Performance Marketing Manager at VC Backed Startup

Overview

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Accelerate your marketing career in a VC-backed startup.

At Jumpstart, we help ambitious marketers land roles at the UK’s most exciting VC-backed startups and set them up to thrive.

This isn’t just another digital marketing role. As a Performance Marketer, you’ll join a startup at a critical stage, working directly with founders or early growth leaders to shape how acquisition and retention get done. You’ll get real ownership from day one, run experiments across channels, and accelerate your marketing career.

How Jumpstart works?

• Apply to Jumpstart - Submit your application in 30 seconds. If successful, you’ll be invited to a short virtual interview and onboarded onto Jumpstart.
• Get matched with top startups - Access top roles in the UK’s most exciting startups. Startups respond to your applications within days, not months.
• Nail the process - Get structured training, 1:1 interview prep, and insider tips from alumni who’ve landed roles before you.
• Join the community - Once you’re hired, you’ll unlock ongoing mentorship, training, events & socials in London’s best startup community.

On average, it takes ~4–6 weeks to receive an offer. You can participate while still in full-time work.

Starting salaries range from £45–60K + equity (DOE).

Exact requirements of the roles vary by startup, but as a performance marketer, you’ll own the channels that directly drive revenue and user growth. That means:

• Running & optimising paid campaigns across Meta, Google, Linked In, Tik Tok (depending on B2B SaaS vs consumer/DTC focus)
• Managing budgets and reporting on CAC, ROAS, and LTV
• Testing and scaling SEO, retargeting, and referral programmes
• Building and optimising landing pages and running CRO experiments
• Designing and executing email/lifecycle campaigns to retain and monetise users

You’ll have real ownership of campaigns and budgets, not just reporting - making an immediate impact on growth.

We’re looking for candidates with ~1–4 years of hands-on growth or performance marketing experience. This could mean:

• You’ve run paid ads and managed budgets
• You’ve driven measurable growth for a DTC brand, SaaS company, or startup
• You’ve built acquisition funnels, optimised campaigns, and tracked metrics like CAC/ROAS
• You’re ready to step into a role where you own channels and strategy end-to-end

Most importantly, you’re hungry for more ownership, fast progression & are looking to make a real impact in a startup.

• Apply in 1 minute on our website
• Interview with the Jumpstart team
• Create your Jumpstart profile & get exclusive access to high-growth startup roles.

Not sure? Hear directly from our alumni.