Rachel DeJulio · Fractional Head of Growth

    Growth takes
    adaptability.
    And a little nerve.

    I connect growth strategy, product, and custom AI workflows so your next move has a reason behind it.

    See how I think ↓

    For teams figuring out how to grow in the AI era.

    A few good growth levers.

    Growth strategy, AI, product, testing, measurement, and learning work together. Test an idea, learn from the data, and adapt the next move.

    Ideas floating together. Move your cursor to explore.

    Experience before
    the independent leap

    American ExpressVP OF PRODUCT
    KabbageGROWTH LEADERSHIP
    GreenlightGROWTH LEADERSHIP

    The work

    Big-picture strategy.
    Hands-on builder.

    Find the constraint. Make a smart bet. Build what’s missing. Learn from what happens.

    AI SYSTEMS

    Give the busywork
    a new owner.

    Custom AI workflows and agents that turn recurring work into a system your team can use.

    GROWTH STRATEGY

    Find your
    next lever.

    Positioning, channels, and growth priorities connected to the business you’re actually building.

    MEASUREMENT

    Know what’s
    doing the work.

    Measurement and attribution that help you decide where to invest and what to stop doing.

    PRODUCT & PLG

    Turn “trying it”
    into “love it.”

    Activation, retention, and experiments that bring product and marketing onto the same page.

    One focused project, an ongoing thinking partner, or embedded growth leadership.

    Rachel’s writing

    I’m an
    open book.

    Practical ideas from my Substack. A look at how I think, what I build, and the questions I keep coming back to.

    AI · Frameworks / Aug 19, 2026

    Goals, evals, and loops: three AI commands you can use even if you’re not an engineer

    Define the outcome. Check the work. Make the useful parts repeatable.

    Read on Substack
    Marketing · Channels / Apr 16, 2026

    Paid vs organic is the wrong fight

    A more useful conversation about paid learning, communities, and retention.

    Read on Substack
    AI · Experimentation / Oct 1, 2026

    Your Company Doesn’t Have a Learning Problem. It Has a Forgetting Problem.

    What changes when the team can actually retrieve what it learned?

    Read on Substack
    AI · Growth / Mar 18, 2026

    Your AI rollout isn’t a strategy. Here’s what one looks like.

    Connect AI initiatives to growth priorities, owners, and measures of progress.

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    Product · Experimentation / May 21, 2026

    Your highest-intent customers are where growth effort goes to die

    Look again at the customer moments that deserve a better experiment.

    Read on Substack

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    Original writing by Rachel. Browse the Substack ↗

    Rachel DeJulio

    The human behind the levers

    Hi, I’m Rachel.
    I like the messy middle.

    The space between marketing and product. Between a promising idea and something that works. Between “we should use AI” and a workflow that’s actually useful.

    My experience spans growth leadership at Kabbage and Greenlight, and VP of Product at American Express. Now I bring those perspectives together at GrowthLever.

    25%

    Organic growth in one year
    Kabbage · growth leadership

    10% MoM

    Registration-funnel conversion improvements
    Greenlight · experimentation

    More of the story ↗

    Let’s be in the same room

    Bring your
    curiosity.

    Upcoming workshop · With Willa


    1–2 p.m. Eastern · Online

    Create Your AI Growth Brief: Get People to Find and Use What You Built

    With Rachel DeJulio.
    Live on Zoom.

    See the workshop

    A little clarity

    Good questions.
    Useful answers.

    What does a fractional Head of Growth do?

    Connects growth priorities across marketing, product, and measurement, then helps the team turn those priorities into experiments and operating habits. At GrowthLever, the starting point is the business constraint, not a predetermined channel.

    Can we start with one AI workflow?

    That’s a useful way to scope a conversation. We can identify a repeatable task, define what a good result looks like, and decide where a human should review the work.

    Is this only about acquisition?

    No. Product activation, conversion, retention, channel strategy, and measurement all shape growth. The work connects them to the problem your team needs to solve.

    How do we start?

    Share what you’re trying to grow and where you’re stuck. We’ll discuss whether a focused project, advisory relationship, or embedded engagement makes sense. Scope, timing, and fees are agreed before work begins.

    Your next move

    Let’s pull on
    the right thread.

    Tell me what you’re building, what’s stuck, and what you want to happen next.

    A conversation, not another audit

    What are you trying to make happen?

    Send Rachel a note with your business, the challenge, and the kind of help you have in mind.

    Email Rachel

    Prefer a call? View Rachel’s calendar ↗ (opens in a new tab)

    rachel@growthlever.app