About the Role

The Director of Customer Lifecycle Marketing is the front-line owner of marketing's contribution to Net Revenue Retention (NRR) at FareHarbor. This role is responsible for building and leading the systems, programs, and team that drive client engagement, product adoption, retention, expansion, and advocacy across the client lifecycle.

As a key leader within the Marketing organization, you will transform client lifecycle marketing into a strategic growth engine that strengthens relationships, increases platform adoption, creates expansion opportunities, and reinforces FareHarbor's position as the long-term platform of choice for operators around the world.

You will define how FareHarbor engages clients at every stage of their journey-from onboarding and activation through adoption, renewal, expansion, and advocacy. Working closely with Account Management, Creative, Sales, Onboarding, Product Marketing, Growth Marketing, Community, Partnerships, and Revenue Operations, you will create scalable programs that complement human-led account management while delivering measurable impact on client growth outcomes.

This role requires a systems thinker who can connect client insights, segmentation, automation, content, and cross-functional collaboration into a unified lifecycle strategy. You will guide FareHarbor beyond a system that relies heavily on one-size-fits-all communications toward highly targeted, personalized experiences that help clients realize more value from the platform, grow their businesses, and deepen their partnership with FareHarbor.

What you'll do here:
Lead Marketing's Contribution to Client Growth

• Lead lifecycle marketing's contribution to Net Revenue Retention (NRR), product adoption, client engagement, expansion pipeline, and expansion revenue
• Develop and execute a client lifecycle strategy that supports activation, adoption, retention, expansion, and advocacy
• Build scalable programs that influence client behavior and drive measurable business outcomes across the client journey
• Partner with Account Management, Sales and Onboarding teams to support expansion opportunities, adoption initiatives, and risk mitigation efforts
• Create programs that reinforce FareHarbor's value proposition and strengthen long-term client loyalty

Define & Optimize the Client Journey

• Define and continuously optimize the client journey across onboarding, adoption, renewal, expansion, and advocacy
• Identify key lifecycle moments that drive retention, product engagement, expansion readiness, and client satisfaction
• Use client insights, behavioral data, and engagement patterns to uncover opportunities to improve the client experience, differentiated by their segment
• Continuously evaluate where client experiences break down and partner cross-functionally to improve them

Build the Lifecycle Marketing Engine

• Design and scale a cohesive lifecycle marketing system across campaigns, client communications, product launches, events (including our annual Spark user conference) adoption programs, community engagement and expansion initiatives
• Establish segmentation, personalization, automation, AI enhancements and journey orchestration capabilities that improve relevance and efficiency at scale
• Lead the evolution of lifecycle marketing from reactive communications to strategic, behavior-based client engagement
• Create testing and experimentation frameworks that continuously improve lifecycle performance
• Ensure lifecycle marketing investments are aligned to measurable client and business outcomes

Partner Across the Business

• Partner closely with Account Management, Sales and Onboarding, Product Marketing, Growth Marketing, Community, Partnerships, Creative Services, Product, and Revenue Operations
• Align on client engagement definitions, expansion signals, adoption indicators, and retention risk factors
• Surface client insights that inform product strategy, positioning, go-to-market planning, and client experience improvements
• Ensure visibility into client lifecycle performance across segments, regions, products, and stages
• Use data to challenge assumptions and help the organization make better decisions about where to invest

Drive Client-Led Growth

• Build programs that turn engaged clients into advocates, referral sources, references, reviewers, and community champions
• Identify opportunities to leverage client success stories, testimonials, and proof points to support both client expansion and new client acquisition
• Partner with Growth and Product Marketing to create stronger connections between client marketing and demand generation efforts
• Help FareHarbor evolve toward a more unified revenue operating model where client growth and new business growth reinforce one another

Lead & Develop a High-Performing Team

• Lead, develop, and inspire a team of 4-5 lifecycle marketers
• Establish clear priorities, operating rhythms, and accountability frameworks that improve execution and impact
• Build organizational capabilities in lifecycle strategy, client segmentation, marketing automation, journey design, and client growth marketing
• Drive strategic thinking, planning, measurement, and performance across the function
• Foster a culture of experimentation, client obsession, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Identify areas of opportunity for process improvement based on integration of AI; lead team in adoption of AI tools and practices

Success in This Role Looks Like:

• Increased Net Revenue Retention and expansion revenue
• Increased client engagement and product adoption across key segments
• Stronger lifecycle performance across all relevant metrics
• Growth in client advocacy, referrals, reviews, and client-generated proof points
• Increased effectiveness and scalability of lifecycle marketing programs
• Strong alignment across Marketing, Client Success, Commercial, Product, and Revenue Operations
• A client lifecycle engine that is viewed as a strategic driver of client growth and company performance

Requirements:

• 8-10+ years of experience in demand generation, lifecycle marketing, client/customer marketing, or retention marketing in B2B environments, preferably in the technology sector
• Have built and run lifecycle marketing systems that connect segmentation, campaign sequencing, and measurement into a repeatable engine
• Strong grasp of lifecycle math: retention rates, expansion conversion, revenue per member, and how to use those numbers to prioritize programs
• Experience building multi-touch campaign sequences across the member journey, not just individual sends
• Strong understanding of segmentation strategy and how to tailor communications to different personas, roles, regions and lifecycle stages
• Experience designing campaigns and communications that drive measurable retention and expansion
• Experience leading teams that plan and produce events of different formats and sizes, including user conferences
• Ability to translate product launches and platform updates into strategic, value-led member communications
• Experience working cross-functionally with product marketing, and operations teams
• Proven ability to use engagement metrics, lifecycle performance, and data to drive continuous improvement
• Strong point of view on what works (and what doesn't) in B2B member and client/customer marketing
• Active use of AI tools to improve performance, insight, automation and efficiency
• Comfort with ambiguity and building from scratch
• Some travel is required, including international travel
• Demonstrated leadership experience aligned to our Leadership Anchors (Adapt & Innovate, Build Your Team, Communicate & Collaborate, Drive Execution)

Nice to Have:

• Experience with B2B SaaS or enterprise software
• Experience with HubSpot
• Background in the travel industry
• Familiarity with account-based marketing (ABM) approaches
• Experience across both acquisition and lifecycle marketing

Benefits

• Medical, dental + vision coverage
• 26 vacation days, 10 sick days & 12 paid holidays per year
• Global leave benefit
  • 22 weeks paid parental leave
  • 2 weeks paid grandparent leave
  • Extended care and bereavement leave
  • Life insurance policy
• 401k + employer matching
• Social hours & events and team-building
• Educational Opportunities
• Wellness benefits (Headspace subscription & wellness webinars)
• Work-from-home assistance
• Hybrid friendly
• Paid volunteer hours

Salary Range: $137,365-$206,048, plus 20% bonus potential

Please note you must be authorized to work in the United States for this position.