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Rotational Associate Manager 2027

Kikoff

San Francisco, CAJob$100–125K/yrPosted 3w agoStill listed 3 days ago

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Compensation
$100–125K/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Kikoff’s Rotational Associate Manager Program is designed for recent graduates, students, and early-career professionals to develop through training and rotations across Product Marketing, Growth Marketing, Business Development, and Lifecycle Marketing. Associates complete an initial training rotation followed by two focused rotations of approximately six months each, with mentorship and hands-on project experience. The program aims to build business acumen and prepare participants for future leadership roles.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Product MarketingGrowth StrategiesNew Business DevelopmentCustomer Lifecycle ManagementAnalytical ThinkingInterpersonal CommunicationsProblem SolvingLeadershipCommunicationFirst-Principles Problem SolvingAdaptabilityStrategic ThinkingOpportunity AssessmentPrioritizationBias to Action

Qualifications

Current Undergraduate or Master's StudentEarly-Career Professional

Full job description

Kikoff: The Fintech Powering Financial Security at Scale Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money. We're scaling fast. Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially.

Why Kikoff: This is a consumer fintech startup, and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes, you can build an exciting business AND have real-life real-customer impact.

Kikoff’s Rotational Associate Manager Program Kikoff’s Rotational Associate Manager Program Recent Grad 2027 Program Overview: The Rotational Associate Manager Program at Kikoff is designed to accelerate the development of high-potential individuals by providing comprehensive exposure across critical business functions, including Product Marketing, Growth Marketing, and Business Development. Associates will participate in multiple rotations, gaining hands-on experience, mentorship from senior leaders, and specialized training designed to fast-track their careers. Inspired by successful leadership journeys—including our current Head of Marketing who began their career through a similar rotational program at Google—this program is built on mentorship, practical experience, and accelerated professional growth. About Kikoff: Kikoff is a fintech unicorn offering credit-building solutions that are radically affordable, accessible, and effective. Our core product, the Kikoff Credit Account, is helping over a million customers build better credit. Kikoff has been featured by Nerdwallet, Forbes, Buzzfeed, Business Insider, CNBC, Bloomberg, and others; and our app has a 4.9 rating amongst hundreds of thousands of reviews. But Kikoff is more than just a credit builder: we are a long-term financial partner for our customers, and we have an exciting product roadmap of solutions to help our customers reach their financial goals. Program Structure: Initial Training Rotation (~1 month): Associates will experience hands-on training across multiple teams, including Product Marketing, Growth Marketing, and Business Development. This period focuses on foundational training, business acumen, and industry-specific knowledge. Focused Rotations: Following the training period, associates will be matched to specific teams based on their skills, interests, and business needs. Associates will then complete two rotations (approximately 6 months each), allowing deeper exposure, responsibility, and impactful contributions within each area. Potential Rotational Areas:

  • Product Marketing: Learn how we position, message, and launch products to customers, gain insights into our users and shape the product roadmap.
  • Growth Marketing: Drive user acquisition or increased user retention and monetization through data-driven marketing strategies and experimentation.
  • Business Development: Build partnerships, negotiate deals, and identify new growth opportunities for Kikoff.
  • Lifecycle Marketing: Analyze customer data, map journey touchpoints, and execute personalized messaging campaigns to drive growth for Kikoff.

What You’ll Gain:

  • Comprehensive training across essential business disciplines
  • Mentorship from senior leaders and industry experts
  • Hands-on experience managing impactful projects
  • Clarity in career direction with pathways to future leadership roles
  • A supportive, dynamic work environment in an innovative fintech company

Ideal Candidates:

  • Current undergraduate and master's students or early career professionals with high potential, such as those from consulting or investment banking
  • Highly motivated, curious, and adaptable individuals
  • Excellent communication, analytical, and first principles problem-solving skills
  • Demonstrated leadership potential and eagerness to learn
  • Strategic thinker able to break down and organize problems, assess opportunity areas, and develop big ideas and priorities to move the business forward.
  • Have strong bias to action and hunger to move fast and flexibly
  • If you're eager to accelerate your career, learn across diverse business functions, and become part of a dynamic team shaping financial futures, we invite you to apply!

Base Range $100,000—$125,000 USD

A note on applying: We know great candidates sometimes hold back if they don’t meet every qualification listed. If you’re excited about this role and believe you can do the work, we encourage you to apply. We’re looking for capability and trajectory, not a perfect checklist match. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Kikoff Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. Please reference the following for more information.

How this job compares

Set against the 6,544 open Marketing jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$100–125K/yr
  • California median$140–200K/yr717 salary ranges
  • US median$115–172K/yr3,384 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $113K, is 34% below the California median midpoint ($171K) — in the lowest quarter of Marketing salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,108 open Marketing jobs in California and 6,544 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Marketing postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (4,113 postings).
Education
2,064 of the 6,544 open Marketing jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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