Senior Manager, Lifecycle Marketing

Denver, CO (Hybrid)

$120K/yr – $140K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end Saver lifecycle and rewards programs, design and optimize multi-channel journeys, build segmentation and testing-driven growth, and collaborate across Finance, Product, Eng, and Sales to drive activation, engagement, and retention.

  • Own end-to-end Saver lifecycle and rewards programs.
  • Lead multi-channel journeys with data-driven testing and cross-functional partnerships.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end Saver lifecycle strategy, from new Saver onboarding and first redemption through habit formation, retention, and win-back
  • Design, build, and continuously optimize always-on journeys in Braze across email, push, and in-app messaging,
  • Develop a segmentation and personalization framework that delivers the right message to the right Saver at the right moment, based on behavior, tenure, and value
  • Identify key drop-off points across the Saver journey and use data to design interventions that drive activation, engagement, and reactivation
  • Lead lifecycle strategy and execution for bonus and rewards programs, including evergreen bonuses and seasonal tentpoles (e.g., Thanksgiving, Back to School, holiday)
  • Partner with Finance, Analytics, and Marketing Operations to plan, manage, and optimize lifecycle and bonus budgets, ensuring every dollar drives incremental Saver value
  • Own the lifecycle rewards programming calendar, coordinating timing, offer strategy, and messaging across channels and teams
  • Collaborate with Sales and Client teams to integrate brand and retailer partnerships (including sponsorships) into Saver-facing lifecycle programs
  • Define success metrics for the lifecycle program (activation, redemption, retention, reactivation, incrementality) and build the reporting to track and optimize against them
  • Champion a test-and-learn culture through rigorous A/B and holdout testing, turning insights into repeatable playbooks

Requirements

  • 7–10 years of consumer marketing experience, with at least 4 years focused on lifecycle, CRM, or retention marketing
  • 2+ years of experience managing and developing a team of marketers
  • Proven track record building and scaling lifecycle programs that measurably improved activation, engagement, and retention
  • Hands-on expertise with Braze or similar customer engagement platforms (e.g., Iterable, Salesforce Marketing Cloud)
  • Experience managing incentive, bonus, loyalty, or rewards programs and their associated budgets
  • Data-driven mindset with the ability to define KPIs, design experiments, interpret results, and pivot quickly; comfort with Looker or similar BI tools
  • Experience speaking the language of roadmaps, experimentation, and sprint cycles with Product and Engineering partners
  • Excellent communicator who can rally cross-functional teams and present strategy and results to senior leadership
  • Background in D2C, consumer apps, marketplaces, or loyalty/rewards products
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, or related field

Benefits

  • competitive pay, flexible time off, benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), Employee Stock Purchase Program, and 401k match. Denver office perks include paid parking, snacks, and occasional meals.
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Built in Denver, CO, Ibotta ("I bought a...") (NYSE: IBTA) is a performance marketing platform allowing brands to deliver digital promotions to over 200 million consumers through a network of publishers called the Ibotta Performance Network (IPN). The IPN allows marketers to influence what people buy, and where and how often they shop – all while paying only when their campaigns directly result in a sale.Guided by our values and our mission to Make Every Purchase Rewarding, we come to work energized by the business problems we get to solve, the technology we build, the innovative people we work (and have fun) with, and the consumers we get to help. To date, we have credited American consumers $1.8 billion. The largest tech IPO to come out of Colorado, Ibotta is headquartered in Denver.Ibotta has been named as a Top Workplace by The Denver Post five times, made BuiltIn Colorado’s Best Places to Work list four years in a row and appeared on Inc.'s list of Best Workplaces in 2017 and 2023.

Founded in 2011
Denver, Colorado, USA
902 employees (71 in marketing)
55% recommend to a friend
69% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$120K/yr – $140K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
50 (6% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
3.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

Funding

Total Funding
$92.9M
Last Raise
$25M
Series D, 7 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2019
    Series D
  • Aug 2017
    Series D • $25M
  • Jul 2017
    Series C

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.3M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$6.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
9.8%
Direct
66.6%
Referral
20.4%
Social
2.4%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~902

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