Manager, Retention & Lifecycle Marketing

Book of the Month LLC

$100K — $140K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in retention, CRM, or loyalty marketing at a DTC brand, preferably in subscriptions.
  • Strong analytical skills focused on retention metrics and lifetime value analysis.
  • Thorough understanding of customer lifecycle management platforms.
  • Ability to thrive in fast-paced, iterative environments.
  • Creative thinker with a propensity for generating innovative ideas.
  • Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
  • Experience in mentoring junior staff members.
  • A passion for reading, with current or past BOTM membership seen as a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze past and present initiatives to reduce churn, focusing on newer members.
  • Develop and maintain detailed project plans for churn reduction strategies.
  • Create reports on lifetime value, churn, and key metrics to inform business decisions.
  • Coordinate reactivation campaigns for canceled members across various channels.
  • Collect and analyze member insights through surveys and social listening to derive actionable strategies.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance the member experience across all channels.
  • Manage the email calendar for both existing and canceled members to ensure timely engagement.

Benefits

  • Collaborative and dynamic work environment.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and mentorship.
  • Engagement with a passionate community of readers.
Full Job Description
Book of the Month is looking for an ambitious Manager, Retenion & Lifecycle Marketing to help us reduce churn. This is an opportunity to manage, design and implement programs and features that improve our members' experience to keep them engaged and retained with our brand. A successful candidate will have the ability and desire to get their hands dirty with a deep level of analytical iteration, while being able to think at a strategic level and execute operationally with a high degree of accuracy.

What you will do...

You will support our retention initiatives by:
  • Reduce churn by analyzing past and current initiatives and strategizing new tests, with a particular focus on newer members.
  • Develop and maintain detailed project plans for churn reduction initiatives.
  • Embrace an analytical mindset to create reports for lifetime value, churn, and other important metrics to help make key business decisions.
  • Coordinate campaigns to re-activate canceled members across channels like email, site, app, and more.
  • Compile and share out member insights through surveys, social listening, customer service contacts, and other channels to create actionable learnings and next steps.
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to optimize the member experience across channels like the monthly box and the site/app.
  • Manage the email calendar for existing and cancelled members to engage the right audience at the right time.

About you...
  • 5+ years of experience in retention marketing, CRM, or loyalty marketing at a DTC brand, ideally a subscription service.
  • Strong analytical skills, with experience in retention or lifetime value.
  • Deep understanding of the customer lifecycle and platforms that manage it.
  • Thrives working in a fast-paced, iterative environment, and ready to work hard.
  • Creative and interested in coming up with new ideas.
  • Strong organizational and problem solving skills with keen attention to detail.
  • Experience managing and mentoring junior employees.
  • A love of reading and contemporary fiction. Current or past experience as a member of BOTM is a strong plus.

Salary Range: $100,000 - $140,000

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