Lifecycle Marketing Lead

Fridley, MN (Hybrid)

$72K/yr – $85K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end lifecycle marketing for subscription growth, including multi-channel campaigns, onsite experiences, segmentation, and optimization using AI tools.

  • Own lifecycle campaigns across acquisition, onboarding, engagement, retention, and winback
  • Lead optimization of emails, paid social, and subscription experiences
  • Collaborate across teams to drive growth and lifetime value

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Execute lifecycle marketing campaigns across acquisition, onboarding, engagement, retention, and winback initiatives.
  • Build, test, and optimize onsite subscription experiences, including pricing, offers, messaging, user journeys, and save interventions within our subscription platform (Piano) and our app platform.
  • Produce, test, schedule, and optimize email marketing campaigns, promotional messaging, and subscriber communications.
  • Manage paid social campaigns that support subscription acquisition and lifecycle objectives.
  • Develop customer segmentation and audience targeting strategies to deliver personalized marketing experiences.
  • Monitor campaign performance, analyze customer behavior and test results, and provide reporting and recommendations that improve conversion, engagement, retention, and lifetime value.
  • Assist with quality assurance across onsite experiences, email campaigns, subscription flows, and other marketing channels.
  • Identify emerging lifecycle marketing trends, testing opportunities, and best practices that improve subscription growth.
  • Leverage AI tools to improve marketing workflows, uncover optimization opportunities, and increase operational efficiency.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field, with a minimum of 4 years of experience in lifecycle marketing, digital marketing, subscription marketing, or a related field.
  • Proven experience planning, executing, and optimizing multi-channel digital marketing campaigns using email marketing platforms, marketing automation, and other digital marketing tools.
  • Strong proficiency with analytics and reporting tools to measure campaign performance, identify trends, and translate data into actionable insights that improve business results.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills with the ability to make data-driven recommendations and optimize the customer journey.
  • Strong written and verbal communication, organizational, and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Proven ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams while working independently, demonstrating initiative, accountability, and attention to detail.
  • Experience in subscription-based or recurring revenue businesses, with an understanding of subscriber lifecycle marketing and customer journeys preferred.
  • Experience using Piano, Sailthru, or similar customer journey, subscription marketing, and marketing automation platforms, with familiarity using paid social advertising platforms preferred.
  • Working knowledge of HTML and experience leveraging AI tools to improve marketing workflows, campaign execution, and performance optimization preferred.
  • Must be currently legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status, 0-1, TM, CPT, OPT, etc.). We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Preferred

  • Experience in subscription-based or recurring revenue businesses, with an understanding of subscriber lifecycle marketing and customer journeys preferred.
  • Experience using Piano, Sailthru, or similar customer journey, subscription marketing, and marketing automation platforms, with familiarity using paid social advertising platforms preferred.
  • Working knowledge of HTML and experience leveraging AI tools to improve marketing workflows, campaign execution, and performance optimization preferred.

Benefits

  • Modern Downtown Office: Enjoy a state-of-the-art workspace with a free fitness center, collaborative center, golf simulator, and a rooftop patio.
  • Comprehensive Benefits: Includes commuting subsidy, medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Wellness & Work-Life Balance: Participate in our wellness program with financial incentives, generous paid time off, flexible holidays, one volunteer day, and two wellness days.
  • Financial & Family Support: Benefit from a 401(k) with company match, paid parental and caregiving leave, hybrid work arrangements, and tuition reimbursement.
  • Additional Perks: Access to an employee assistance program, pet insurance, flexible spending accounts, and health savings accounts.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
1.1K employees (499 in marketing)

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$72K/yr – $85K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
429 (38% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
4.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
9.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
21.8%
Direct
53.6%
Referral
5%
Social
18.8%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.1K

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Lifecycle Marketing Lead

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