The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning.

Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news articles, websites – into audio, so they can read faster, read more, and remember more. Speechify’s text-to-speech reading products include its iOS app, Android App, Mac App, Chrome Extension, and Web App. Google recently named Speechify the Chrome Extension of the Year and Apple named Speechify its 2025 Design Award winner for Inclusivity.  

Today, nearly 200 people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, leading PhD programs like Stanford, high growth startups like Stripe, Vercel, Bolt, and many founders of their own companies.

Overview

The responsibilities of our Platform team include building and maintaining all backend services, including, but not limited to, payments, analytics, subscriptions, new products, text to speech, and external APIs.

This is a key role and ideal for someone who thinks strategically, enjoys fast-paced environments, is passionate about making product decisions, and has experience building great user experiences that delight users.

We are a flat organization that allows anyone to become a leader by showing excellent technical skills and delivering results consistently and fast. Work ethic, solid communication skills, and obsession with winning are paramount. 

Our interview process involves several technical interviews and we aim to complete them within 1 week. 

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain robust APIs including public TTS API, internal APIs like Payment, Subscription, Auth and Consumption Tracking, ensuring they meet business and scalability requirements
• Oversee the full backend API landscape, enhancing and optimizing for performance and maintainability
• Collaborate on B2B solutions, focusing on customization and integration needs for enterprise clients
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to align backend architecture with overall product strategy and user experience

An Ideal Candidate Should Have

• Proven experience in backend development: TS/Node (required)
• Direct experience with GCP and knowledge of AWS, Azure, or other cloud providers
• Efficiency in ideation and implementation, prioritizing tasks based on urgency and impact
• Preferred: Experience with Docker and containerized deployments
• Preferred: Proficiency in deploying high availability applications on Kubernetes

What We Offer

• A dynamic environment where your contributions shape the company and its products
• A team that values innovation, intuition, and drive
• Autonomy, fostering focus and creativity
• The opportunity to have a significant impact in a revolutionary industry
• Competitive compensation, a welcoming atmosphere, and a commitment to an exceptional asynchronous work culture
• The privilege of working on a product that changes lives, particularly for those with learning differences like dyslexia, ADD, and more
• An active role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and audio – a rapidly evolving tech domain

Think you’re a good fit for this job? 

Tell us more about yourself and why you're interested in the role when you apply.
And don’t forget to include links to your portfolio and LinkedIn.

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Refer them! 

Speechify is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. 

Speechify does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Why Verifone

For more than 30 years, Verifone has established a remarkable record of leadership in the electronic payment technology industry. Verifone is one of the leading electronic payment solutions brands and among the largest providers of electronic payment systems worldwide.

Verifone has a diverse, dynamic, and fast-paced work environment in which employees are focused on results and have opportunities to excel. We take pride in working with leading retailers, merchants, banks, and third-party partners to invent and deliver innovative payment solutions around the world. We strive for excellence in our products and services and are obsessed with customer happiness.

Across the globe, Verifone employees are leading the payments industry through experience, innovation, and an ambitious spirit. Whether it’s developing the next generation of secure payment systems or finding new ways to bring electronic payments to emerging markets, the Verifone team is dedicated to the success of our customers, partners, and investors. It is this passion for innovation that drives every Verifone employee toward personal and professional success.

Verifone is proudly an in-office work culture as we see immense benefits to career development and business results from our colleagues being physically co-located.

What's Exciting About the Role

Verifone is seeking an experienced MySQL Lead DBA who will be responsible for ensuring database performance, high availability, and security of clusters and single instances of MySQL instances. You will also be responsible for orchestrating upgrades, backups, HA/DR, and provisioning database instances. You will work closely with other teams, including application architects/ Sr. Developers and application support engineers for architecture design and SQL optimization, establishing and documenting best practices.

We look for dedicated and versatile engineers who are passionate about working in a company whose culture is dedicated to delivering innovative software products that solve our customers’ most challenging business needs. As a Lead DBA, you’ll have the opportunity to make significant and direct impact on our database performance, applications, and solve some of the most complex challenges in cloud and on prem environments, while lead the team from a technical and development perspective.

