Growth Marketing Director

San Diego, CA (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive8+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Owns end-to-end growth initiatives across paid media and lifecycle marketing, turning data into revenue through cross-functional collaboration, ongoing experimentation, and clear performance storytelling.

  • Paid media strategy and agency governance across Meta, Google, TikTok, YouTube, and growth channels to optimize ROAS and CAC.
  • Lifecycle and CRM programs (email/SMS) to increase repeat purchase, retention, and LTV while protecting customer experience.

Job Description

  • Define and lead the strategy, management, and performance of paid acquisition channels across Meta, Google, TikTok, YouTube, paid social, paid search, display, CTV, affiliates, Amazon, and emerging growth channels.
  • Oversee agency partners responsible for media planning, buying, optimization, reporting, and execution, while managing budgets, forecasting, pacing, and channel allocation recommendations.
  • Partner with agencies and internal teams to test new channels, audiences, creative formats, and campaign structures that drive efficient new customer acquisition.
  • Own and improve key metrics including ROAS/MER, nCAC, CAC, LTV:CAC, new/returning customer revenue, traffic/sessions, and conversion rate, translating insights into actionable recommendations for creative, merchandising, site UX, and promotional strategies.
  • Own the strategy and performance of email and SMS marketing across Attentive, driving CRM revenue while maintaining a strong customer experience.
  • Develop lifecycle programs that increase repeat purchase, customer engagement, LTV, and retention across key customer segments and cohorts.
  • Lead segmentation, personalization, campaign strategy, automated flows, winback programs, post-purchase journeys, loyalty initiatives, and customer cohort strategies.
  • Partner with creative, brand, merchandising, and eCommerce teams on lifecycle messaging, while building a testing roadmap across subject lines, offers, segmentation, creative, send timing, automation logic, and customer journeys.
  • Own and improve key retention and lifecycle KPIs, including CRM revenue, repeat purchase rate, customer retention rate, LTV, email/SMS engagement, list growth, flow revenue, campaign revenue, unsubscribe rate, and customer reactivation.
  • Share responsibility for overall eCommerce growth, with primary accountability for digital marketing revenue.
  • 8+ years experience in digital marketing, performance marketing, lifecycle marketing, or growth marketing, preferably within a high-growth DTC brand.
  • Proven experience owning paid acquisition strategy across Meta, Google, TikTok, YouTube, affiliates, paid search, paid social, display, CTV, Amazon, and other growth channels.
  • Direct experience managing $10M-$20M annual paid marketing budgets and with external agencies, setting clear priorities, and holding partners accountable to measurable business outcomes.
  • Deep understanding of full-funnel performance marketing, attribution, media efficiency, creative testing, customer acquisition economics, and budget management.
  • Hands-on experience with retention and lifecycle marketing strategy, including email, SMS, segmentation, customer journeys, automated flows, winback, post-purchase, loyalty, and customer cohort strategies.
  • Experience with ESP platforms including Attentive required and Klaviyo preferred, plus experience working with Shopify Plus or similar eCommerce platforms.
  • Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to interpret data, present recommendations to senior leadership, balance growth and profitability, and influence without direct authority.
  • Position required to be in the San Diego headquarters (no remote).
  • Experience with experimental channel testing beyond listed channels
  • Collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams to drive growth and alignment