Senior Director of Global Lifecycle Strategy driving measurable business results at Rover. Leading lifecycle communication investments to enhance pet care marketplace growth with conversions and retention strategies.
Responsibilities
Set and drive the strategy for how lifecycle contributes to significant growth outcomes across Rover’s four brands and 18 countries. Own the strategy for both pet parents and care providers.
Design and drive key metrics for measuring lifecycle performance across conversion, retention, reactivation, and monetization
Identify the highest leverage opportunities in the customer journey to drive growth, and drive alignment across the business in how we prioritize those investments
Partner with executive leadership to align lifecycle strategy with company-wide growth objectives.
Effectively influence the global strategic roadmap through effective cross-functional collaboration, particularly with Product, Data Science, Analytics, and Brand
Drive business cases and secure buy-in for lifecycle resourcing and program bets
Lead cross-functional initiatives spanning Product, Data Science, Engineering, Brand, and Operations to deliver cohesive lifecycle experiences
Ensure foundational data, infrastructure, platform tools, and measurement are in place to run a high-functioning program
Collaborate with Product teams on shared user journey roadmaps that prioritize customer needs and the problems we need to solve to achieve business objectives
Partner with Data Science and Analytics to both develop predictive models that improve lifecycle investment priorities and implement scalable testing methods
Collaborate with Brand to ensure we have well crafted and scalable messaging and creative strategies for running the lifecycle program
Build programs heavily indexed toward automation that enable scaled results
Consistently apply best practices in design of lifecycle technical architecture - from data design, CDP implementation, CRM tooling - to enable quality and scale
Implement best in class lifecycle segmentation and personalization methods to drive improvements in campaign scalability and performance
In partnership with Product, design multi-channel engagement programs that holistically contemplate in-product messaging, push, email, and SMS channel investments
Build and coach a high-performing team of lifecycle strategists and lifecycle technical operations to deliver against the forward-looking needs of the business
Implement a highly analytical culture focused on finding leverage in the journey, rigorous and pace-oriented experimentation, and data-driven decision making
Requirements
15+ years of experience in, Lifecycle Strategy, Email Strategy, or Growth
Proven track record of building high performing lifecycle programs that have demonstrated material impact on growth businesses
Deep experience partnering with data science, marketing technology teams, and analysts to develop lifecycle data strategy, experimentation and measurement methods, and to inform forward looking investments
Strong technical background in CRM platform design (Iterable, Braze) and CDP requirements for successful lifecycle programs
Best in class knowledge of lifecycle channels, particularly: in web/app, push, email, and SMS
Proven experience working with analytical measurement tools like Amplitude to identify opportunities and measure program results
Enjoys operating in a highly matrixed environment and is very effective at driving cross-functional initiatives and influencing senior partners without direct authority
Experience operating in consumer tech companies and/or marketplaces strongly preferred
Benefits
Competitive compensation
401k match
Long-term incentive plan with a company performance-based cash payout
Flexible PTO
Competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
Commuter benefits
Bring your dog to work (and unlimited puppy time)
Pet benefits, including $1000 toward adopting your first dog or cat
Stocked fridges, coffee, soda, and lots of treats (for humans and dogs) and free catered lunches monthly
Regular team activities performed in-person and virtually
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