Senior Director of Lifecycle Marketing/Retention, Pendulum Therapeutics
$220-250k
+ equity
Reinventing personal health naturally through the microbiome
Be an early applicant
Reinventing personal health naturally through the microbiome
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$220-250k
+ equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To bridge nature and medicine.
Role
Who you are
- They enjoy all phases of creative development and have a detailed eye for asset production
- We’re also looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, lean and collaborative environment
- Iterations and group input will be familiar territory for this person
- While we want someone who can think big, we also need someone who can be resourceful in how they approach executing
- They should be both passionate and comfortable working with a very young brand in its early stages of growth
- We’re looking for someone who’s energized by the pace and possibility of a fast-growing, mission-driven company
- You thrive in a collaborative, nimble environment where ideas are shaped through iteration, feedback, and shared vision
- You’re not just a big thinker—you’re also a creative problem-solver who knows how to make things happen with limited resources
- If you're excited by the opportunity to help shape a young brand from the ground up, and passionate about building something with purpose, you'll feel right at home here
- Experience: 8–12+ years in lifecycle/CRM, subscription marketing, with 4+ years in senior leadership roles (Director/Senior Director), ideally leading retention efforts at a consumer subscription or DTC brand—health oriented industries preferred
- Analytical chops: Strong quantitative background with hands-on experience in cohort analysis, LTV modeling, A/B testing, and working with SQL/analytics partners. Proven ability to translate data into insights that drive measurable impact
- Executional excellence: Deep, practical experience building email/SMS programs, marketing automation, lifecycle flows and personalization at scale. Strong knowledge of deliverability, ESPs, CDPs and orchestration tools
- Cross-functional leadership: Track record of partnering with Brand, Creative, Growth, Product and CX, and operating as a strong workstream owner across matrixed teams
- People manager: Strong people skills, including hiring, coaching, and working across cross functional teams
What the job involves
- Pendulum is hiring a Senior Director of Lifecycle Marketing to own and scale our end-to-end CRM and retention efforts (through email, SMS, and loyalty/retention flows) aimed at turning first time purchasers into long time subscribers and advocates
- This senior leader will partner closely with Brand, Product, CX, Web, Analytics, Growth and Commercial teams, and own lifecycle strategy to materially improve retention, repeat purchase and LTV/LTR
- Lifecycle strategy & vision. Set the strategic roadmap and quarterly OKRs for lifecycle marketing with clear impact on retention and revenue. Lead the end-to-end lifecycle strategy to convert leads, drive retention, and re-engage churned customers. This person will own the experience across email, SMS, push/in-app, web (logged in state for customers), door step experience and loyalty programs. This leader will establish frameworks to scale automated, segmented and personalized customer journeys
- Campaign & program execution. Own multi-step flows and campaigns (welcome, onboarding, replenishment, VIP treatment, churn prevention, re-engagement). Drive automation, dynamic segmentation, content personalization and lifecycle experimentation
- Measurement, insights and experimentation. Own lifecycle measurement by defining KPIs and uncovering what drives retention and customer value. Translate data into actionable insights and strategies that deliver strong business outcomes, and inform forecasting in partnership with Demand and Supply teams
- Cross-functional partnership. Work closely with Brand, Content, Product, CX, Commercial and HCP teams to ensure messaging and experiences align to brand, regulatory requirements and customer needs
- Tech, vendors & compliance. Leverage and inform the lifecycle tech stack and vendor ecosystem (ESP, CRM, CDP, experimentation tools) to drive scalable, high-performing programs
- Team leadership: Directly manage a Lifecycle Marketing Director, setting strategy, prioritizing initiatives, and ensuring successful execution against retention and LTV goals. This person will lead our cross-functional retention group
Our take
Pendulum Therapeutics developed its product by analysing the genetic material of microbes in the human body. Its debut product, Pendulum Glucose Control, is a medical probiotic, the first of its type to be clinically proven to be effective at lowering blood sugar spikes in people with type 2 diabetes. Classified as a medical food, it bridges the gap between medication that can cause side effects and generic probiotic products that have no scientific backup with regard to efficacy.
Pendulum Glucose Control has been greatly in demand, and so with a $54M investment, manufacturing has scaled up. Other products from Pendulum include supplements for gut health and metabolism optimisation supplements, the latter also becoming a key product from the team.
In 2023, Pendulum increased its already thriving publicity with the appointment of actor Halle Berry as its CCO, hinting at a scaling up of its operations in line with its media visibility. Its 2024 breakthrough product has been its GLP-1 Probiotic drink, a first-of-its-kind drink to control metabolism.
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Insights
-1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- 401k with company matching
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Flexible schedules and unlimited vacation policy
- Commuter benefits
- Cell phone stipend
- Collaborative team environment
- Casual culture (66% of founders usually wear hoodies)
- Small on-site gym
- Strong emphasis on work/life balance: we believe it, we encourage it, we live it
- Walking distance to Bart & Muni
Company HQ
Dogpatch, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
John Eid
(Co-Founder & CSO)They took a Ph.D. at The University of Illinois before spending 8 years at Pacific Biosciences. They left this Principal Scientist role in September 2013 to co-found Pendulum Therapeutics, serving since as Chief Scientific Officer.
Colleen Cutcliffe
(Co-Founder & CEO)Having studied for a Ph.D. at John Hopkins University, they worked as a Hospital Project Manager for 3 years prior to joining Elan Pharmaceuticals as a Scientist. They spent 4 years at Pacific Biosciences with John before co-founding Pendulum Therapeutics in 2013.
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