Growth Marketing Analyst

Milpitas, CA (On-site)

$75K/yr – $95K/yrMid Level1+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive growth analytics for user Lifecycle at Payactiv, owning data-driven experiments across onboarding, engagement, and retention.

  • Must-have: 1–3 years in growth or lifecycle analytics with strong data manipulation skills.
  • Standout: Omni-channel messaging across email, SMS, push, and in-app at a fintech product.
  • Strong tooling: experience with Braze/Iterable/MoEngage and product analytics tools.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • As a Growth Marketing Analyst on the User Lifecycle Growth team, your mission is to drive actionable insights and measurable growth across the customer lifecycle. You will focus on optimizing user retention, engagement, and experience through data-driven decision-making and experimentation. This role is hands-on, technical, and highly collaborative, requiring a deep understanding of omni-channel strategies, customer behavior, and marketing performance analytics.
  • You’ll be at the forefront of delivering timely, relevant messaging through channels such as email, SMS, push notifications, and in-app modals. Your insights will directly inform campaign design, experimentation, and execution—ensuring users are delighted at every stage of their journey with Payactiv
  • Collaborate with lifecycle marketers to design data-informed experiments and campaigns aimed at onboarding, engagement, and retention. Define testable hypotheses around user behavior and lifecycle touchpoints.
  • Dive into data from campaigns, funnels, and cohorts to evaluate performance and extract insights. Work with our data team to ensure quick, accurate reporting and learnings.
  • Translate findings into new tests, refined targeting, and better personalization—constantly iterating to improve conversion rates, engagement, and long-term retention.
  • Share your insights across product and marketing teams, turning complex findings into clear stories that influence decision-making and accelerate growth.

Requirements

  • 1–3 years of experience in growth analytics, marketing analytics, or lifecycle analytics.
  • Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills with ability to manipulate and analyze large datasets
  • Familiarity with lifecycle marketing platforms (Braze, Iterable, MoEngage) and product analytics tools (Mixpanel, GA, Pendo).
  • Understanding of A/B testing, funnel analysis, and customer segmentation.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to present insights clearly to non-technical teams.
  • Curiosity, initiative, and a passion for improving the customer journey through experimentation and data.
  • Strong willingness to learn new tools, methods, and approaches

Preferred

  • Experience with data integration tools (Segment, Stitch, Census).
  • Exposure to growth loops, referral mechanics, or incentive-based campaigns.
  • Background in fintech, consumer apps, or financial wellness products.
  • Working knowledge in SQL and comfort with BI tools (Looker, Tableau, Amplitude, or similar).
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Payactiv

3.7 Glassdoor

Payactiv is the best way for employees to get financial relief between paychecks, a service needed by two-thirds of the workforce. We give businesses the tools essential to ease the financial stress of their employees and build a higher performing workforce.First to revolutionize timing of payPayactiv is the right way to improve employee financial health. Our aim is to empower lower-income American workers with dignity. We accomplish this by providing employees timely access to their earned-but-unpaid wages.TechnologyOur social responsibility DNA and decades of experience in payments technologies helped us reimagine the way financial services should be delivered to lower-income workers. Payactiv is designed to help each and every user reach financial resilience and wellness.Implemented in companies nationwidePayactiv serves thousands of employees and industries all across the board—restaurants, factories, hospitals, retail stores, and many more. Walmart is one of our marquee clients.

Founded in 2012
San Jose, California, USA
373 employees (32 in marketing)
67% recommend to a friend
80% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
546.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$43.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
22.1%
Direct
69.5%
Referral
6.1%
Social
1.7%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~380

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
22 (6% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
1.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$133.7M
Last Raise
$100M
Series C, 6 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2020
    Series C • $100M
  • May 2020
    Series Unknown
  • Oct 2018
    Series B • $20M

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