Growth team structure
📖 3 min readUpdated 2026-04-19
Growth team structure depends on company stage and what you're optimizing. Common models: embedded in product, embedded in marketing, or standalone.
Roles
- Head of Growth / VP Growth
- Growth PM
- Growth marketer
- Growth engineer
- Data analyst
Models
- Standalone team (owns full funnel)
- Embedded in product (activation/retention)
- Embedded in marketing (acquisition)
- Matrix (reports into both)
Early stage
Single full-stack person. As scale grows, split into specialties.