Retention Marketing Manager

Competitive Benefits • Fitness Center Reimbursement • Product Discounts
*This is a hybrid role based out of/near Fargo, ND or Chicago IL.

Who We Are:

Swanson Health Products has been committed to bringing wellness to the world for over 50 years. As a leader in the vitamins, supplements, and natural wellness industry, we focus on delivering science-backed, high-quality products that support healthier lives. We are a digitally driven organization investing in innovation, customer experience, and data-informed growth. 

About the Role:

The Retention Marketing Manager will be responsible for growing customer lifetime value by developing, executing, and optimizing marketing strategies that keep existing Swanson customers engaged, purchasing, and building consistent wellness routines.

This role serves as the internal voice of the customer, translating customer behavior, feedback, sentiment, and purchase patterns into actionable retention strategies across the post-purchase, replenishment, loyalty, routine-building, and win-back lifecycle. This is a high-impact, hands-on role that partners closely across Marketing, Brand, Analytics, Creative, Ecommerce, Merchandising, Product Development, Customer Experience, IT, and Operations to improve repeat purchase rates and long-term customer engagement.

What You'll Do:

• Own the retention marketing roadmap across the customer lifecycle, with a focus on post-purchase engagement, replenishment, routine building, loyalty, and win-back initiatives.


• Develop and execute strategies that help customers establish and maintain healthy supplement routines, ultimately increasing repeat purchase rates and customer lifetime value.


• Lead retention initiatives including lifecycle messaging, reminder programs, habit-building communications, replenishment experiences, and other customer engagement strategies.


• Identify opportunities to reduce barriers to consistent supplement use by creating programs, tools, and customer experiences that make it easier for customers to stay on their routines.


• Develop and prioritize testing plans across messaging, timing, cadence, incentives, customer experiences, and physical or digital routine-building tools.


• Analyze customer purchase behavior, engagement patterns, surveys, reviews, qualitative feedback, and customer service interactions to uncover opportunities to improve retention.


• Serve as the internal expert on customer retention and routine-building behaviors, sharing insights with Brand, Merchandising, Ecommerce, Product Development, Creative, and Analytics teams.


• Partner with Email and SMS Marketing teams to develop lifecycle messaging that supports replenishment reminders, educational content, routine building, and customer engagement.


• Collaborate with Ecommerce teams to integrate retention and routine-building experiences into the digital customer journey, including personalized recommendations, account experiences, subscriptions, and post-purchase touchpoints.


• Work with Merchandising to identify products, bundles, and assortment strategies that encourage consistent supplement usage and repeat purchasing.


• Partner with Brand and Creative teams to develop compelling content, educational materials, and campaign assets that motivate customers to build lasting supplement habits.


• Own reporting and optimization of key retention KPIs, including Repeat Purchase Rate, Customer Lifetime Value, Replenishment Rate, Time Between Purchases, and Customer Churn/Lapse Rate.


• Partner with Marketing Analytics to build reporting, dashboards, customer segmentation, and actionable insights that inform future retention strategies.


• Maintain a test-learn-apply mindset, continuously optimizing retention programs based on customer behavior, performance data, and business impact.


• Maintain a positive and professional working relationship with peers, management, and support resources, with a constant commitment to teamwork and exemplary customer service.
  

What We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Consumer Psychology, Communications, or a related field; equivalent experience will also be considered.
  


• 3–6 years of experience in retention marketing, lifecycle marketing, CRM, customer engagement, eCommerce marketing, or a related discipline.


• Experience developing customer lifecycle strategies that drive repeat purchases, customer loyalty, and long-term engagement.


• Curiosity about consumer behavior and what motivates long-term habit formation.


• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret customer data, identify trends, and make data-driven recommendations.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across Brand, Creative, Ecommerce, Merchandising, Analytics, Product, Technology, and Operations teams.


• Self-starter who proactively identifies opportunities to improve customer retention and customer experience.
  


• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.


• Ability to influence without direct authority and build alignment across cross-functional teams.


• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.


• Comfortable developing hypotheses, prioritizing opportunities, and measuring business impact.


• Ability to translate customer insights into actionable marketing programs and customer experiences.


• Strong understanding of customer lifecycle marketing, retention strategies, segmentation, personalization, and testing methodologies.


• 3–6 years of experience in retention marketing, lifecycle marketing, CRM, customer engagement, eCommerce marketing, or a related discipline.


• Ability to travel up to 10%.

Strongly Preferred: 

• DTC eCommerce or subscription business experience.
  


• Experience building post-purchase, replenishment, loyalty, or win-back journeys.


• Experience improving repeat purchase rates, customer lifetime value, or customer loyalty.


• Familiarity with behavioral science concepts such as habit formation, nudges, incentives, and customer motivation.


• Experience designing customer habit-building or engagement programs.


• Experience in vitamins, supplements, healthcare, wellness, nutrition, or other routine-based consumer categories.


• Experience working with loyalty programs, subscriptions, customer segmentation, personalization, and lifecycle testing.

Why Join Us:

• Hybrid flexibility with a high-performance culture.


• Opportunity to own a critical retention and customer engagement function for a major eCommerce wellness brand.


• Help customers build lasting wellness routines while driving meaningful business impact.


• Work alongside a talented cross-functional team focused on customer experience, data, innovation, and growth.


• Competitive compensation, benefits, and growth potential within a fast-moving organization.