This hybrid role is open to hiring candidates located in:

• Bucharest, Romania
• London, United Kingdom
• Riga, Lativa
• Warsaw, Poland

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for ensuring that database management policies, processes and procedures are established and followed, adhering to ITIL good practice principles and are subjected to continuous improvement as per PCI standards. They will be responsible for reviewing system design changes to ensure they adhere to expected service standards and recommend changes to ensure maximum stability, availability and efficiency of the supported applications.

The candidate should understand the application functionality, business logics and work with application stake holders to understand the requirement and discuss with the new application features and propose the right solutions. He must liaise closely and work in collaboration with the release management teams, support teams and the infrastructure DBAs. 

• Design, Install, Deploy and Manage MySQL on Physical, Virtual, AWS EC2 / RDS / Aurora.
• Build MySQL clusters with a high availability, active-active cluster setup in a large scale and multi datacenter environments having minimum RPO/RTO on a DR scenario
• Design and implement uniform backup strategy and business continuity plans across the MySQL environments using Percona XtraDB or custom automation scripts with reliable monitoring and alerting mechanisms
• Define thorough and validated database monitoring and alerting, along with documentation for future references
• Setup high availability with Master-Master/ Master-slave replication
• Maintain stable performance via server optimizations
• Guide engineering teams to best practices on server configurations and SQL tuning.
• Maintain security and compliance via OS and database version upgrades
• Work with application stake holders to create effective database solutions
• Create and maintain adhoc reports
• Adhere to the incident and change process, prepare thorough documentation, and peer review planned production tasks
• Support application release process, and automations
• Mentor and develop other engineers on MySQL skills

Required Qualifications/Skills

• Minimum 8 years of experience managing MySQL
• Experience with MySQL Active/Active cluster setup, Database Upgrade and Migrations, Scripting
• Experience administrating MySQL on Linux platform
• Experience with MySQL version upgrades in production environments with a zero or very minimum application down time
• Experience with design & architecting MySQL environments using any framework such as Galera Cluster or Percona XtraDB
• Experience deploying database monitoring using at least one of PMM, New Relic, Datadog, Nagios, Grafana, ELK, AppD, etc.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef
• Proficiency with cloud infrastructure, AWS RDS or equivalent.
• Automation/scripting skills in a modern language like Python, Shell scripting, Go, Java, Rust.
• Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, Github Actions, Gitlab.
• Advanced experience with database performance tuning including SQL tuning, hardware configuration and capacity planning.
• Strong technical leadership, mentoring and time management skills.

Preferred Skills (Not Mandatory)

• Experience working with PCI (Payment Card Industry Data Security) standards
• ITIL environment experience
• Deep experience with SQL, stored procedures, functions, triggers, batch jobs, reporting, analytics.
• Experience managing PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and/or Oracle.
• Experience and knowledge with NoSQL and data engineering technologies such as Kafka, Redis, Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, Redshift, ETL, etc.
• Experience with data analytics and Business intelligence

Our Commitment

Verifone is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Verifone is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

We are looking for an experienced Key Account Manager (Enterprise) to join the Bolt Food Team in Riga, Latvia.

The salary range for this role is between €3,330 - €4,170 gross monthly fixed + commission bonus structure + equity.

With over 150 million customers in 45+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it's all thanks to our people.

Everyone's welcome at Bolt, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

We’re on a mission to make cities for people, not cars, and we need you to make it happen!

As Key Account Manager, you will build and sustain robust relationships with our most crucial merchants, ensuring exceptional operational performance and growth.

• Manage and expand relationships with existing key accounts, proactively identifying new business opportunities while ensuring key accounts meet strong operational KPIs. Own the partner’s P&L and be responsible for its profitability and growth.
• Ensure all campaign processes are in place and proactively work to improve overall monthly performance.
• Develop account plans to increase volumes and improve key accounts profitability.
• Renegotiate contract terms, including commission rates and campaign plans, with key accounts regularly.
• Work with various departments (Operations, Sales, Customer Service, Marketing) to drive key accounts growth.
• Negotiate and implement activities through marketing with the partners ( banners, communications, etc.)

