Own and scale a $100M+ paid acquisition engine, optimizing campaigns across major platforms to drive user growth and enhance performance metrics.
Kalshi has defined a new category: prediction markets. Kalshi allows people to trade on the outcome of any events and turn any question about the future into a financial asset. Kalshi fought for years and legalized prediction markets in the US for the first time in history, is currently the fastest growing financial market in America, and has thousands of markets across politics, economics, financials, weather, tech, AI, culture and more.
We believe prediction markets have the potential to be the largest financial market because they turn anything into a financial position.
Our vision: well… build the largest financial market on the planet.
Our mission: bring more truth to the world through the power of markets.
Our culture is simple: we hire really talented people, work really hard, and enjoy the climb. We are looking for ambitious and exceptional people to join our (relatively small) team to help us build the next generation of financial markets.
Kalshi has defined a new category: prediction markets. Kalshi allows people to trade on the outcome of any events and turn any question about the future into a financial asset. Kalshi fought for years and legalized prediction markets in the US for the first time in history, is currently the fastest growing financial market in America, and has thousands of markets across politics, economics, financials, weather, tech, AI, culture and more.
We believe prediction markets have the potential to be the largest financial market because they turn anything into a financial position.
Our vision: well… build the largest financial market on the planet.
Our mission: bring more truth to the world through the power of markets.
Our culture is simple: we hire really talented people, work really hard, and enjoy the climb. We are looking for ambitious and exceptional people to join our (relatively small) team to help us build the next generation of financial markets.
We’re looking for a Performance Marketing Lead to own and scale our paid acquisition engine. This role is ideal for someone who has deep experience managing large-scale budgets, driving efficient growth, and building a high-velocity experimentation culture across channels.
You’ll play a critical role in accelerating user growth and revenue, with full ownership over performance strategy, execution, and optimization.
Help with performance marketing across paid channels, managing a minimum of $100M+ in annual ad spend with clear accountability for CAC, LTV, payback period, and revenue growth.
Scale and optimize campaigns across platforms including Meta, Google, TikTok, Reddit, YouTube, affiliates, and emerging channels, with a strong bias toward testing, iteration, and capital-efficient growth.
Partner closely with creative, brand, product, and analytics teams to drive creative strategy and feedback loops, turning performance insights into stronger ad concepts, messaging, hooks, landing pages, and conversion paths.
Build a rigorous experimentation engine across audiences, bidding, offer strategy, funnel structure, creative formats, and attribution, using data to identify where incremental spend can drive outsized returns.
Develop and maintain a best-in-class performance reporting system, including forecasting, budget allocation, channel mix modeling, and incrementality thinking, so leadership can make fast, informed growth decisions.
6+ years of experience in performance marketing, paid acquisition, or growth marketing, preferably in a consumer tech, fintech, or high-growth startup environment
Proven experience managing large-scale paid media budgets ($50M–$100M+ preferred)
Deep expertise across major paid acquisition platforms including Meta, Google, TikTok, and YouTube
Strong analytical mindset with experience in attribution, incrementality testing, and performance modeling
Track record of scaling growth while maintaining or improving efficiency metrics such as CAC, LTV, and payback period
Experience working cross-functionally with creative, product, and data teams
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
Experience in trading, fintech, or financial products
Familiarity with advanced attribution models and incrementality testing frameworks
Experience building or scaling performance marketing teams
Strong intuition for creative strategy and direct response marketing
Salary Range: $170,000 to $250,000 annually plus equity and benefits. This salary range is based on the current available market data, and represents the expected salary range for this role. Kalshi has minimal hierarchy and few titles, but has broad ranges of experience represented within roles. Should you have compensation expectations that exceed these bands, we'd love to hear from you and would welcome you to reach out to further discuss.
Meritocracy is at our core, and we value people who take ownership and figure (usually hard) things out. We dream big. We love our craft deeply and are proud of what we put out in the world. We are committed to our vision of building something big… but also useful: a product that brings more truth through the power of markets.
Kalshians are Kalshi’s most important asset: we pick Kalshians carefully, so we trust them fully on day 1.
Kalshi is committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe it is our collective responsibility to uphold these values and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to join us in our mission. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law. If you are passionate about what you do and want to use your talents to support our mission and values, we’d love to hear from you.
Kalshi is building a platform for prediction markets, enabling people to trade on the outcomes of events. From weather forecasts to major political events, we're creating a new asset class—event contracts—that allows market participants to turn questions about the future into financial assets. This innovative approach positions us as the fastest growing financial market in America.
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