Manager, Customer Retention Strategy

T-Mobile T-Mobile · Telecom · Bellevue, WA +2

This role focuses on developing and executing customer retention strategies for Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile, aiming to reduce churn and increase subscriber lifetime value. It involves analyzing customer behavior, designing lifecycle marketing campaigns using the Braze platform across email, SMS, and push notifications, and partnering with cross-functional teams. Success is measured by improvements in retention metrics and revenue.

What you'd actually do

  1. Analyze customer behavior, lifecycle performance, and churn drivers to identify retention opportunities and develop targeted strategies to improve renewal and customer engagement.
  2. Design and implement lifecycle retention programs across email, SMS, push notifications, and other owned channels within the Braze platform. This includes audience segmentation, journey orchestration, campaign configuration, and deployment.
  3. Develop and implement test-and-learn strategies to optimize messaging, timing, personalization, and offer structure to improve retention performance and customer lifetime value.
  4. Partner with cross-functional teams including Product, Marketing, BI, Data Science, and Customer Experience to align retention initiatives with broader customer lifecycle and business objectives.
  5. Monitor campaign and lifecycle program performance, analyze results, and translate insights into actionable recommendations that improve retention strategies and program effectiveness.

Skills

Required

  • CRM
  • lifecycle marketing
  • retention strategy
  • customer base management
  • Braze platform
  • marketing automation platforms
  • customer behavior analysis
  • campaign execution
  • segmentation
  • journey orchestration
  • A/B testing
  • data analysis
  • communication skills
  • presentation skills
  • organizational skills

Nice to have

  • Business
  • Marketing
  • Economics
  • Statistics
  • Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • quantitative/technical subject areas

What the JD emphasized

  • 3-5 years confirmed experience in CRM, lifecycle marketing, retention strategy, or customer base management
  • 2+ years Hands-on experience building and implementing campaigns in Braze or similar marketing automation platforms (e.g., Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Campaign, Iterable, or similar tools)
  • Consulting-style problem solving
  • Strong understanding of lifecycle marketing strategies
  • Hands-on experience building and implementing campaigns within CRM platforms such as Braze