• Minimum 3 years in account management, business consultancy, business development or similar roles.
• You're proficient in English and Latvian.
• Ability to interpret and present data to generate insights and support decision-making.
• Proven track record of achieving critical metrics and revenue targets.
• Be an owner and proactively find solutions to business problems.
• Experience in a highly competitive and fast-paced environment is a strong plus.

Experience is great, but we also look for drive, intelligence, and integrity. So, even if you don’t tick every box, please consider applying if you feel you’re the kind of person described above!

GENERAL

• Play a direct role in shaping the future of mobility.
• Impact millions of customers and partners in 500+ cities across 45 countries.
• Work in fast-moving autonomous teams with some of the smartest people in the world.
• Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.
• Get a rewarding salary and stock option package that lets you focus on doing your best work.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working in a hybrid mode with a minimum of 3 days in the office each week to foster strong connections and teamwork.
• Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.

*Some perks may differ depending on your location and role.

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We’re looking for a motivated Business Sales Specialist to join our Bolt for Business team in Latvia. You’ll drive our sales growth, reach out to businesses, meet clients, pitch, negotiate, and close deals for small to mid-sized businesses.

The salary range for this role is €1,800 - €2,400 fixed per month + quarterly bonus' 25-30% + Equity. 

With over 200 million users in 50+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it's all thanks to our people.

We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or ability.

Our ultimate goal is to make cities for people, not cars. And we need your help on this mission!

As a Business Sales Specialist, you'll have an in-depth understanding of SME/SMB clients and their business needs. You'll establish strong connections and confidently demonstrate the features and benefits of our B2B product. 

This role is a good match for you if you’re a driven individual with sales experience in a high-growth organisation. You're keen to be part of a team responsible for amplifying Bolt Business’s success and supporting our ambitious growth and expansion plans.

• Managing the sales funnel, including processing leads, prospecting, cold calling, planning meetings, closing deals, and tracking all touchpoints in the Customer Relation Management (CRM) tools to generate a comprehensive history.
• Using proven outreach methods and best practices to establish and strengthen customer relationships and promoting and selling Bolt Business solutions to small businesses.
• Achieving growth and hitting sales targets (leveraging the benefits of commission scheme) by increasing sales, analysing and optimising performance and maintaining excellent relationships with partners.
• Maintaining awareness of relevant product development opportunities and the competitive landscape to effectively market Bolt Business’ offering.
• Working closely with the local business team to close significant deals and contributing to a strategic sales plan that expands the company’s customer base.

• You have previous experience in fast-paced B2B sales.
• You excel at engaging with customers, pitching ideas, negotiating terms, and closing sales across various formats, including in-person meetings, phone conversations, and written communications.
• You're interested in shared mobility and have a track record in successfully generating and managing sales leads, onboarding clients, and managing accounts for small to mid businesses.
• You’re fluent in Latvian and English, and possess good communication, collaboration, negotiation and networking skills.
• You demonstrate an analytical mindset, with an advanced understanding of leveraging tools to manage data and, ideally, first-hand experience working with a CRM (preferably Salesforce).
• Your hands-on work demonstrates a high level of initiative to challenges and a strong sense of ownership.

Experience is great, but what we really look for is drive, intelligence, and integrity. So even if you don’t tick every box, please consider applying!

• Play a direct role in shaping the future of mobility.
• Impact millions of customers and partners in 600+ cities across 50+ countries.
• Work in fast-moving autonomous teams with some of the smartest people in the world.
• Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.
• Get a rewarding salary and stock option package that lets you focus on doing your best work.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working in a hybrid mode with a minimum of 3 days in the office each week to foster strong connections and teamwork.
• Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.

*Some perks may differ depending on your location and role.

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B2B Account Manager, Bolt for Business

We’re looking for a growth-driven Account Manager to join our Bolt Business team in Latvia. This role is heavily focused on driving usage, upsell, and expansion within existing accounts. You’ll be on the front line with customers, making a high volume of activities, spotting opportunities, and scaling them across accounts and verticals.

