Sephora USA

Senior Marketing Manager, Mobile Messaging

Sephora USA$130K — $174K *
US-Anywhere
+ 2 other locationsRemote
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years owning strategic roadmaps or complex cross-functional initiatives
  • 2+ years of people management experience in a fast-paced environment
  • 5+ years of experience in mobile messaging, app push, SMS/RCS, and lifecycle marketing
  • 4+ years of strong understanding of retention marketing best practices
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Strong business acumen regarding retention marketing's impact on sales and loyalty
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with proficiency in Microsoft applications

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end mobile personalization campaign management
  • Evolve and drive a multi-year mobile capabilities roadmap
  • Identify and prioritize strategic opportunities in mobile
  • Develop executive-ready narratives and recommendations for mobile strategy
  • Lead team in delivering high-impact mobile programs
  • Manage change for new mobile capabilities and personalization approaches
  • Own and oversee the channel-wide testing and learning agenda
  • Act as a thought leader on mobile retention trends
  • Ensure mobile platform capabilities support the broader mobile strategy
  • Provide oversight of campaign execution to ensure flawless delivery

Benefits

  • Choose from comprehensive healthcare plans including medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Competitive 401k with 4% match and Student Debt Retirement plan to support education costs
  • Empowered work/life balance with flexible PTO and protected leave
  • Access to career growth opportunities, training, and tuition reimbursement
  • 30% employee discount on merchandise/services with additional perks and free products
  • Free mental health and financial coaching resources, along with volunteer matching opportunities
Full Job Description
Job ID: 295502
Location Name: FSC REMOTE SF/NY/DC -173(USA_0173)
Address: FSC, Remote, CA REMOTE, United States (US)
Job Type: Full Time
Position Type: Regular
Job Function: Marketing
Work Location: Remote

Your Role at Sephora: Ready for a career glow up? As Senior Marketing Manager, Mobile, you'll shape the next phase of Sephora's mobile messaging strategy across SMS, RCS, and App Push. The work you do will impact beauty, as you translate enterprise priorities into a scalable mobile roadmap that improves the client experience, deepens retention, and drives measurable business impact. You'll manage a team that's united in beauty, supported by those who are equally passionate about setting clear direction, mentoring talent, and driving data-informed mobile experiences.

What You'll Do:
  • Own the end-to-end campaign management for mobile personalization, lifecycle, trigger/transactional, SMS channel strategy, merchandising, and experimentation programs.
  • Own, evolve, and independently drive a multi-year roadmap for mobile capabilities, personalization, targeting, automation, and emerging channel evolution.
  • Identify, size, and prioritize strategic opportunities across the mobile ecosystem, balancing client value, business impact, channel health, and technical feasibility.
  • Partner with the Director to develop executive-ready narratives and recommendations that communicate mobile strategy, performance, and roadmap progress.
  • Lead and enable the team in delivering a portfolio of high-impact mobile programs by setting clear direction and prioritization guardrails.
  • Lead change management for new mobile capabilities, personalization approaches, and ways of working.
  • Own the channel-wide testing and learning agenda, including test prioritization, measurement discipline, and insight sharing.
  • Act as a mobile and retention thought leader, maintaining a strong external pulse on industry trends, emerging messaging capabilities, and privacy considerations.
  • Partner closely with Retention Technical Operations to ensure mobile platform capabilities and QA standards support the broader mobile strategy.
  • Provide strategic oversight of campaign execution in partnership with Retention Marketing Operations to ensure flawless delivery at scale.

What You'll Bring:
  • Experience owning strategic roadmaps or complex cross-functional initiatives from vision through prioritization, execution, and optimization (2+ years).
  • People management experience, including coaching, prioritizing work, and developing direct reports in a fast-paced environment (2+ years).
  • Experience in mobile messaging, app push, SMS/RCS, lifecycle marketing, personalization, and digital marketing (5+ years).
  • Strong understanding of retention marketing best practices, including segmentation, personalization, testing, automation, and lifecycle strategy (4+ years).
  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Strong business acumen regarding how retention marketing and mobile messaging drive sales, engagement, loyalty, and lifetime value.
  • Ability to lead through ambiguity, prioritize across a broad portfolio, and align cross-functional partners around clear tradeoffs.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with high proficiency in Microsoft applications (PowerPoint, Word, Excel). #LI-AZ1

What You'll Get:

The annual base salary range for this position is $130,985.00 - $174,325.00 The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the applicant's qualifications for the position; years of relevant experience; specific and unique skills; level of education attained; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non-discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will perform the job. Individuals employed in this position may also be eligible to earn bonuses. This job will be posted for a minimum of five days.
  • Caring Community. You'll collaborate with teammates who are equally passionate about innovating and driving the industry forward - together, united in beauty.
  • Fulfilling Path. Your career transformation starts here, with opportunities that will challenge, stretch and develop your skills.
  • Meaningful Work. As you make an impact on beauty, you'll feel and see the positive change (consumer, industry, and social) that your individual voice is a part of.


Rewards as Unique as You:

Some benefits have eligibility requirements and may depend on job classification and length of employment.
  • Health. Choose a healthcare plan to fit you and your family's needs with medical, dental, and vision coverage. Sephora also fully covers our employees' disability and life insurance.
  • Wealth. We offer a competitive 401k with 4% match as well as FSA and HSA programs. We also offer a Student Debt Retirement plan, where your student loan payments qualify to earn the 401k match from Sephora.
  • Balance. You'll be empowered to find the perfect blend of work/life balance that actually works for you with PTO, flexibility, protected leave, and more.
  • Growth. Career growth is built into every role, with access to training, development, and tuition reimbursement.
  • Perks. Think you've tried it all? Enjoy a 30% discount on all merchandise/services, opportunities for free product or "gratis," and flash sale discounts on LVMH brand products.
  • Support. Join a team that truly cares - with free mental health and financial coaching resources with 24/7 access to Modern Health and Financial Finesse. Plus, volunteer and donation matching.


About Sephora USA

Sephora is a French multinational retailer of personal care and beauty products. Founded in 1970, Sephora has become a leading beauty retailer with over 2,600 stores in 34 countries worldwide. Sephora USA, Inc. is a subsidiary of Sephora and operates over 500 stores in the United States. Sephora offers a wide range of beauty products including makeup, skincare, fragrance, haircare, and bath and body products. The company is known for its innovative retail concept which allows customers to try products before they buy them. Sephora is committed to providing its customers with a unique and personalized shopping experience.
Learn more about Sephora USA
Size
10,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1998

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