Sr. Marketplace Growth Strategist, Suburban Growth

Taskrabbit is a marketplace platform that conveniently connects people with Taskers to handle everyday home to-do’s, such as furniture assembly, handyman work, moving help, and much more. At Taskrabbit, we celebrate innovation, inclusion, and hard work. Our culture is collaborative, pragmatic, and fast-paced. Together with IKEA, we’re creating more opportunities for people to earn a consistent, meaningful income on their own terms by building lasting relationships with clients in communities around the world. Taskrabbit is a hybrid company with employees distributed across the US and EU, recognized as a Built In — Best Places to Work (2022–2025).

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Metro Specialist of Suburban Growth to solve one of Taskrabbit’s largest puzzles: how to unlock meaningful, scalable growth in suburban areas where we already operate but see massive opportunity. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving difficult growth problems, blends data with local insight, and builds localized, custom growth strategies to scale. You’ll define the Suburban playbook, combining research, channel testing, and go-to-market experimentation to crack the code on supply and demand in these markets. This position reports to the US Commercial Director and sits within the Commercial organization.

Responsibilities

• Transform the suburbs as a growth driver for the business over the next year.
• Identify high-potential suburban pockets within our largest metros and categories and deploy strategies to increase revenue in these areas.
• Build suburb-specific go-to-market (GTM) strategies that account for unique behaviors and needs.
• Conduct user and market research to understand suburban barriers and unlock targeted messaging, category focus, and engagement tactics.
• Pilot grassroots awareness channels like Facebook groups, local PR, and neighborhood communities to build supply and drive demand.
• Collaborate with Marketing to merchandise suburb-appropriate categories and adapt SEM strategies to drive spend efficiencies.
• Work with analytical and operational teams to close the fulfillment gap between the suburbs and core urban areas.

Requirements

• 6+ years in growth, strategy, or operations roles in a consumer platform or marketplace business.
• Bias toward strong cross-functional partnerships and relationship building across an organization.
• Deep curiosity in what drives the business and the boldness to ask tough questions.
• Experience diagnosing and solving underperformance problems in existing markets with an emphasis on supply and demand imbalances.
• Strong intuition for local nuance, with the ability to differentiate between a suburb and its city core and act on those insights.
• Proven ability to build cross-functional strategies that blend data, research, experimentation, and scaling.
• Skilled at balancing analytical rigor with a scrappy execution mindset across new and traditional channels.
• Familiarity with using AI tools, like Claude, to enable work.
• Experience using Sigma, Looker, or similar BI tools.

Qualifications

• Experience using SQL to mine new data insights.
• Understanding of the dynamics underlying a two-sided marketplace.
• Experience working for a global brand.

Pay

The base pay range for this position is $89,000 - $118,000. This range is representative of base pay only and does not include bonus or benefits. Final offer amounts may vary based on relevant experience, qualifications, geography, and level.

Schedule

This role operates on a hybrid schedule requiring two days of in-office collaboration per week. The position can be based in either our San Francisco or New York City office.

Benefits

• Employer-paid health insurance and a 401k match with immediate vesting for US-based employees.
• Flexible time off with 2 company-wide closure weeks.
• Taskrabbit product stipends, wellness + productivity + education stipends, and IKEA discounts.
• Reproductive health support.
• Benefits vary by country of employment.

Taskrabbit is committed to diversity, inclusion, and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.