Senior Retention & Loyalty Specialist

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$110K/yr – $135K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the loyalty and retention playbook for Priceline VIP, turning product and data into personalized journeys across email, push, SMS, and in-app; pilot AI-enabled tools to speed and scale messaging.

  • Own lifecycle frameworks and segmentation to drive activation, retention, and loyalty across channels.
  • Bridge product, tech, and marketing to translate strategy into executable briefs and roadmaps.
  • Lead AI adoption and data-driven personalization as a strategic lever for retention and growth.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the development and activation of Priceline's VIP loyalty program, translating strategic direction into organized plans and coordinated action across marketing, product, and technology.
  • Architect retention and loyalty strategies in close partnership with the broader marketing team, then translate them into clear, executable briefs for our messaging operations team to bring to life across email, push, SMS, and in-app channels.
  • Develop strategy docs and requirements that product and technology partners can build against.
  • Collaborate with product managers across the Re-engagement and Trip Management & Loyalty portfolios to ensure marketing strategy is prioritized and reflected in roadmap decisions.
  • Maintain and evolve customer lifecycle frameworks and segmentation inputs that inform how we engage customers across their journey.
  • Identify, evaluate, and pilot AI-powered tools and automation workflows that increase the team's speed, personalization capability, and output quality.
  • Build repeatable systems that reduce manual effort across campaign development, briefing, and performance summarization.
  • Champion AI adoption within the team and contribute real marketing use cases to Priceline's enterprise AI strategy.
  • Support Customer 360 initiatives by translating customer data into actionable insights that inform retention, loyalty, and growth strategy.
  • Represent marketing needs in how customer data is structured, surfaced, and activated with data and product partners.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in marketing, business, or a related field.
  • 5+ years in lifecycle marketing, retention strategy, CRM, or a closely related discipline.
  • Demonstrated hands-on experience with AI tools in a professional context.
  • Comfortable working in or alongside a product operating model; you know how to collaborate with product managers effectively.
  • Strong organizational instincts for managing complex, multi-stakeholder work across a cross-functional team.
  • Clear, confident communicator who can translate strategic vision into product requirements, briefs, and executive updates.
  • Familiar with CRM or marketing automation platforms (Iterable, Braze, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, or similar).
  • Comfortable engaging with customer data concepts such as segmentation, CLV, and behavioral analytics.

Preferred

  • Travel, e-commerce, or subscription experience is a plus.

Benefits

  • Health & wellness coverage including medical, dental, vision, and mental health resources
  • Generous time off including PTO, holidays, a company-wide Priceline Pause reset week, and paid volunteer days
  • Work/life support including the ability to work up to 4 weeks per year from anywhere, parental leave, dependent care and family support resources, Summer Fridays, and office perks like stocked kitchens and catered meals (varies by location)
  • Financial security programs such as retirement plans with company contributions, life and disability coverage, and tax-advantaged accounts
  • Signature travel perks including employee-only discounts on hotels and flights, VIP deals, and Big Deal Bucks credits
  • Additional perks & discounts like travel and partner discounts, tuition support, legal support, and pet benefits
  • A people-first culture with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), social events, recognition programs, and service awards that help you connect, grow, and celebrate together
  • Specific benefits and programs vary by location.
  • Inclusion is a Big Deal!
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Priceline

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Priceline, part of Booking Holdings Inc., has been a leader in online travel for over 25 years. Through our innovative technology, we make travel affordable and accessible for all, helping millions of travelers each year experience the moments that matter most. Whether it’s a much-needed getaway, wedding, reunion, graduation, or rooting on a favorite team—those are the moments that nobody should miss out on.We welcome people who are at the top of their game, who want to learn and grow with others and who take their work seriously – but not themselves. We’re building an inclusive and uniquely talented team to make sure our customers can be there for all of life’s important moments. Come join us!

Founded in 1998
Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
1.8K employees (90 in marketing)
79% recommend to a friend
81% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
28.4M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$7.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.1%
Direct
47.5%
Referral
5.5%
Social
0.9%
Paid
1.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
69 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
15 years
Median Tenure
6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$77.3M
Last Raise
$55.4M
Series B, 27 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 1998
    Series B • $55.4M
  • Jul 1998
    Series A • $20M
  • Feb 1998
    Seed • $2M

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