As the face of Bolt Business, you will work closely with key businesses, deeply understand their operations, and actively push adoption and growth of Bolt’s products.

The salary range for this role is between €2,500 - €3,500 monthly fixed + 25% quarterly bonus structure + equity.

With over 200 million users in 50+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it's all thanks to our people.

We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or ability.

Our ultimate goal is to make cities for people, not cars. And we need your help on this mission!

As an Account Manager, you’ll own the commercial growth, retention and expansion of an assigned portfolio of well known business customers. You are not just maintaining relationships- you are actively growing them.

You’ll work closely with clients to:

• Increase active usage and transaction volumes.
• Upsell additional Bolt for Business products and verticals.
• Identify scalable opportunities and replicate success across accounts.

This is a high-energy, proactive role suited for someone who is hungry, comfortable with frequent communication, and motivated by measurable growth outcomes.

• Own and grow a portfolio of existing business clients with a strong focus on usage growth, upsell, and expansion.
• Proactively engage customers through regular calls, meetings, and visits, maintaining a high activity level.
• Identify opportunities to scale Bolt Business usage across multiple verticals (e.g. Ride Hailing, Bolt Drive, Bolt Food and other Bolt products) within existing accounts.
• Actively push adoption of new features, products, and use cases to drive higher volumes.
• Take full ownership of customer performance, advising on optimal use cases to maximize value and retention.
• Develop and execute account growth plans focused on increasing volume and revenue from existing clients.
• Promptly handle customer queries while continuously steering conversations toward growth opportunities.
• Collaborate closely with Sales, Customer Support, Product, Account Managers, and Country Managers to unlock upsell and expansion opportunities.
• Support onboarding of new clients while ensuring fast ramp-up and early growth.

• You have at least 2 years of experience in Account Management, Customer Success, Sales, or a similar B2B role.
• You are hungry, driven, and comfortable with a high volume of calls and customer interactions.
• You have a proven track record of growing existing accounts, increasing usage, and driving upsell.
• You naturally identify opportunities and know how to scale them across accounts and segments.
• You take strong ownership of results and push initiatives forward independently.
• You communicate confidently in Latvian and English and can build trust quickly with stakeholders.
• You are hands-on, proactive, and motivated by clear targets and measurable impact.

Experience is great, but what we really look for is drive, intelligence, and integrity. So even if you don’t tick every box, please consider applying!

• Play a direct role in shaping the future of mobility.
• Impact millions of customers and partners in 600+ cities across 50 countries.
• Work in fast-moving autonomous teams with some of the smartest people in the world.
• Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.
• Get a rewarding salary and stock option package that lets you focus on doing your best work.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working in a hybrid mode with a minimum of 3 days in the office each week to foster strong connections and teamwork.
• Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.

*Some perks may differ depending on your location and role.

Payment Intelligence

Our mission is to make GoCardless the best way to pay and be paid. Our ambition is to dramatically improve payment performance and safeguard our customers from bad outcomes like payment fraud and failures. You will help find data opportunities and areas to improve our payment intelligence products. You should be comfortable with large data sets, customer data, and machine learning principles. You’ll work alongside Product Managers, Engineers and Data Scientists in our two core Payment Intelligence teams to provide critical insights and help drive product direction.

Our existing Payment Intelligence Products are already one of the key reasons why customers choose GoCardless. These include Protect+, which defends customers from fraud, and Success+, which helps customers intelligently recover failed payments. You will need to own our understanding of these products and identify insights and opportunities to help us develop new intelligent features.

What You'll Do

At GoCardless analytics is at the core of everything we do and drives business performance through data insight. You will play a critical role partnering closely with stakeholders across the business (including product, operations, marketing, and commercial teams) in order to deliver actionable insights to influence decisions at every level of the organisation. The role is focussed on identifying value and driving change throughout the business derived from insights. Your insights will be turned into actions that will help drive the future of GoCardless. You will act as the bridge between the data, technical and business stakeholders informing strategic plans and will own and evolve a suite of reports designed to give a wide range of stakeholders access insights. 

