Director of Lifecycle Marketing (Email & SMS)

Scottsdale, AZ (On-site)

$100K/yr – $115K/yrDirector/Executive5+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

The role leads the lifecycle marketing strategy across email and SMS, guiding a growing team and cross-functional collaboration to drive revenue. It requires strong experience in Klaviyo/Attentive, Shopify, and data-driven optimization. The position offers direct leadership exposure, ownership of a key revenue channel, and chances to scale the team and impact.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the overarching lifecycle marketing strategy across email and SMS, aligning with company revenue goals and growth targets.
  • Establish and manage revenue forecasts for lifecycle channels, holding accountability for performance.
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a small but high-performing lifecycle marketing team.
  • Oversee campaign development, automation architecture, segmentation strategy, and testing roadmap.
  • Build and optimize advanced flows (welcome, abandoned cart, post-purchase, replenishment, cross-sell, win-back, etc.).
  • Drive sophisticated personalization using Shopify data and customer behavior insights.
  • Partner cross-functionally with E-Commerce, Creative, Paid Media, and Operations to ensure cohesive campaigns.
  • Continuously improve KPIs including open rates, CTR, CVR, revenue per subscriber, and LTV.
  • Ensure compliance with email and SMS regulations and evolving industry standards.
  • Provide executive-level reporting with actionable insights and strategic recommendations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or related field.
  • 5–8+ years of lifecycle/email marketing experience within e-commerce or DTC brands.
  • Proven experience managing and developing team members.
  • Strong ownership mindset with direct revenue accountability experience.
  • Advanced proficiency in Klaviyo and Attentive or Postscript required.
  • Strong working knowledge of Shopify and e-commerce analytics.
  • Experience scaling lifecycle revenue to represent a significant percentage of total company revenue.
  • Highly analytical, data-driven, and results-oriented.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
  • Must be able to work in-office Monday through Friday in Old Town Scottsdale.

Preferred

Benefits

  • Direct access to executive leadership and high-level strategic involvement.
  • True ownership over a high-impact revenue channel.
  • Opportunity to build and scale a team.
  • Fast-paced, ambitious, growth-oriented culture.
  • Significant upward mobility as Sleepyhead continues to scale nationally.

Sleepyhead

4.5 Glassdoor

Sleepyhead is an omnichannel lifestyle home décor brand designed for the digital-native Indian millennial and Gen Z, headquartered in Bengaluru. Launched in 2017 with the unique Bed-In-A-Box concept, Sleepyhead broke all category norms and quickly became India’s fastest-growing D2C mattress brand. Today, Sleepyhead is a comprehensive home lifestyle brand focused on making everyday living fun and fabulous with thoughtfully designed products. We cater to the underserved needs of the new-age Indian customer by making great designs accessible without compromising on quality and service. At Sleepyhead, we believe that life is complicated enough, and we are here to simplify it for our customers in every way we can.

Founded in 2017
Bengaluru, Karnataka, IND
81 employees (9 in marketing)
77% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
381.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
56.9%
Direct
35.8%
Referral
3.6%
Social
2.8%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~81

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
6 (7% of company)
Median Career Experience
3.5 years
Median Tenure
1.8 years