Lifecycle Marketing Manager

Prolific is seeking an experienced lifecycle marketer to build and scale its self-serve lifecycle programme. The role focuses on onboarding, activation, retention, reactivation and product-qualified signals across email and in-app, partnering with Product, Customer Success, Sales/RevOps and Product Marketing.

Responsibilities:

• Audit current lifecycle programmes, journeys, segmentation and tooling (HubSpot, Pendo, Hex)
• Map the self-serve journey by customer segment and identify the biggest activation and retention gaps
• Agree a prioritised roadmap and success metrics with Growth Marketing, Product and Customer Success
• Ship at least one quick win, such as a fix to an existing onboarding email or in-app message
• Design, build and launch onboarding and activation programmes across email and in-app (Pendo), aimed at faster time to first value
• Launch retention, top-up and reactivation/win-back flows for lapsed and dormant users
• Define PQL and expansion signals with Sales/RevOps: behavioural thresholds, validation against conversion outcomes, and a CRM handoff process
• Start a structured experimentation programme across onboarding, email and in-app
• Report on results, learnings and experiment outcomes
• Document journeys, segmentation logic, triggers, PQL definitions, naming conventions and

Requirements:

• 5-7 years in lifecycle, CRM, retention or growth marketing at a product-led / self-serve company, with a track record of moving activation, retention or expansion metrics (not just sending campaigns)
• Prior contract, consulting or agency experience, or a clear record of delivering scoped work independently to a deadline
• Hands-on ownership of lifecycle programmes for a freemium, free-trial or pay-as-you-go funnel
• Strong experience with email/CRM platforms (HubSpot or equivalent) and in-product messaging tools (Pendo, Appcues, Intercom, Braze, Customer.io, Iterable or similar)
• Experience defining activation, building behavioural segments and triggers, and using product usage data to drive messaging
• Analytical fluency: cohort analysis, activation and retention curves, funnel conversion, LTV. You can run your own analysis in HubSpot/Hex or equivalent without a data team
• Experience designing and running experiments, and knowing which results to trust
• Experience partnering with Sales/RevOps on PQL or usage-based handoff
• A clear communicator who can prioritise, push back and manage stakeholders without needing close supervision
• Comfortable with ambiguity in a small, high-output team