• Own and iterate on experiments to generate user insight and drive business metrics, allowing the team to quickly take action on business opportunities.
• Define how we quantitatively evaluate success, setting KPIs, designing tracking to measure what really matters, delving into the leading indicators of user behaviour
• Influence the organisation to increase Product Data coverage and implement user tracking best practices - acting as a mentor to guide other members of the organisation to become data driven
• Build models of user-segmentation, customer lifetime value etc in order to inform strategic product & commercial decisions
• Continuously innovate on the practices and the tools we rely on to deliver the right insights at the right decision points (A/B Testing, Analysis (SQL), Visualisation (Looker), Tracking (Amplitude), Automation (Python), AI (Gemini)

What Excites You

• Become a strategic partner and advisor for the business: you like to proactively seek out gaps in our product capabilities, suggest areas of improvement based on tangible data, as well as owning processes to run and improve testing from the tracking point of view when developing new features. 
• Act as a catalyst for change across the organization, driving the evolution of our data analytics standards, internal processes, and overall product data strategy to ensure scalability and operational excellence.
• Translate complex technical findings into compelling, high-impact narratives. You will bridge the gap between technical data and commercial strategy, influencing product roadmaps and executive decision-making across the entire organization.
• Stay current with AI and data trends to solve real-world problems. You like to leverage these technologies to enhance the payment experience, as well as to optimize data analysis, and deliver high-impact insights and strategic recommendations across the business.
• Unlocking new layers of payment performance, from uncovering new fraud vectors to maximizing success rates
• Serve as a cross-functional mentor, championing a data-driven mindset and elevating the analytical capabilities of team members throughout the company.

What Excites us

• You have a background working in similar fast paced product-driven teams and are great at communicating insights to a range of audiences, including senior stakeholders, to drive data-informed product decisions
• You are a self-starter, focused on results, with a demonstrated background in using analytics to drive the understanding, growth, and success of a product
• You have extensive experience with data visualisation tools mentioned above and develop compelling visualisations which influence decision making and business understanding
• You have advanced SQL skills and intermediate Python skills & have experience leveraging AI capabilities to enhance data analysis, automate tasks, and improve decision-making processes
• You have a background working in similar fast paced teams and are great at communicating insights to a range of audiences, including senior stakeholders, to drive data-informed decisions.
• You are solution-oriented and able to own projects from start to finish. You are comfortable motivating stakeholders across the business and negotiating timelines to unblock yourself and make things happen!

Salary range: the expected base salary range for this position is between €32,000 - €48,000.

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data. Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.

Payment Intelligence

Our mission is to make GoCardless the best way to pay and be paid. Our ambition is to dramatically improve payment performance and safeguard our customers from bad outcomes like payment fraud and failures. You will help find data opportunities and areas to improve our payment intelligence products. You should be comfortable with large data sets, customer data, and machine learning principles. You’ll work alongside Product Managers, Engineers and Data Scientists in our two core Payment Intelligence teams to provide critical insights and help drive product direction.

Our existing Payment Intelligence Products are already one of the key reasons why customers choose GoCardless. These include Protect+, which defends customers from fraud, and Success+, which helps customers intelligently recover failed payments. You will need to own our understanding of these products and identify insights and opportunities to help us develop new intelligent features.

What You'll Do

At GoCardless analytics is at the core of everything we do and drives business performance through data insight. You will play a critical role partnering closely with stakeholders across the business (including product, operations, marketing, and commercial teams) in order to deliver actionable insights to influence decisions at every level of the organisation. The role is focussed on identifying value and driving change throughout the business derived from insights. Your insights will be turned into actions that will help drive the future of GoCardless. You will act as the bridge between the data, technical and business stakeholders informing strategic plans and will own and evolve a suite of reports designed to give a wide range of stakeholders access insights. 

