Head of Growth

About the role

NOUSIA trains elite operators for Australia’s frontier industries, free for them and paid for by the employers who hire them. That only works if the best people find us and want in. As Head of Growth you own the operator side of the marketplace and how NOUSIA is seen: who applies, how they hear about us, the community and events around us, and how many start, stay and finish.

What you’ll do

• Own operator acquisition end to end, from first touch to enrolment, with clear weekly targets for applications and starts.
• Elevate how NOUSIA shows up everywhere: positioning, story, content and the experience of applying, so it feels like the most ambitious pathway in the country and people want in.
• Run creative, low-cost growth experiments: referral loops, partnerships, launches, challenges and stunts, and scale the ones that work.
• Build a community around NOUSIA through events: info nights, hackathons, campus and school sessions, operator meet-ups and small dinners with industry leaders and hiring partners.
• Build and run the channels that reach school leavers, graduates, career changers and working professionals, from paid and organic social to schools, universities and communities.
• Turn every operator who reaches the standard into proof: stories, outcomes and data that make the next person apply.
• Set up the analytics, attribution and reporting the whole team uses to decide what to double down on.
• Work closely with Sales so the operators we attract match the roles employers are hiring for, and co-host events that bring both sides together.

What you’ll bring

• Five or more years in growth, performance or lifecycle marketing, with at least two in a startup or high-growth team.
• A track record of growing a two-sided product, marketplace or education offer, with numbers to show for it.
• Hands-on skill across paid acquisition, content, CRM and conversion, and comfort in the data.
• Taste. You know what premium feels like and can make a brand, an event or a piece of content feel that way on a startup budget.
• Experience running events or building a community that people actually show up to.
• Sharp writing. You can explain something complex in a sentence a 17-year-old would act on.
• The judgement to pick the few things that matter, and the energy to ship them weekly.

Nice to have

• Experience recruiting for defence, cyber, aerospace or engineering roles.
• Experience reaching students or career changers in Australia.

Why NOUSIA

Hard problems, a small team and work that will matter for the next 100 years. You’ll have real ownership from day one and work in person with the founders in Melbourne. We’ll talk salary at the first call.

How we hire

Apply with your CV and a few lines on why NOUSIA. If it’s a fit, we’ll book a 30-minute intro call, then set you a short piece of real work from the role. You’ll present it to the team in Melbourne and meet the people you’ll work with.