
CRM Marketing Manager
CandleScience
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Durham • North Carolina • United States
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About the role
- Owns the planning, measurement, and evolution of lifecycle and loyalty initiatives.
- Leads and mentors a CRM Specialist responsible for execution, ensuring alignment to brand, strategy, quality, and performance standards.
- Manages CRM audience segmentation and targeting strategy grounded in deep customer analytics.
- Defines customer journey frameworks that support makers at every stage, from hobbyist to growing business.
- Collaborates cross-functionally with Creative, Product Marketing, Data, Sales, and Support teams to deliver cohesive, customer-centric experiences.
- Analyzes cohort behavior, lifetime value, engagement trends, and segment performance to identify growth opportunities.
- Establishes CRM and retention KPIs, measurement frameworks, and success definitions.
- Leads a structured test-and-learn roadmap, including A/B and multivariate testing across lifecycle touchpoints.
- Trains, manages, and guides the CRM Specialist in executing campaigns.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in e-commerce lifecycle marketing or a related field.
- Strong analytical skills with experience using data to drive decisions, including understanding lifetime value, cohort retention models, and customer segmentation.
- Deep knowledge of email and SMS marketing, including goal setting, campaign optimization, and performance measurement.
- Experience managing a successful customer rewards or loyalty program.
- Proven ability to define, monitor, and analyze CRM KPIs through dashboards, translating insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Experience owning KPIs and optimizing marketing channels to achieve measurable results.
- Highly detail-oriented and organized, with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines consistently.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with low deductibles.
- Employer match for retirement contributions of up to 3% of annual earnings.
- Liberal vacation policies.
- Technology stipends.
- Gym memberships.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- Employee assistance program.
- Paid time off (Vacation & Sick).
- Referral program.
- 401(k).
- 401(k) matching.
- Dental insurance.
- Medical insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Tuition reimbursement.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
CRMcustomer analyticsaudience segmentationcustomer journey frameworksA/B testingmultivariate testingemail marketingSMS marketingKPI monitoringcampaign optimization
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringanalytical skillsdetail-orientedorganizational skillsproject managementcollaborationcommunicationstrategic thinkingproblem-solving
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in MarketingBachelor’s degree in Business