. Please read this carefully. Through the trial period and the run-up to launch, roughly the next four to six months, this role pays no cash. Your equity grant is agreed before you start and vests from day one, with the trial period serving as the cliff, so the stake is real and it is yours as you earn it. But you will not receive a paycheck during that window. If you need income to cover your life in that time, this is the wrong role, and we would rather say so now than discover it three months in.

Once we are in market and the next round is closed, the role converts to a paid executive position with your equity intact. The right person has the runway to carry themselves until then and sees the trade clearly: a short period without salary in exchange for a large, early stake in a company they help build from the ground up.

This is an employment role, not a consulting engagement. We are not taking on retainers, fractional arrangements or finders.

How to apply

Email jobs@abound.app with the subject “Head of Growth.” Send a short note, not a resume. Tell us what you launched and what it did, how you acquired users and what it cost, the hardest deal you have closed, and why Abound. Direct and specific beats polished.