Stash

Lifecycle Marketing Manager

Stash$110K — $164K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-7+ years of experience in lifecycle marketing focused on activation or onboarding.
  • Proven track record in improving conversion metrics like signup to activation and first deposit.
  • Strong understanding of early lifecycle funnels and driving effective user action quickly.
  • Experience in building and optimizing onboarding flows and user journeys.
  • Comfortable analyzing data to identify drop-offs and measure impact.
  • Proficiency in running A/B tests to enhance conversion rates.
  • Ability to distill complex products into clear messaging for new users.

Responsibilities

  • Own lifecycle strategy focusing on activation and first deposits.
  • Design and optimize onboarding experiences guiding users to their first actions.
  • Drive improvements in first deposit conversion and early engagement metrics.
  • Build targeted onboarding paths based on user entry signals.
  • Develop messaging explaining core value propositions simply and effectively.
  • Identify drop-off points and create strategies to engage stalled users.
  • Collaborate with Product to enhance onboarding UX and align messaging.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive total rewards package including healthcare benefits and equity compensation.
  • Complimentary subscription to Stash+ account.
  • Flexible hybrid work policy emphasizing in-office collaboration and remote work adaptability.
  • Flexible paid time off (PTO) policies.
  • Stipends for work-from-home equipment and home internet costs.
  • Paid parental leave for all types of parents.
  • Enhanced health and wellness benefits offered through various services.
Full Job Description
The Lifecycle team is responsible for helping customers take the right next step-from sign-up to becoming active investors. This role is focused specifically on top-of-funnel and early lifecycle moments, ensuring new users understand what to do, why it matters, and how to get started.

You'll own the activation journey-from account creation through first deposit. You'll partner closely with Product, and Data to design onboarding experiences, messaging, and experiments that turn new sign-ups into funded, engaged customers.

This role is critical to building momentum early in the customer journey-driving clarity, reducing friction, and helping users form their first investing habits.

What you'll do:
  • Own lifecycle strategy across early user journey, with a focus on activation and first deposit
  • Design and optimize onboarding experiences that clearly guide users to their first key actions
  • Drive improvements in first deposit conversion, time to deposit, and early engagement
  • Build targeted onboarding journeys based on entry signals (e.g., referral, promo, IRA intent)
  • Develop and test messaging that explains core value props (e.g., investing, Auto-Stash) in simple, motivating ways
  • Identify early drop-off points and design rescue strategies to re-engage users who stall
  • Partner with Product to improve onboarding UX, reduce friction, and align messaging with product flows
  • Run A/B tests across onboarding emails, push, and in-app messaging to improve activation rates
  • Collaborate with Growth and PMM to ensure continuity between acquisition messaging and onboarding experience
  • Translate user behavior and insights into clear next steps that help users build confidence early

What we're looking for:
  • 4-7+ years of experience in lifecycle marketing, growth, or product marketing with a focus on activation or onboarding
  • Proven track record of improving conversion metrics (e.g., signup 1 activation, first purchase/deposit)
  • Strong understanding of early lifecycle funnels and how to drive user action quickly and effectively
  • Experience building and optimizing onboarding flows and early user journeys
  • Comfortable working with data to identify drop-offs, define success metrics, and measure impact
  • Experience running A/B tests and using experimentation to improve conversion
  • Ability to simplify complex products into clear, actionable messaging for new users
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration with Product, Data, and Growth teams
  • Bias for action and ability to iterate quickly in a test-and-learn environment

Gold Stars
  • Experience in fintech, investing, or subscription-based products
  • Familiarity with onboarding optimization for financial or behavior-change products
  • Experience with tools like Braze, Mixpanel, or similar
  • Experience with entry signal-based personalization or dynamic onboarding journeys
  • Strong copy instincts, especially for motivating first-time users to take action
  • Experience designing rescue or reactivation flows for early-stage users
  • Understanding of how activation impacts downstream metrics like retention, LTV, and AUM

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Helping You Invest in Yourself
  • Comprehensive total rewards package, comprising compensation (salary and equity) and health care benefits
  • Complimentary subscription to Stash+ account
  • Hybrid Work Policy - We operate a hybrid work environment in NYC that prioritizes time together in the office to strengthen teamwork, innovation, and culture, while still allowing for work-from-home flexibility.
  • Flexible PTO
  • Work-from-home equipment stipends; home internet subsidy
  • Paid Parental Leave (offerings for birth giving and non-birth giving parents) Primary & Secondary
  • Enhanced health and wellness benefits through One Medical, Gympass, and Maven Health

Salary Range:$110,000 - $164,435

The base salary range represents the reasonably anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, experience and competencies, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data for companies of our size and industry.

**No recruiters, please**

About Stash

Stash is a financial services company that provides a mobile app designed to help users save and invest money. The app offers a range of investment options, including stocks, bonds, and exchange-traded funds, and allows users to invest with as little as $5. Stash was founded in 2015 by Brandon Krieg and Ed Robinson, and is headquartered in New York, New York. The company has raised over $300 million in funding and has over 5 million users.
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Size
500 employees
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Founded
2015

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