General Manager - Upcoming Apps Portfolio (Remote)

About this role

Who We Are ( Mode.Inc )

Mode.Inc is the parent company of a portfolio of technology businesses, including Mode Mobile, the creator of EarnOS, a transformational software platform that turns ordinary smartphones into "EarnPhones". This innovation empowers users worldwide to monetize everyday mobile activities such as streaming, gaming, and shopping. We enable users to profit from their data and attention, rather than letting only tech giants benefit. What sets us apart is our inclusive approach, converting users into earners, facilitating over $150M in earnings and savings, and going a step further by turning earners into owners by awarding stock ownership in Mode.Inc based on their usage. We have attracted over 40 million users across 170 countries.

Mode Mobile, Inc. Ranked Number 1 Fastest Growing Company in North America on the 2023 Deloitte Technology Fast 500.

For additional insights, check out information about our reward-based super app, Mode Earn App, which also powers the reward engine for our proprietary smartphone, Mode Earn Phone.

Our Team and Culture Drive Our Success

Our team is the heart of our culture. We value innovation, collaboration, and curiosity, with a passion for getting things done. We strive to hire and cultivate the best team members and foster a culture of open communication and transparency. We are driven and hard-working but also committed to having fun along the way. We allow OKRs to guide us, assume positive intent, sometimes agree to disagree and commit, honor our commitments, seek to accomplish more with less, and encourage everyone to speak up as our team owns our company’s success.

You can read more about our team and how we work here .

About the Role

We are seeking a highly entrepreneurial and execution-oriented General Manager, Upcoming Apps Portfolio to own a portfolio of mobile applications acquired through M&A; each app is primarily generating $500,000 or less in annual EBITDA.

The GM will take newly acquired apps from transition through stabilization, engagement, monetization, and operating efficiency. These businesses may have established users, revenue, technology, or market positions, but require focused ownership to determine their long-term potential within Mode. The role will quickly determine the right path for each app: grow, maintain, reposition, consolidate, or prepare for graduation into Mode’s Emerging Apps Portfolio as it scales beyond $500,000 and demonstrates sustained growth potential.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Ownership & M&A Integration

• Own the strategy, operating performance, and financial results of the Incubation Apps portfolio, including budgets, forecasts, KPIs, and performance targets.

• Assume ownership of newly acquired apps following close; rapidly assess the product, users, revenue model, technology, costs, team needs, and market opportunity.

• Develop focused post-acquisition operating plans and leverage Mode's technology, distribution, monetization capabilities, shared services, partnerships, and infrastructure to accelerate value creation.

• Evaluate new apps under consideration and identify the highest-potential opportunities for investment and growth.

Growth, Product & Monetization

• Drive revenue, engagement, retention, and profitability through focused product, growth, and monetization strategies.

• Establish rapid experimentation and feedback loops; prioritize initiatives based on business impact, speed to learning, and ROI, scaling what works and stopping what does not.

• Serve as the business owner for product direction, using analytics, market insights, competitive intelligence, and user feedback to prioritize development with Product and Engineering.

• Identify opportunities across advertising, subscriptions, pricing, partnerships, cross-promotion, user acquisition, and Mode's broader ecosystem.

Portfolio Optimization & Graduation

• Regularly assess each app's strategic and financial potential and determine the appropriate path: Grow, Graduate, Maintain, Reposition, or Consolidate.

• Allocate resources based on performance and potential while keeping overhead low and eliminating unnecessary complexity and costs.

• Develop promising apps toward graduation into the Emerging Apps portfolio and partner with the GM, Emerging Apps and executive leadership on graduation criteria and transition.

Leadership & AI-Native Execution

• Serve as the clear accountable owner for the portfolio and coordinate priorities across Engineering, Product, User Acquisition, Monetization, Finance, Legal, People, and other shared services.

• Communicate performance, risks, opportunities, experiments, and recommendations clearly to executive leadership and build productive relationships with stakeholders transitioning through acquisitions.

• Champion an AI-Native operating approach, using AI to accelerate analysis, decision-making, experimentation, product development, automation, operating efficiency, and execution.

• Create a culture of accountability, speed, thoughtful experimentation, and measurable results.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of consumer mobile apps and digital business models; experience with monetization, subscriptions, advertising, user acquisition, or consumer growth strongly preferred.

• Experience integrating, operating, or scaling acquired businesses or products is highly desirable.

• Hands-on operator who can move between strategy and execution, manage multiple priorities with limited resources, and work effectively with technical and cross-functional teams.

• Demonstrated ability to use AI effectively in day-to-day work and identify practical applications across products, workflows, analytics, automation, and business operations.

• Prior GM experience is helpful but not required; strong product, growth, strategy, or operating leadership backgrounds will be considered.

What Success Looks Like

Within the first 12 months, the General Manager will have:

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