Temporary Lifecycle Marketing Specialist (Remote, Canada)
OpenTable
| Company | OpenTable |
| Category | Marketing |
| Location | Canada (Remote) |
| Remote | Remote |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 27 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (greenhouse) |
Description
*This is a temporary 6-month role
With millions of diners, 60,000+ restaurant partners and 25+ years of experience, OpenTable, part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), is an industry leader with a passion for helping restaurants thrive. Our world-class technology empowers restaurants to focus on what matters most – their team, their guests, and their bottom line – while enabling diners to discover and book the perfect restaurant for every occasion.
Every employee at OpenTable has a tangible impact on what we do and how we do it. You’ll also be part of a global team and its portfolio of metasearch brands. Hospitality is all about taking care of others, and it defines our culture.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Lifecycle Marketing Specialist to support the development, execution, and optimization of cross-channel lifecycle marketing programs across email and in-app messaging.
This role will primarily own lifecycle execution and orchestration across Marketo and Pendo, helping create scalable customer journeys that drive activation, feature adoption, retention, expansion, and customer engagement throughout the lifecycle. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience building lifecycle programs across both marketing automation and in-app engagement platforms, with a strong operational and analytical mindset.
This position will partner closely with Marketing, RevOps, SFDC Operations, Product Marketing, and cross-functional stakeholders to create coordinated customer experiences that improve engagement and business outcomes.
Responsibilities
Lifecycle Strategy & Cross-Channel Orchestration
Build and manage cross-channel lifecycle programs across onboarding, adoption, expansion, retention, and winback journeys
Develop scalable customer journeys leveraging email and in-app messaging across Marketo and Pendo
Build automated lifecycle strategies including audience segmentation, behavioral triggers, cadence, suppression logic, and personalization
Create coordinated customer experiences across platforms including Marketo, Pendo, Salesforce, and additional lifecycle engagement tools
Identify opportunities to improve lifecycle engagement and conversion through multi-channel orchestration and journey optimization
Support future lifecycle channel expansion opportunities including SMS and additional customer engagement platforms
Marketing Automation & Operations
Build and maintain lifecycle programs, nurture campaigns, and automated journeys in Marketo
Build and manage in-app messaging experiences, targeting, and customer engagement campaigns in Pendo
Validate audience logic, behavioral triggers, and lifecycle program structure to ensure campaigns are scalable and operationally sound
Partner with RevOps and SFDC Operations to define data requirements, field mappings, and trigger dependencies needed to support lifecycle automation
Troubleshoot data flow and sync issues impacting campaign execution across systems such as SFDC, Marketo, Pendo, SendGrid, and other lifecycle tools
Support the evolution of scalable lifecycle infrastructure and automation best practices
Optimization & Growth
Continuously audit and optimize lifecycle programs to improve activation, feature adoption, retention, and expansion outcomes
Support A/B testing strategies across messaging, timing, targeting, channel mix, and journey structure
Monitor lifecycle performance and identify opportunities to improve engagement, conversion, and customer progression throughout the funnel
Collaborate with RevOps to support existing reporting, expand reporting, performance visibility, and measurement frameworks
Help identify new lifecycle growth opportunities through customer behavior analysis and journey performance insights
Process Improvement & QA
Improve campaign workflows, templates, and QA processes to reduce manual effort and increase speed-to-launch
Leverage AI to