Senior Email Marketing Manager

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$159K/yr – $215K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own lifecycle pipeline, expansion revenue, and conversion efficiency for a B2B SaaS business, turning leads into SQLs and driving expansion through usage signals and propensity models.

  • Lifecycle Pipeline: Own nurture, referrals, intent routing, and partner conversions to feed SQLs.
  • Expansion & Education: Activate lifecycle plays and customer education tied to product usage signals for high-propensity accounts.
  • Experimentation & AI: Run hypotheses with channel, timing, audience, and leverage AI to detect friction and tailor content.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lifecycle pipeline. You own the programs that turn leads into SQLs through lifecycle—industry nurtures, referral programs, intent-based routing, and partnership channel conversion.
  • Expansion revenue. Working with product usage signals and propensity model outputs, you'll identify expansion-ready accounts and activate lifecycle and account management plays for high-propensity tiers.
  • Conversion efficiency. From trial activation and onboarding through early retention—activation rate and early churn are your metrics. You also own Lead → SQL conversion through lifecycle personalization and segmentation.
  • Experimentation. Structured tests with documented hypotheses and results. Not just subject lines—program logic, timing, audience strategy, and channel mix.
  • Champion AI and automation. Identify and use AI-powered tools to automatically detect friction points and hidden customer segments. Employ generative AI and dynamic content blocks to tailor messaging and educational assets per customer profile.
  • Develop customer education strategies. In partnership with product, operations, and marketing teams to help prospects and customers fully realize the value of Pilot’s solutions.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in lifecycle marketing, customer marketing, or customer engagement roles, ideally within a B2B SaaS or high-growth environment
  • Significant experience in Marketo. You build programs from scratch, not from templates
  • A track record of owning pipeline or revenue metrics
  • Proven track record of designing and executing successful lifecycle programs across multiple customer segments
  • A structured approach to experimentation with clear hypotheses, meaningful tests, learnings that roll forward
  • Skilled at analyzing customer data with the ability to translate cohort and funnel data into program decisions
  • Hands-on experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders (product, engineering, customer success, sales)
  • Working knowledge of Salesforce data models
  • Solid deliverability and compliance fundamentals (SPF/DKIM, list hygiene, CAN-SPAM, CCPA)
  • Comfortable navigating a fast-paced, startup environment

Preferred

  • MAP certification (MCE or equivalent)
  • B2B SaaS background, fintech or accounting-adjacent is a bonus

Benefits

  • Flexible vacation/time-off policy
  • All federal holidays are observed
  • Competitive benefits package including additional wellness benefits
  • Parental leave for birthing or non-birthing parents – 100% pay for 12 weeks
  • 401(k) plan
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Pilot.com

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Pilot provides the most reliable accounting, CFO, and tax services for startups and small businesses. We partner with thousands of companies to help them grow sustainably and operate more effectively.

Founded in 2016
San Francisco, California, USA
418 employees (21 in marketing)
63% recommend to a friend
69% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
49.2M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$858.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.1%
Direct
48.1%
Referral
6.9%
Social
2.7%
Paid
0.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~422

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
17 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
12.5 years
Median Tenure
1.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$172.1M
Last Raise
$110.5M
Series Unknown, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2022
    Series Unknown
  • Jun 2021
    Secondary Market
  • Jan 2021
    Series C • $110.5M

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