• Own and iterate on experiments to generate user insight and drive business metrics, allowing the team to quickly take action on business opportunities.
• Define how we quantitatively evaluate success, setting KPIs, designing tracking to measure what really matters, delving into the leading indicators of user behaviour
• Influence the organisation to increase Product Data coverage and implement user tracking best practices - acting as a mentor to guide other members of the organisation to become data driven
• Build models of user-segmentation, customer lifetime value etc in order to inform strategic product & commercial decisions
• Continuously innovate on the practices and the tools we rely on to deliver the right insights at the right decision points (A/B Testing, Analysis (SQL), Visualisation (Looker), Tracking (Amplitude), Automation (Python), AI (Gemini)

What Excites You

• Become a strategic partner and advisor for the business: you like to proactively seek out gaps in our product capabilities, suggest areas of improvement based on tangible data, as well as owning processes to run and improve testing from the tracking point of view when developing new features. 
• Act as a catalyst for change across the organization, driving the evolution of our data analytics standards, internal processes, and overall product data strategy to ensure scalability and operational excellence.
• Translate complex technical findings into compelling, high-impact narratives. You will bridge the gap between technical data and commercial strategy, influencing product roadmaps and executive decision-making across the entire organization.
• Stay current with AI and data trends to solve real-world problems. You like to leverage these technologies to enhance the payment experience, as well as to optimize data analysis, and deliver high-impact insights and strategic recommendations across the business.
• Unlocking new layers of payment performance, from uncovering new fraud vectors to maximizing success rates
• Serve as a cross-functional mentor, championing a data-driven mindset and elevating the analytical capabilities of team members throughout the company.

What Excites us

• You have a background working in similar fast paced product-driven teams and are great at communicating insights to a range of audiences, including senior stakeholders, to drive data-informed product decisions
• You are a self-starter, focused on results, with a demonstrated background in using analytics to drive the understanding, growth, and success of a product
• You have extensive experience with data visualisation tools mentioned above and develop compelling visualisations which influence decision making and business understanding
• You have advanced SQL skills and intermediate Python skills & have experience leveraging AI capabilities to enhance data analysis, automate tasks, and improve decision-making processes
• You have a background working in similar fast paced teams and are great at communicating insights to a range of audiences, including senior stakeholders, to drive data-informed decisions.
• You are solution-oriented and able to own projects from start to finish. You are comfortable motivating stakeholders across the business and negotiating timelines to unblock yourself and make things happen!

Salary range: the expected base salary range for this position is between €32,000 - €48,000.

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data. Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.

Bolt Market is looking for a Senior Commercial Manager to lead and scale the Stores commercial organization in Latvia. 

This is a full-time permanent employment opportunity. The yearly gross salary for this role starts from 49,000€ and it's flexible depending on your skills, knowledge, and experience.

 
 
With over 200 million users in 50+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it's all thanks to our people.

We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or ability.

Our ultimate goal is to make cities for people, not cars. And we need your help on this mission!
 

 
 

In this role, you will define and own the country’s commercial strategy and full commercial P&L, balancing consumer experience, revenue growth, and long-term profitability. You will be the senior point of accountability for all commercial operations, setting direction, establishing frameworks, and building high-performing commercial teams.
 

 
 

• Define and own the country’s long-term commercial strategy in alignment with global leadership
• Own the full commercial P&L, including GMV, margin, profitability, and pricing architecture
• Develop and execute annual and quarterly commercial plans with clear priorities and success metrics
• Lead strategic relationships with top-tier and national CPG partners, overseeing Joint Business Plans and Growth Tools
• Set governance and guardrails for promotions, assortment, supplier performance, and commercial decision-making
• Lead, develop, and retain high-performing commercial teams; act as the key commercial stakeholder locally and globally
   
  

 
 

• 5+ years of experience in senior commercial or category leadership roles within ecommerce or retail
• Proven ownership of commercial P&L and strategic planning at country or regional level
• Strong people leadership experience with a track record of team development
• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or a related field plus English and Latvian proficiency.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills in senior, cross-functional environments
• Strong analytical and financial acumen; experience with Nielsen data is a strong plus
   
   
  Experience is great, but what we really look for is drive, intelligence, and integrity. So even if you don’t tick every box, please consider applying!
   
