The Growth Foundation
The Growth Foundation
11 – 50 Employees
ConsultingMarketingRetail
The Growth Foundation helps eCommerce businesses turn growth opportunities into measurable progress. Founded in 2021, the company works with founder-led startups and established multinationals across brand strategy, customer relationship management, paid media, and marketplace trading. Its support combines strategic guidance with hands-on execution, talent acquisition, and technology integration, helping teams improve performance across the customer and commercial lifecycle. The Growth Foundation operates at the intersection of marketing, retail, and consulting, with hiring focused on work that supports eCommerce growth and business transformation.

Ecommerce Director - London Hybrid

Lead global direct-to-consumer, marketplace, and social commerce operations across a portfolio of consumer brands. Own profitable US expansion and end-to-end P&L performance.

Description

  • Set the global ecommerce direction and manage P&L across direct-to-consumer sites, marketplaces, and social commerce
  • Grow profitable revenue across brands and international markets, with priority on the US
  • Oversee digital trading, forecasting, budgets, pricing, promotions, and commercial results
  • Improve acquisition, retention, and CRM performance across CAC, LTV, conversion, and profitability
  • Expand marketplace performance across Amazon, Walmart, and other international platforms
  • Own the Shopify ecosystem, customer experience, and conversion optimisation roadmap
  • Evaluate new digital channels, technologies, and growth opportunities for further scale
  • Build, lead, and develop the ecommerce team
  • Partner with Brand, Growth, Commercial, and Supply Chain functions
  • Direct external agencies and partners to ensure investment produces measurable commercial returns

Requirements

  • At least eight years of relevant professional experience
  • Three or more years working at Director level
  • A demonstrated record of profitably scaling consumer brands from roughly £5 million to more than £25 million in revenue
  • Essential experience delivering growth in the US market
  • Substantial direct-to-consumer ecommerce experience with full commercial and P&L ownership
  • Strong knowledge of Shopify, performance marketing, CRM, digital trading, marketplaces, and conversion optimisation
  • Experience building and managing teams across international markets
  • Experience in beauty, skincare, personal care, or a comparable consumer category is preferred
  • A clear understanding of how brand, creative, acquisition, and retention combine to support sustainable growth
  • The ability to move effectively between strategic planning and hands-on execution
  • Confidence working with senior stakeholders and interpreting performance data

Benefits

  • The Growth Foundation is committed to an inclusive workplace and encourages applications from people across all sections of the community
  • Retained CVs may be considered for future employment opportunities

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