Growth Hacker — Early-Stage SaaS

Engagement: Freelance, part-time, project-based Stage: Pre-launch validation Role: This is not a campaign management role. This is a validation growth role. - - - Who This Is For You’ve run experiments to validate a concept or suggest a pivot with smoke-tests, paid acquisition, community analysis for early-stage products before they actually went to market. You know how to chase real signals. You’re comfortable with ambiguity, fast iteration, and working with a founder who is fun to work with, but is bootstrapping this with his own cash (instead of feeding his kids). - - - The Context I’m a veteran startup operator who wants to build a SaaS product independently — bootstrapped, self-funded, no institutional backing. The concept is validated directionally. The ICP is semi-defined. The landing page is drafted. What I need now is someone who can design and run the first vlidation experiments to answer one question: does the concept have real legs (qualified intent) to move into production? What You’ll Work On • Design and run paid acquisition experiments on Meta and TikTok • Faceless brand — no founder story, no personal exposure • Free entry offer as the conversion mechanism • Define and track the right early metric (not cost per click — cost per qualified action) • Landing page feedback and conversion optimisation • Weekly reporting: what we learned, what we kill, what we double down on What You Won’t Do • Manage a large budget (starting small in ad spend) • Build funnels from scratch alone • Work with minimal direction — I have strong positioning and messaging already defined Who You Are • 3+ years running paid acquisition for SaaS or digital products • Comfortable with small budgets and high learning velocity • Opinionated about what works — you push back when something won’t • Available for a weekly 30-minute sync and async communication in between • Great at spotting validation signals Engagement & Rate • Freelance / contractor • Estimated 5–8 hours per week to start • Please share your rate and relevant experience when applying To Apply Send a short note — not a CV. Tell me: 1. One early-stage product you’ve run acquisition for and what you learned 2. Your hourly or monthly rate 3. Your availability