  

 
 

• Play a direct role in shaping the future of mobility.
• Impact millions of customers and partners in 600+ cities across 50+ countries.
• Work in fast-moving autonomous teams with some of the smartest people in the world.
• Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.
• Get a rewarding salary and stock option package that lets you focus on doing your best work.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working in a hybrid mode with a minimum of 3 days in the office each week to foster strong connections and teamwork.
• Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.
   
    *Some perks may differ depending on your location and role.
  

We are seeking a Sales Specialist to join our team at Bolt Food Latvia. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is eager to develop their sales career in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. The ideal candidate thrives in a target-driven setting, leveraging the CRM to be highly organised, and has consistency with high sales activities to drive a high volume of outbound activations

The fixed salary range for this role is between €22,000 - €28,000 and is based on performance during the interview process. There is also a monthly bonus structure on top + equity. 

With over 200 million users in 50+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it's all thanks to our people.

We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or ability.

Our ultimate goal is to make cities for people, not cars. And we need your help on this mission!

The Sales Specialist is a pivotal role within our sales department, instrumental in acquiring large volume of restaurants & stores for the Bolt Food platform. The role focuses on outbound outreach to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that are a good fit for the platform. The day-to-day activities involve lead qualification, outbound sales calls, face-to-face meetings, and occasional travel to other cities in Latvia. You’ll drive our sales growth, reach out to potential partners, pitch, negotiate, and close deals.

• Lead Management: Qualify and score new leads based on specific criteria to streamline the sales process.
• Collaboration: Work closely together with teams like Operations, Account Management, Marketing, and peers across the Baltics.
• Phone & F2F Sales: Oversee the complete sales cycle of outbound leads, and perform targeted outreach to SMB prospects by initiating contact, delivering compelling sales pitches, closing, and activating.
• Onboarding: Ensure a smooth onboarding process for new clients and follow-up with activation calls to get new restaurants live.
• Administrative work: Efficiently gather all necessary information and documents from partners, ensuring a high quality transition to active operations.
• CRM maintenance (Salesforce): Record, update and check all daily activities performed in the CRM to keep all relevant data up to date.

• Minimum 2 years of experience in sales, account management, or business development. Additional experience in the HORECA industry will be considered as a plus.
• Fluency in Latvian & English language, both in verbal and written forms is essential. Additional proficiency in Russian will be a plus.
• Understands and applies core sales principles, including: handling objections effectively, selling value over price, research, exploration, and closing.
• Demonstrates a clear system for managing daily work, priorities, and pipeline. Maintains order, discipline, and clarity in execution.
• Actively seeks feedback and applies it. Shows a strong willingness to learn, improve, and adapt quickly.
• Gains energy from engaging with people daily. Comfortable initiating conversations and building relationships at scale. Strong communication skills and a natural ability to connect with others are a must.

Experience is great, but what we really look for is drive, intelligence, and integrity. So even if you don’t tick every box, please consider applying!

• Play a direct role in shaping the future of mobility.

• Impact millions of customers and partners in 600+ cities across 50+ countries.

• Work in fast-moving autonomous teams with some of the smartest people in the world.
• Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.
• Get a rewarding salary and stock option package that lets you focus on doing your best work.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working in a hybrid mode with a minimum of 2 days in the office each week to foster strong connections and teamwork.
• Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.

*Some perks may differ depending on your location and role.

LIFECYCLE MARKETING STRATEGIST

Our Mission is to be able to say - "Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price"

We are looking for a highly motivated and results-focused Lifecycle Marketing Strategist to join our team.

In this role at Common Thread Collective (CTC), you will serve as a key strategic leader, helping guide our clients toward long-term, scalable growth. Your mission is to ensure predictable and consistent revenue through lifecycle marketing initiatives—leveraging data-driven insights to create forecasts, shape strategic plans, and maintain reliable performance.  At CTC, your expertise is invaluable, covering the elements of CTC's strategic forecasting methods and the foundational principles of retention marketing.

