Performance / Growth Lead

Denver, CO (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $81K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end CRM strategy and lifecycle programs, from segmentation and testing to measurement and cross-functional execution, while scaling high-impact channels and turning data into action.

  • Lead CRM, email, push, and SMS lifecycle initiatives
  • Drive data-driven experiments and reporting to guide growth

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Performance: Improve CAC, ROAS, and conversion every week across our paid and owned channels. Run a constant test-and-learn loop on audiences, creative, and offers, and move budget toward what's working before the rest goes stale.
  • Lifecycle & CRM: Own our CRM channels end to end: the journeys that carry someone from their first gift to a lifetime of sending.
  • Shape and execute customer segments across every CRM channel from first-time registrants and leads to our highest-value repeat senders
  • Build lifecycle journeys across email, push, and SMS onboarding, repeat-gifting nudges, win-backs, referrals, and loyalty and rigorously test each one so every message drives results and feels human, without increasing churn
  • Identify and run high-value, hypothesis-driven experiments inspired by what the data is telling you
  • Keep messaging brand-aligned and improve time-to-conversion, working with the content and design talent on the team to capture new leads at every funnel stage
  • Be our CRM-stack expert, and work cross-functionally with Product, Analytics, and Engineering to solve bigger business challenges with well-built customer communication streams
  • Lead the scaling of high-leverage channels like refer-a-friend (RAF) and SMS
  • Data, analytics & measurement: Own how we measure campaign performance, customer engagement, and ROI, and turn the key metrics into one clear weekly call on what to do next
  • Analyze large datasets to surface customer insights and the real drivers of campaign performance

Requirements

  • 3–5+ years hands-on in lifecycle, growth, or performance marketing execution, not advisory with results you can point to (improved ROAS, CAC, retention, or conversion)
  • Start-up experience and a resilient attitude
  • Deep CRM and lifecycle expertise you understand CRM strategy, tactics, and tools, and you know how to move the KPIs that matter
  • Fluency with paid social (Meta, TikTok) and marketing automation
  • Strong data fluency comfortable with SQL and with pulling, reading, and shaping your own data plus analytics / BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker) and a real love of turning many data sources into one clear report for leadership
  • An Excel / Google Sheets power user who can build clean, reliable reporting for stakeholders and senior leadership
  • Strength in both the science and the art of marketing you know when to trust the numbers and run the experiment, and when to trust instinct and try a new direction
  • Comfortable owning an initiative end to end from idea to build to launch to analysis, and back again
  • A doer's bias to action, with bold ideas and the know-how to get them done you ship, you don't just plan
  • Common sense and sound judgment you can tell what moves the needle from what's just noise

Preferred

  • Experience with any part of our stack Amplitude, Segment, Branch, Voucherify, or Zoho
  • Hands-on with data pipelines / ETL, APIs, or predictive analytics a real plus, but our engineering team owns the heavy data lifting
  • Familiarity with cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery)
  • Experience in consumer apps, e-commerce, or DTC bonus for repeat-purchase, marketplace, or gifting models
  • Early-stage or startup experience comfortable building with imperfect data and tightening it as you go

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary plus a performance bonus tied to real growth KPIs
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • A direct line to leadership and a genuine seat at the table you'll report straight to the head of marketing
  • Ground-floor equity as the company scales
  • The chance to own growth at a company building something people are glad to receive
  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Life insurance
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We offer the fastest and most efficient way to let someone know you’re thinking of them. For consumers, our Gesture.VIP mobile app makes rewards and gift giving simple. For businesses, we offer tangible marketing - actually putting products into your customers or prospects hands. With better engagement and conversion, business can leverage their own products or partner with other brands to deliver a VIP experience. Go ahead, improve someone's day!

Founded in 2017
New York, New York, USA
132 employees (21 in marketing)
64% recommend to a friend
76% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.8%
Direct
46.6%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.3%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~132

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
9 (7% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$3M
Last Raise
$1M
Undisclosed, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2024
    Undisclosed • $1M
  • Apr 2024
    Debt Financing
  • Apr 2022
    Seed • $500K