Senior User Acquisition Manager, Mode Mobile
+ Equity + Company Bonus Program
User rewarding software solution
Be an early applicant
User rewarding software solution
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity + Company Bonus Program
101-200 employees
Company mission
To enable budget-conscious consumers to earn additional income from their everyday habits.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of hands-on mobile UA experience with seven-figure monthly budgets
- Prior experience with rewarded app traffic, and/or a strong understanding of two-sided marketplace dynamics
- Proven ability to manage two-sided performance, not just acquisition cost, but partner/network health as well
- Strong analytical skills, fluent in Excel/Sheets, and tools like Mixpanel, Singular, and Looker/Tableau
- AI-native. Goes beyond prompting for quick answers; comfortable building and iterating on AI-driven workflows or agents to scale analysis, reporting, and testing
- Experience with MMPs and performance marketing attribution, especially incrementality and Net ROAS thinking
- Self-starter and strong communicator, comfortable representing the UA point of view directly with external partners and internal leadership
- Creative: A visionary thinker with the ability to develop innovative ideas that align with business goals and resonate with the target audience
- Efficient: Ability to work strategically and efficiently, optimizing resources to deliver high-quality work within tight deadlines
- Adaptable: Comfortable working in a fast-paced, remote, and iterative environment
- Analytical: Passion for turning data into insight and insight into growth
- Collaborative: Energized by working with creative, product, and data teams
- Alignment with our core values:
- Accountable: You take ownership of your responsibilities, demonstrating trustworthiness and self-discipline. You are consistent in your work, transparent in your actions, and communicate effectively. You follow through on commitments and strive for continuous improvement
- Action-driven: Identify what is most important, agree on scope, execute in a timely manner, and drive the greatest impact. You take initiative, roll up your sleeves, and get things done
- Caring: You genuinely care about yourself and others, our business and craft, our mission and vision, and are passionate in heart and mind. You understand the importance of our team and strive to create a positive, supportive work environment
- Curious: You focus on the ‘why,’ learn and expand your knowledge, explore new ideas, and generally make things better. You're a lifelong learner with a thirst for knowledge and a constant desire to improve
- Thorough: Your work is thoughtful, impactful, timely, accurate, and complete. You pay attention to detail, are meticulous, and ensure quality work and compliance
- This role requires prior rewarded-app or two-sided marketplace experience to balance user-side and partner-side performance without sacrificing either
What the job involves
- We're looking for a strategic, performance-driven Senior User Acquisition Manager to help own UA and growth strategy for our Rewarded Traffic vertical, working alongside Rodrigo, our current UA Manager on the Mode Earn App, and supporting new rewarded app launches as they come to market
- Rewarded apps require balancing two-sided performance — acquiring users profitably for Mode Mobile while keeping the partner side of the network (rewarded ad network partners, offer supply, advertiser demand) healthy
- You'll own paid UA strategy end-to-end, partner directly with rewarded network partners, and represent UA in cross-functional planning as one of the most senior individual contributors on the team
- This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Director of UA & Growth
- Help own UA strategy & execution for Rewarded Traffic, working alongside Rodrigo on the Mode Earn App, across Meta, Google UAC, TikTok, programmatic DSPs, and rewarded ad networks
- Support new rewarded app launches within the portfolio, standing up UA strategy and measurement from day one
- Manage two-sided performance, balancing user-side acquisition economics (CPI/CPA, Net ROAS, payback) against network-side health (partner yield, fill rate, advertiser demand)
- Partner directly with rewarded network partners on deal structuring, inventory, and performance troubleshooting
- Lead measurement and reporting for the rewarded portfolio, including Net ROAS/payback modeling in partnership with analytics
- Identify and pilot new rewarded growth channels and partnerships
- Represent the rewarded traffic vertical in cross-functional and leadership planning
Our take
Mode Mobile delivers a pioneering approach to gamification in its flagship product, Mode Earn Phone, as well as its rewards-based Mode Earn App. Customers can acquire this smartphone at a budget-friendly price point, allowing them to utilize it as they would any other mobile device while also offering the potential to earn upwards of $1,000 annually through various interactive methods.
In a digital environment increasingly saturated with gamified applications, Mode Mobile has set itself apart by applying this concept to an entire mobile device. Since its inception in 2020, the company has rapidly attracted a substantial user base, numbering in the millions. The trajectory of its user base growth is closely watched, as it presents a groundbreaking shift in the way mobile devices are used and valued.
While Mode Mobile's strategy may raise eyebrows due to its potential to further increase mobile device usage and data entry, proponents argue that given the extensive time users spend on their devices and the wealth of data generated, it's a logical step to leverage these activities for financial gain. With a strong start, Mode Mobile can gear up to expand its team and introduce additional products, setting sights on disrupting the entire mobile market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
May 2025
$1m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $1m
Company HQ
Near North, Chicago, IL
Leadership
Dan Novaes
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Dan co-founded MobileX Labs and Nativ Mobile where he served as CEO at both companies. He was also a Contributor at Inc. Magazine, Forbes and Entrepreneur Media and worked in Growth at Facebook.
Kiran Panesar
(Co-Founder & CTO)Kiran previously co-founded MobileX Labs and Nativ Mobile where he served as CTO at both companies. He also founded adappt Designs where he served as a Programmer.
Share this job
View 5 more jobs at Mode Mobile