Head of Growth vs Growth Marketing Manager

Head of Growth typically pays more — median total comp around $155K vs $120K for Growth Marketing Manager on Growth.Talent listings.

Head of Growth: Own the growth function end-to-end. Strategy, channels, hiring. Growth Marketing Manager: Run growth experiments. Own a channel. Move the needle. The two roles overlap most heavily in strategy and full-funnel ownership; they diverge on whether the focus is performance/operator (often Head of Growth) or brand/cross-functional leadership (often Growth Marketing Manager).

Growth Marketing Manager — 192 open roles vs 58 for Head of Growth on Growth.Talent.

Head of Growth — 24% of open Head of Growth roles allow remote, vs 17% for Growth Marketing Manager.