Umair Salahuddin · Growth marketing lead

Paid & organic
acquisition.One growth strategy.

Performance marketing, conversion, and analytics, with deep expertise in organic growth and AI Search.

I connect campaigns, landing pages, and measurement for SaaS, eCommerce, and international teams. First, find the constraint. Then decide what to change, test it, and scale what works.

Based in Portugal · 10+ years across strategy and delivery.
Open to senior growth roles and focused consulting work.

A connected approachStrategy / Delivery
Explore the thinking behind each stage
Where I start01 / 05

Make the click worth paying for.

I check audience intent, campaign economics, and landing-page fit before increasing spend.

Are we reaching buyers who are ready to act?

Core areas of expertise

Growth MarketingPerformance MarketingPaid & Organic AcquisitionConversion OptimizationMarketing AnalyticsGo-to-MarketSEO & AI Search

Experience behind the decisions

Different business models.
The same commercial focus.

My experience spans building a marketing business, leading acquisition programs, and growing international SaaS and eCommerce websites.

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01

CreativeDuos

Business building · Paid & organic acquisition

I founded and operated a digital marketing business serving clients across the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. My work covered PPC, paid media, lead generation, retargeting, landing pages, and organic growth, alongside client strategy and reporting.

02

Trengo & Hatching Time

SaaS · eCommerce · International growth

At Trengo, I owned international organic acquisition and connected buyer intent with product positioning and commercial pages. At Hatching Time, I led content-led growth across site architecture, product discovery, and performance analysis.

03

ibex

Acquisition operations · Team leadership

I progressed through leadership roles on large-scale US acquisition programs. I led analysts and cross-functional resources, built reporting and execution frameworks, and connected search demand with landing pages and inbound lead generation.

Connected capabilities

Find the constraint.
Focus the next move.

I connect acquisition, conversion, and measurement. SEO, AEO, and performance marketing each need specific decisions, supported by a shared view of the business.

01

Paid acquisition and campaign decisions

I work across Google Ads, paid media, lead generation, and retargeting. I review targeting, budget allocation, creative, and landing-page fit together, so campaign decisions account for what happens after the click.

Discuss an acquisition challenge
02

Organic acquisition and website growth

I connect buyer intent with content, commercial pages, and website architecture. My SEO depth helps me distinguish a demand problem from a technical or content constraint, including on multilingual sites.

Explore organic acquisition support
03

Conversion, analytics, and experimentation

I examine the path from campaign or content to qualified lead. That includes landing-page testing, event tracking, and comparing website activity with CRM outcomes before deciding what to scale.

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04

AI Search and growth automation

Through QueryArc, I study how brands appear in AI-generated answers. I also use AI to accelerate research, analysis, and reporting, with human review where accuracy and business decisions depend on it.

Explore AI Search diagnostics

Independent project · AI Search and growth tooling

QueryArc: investigating a new discovery channel

I built QueryArc to investigate whether brands appear in AI-generated recommendations across buyer-intent prompts. Repeatable tests and rule-based scoring help separate observations from assumptions. I use that research to ask where AI Search fits alongside paid media, organic acquisition, and the pages buyers use to evaluate a business.

Visibility in a sampled answer is an observation, not evidence of a lead or revenue. QueryArc is an independent research and product initiative.

QueryArc homepage showing AI assistant analysis across multiple engines
QueryArc audit tool showing brand visibility scoring, competitor tracking, and AI snapshot metrics
Rule-based scoring
5 AI engines3 runs per prompt

An operating approach

How I turn a diagnosis into delivery.

01

Diagnose

Check whether reach, conversion, or measurement is limiting growth. Agree on a baseline before committing more budget.

02

Prioritize

Weigh impact, effort, and dependencies. Choose the work the team can deliver and explain why it comes first.

03

Deliver

Assign owners and connect campaigns, content, landing pages, and technical changes to an execution plan.

04

Learn

Compare website activity with qualified leads and CRM outcomes. Use that evidence to decide what to continue.

Explore my growth strategy approach

Work together

Start with the decisions
you need someone to own.

Based in Portugal. Open to senior growth roles and focused consulting engagements with international teams.

For employers

Bring growth leadership into your team.

For Growth Lead and Senior Growth Marketing Manager roles across acquisition, conversion, and analytics. Share the role, the business context, and what you need this person to deliver.

Discuss a growth role
For businesses

Get a focused view of what to change.

For a defined SEO, AEO, acquisition, or conversion challenge. Bring the site, the audience you need to reach, and where performance is falling short.

Discuss a business challenge