Retention Marketing Manager

Boston, MA (Hybrid)

$80K/yr – $100K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 5 months ago

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Job Summary

Own retention-focused customer marketing programs to deepen engagement, drive adoption, and accelerate expansion.

  • Own onboarding journeys, engagement emails, and expansion programs to deepen customer relationships.
  • Must-have: 4–7 years in customer marketing or lifecycle roles with proven retention success.
  • Standout: Cross-functional collaboration with Product Marketing, Sales, and Product to influence revenue.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Customer Engagement & Retention: Develop and execute customer marketing strategies that improve retention, adoption, and satisfaction. Build lifecycle marketing campaigns across onboarding, renewal, and expansion stages.
  • Customer Advocacy & Storytelling: Create and scale customer advocacy programs, including testimonials, case studies and referrals. Produce customer-facing assets such as case studies, success stories, and video spotlights.
  • Expansion & Growth Support: Support upsell and cross-sell initiatives through targeted customer segmentation and messaging. Collaborate with Product and Sales on customer expansion campaigns
  • Track program impact on pipeline influence and customer revenue growth
  • Customer Communications & Community: Own customer communications including newsletters, product updates, and announcements. Ensure master communication calendar aligns with customer needs and product priorities
  • Insights & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product Marketing to translate customer feedback into value-driven messaging. Measure and report performance of customer marketing programs and initiatives

Requirements

  • 4–7 years of experience in customer marketing, lifecycle marketing, or retention-focused roles
  • Proven success building and executing customer engagement, advocacy, or retention programs
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with an eye for value driven messaging.
  • Highly collaborative — enjoy working cross-functionally and influencing across departments.
  • Familiarity with tools such as HubSpot, Salesforce, Gong, Outreach or other marketing automation platforms
  • Data-driven mindset with strong reporting and analytical skills
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Founded in 2001
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
466 employees (35 in marketing)
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Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
25.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$3
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.9%
Direct
58.5%
Referral
6.5%
Social
4.6%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~467

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
26 (6% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Last Raise
Series Unknown, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2024
    Series Unknown

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