james pastan

james pastan

growth | data, product, marketing

growth | data, product, marketing

brooklyn, new york

building at

james@framer.com

james@framer.com

about me

about me

currently: leading growth at framer

founder: scaled kits.ai to $Xmm ARR, 6mm+ users; raised $10m+ from a16z, 1confirmation, steve aoki, 3LAU, wyclef jean & more

formerly: growth product for mongodb atlas, focused on monetization; bcg

education: yale, computer science with some statistics; westminster

experience

experience

brooklyn, new york

head of growth @ framer

present

i run the growth team at framer. we sit at the intersection of our data team and (superstar) marketing team. we do our best to amplifying the exceptional work around us with performance, seo/aeo, and insights. in early september 2025, we announced our series D at a $2 billion valuation.

we're always hiring. if you work in growth (from marketing to product to data), shoot me an email.

brooklyn, new york

head of growth @ framer

present

i run the growth team at framer. we sit at the intersection of our data team and (superstar) marketing team. we do our best to amplifying the exceptional work around us with performance, seo/aeo, and insights. in early september 2025, we announced our series D at a $2 billion valuation.

we're always hiring. if you work in growth (from marketing to product to data), shoot me an email.

manhattan, new york

co-founder @ arpeggi labs

nov 2021 – present

i co-founded arpeggi labs (which ended up launching kits) with evan, kyle, and zach.

we help 6,000,000+ creatives make better music faster with ai vocal workflows.

i led most of our growth efforts and did standard founder-y things.

we raised $10m+ from a16z, 1confirmation, steve aoki, 3LAU, wyclef jean & more to reimagine music creation.

manhattan, new york

co-founder @ arpeggi labs

nov 2021 – present

i co-founded arpeggi labs (which ended up launching kits) with evan, kyle, and zach.

we help 6,000,000+ creatives make better music faster with ai vocal workflows.

i led most of our growth efforts and did standard founder-y things.

we raised $10m+ from a16z, 1confirmation, steve aoki, 3LAU, wyclef jean & more to reimagine music creation.

manhattan, new york

growth product @ mongodb

jul 2021 – nov 2021

i led mongodb atlas's growth monetization squad, a cross-functional team of ~10 responsible for identifying and implementing in-app experiments to improve paid conversion rates

revenue grew 55% from $330mm to $588mm ARR between 2021 and 2022

most importantly, i first learned about growth from a few insanely smart people (jesse, richa, and elena)

manhattan, new york

growth product @ mongodb

jul 2021 – nov 2021

i led mongodb atlas's growth monetization squad, a cross-functional team of ~10 responsible for identifying and implementing in-app experiments to improve paid conversion rates

revenue grew 55% from $330mm to $588mm ARR between 2021 and 2022

most importantly, i first learned about growth from a few insanely smart people (jesse, richa, and elena)

education

education

new haven, ct

yale university

b.s. in computer science (and a lot of statistics)

new haven, ct

yale university

b.s. in computer science (and a lot of statistics)

atlanta, ga

westminster

it was high school but i have southern pride

atlanta, ga

westminster

it was high school but i have southern pride