Senior Manager, edX Lifecycle Marketing

Crystal City, TX (Hybrid)

$145K/yr – $163K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end lifecycle marketing for edX, from welcome to win-back, including SFMC/CDP activation and leading a small team.

  • 7–10 years in Lifecycle Marketing/CRM with multi-stage journeys at scale.
  • Hands-on SFMC (Journey Builder, data extensions) and AMPscript/SQL for personalization.
  • Experience leading a small team and collaborating across Engineering, Product, and Analytics.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Strategy & Ownership: Own the end-to-end lifecycle strategy across all edX tiers (welcome, activation, retention, win-back, subscription launch). Define the lifecycle stage framework, segmentation logic, and growth playbooks to convert free users to paying customers. Serve as project owner for SFMC/CDP enhancements.
  • CDP Activation: Partner with Engineering to activate Segment CDP, defining traits and audience syncs to SFMC to power personalization and advanced behavioral segmentation. Implement dynamic content and progressive profiling to increase Learner Lifetime Value.
  • Email Leadership & Execution: Lead end-to-end email strategy, designing, building, and deploying sophisticated, automated journeys in SFMC (Journey Builder, AMPscript, data extensions). Own deliverability, A/B testing, and proactive re-engagement strategies to reduce churn.
  • Operational Excellence: Implement robust QA, controls, and risk mitigation for the lifecycle function. Proactively optimize processes and provide transparent incident reporting.
  • Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with Engineering on data architecture (CDP event instrumentation, SFMC integration), Product on the logged-in learner experience, and Analytics on measurement frameworks and attribution.
  • Team Leadership: Lead and develop a small, high-performing team, serving as a practitioner-manager who builds journeys and ships work alongside the team.
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Founded in 2008
Arlington, Virginia, USA
3K employees (209 in marketing)
36% recommend to a friend
13% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
133.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.7M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.3%
Direct
57.5%
Referral
9.2%
Social
2.1%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
168 (6% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$426.9M
Last Raise
$331M
Post IPO Equity, 8 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2018
    Post IPO Equity • $331M
  • Oct 2013
    Series D • $5.1M
  • Apr 2012
    Series D • $26M

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