10 heads of growth
Nine of these ten heads of growth hold the title today, and the tenth has been Chief Growth Officer at BriteCo since 2026 after three years as its Head of Growth & Marketing. Their other titles cover SEO and content, performance marketing, lead generation operations and automated growth, which makes them useful to a company deciding when to make its first growth hire and what that person should own.
Professionals to explore
Alex Lloyd
LinkedInExperience: Former Head of Growth · Arcade
SEO and content are the through-line for Alex Lloyd, who took the Head of Growth role at Arcade, an interactive demo platform, in 2026 after Head of Growth & Acquisition at January AI (2022–2026). Before that came Director of SEO & Content at Vital Proteins (2020–2022) and Director, Content & SEO at Pango (2018–2020). The pick here for questions on SEO and content as a main acquisition channel.
Is this you? Claim your profile and get paid for calls.
Alex Mann
LinkedInExperience: Head of Growth · Lunos
Now Head of Growth at Lunos (since 2025), Alex Mann was Head of GTM at Elly.ai (2024–2025), Head of Marketing and Growth at LANDED (2022–2024) and Director of Growth at Capchase (2021–2022), and has advised Flowsend since 2024. Alex Mann describes leading go-to-market at Elly.ai and working across startups from Seed to Series D, which suits questions on how the growth role changes by stage.
Is this you? Claim your profile and get paid for calls.
Christopher Chee
LinkedInExperience: Head of Growth · MintMCP
Three companies have given Christopher Chee the Head of Growth title: MintMCP since 2025, Marker Learning (2022–2024) and Hello Alpha (2019–2022), with a 2024–2025 growth role at Ario in between. Before Hello Alpha, Christopher Chee was Senior Manager - Performance Marketing at Apartment List (2018–2019). Useful for comparing the first months of the job across several companies and for paid acquisition.
Is this you? Claim your profile and get paid for calls.
Dustin Sitar
LinkedInExperience: Chief Growth Officer · BriteCo
Chief Growth Officer at BriteCo since 2026, Dustin Sitar was earlier Head of Growth & Marketing (2023–2026) and Director of Marketing and Operations (2021–2023) at the same company. Earlier roles at Zappos were Merchandising Strategy Senior Analyst and Business Development Lead. With three titles at BriteCo, Dustin Sitar can speak to how the growth role changed inside one company, and lists growth-hacking among their areas of expertise.
Is this you? Claim your profile and get paid for calls.
Leoni Barber
LinkedInExperience: Head of Growth · Memgraph
Leoni Barber has been Head of Growth at Memgraph since 2021, and describes the work as “Fueling product-led growth for enterprise data solutions.” Earlier roles were Digital Marketing Manager at SocialChain (2019–2021) and SEO & PPC Executive at The SEO Works (2016–2018). Leoni Barber fits questions on product-led growth for a technical product and on what to do when user growth slows.
Is this you? Claim your profile and get paid for calls.
Matt Swulinski
LinkedInExperience: Head of Growth · viktor.com
Head of Growth at viktor.com since 2026, Matt Swulinski was Head of Growth at Wispr Flow (2024–2026) and, in their own words, its marketing hire #1; they remain a Growth Advisor there. They have also been Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Full Funnel Growth since 2021 and were Affiliate & Sponsorship Marketing Manager at Superhuman Mail (2023–2025). A good pick for what a first marketing and growth hire should do.
Is this you? Claim your profile and get paid for calls.
Megan O’Leary
LinkedInExperience: Head of Growth · Hatchet
At Hatchet, Megan O’Leary has been Head of Growth since 2026, having held the same title at Tesseral (2025–2026), where they were also an Angel Investor (2024–2026). Megan O’Leary was Marketing Director at Battery Ventures (2022–2025) and, in their own words, has scaled programs “from seed-stage startups to a global VC firm.” A fit for questions on growth and communications at early-stage companies.
Is this you? Claim your profile and get paid for calls.
Noah Adelstein
LinkedInExperience: Head of Growth · Netic
Noah Adelstein joined Netic as Head of Growth in 2026 and describes the work as building the growth and GTM Engineering engine there. Rippling titles were Director, Automated Growth (2025–2026), International Growth (2024–2025) and APAC Growth Lead (2024); Noah Adelstein has also done Podcast & Community at the gtm engineer since 2025. A fit for questions on automated growth and on international and APAC growth.
Is this you? Claim your profile and get paid for calls.
Patrick Maloney
LinkedInExperience: Head of Growth · Lumana
Since 2025, Patrick Maloney has been Head of Growth at Lumana, a hybrid cloud video security and surveillance software company. Before that came Sr. Growth Marketing Manager at Pinecone (2024–2025) and Manager, Lead Generation Operations at BILL (2021–2024), plus earlier growth and ABM marketing roles at OneSpin Solutions and Pinterest. The BILL and Pinecone titles suit questions on B2B lead generation and pipeline.
Is this you? Claim your profile and get paid for calls.
Rahul Bathija
LinkedInExperience: Head of Growth · Greptile
At Greptile, an AI code review company, Rahul Bathija has been Head of Growth since 2025, right after five years in a Growth role at Figma (2020–2025). Rahul Bathija also held Head of Growth at Dorm Room Fund (2021–2022). The Figma years make this a fit for comparing a growth role at Figma with owning the Head of Growth title at Greptile.
Is this you? Claim your profile and get paid for calls.
Choose the right perspective
Matt Swulinski, Rahul Bathija, Christopher Chee and Megan O’Leary have each held a Head of Growth title at two or more companies and can compare how the job differs between employers. For an SEO and content plan, start with Alex Lloyd; for paid acquisition, Christopher Chee's performance marketing role is the closest match; for growth automation and GTM engineering, Noah Adelstein.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What should a first head of growth own in the first six months, and what should stay with sales or product?
- 02Which signals told you the company was ready for a growth hire rather than another marketer or salesperson?
- 03How do you pick the first two acquisition channels to test, and how long do you give each before cutting it?
About this directory
This is a professional research starting point based on business profile data retrieved on . Titles and companies reflect that source snapshot; roles marked former had ended by then. Check the linked profiles for current details. Inclusion does not imply Instant Expert membership or availability.