Senior Lifecycle Marketing Manager, Retention
Little Spoon
| Company | Little Spoon |
| Category | Marketing |
| Location | United States |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Manager |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 10 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (greenhouse) |
Description
About The Role:
Little Spoon was founded on the belief that today’s parents are different—equal parts more time-strapped and more food-savvy than ever. We set out to disrupt a century-old category with products and an experience that delivers on what the modern parent deserves.
Little Spoon is looking for a Senior Lifecycle Marketing Manager, Retention to own our retention lifecycle strategy across email, SMS, push, and in-app channels. This is a high-ownership, high-visibility cross-functional role. The person who steps into this role should walk into every cross-functional room as the clear retention expert with a deep understanding of the Little Spoon customer experience across every touchpoint—shaping what lifecycle does, why, and what it should do next.
This role requires someone who can independently drive programs from ideation through post-launch readout, communicate proactively across partners and leadership, and establish a strong, confident POV on what retention communications should look like at Little Spoon.
What You’ll Do:
Retention Program Strategy + Execution
Set the strategy for Little Spoon's automated retention programs across email, SMS, push, and in-app, from the brief through to post-launch optimization
Own programs end-to-end with no gaps: ideation, briefing, segmentation, Braze build, QA, launch, post-launch monitoring, and readout
Drive a rigorous test-and-learn agenda tied to company-level retention metrics (order rate, skip behavior, churn, LTV)
Be the person others consult on what's happening in the retention journey, fluent enough in every active program to answer questions on setup, audience, logic, and performance on the spot
Cross-functional Collaboration
Serve as the lifecycle retention voice in cross-functional work streams, proactively shaping conversations, not waiting to be invited in
Manage lifecycle timelines and blockers transparently: surface delays, scope changes, and open questions to pod leads and leadership before they become problems
Bridge the off-site and in-account experience, ensuring lifecycle communications and what customers find in their account are coherent, connected, and inform each other
Partner closely with Data + Analytics to design rigorous experiments with proper measurement (holdouts, success criteria, incrementally read-outs)
Work with creative and copy partners to deliver high-quality lifecycle communications that optimize for performance
Program Scope
Own retention automation strategy and execution including: post-checkout retention journeys, skip and unskip programs, category upsell and cross-sell, product launch lifecycle support, and loyalty program lifecycle
Lead strategy for emerging channels and programs as the business evolves (app push, loyalty, membership)
Monitor and analyze performance on an ongoing basis, translating data into clear strategic recommendations
What You’ll Bring:
You are the expert in the room and you act like it, You bring your retention POV vocally to cross-functional meetings without being asked
You independently drive projects from kickoff to post-launch readout and you surface blockers, communicate scope changes, and close loops
You make decisions with confidence and communicate them clearly, course-correcting based on data
You know the details of every program you own, how it's set up, what it sends, who receives it, and how it's performing
You have a strong experimentation instinct paired with rigorous measurement discipline - you design tests to learn, not just to ship
You are organized and systems-oriented, with a disciplined approach to tracking in-flight work and surfacing what needs to move
You're a positive, collaborative presence - you bring energy and warmth to the work while holding a high bar for quality and execution
You are obsessed with and deeply understand the Little Spoon customer experience and use that knowledge to consi