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Head of User Acquisition

Polymarket · New York · On-site

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About Polymarket

Polymarket is the world’s largest prediction market, allowing you to stay informed and profit from your knowledge by trading on future events across various topics. Backed by General Catalyst and Founders Fund.

About the role

Polymarket is growing fast, and user acquisition is one of the most important levers we have. This role leads the team responsible for bringing new users onto the platform through paid and owned channels, from search and social to influencer partnerships and beyond. You'll manage a small but growing team of channel specialists and work closely with product, data, and brand to build acquisition programs that actually scale. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • 10 or more years of experience in user acquisition or performance marketing, with at least 2 years managing a team directly
  • Demonstrated track record of scaling paid acquisition programs with measurable CAC and LTV outcomes, not just impressions or clicks
  • Deep hands-on experience with at least two of the following categories: Paid social, paid search, and programmatic advertising
  • Strong analytical skills, including comfort with SQL or working closely with analysts to pull and interpret data without waiting on others
  • Experience marketing a financial product, consumer app, or other category where trust and explanation are part of the conversion challenge
  • Clear, direct communication style. You can write a tight brief, run a productive review meeting, and tell leadership something they don't want to hear
More about this role

Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform. We enable individuals to express views on real-world events by trading on outcomes across politics, economics, sports, culture, and current affairs. Built as a peer-to-peer marketplace with no centralized "house," Polymarket aggregates diverse opinions into transparent, market-based probabilities that reflect collective expectations about the future.

We're growing fast, both in terms of volume ($21B traded in 2025) and adoption as an alternative news source. Our ambition is to become a ubiquitous beacon of truth in global media and we need your help adding fuel to the fire.

Polymarket is growing fast, and user acquisition is one of the most important levers we have. This role leads the team responsible for bringing new users onto the platform through paid and owned channels, from search and social to influencer partnerships and beyond. You'll manage a small but growing team of channel specialists and work closely with product, data, and brand to build acquisition programs that actually scale.

The mandate is straightforward: grow the number of people who sign up, deposit, and trade on Polymarket. That means owning the...

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