Director of Customer Growth & Insights

Concord, CA (Hybrid)

$170K/yr – $190K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive customer growth through data-informed marketing leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Own integrated marketing and customer-growth initiatives with data-driven decision-making.
  • Must-have: 8+ years in marketing strategy, analytics, and cross-channel growth.
  • Standout: Leadership of a multi-team function partnering with Merchandising, Digital, and Store Ops.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • - Customer Insights & Data Strategy
  • - Analyze customer data across loyalty, ecommerce, and campaign performance to identify actionable growth opportunities and inform marketing decisions.
  • - Evaluate customer purchase behavior, category penetration, migration patterns, visit frequency, and lifetime value to uncover trends and opportunities.
  • - Translate customer insights into clear, actionable recommendations that shape marketing priorities and campaign direction.
  • - Identify underpenetrated customer segments and opportunities to increase engagement and conversion across categories and channels.
  • - Customer Growth Strategy
  • - Develop and drive initiatives that increase customer acquisition, traffic, visit frequency, retention, and lifetime value.
  • - Recommend marketing priorities based on customer insights, commercial opportunities, and business goals.
  • - Partner with merchandising to align category priorities with customer demand and growth opportunities.
  • - Collaborate with vendor partners to develop data-informed co-marketing initiatives and align customer insights with Joint Business Plan (JBP) priorities.
  • - Marketing Performance & Optimization
  • - Use performance data to evaluate campaigns and identify opportunities to improve results and scale what is working.
  • - Use performance data to adjust campaigns in market, improving messaging, channel mix, and promotional effectiveness.
  • - Refine marketing strategies, promotions, and customer programs based on performance insights.
  • - Identify opportunities to improve effectiveness across channels, including in-store, digital, and vendor-supported marketing.
  • - Strategic Campaign Direction
  • - Guide campaign direction to ensure marketing initiatives are informed by customer insights and aligned with growth priorities.
  • - Shape marketing themes, customer moments, and storytelling that drive engagement and traffic.
  • - Partner with Digital and Creative teams to ensure alignment across lifecycle marketing, messaging, and execution.
  • - Marketing Leadership
  • - Provide leadership, direction, and prioritization for the Integrated Marketing, Customer Marketing & Digital, and Creative teams.
  • - Set clear marketing priorities across campaigns, loyalty, digital engagement, and brand initiatives.
  • - Ensure marketing initiatives are aligned with business priorities, merchandising strategy, and customer insights.
  • - Build a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing marketing organization focused on driving customer growth.
  • - Cross-Functional Leadership
  • - Partner with Merchandising, Marketing, Digital, Creative, and Store Operations to align marketing strategies with business priorities.
  • - Influence marketing and merchandising decisions through data-driven insights and clear recommendations.
  • - Share customer insights with merchandising and vendor partners to inform joint strategies that drive category growth.
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Pet Food Express

We’re Pet Food Express and we’re transforming our customers’ relationships with their pets. From our beautifully designed stores, to our thoughtfully chosen products to our legendary customer service, we are guiding the pet industry to the next level. And everything we do is driven by our employees. Are you as committed as we are?

Founded in 1986
Concord, California, USA
603 employees (25 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
164.1K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$8.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
51.7%
Direct
40.5%
Referral
5.6%
Social
1.5%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~603

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
20 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
17 years
Median Tenure
4.3 years