Role Description
As our Lifecycle Marketing Manager, you'll own and scale retention marketing across Email, SMS, subscriptions, and customer lifecycle initiatives.
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Build best-in-class customer journeys that increase retention, subscription growth, repeat purchases, and customer lifetime value.
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Work closely with Growth, Creative, Customer Experience, and Product teams to ensure every customer interaction feels intentional, educational, and on-brand.
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This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining data-driven decision making with compelling storytelling.
What You'll Own
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Email & SMS Marketing
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Own the Email & SMS marketing calendar across campaigns and automated flows.
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Build, optimize, and maintain lifecycle automations in Klaviyo, including:
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Welcome
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Browse Abandonment
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Cart Abandonment
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Post Purchase
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Cross-Sell & Upsell
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Subscription
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Winback
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Sunset
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Execute SMS campaigns and automations (Postscript experience preferred).
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Collaborate with Creative to produce compelling emails and SMS campaigns that educate, inspire, and convert.
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Lifecycle & Retention Strategy
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Develop and execute strategies that increase retention, repeat purchase rate, subscription adoption, and customer lifetime value.
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Build sophisticated customer segmentation and personalization strategies.
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Continuously improve the customer journey based on customer behavior and lifecycle stage.
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Identify opportunities to surprise and delight customers throughout their experience with Primal Queen.
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Testing & Optimization
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Own a structured experimentation roadmap across:
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Subject lines
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Messaging
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Offers
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Send times
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Segmentation
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Personalization
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Creative
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Landing pages
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Product recommendations
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Use dataโnot assumptionsโto guide optimization.
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Analytics & Insights
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Analyze lifecycle performance and customer behavior.
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Build dashboards and reporting that clearly communicate opportunities and results.
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Surface actionable insights that improve retention and overall customer experience.
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Monitor retention KPIs and proactively recommend improvements.
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Cross-Functional Collaboration
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Partner closely with:
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Growth Marketing
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Creative
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Customer Experience
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Product
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CRO
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Leadership
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Ensure every touchpoint delivers a seamless customer experience.
Qualifications
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3+ years of hands-on Lifecycle Marketing or Email Marketing experience.
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Advanced experience with Klaviyo.
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Experience managing SMS marketing (Postscript preferred).
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Deep understanding of customer segmentation and lifecycle marketing.
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Experience building and optimizing automated customer journeys.
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Strong analytical mindset with experience interpreting retention metrics.
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Comfortable balancing strategy with hands-on execution.
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Experience designing and analyzing A/B tests.
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Strong copy instincts and understanding of consumer psychology.
Preferred
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Experience in DTC eCommerce.
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Experience in health, wellness, supplements, beauty, or consumer products.
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Experience working with subscription businesses.
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Familiarity with cohort analysis, attribution, and retention reporting.
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Comfortable using AI tools to improve efficiency and creative workflows.
What Success Looks Like
Within Your First 90 Days:
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Take full ownership of Email & SMS marketing.
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Audit and optimize all existing lifecycle flows.
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Launch a structured testing roadmap.
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Improve lifecycle performance across key automations.
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Deliver clear reporting and actionable insights.
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Build scalable systems that support long-term growth.
KPIs
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Email Revenue
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SMS Revenue
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Flow Revenue
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Campaign Revenue
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Repeat Purchase Rate
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Subscription Rate
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Customer Lifetime Value (LTV)
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Churn Rate
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Revenue per Recipient
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Click Rate
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Conversion Rate
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List Growth
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Unsubscribe Rate