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Maneuver Marketing

Retention Manager

Maneuver Marketing, Sauk Trail Beach, Wisconsin, United States

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Retention Manager Join Maneuver Marketing as a Retention Manager.

You will help drive customer retention, revenue growth, and brand loyalty through highly effective email and SMS marketing.

Maneuver Marketing

has grown its DTC health & wellness brand from scratch to USD$100M+ in annual sales, serving over 3,000,000 customers worldwide.

This role is for a proactive, detail‑oriented, data‑obsessed professional with at least 10 years of experience.

What You’ll Do

Conduct ongoing research (market, customer, competitor, product)

Collaborate with Product Marketing to adapt top‑performing messages in the customer journey

Synthesize insights into actionable opportunities for lifecycle and subscriptions

Define customer journey maps and align them to lifecycle channels (emails, SMS, direct mail)

Design/redesign subscription programs (save flows, cadence options, upsells, bundles)

Research and adapt best‑in‑class programs, lead churn reduction and subscriber expansion initiatives

Explore and phase in loyalty/membership programs

Prioritize lifecycle flow build‑out roadmap across channels

Co‑develop flow architecture to ensure sequencing and avoid overwhelm

Set personalization frameworks (dynamic content, zero‑/first‑party data integration)

Define cross‑channel orchestration rules (e.g., email → SMS follow‑up → DM reinforcement)

Own content calendar across channels and collaborate with copy/design on message architecture and offers

Ensure messaging aligns with brand voice and lifecycle goals

Define and refine segmentation strategies (RFM, lifecycle cohorts, churn‑risk, high‑value)

Oversee integration of external data (loyalty tiers, subscription status)

Maintain governance (tagging/naming conventions, retention policies)

Validate segments for reporting (LTV by cohort, churn %, AOV)

Own deliverability strategy (SPF/DKIM/DMARC, domain warm‑up, reputation recovery)

Lead systemic improvement projects (engagement pruning, BIMI, sender reputation)

Protect and strengthen email deliverability by monitoring key metrics and following best practices

Quickly troubleshoot bounce rate spikes and other deliverability red flags

Design and own testing roadmap (flows, offers, cadence, segmentation)

Ensure statistical rigor and validity in testing methodology

Interpret test results and translate into actionable retention strategies

Own reporting frameworks (KPI: LTV lift, churn %, renewal rate, contribution margin)

Partner with the measurement team to evolve dashboards and attribution models

Own lifecycle projects end‑to‑end (email, SMS, DM, subscriptions)

Manage cross‑functional alignment (Product, Ops, CS, Growth, Influencer, Data)

Apply frameworks (Agile, Scrum, RICE) to retention initiatives

Forecast resources, manage capacity, and elevate bottlenecks

Communicate project status, risks, and results to leadership

What You’ll Succeed By

New customer sales and revenue (retention & acquisition, especially retention)

Leveraging omnichannel flows and campaigns to reduce subscription churn

Maximizing subscription margins

Email and SMS revenue and engagement KPIs

Email deliverability metrics

What You Bring

3‑5 years of direct, hands‑on email marketing and retention strategy experience in a manager position, ideally for DTC or eCommerce brands

Deep Klaviyo expertise—flows, campaigns, segmentation, tagging, reporting

Strong project management skills, able to juggle timelines and resources

Excellent QA skills—attention to detail

Analytical mindset—turning data into actionable trends

Strong grasp of direct response marketing principles

Proven experience designing, executing, and iterating on A/B tests

Understanding of deliverability fundamentals and best practices

Comfort working cross‑functionally with copy, creative, retention, and analytics teams

Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, ambiguous environment with shifting priorities

Proactive, initiative‑driven, and problem‑solving mindset

Clear, respectful, and prompt communication with internal teams and external vendors

Detail‑oriented—accuracy in flows, invoices, and content quality

Growth mindset, adaptability, openness to feedback, and continuous improvement drive

Strong “builder” desire—aligned with Maneuver’s mission to grow to 10 figures by decade’s end

Bonus: Basic Figma, HTML, or copywriting skills

Seniority level Mid‑Senior level

Employment type Full‑time

Job function Sales and Business Development

Industry Retail Health and Personal Care Products

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