Director of Retention & Analytics, Hayu

The Director of Retention & Analytics will be responsible for managing all aspects of customer retention activity, covering CRM and Analytics. The Director will report to the SVP of Marketing Hayu & DTC and will manage a team of CRM and Analytics experts, plus multiple global supplier partners across Marketing Technology. The role will work closely with Regional Brand and User Acquisition teams to deliver on an integrated marketing strategy to acquire and retain highly engaged valuable subscribers. The ideal candidate for this role will have strong experience within a subscription-based business building out CRM and data capabilities. In this pivotal role, you'll lead and grow a high-performing team of four across CRM and Analytics, owning the strategy and execution of initiatives that deepen customer relationships, drive engagement, and increase lifetime value. As a trusted advisor within the marketing organization, you'll collaborate cross-functionally to shape the customer journey, leveraging insights and innovative tactics to drive fandom among our reality TV superfans! If you're passionate about using data to tell stories, drive results, and building loyalty at scale—we'd love to talk! CRM Ensuring all customer communication is optimised towards increasing the lifetime value of the customer by driving viewership and behaviours identified to decrease churn across multiple viewing & billing platforms in 45 international markets. Responsible for end-to-end strategy & execution of CRM engagement strategy across the customer lifecycle including conversion, activation, engagement and offboarding. Oversee coordination with the Content team to ensure all key content releases are communicated effectively across multiple channels. Optimise CRM activity via continuous testing and implementing automated processes to drive viewership across relevant customer segments. Guide the Analytics team to measure effectiveness of CRM strategy and to implement new insights that have been proven to drive customer engagement. Analytics Lead a team of analysts to deliver a program of work that drives insights for the marketing team and wider stakeholders across the business. Deliver and oversee customer models (segmentation, churn) to provide a foundation for marketing campaigns and wider business insights. Work closely with the Data Engineering team to maximise Hayu’s data capability to drive key business objectives (drive quality user acquisition & maximise users LTV) Manage workloads and priorities to build out a suite of business reports that deliver on the insight needs of the business. Provide subscriber churn forecasting to multiple stakeholders. Marketing Technology Strong expertise of customer engagement platforms (Salesforce, Braze or similar) along with working knowledge of CDPs (mParticle or similar) and understanding of marketing attribution (AppsFlyer or similar) platforms. Work with a wider Marketing team to understand priorities and marketing technology needs. Be responsible for sourcing and vetting new Retention marketing technology vendors to ensure key marketing tech needs for retention teams are met, including managing the existing supplier list. Key liaison for the Product team for new technology builds and cross functional projects that require marketing input. Work with Global Procurement & Legal teams to ensure all marketing tech commercial contracts are in line with global MSA expectations. Comprehensive budget and cost management across multiple lines and suppliers.