About this Level Sports, CEO role at Mechanism Ventures
The Company
Mechanism exists to build $10 billion in liquid enterprise value by December 2035 — our 10-in-10 mission. We get there by building or acquiring profitable companies and turning them into enterprises.
Since 2019, we've launched and scaled 10 companies while driving $300M+ in revenue by treating company-building as an engineering problem. We combine rigorous validation, advanced analytics, and repeatable systems to dramatically increase the odds of success.
A Message from Our CEO
"At Mechanism, our goal is to generate $10B in liquid enterprise value over the next 10 years. We call it '10-in-10.'
Level's next chapter is part of that mission. With PrimePutt, we've built a product golfers love, and we've taken the company to millions in revenue with tens of thousands of customers. The next stage is about expansion.
I’m looking for a golf-obsessed leader to own Level end-to-end, grow profitability, and build the platform that turns Level into an enterprise. Someone who thinks from first principles, gets into the details, fails and learns faster than anyone around them, and turns customer insight into profitable growth.
If you want real ownership, a high-trust partnership, and the chance to build something meaningful in a sport you love, let's talk."
Breanden Beneschott, Mechanism Co-founder & CEO
The Opportunity
Golfers will do almost anything to shave strokes. PrimePutt helps them put in the work at home, on the same surface PGA professionals use. It’s a product golfers love and recommend, with a loyal customer base and a growing owned audience.
Over the past year and a half, we’ve strengthened the business behind it. The financials are clean, manufacturing is dialed in, and operations are built to scale. The foundation is in place. Now it’s time to see how far we can take it.
Your mission is to turn Level into a highly profitable, growing golf company. You’ll own the whole business, including the P&L, product, growth, and the team. You’ll sit on the board and earn meaningful equity as you hit each milestone. You’ll set the direction for what Level makes, who it reaches, and where it invests.
You won’t be starting from zero, and you won’t be doing it alone. You’ll inherit a proven product, an engaged audience, a PGA coach on staff, and a digital putting and training game already running competitions with one of the largest golf communities online. You’ll build alongside Mechanism’s experts across Growth, Product, Engineering, Design, Operations, People, Finance, and Legal.
If you want to build a major company in golf, this is your shot. Build the golf company you’d want to buy from, and own a real piece of what you build.
Key Responsibilities
You Have Three Core Missions
Expand the Growth Engine: Own strategy and hands-on execution across paid media, creative, lifecycle, and partnerships. Build an owned audience through useful golf content, training programs, and offers, then convert that audience into customers. Ship new creative weekly, improve landing pages and nurture sequences, and scale the approaches that drive profitable sales.
Drive Profitable Growth: Own Level’s financial performance. Plan cash and inventory around seasonal demand, improve margins across products and fulfillment, and make disciplined decisions about growth investment. Build a clear case for where additional capital can accelerate profitable growth, and track whether those investments deliver.
Expand the Product Line and Build the Team: Identify and launch complementary products that give customers more ways to buy from Level. Validate demand, margins, and inventory needs before scaling, and use your golf network to develop credible partnerships. Hire contractors and team members where they improve execution and support profitable growth.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Core Requirements
The right candidate will recognize themselves in the message above. This is a role for a golf-obsessed operator who can demonstrate the following:
Golf Obsession: You understand golf culture, how golfers practice, and what motivates them to buy. You can recognize credible instruction, create offers that resonate, and build relationships with coaches, creators, and golf communities.
Hands-On Growth Expertise: You've personally run paid media, especially Meta, built creative at volume, and scaled acquisition channels. You can set the strategy and do the work yourself.
DTC Physical Product Experience: You've grown a direct-to-consumer brand selling a physical product, ideally at a premium price point.
Financial Judgment: You understand how acquisition costs, margins, inventory, and operating expenses turn into cash, and you've made sound calls with a tight cash position.
Founder Mentality: You've built a business or owned meaningful outcomes at an early-stage company. You move fast, solve problems with limited resources, and own results.
AI-Native by Default: You use AI daily to accelerate analysis, creative, and execution, and you can point to solutions you've built and the results they produced.
Team Leadership: You've hired and led strong performers and know when hiring creates more value than doing the work yourself.
What to Expect
This role moves between strategy and execution every day. You'll make consequential decisions and personally do the work to deliver them.
First 30 days: Take the handoff and set the plan
Complete Mechanism's CEO onboarding and growth training.
Complete the handoff with the current CEO, and build relationships with the team, contractors, and Mechanism's Practice Areas.
Evaluate existing campaigns, training offers, audience initiatives, and product tests. Identify what to scale, improve, or stop.
Read the Black Friday and holiday results: what sold, at what price, through which channels, and at what cost.
Partner with our product and operations team to design a weekly creative program shipping new ads, with fast and clear results.
Review unit economics, cash, inventory, and supplier obligations.
By 60 days: Own the business and get the engine running
Take full responsibility for operations and financial performance.
Run a weekly operating cadence covering revenue, acquisition cost, margins, cash, inventory, and customer experience.
Fix any operational bottlenecks and decide where contractors, automation, or hiring will help.
By 90 days: Show progress and plan the season
Show measurable progress toward three consecutive profitable months.
Scale what's working, and stop or revise what isn't.
Demonstrate which audience-building efforts are converting into product sales and contributing to profitability.
Present the spring season plan, including Father's Day, SKU expansion, investment priorities, and team needs.
Logistics
Fully remote, full-time, with most of the workday overlapping US Eastern Time. Expected start is around January 2027, with a full handoff from the current CEO.
Compensation includes a base salary and a significant equity stake. For candidates located in New York, Washington, Colorado, California, and Illinois, the base salary range is $180,000 to $220,000 USD. Compensation may vary depending on qualifications, skills, experience, and location.