Your responsibilities extend far beyond email execution—you act as a trusted partner to our clients in all areas of customer lifecycle strategy. You clearly articulate the reasoning behind our recommendations, bridging the gap between forecasts and the email, SMS, direct mail, and other lifecycle touchpoints we deploy. Your ability to explain the “why” strengthens client confidence and builds a deeper sense of partnership

You also serve as a dedicated champion of CTC’s distinctive lifecycle approach and the tools that power it.

As a Lifecycle Marketing Strategist, you lead with clarity and intention, ensuring that every initiative is executed with excellence and aligned with client goals

You are energized by complex challenges, take full ownership of outcomes, and commit to designing, refining, and scaling high-impact lifecycle marketing strategies. We operate with the mindset: “Everyday in Every Play, Count on Me”—meaning we uphold accountability, pursue mastery, and consistently deliver meaningful results.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions — from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money — in the direction of three committed values.

We recognize these values aren't for everyone.

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

Minimum Experience Requirement  

• At least 2 years of hands-on experience in email and SMS marketing, with proven execution across campaigns, automations, segmentation, and optimization.

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in retention marketing, owning initiatives that drive predictable revenue, customer lifetime value, and ongoing lifecycle improvements

What Success Looks Like

NECESSARY SKILLS

KICK OFF PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the kick off.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Growth strategist, Meta/Google/Channel Media Buyer and Creative Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas and other tracking tools.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophit system for your clients
• Building an Email Forecast for your clients
  • Utilizing a Growth map using the Prophet System
  • Data Analysis required during analysis of past campaigns and flows etc
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Monthly Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each month, and determine additional resources required to meet KPIs.
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it's time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you've found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC's Email and SMS best practices
• Leverage tools like memberships, subscriptions, loyalty programs, popups, quizzes, cart drawers, post-purchase upsell tools, direct mail and more, to impact retention metrics.
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and deploying additional resources, or updating strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Projected Targets.
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring deliverables are on-brand 100% of the time, in collaboration with designers and copywriters.
• Ensuring that automations, campaigns and any other retention tool has the correct technical setups and work in tandem to achieve desired business outcomes
• Ensuring alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback
• Ensuring following the Prophit system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on Retention goals aligned with revenue goals on the Growth Map and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending daily performance updates to the client
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every week of the month.
• Providing weekly updates via Slack.
• Report where required, collaborating with Growth Strategists and Media Buyers.
  
  

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement.
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams.
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.

Great Data Analysis skills

• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience 

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, copywriting, email/sms marketing etc.

Critical Thinking 

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results 

You will merge the Retention, Growth and elements of finance to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of training, enabling precise execution of the Prophit system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance of retention, far beyond the email/sms platform, referring to the Prophit system's Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in email and sms marketing to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, email production and execution.
• Meet all deadlines and retention requirements requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.
  
  

JOB SCOPE

• Oversee the profitable growth of retention channels, including but not limited to email, sms, direct mail, popups and push notifications. Where required, you may work within subscription, membership, loyalty programs and more.
• Write briefs and ensure the rest of the team is able to execute on it
• Complete reports with a high degree of accuracy, checking against multiple data points
• Analyse metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of retention efforts, providing insights and recommendations for improvements, with Statlas and the Growth Map as your guide.
• Collaborate with design, content and any other relevant teams to create compelling and engaging email content, ensuring brand consistency and messaging alignment.
• Ensure the timely delivery of relevant deliverables (emails, sms etc), which includes effective internal project management and management of clients and their teams.
• Stay updated with industry trends, new features, and best practices in retention marketing to continuously optimize performance.
• This is a client-facing role. So you must be able to consult clients and solve business problems, far beyond the email platform.
• Prioritize the development of relational equity with your team and clients to foster lasting relationships for the continued growth of CTC and our client businesses.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• First 30 days – $1.5K (Part-time transition phase)

  • Give notice at your current job (if applicable)

  • Participate in daily training for the first 15 days

  • Shadow and support ongoing accounts during the next 15 days while preparing to take on your own clients

  Days 31–60 – $3K (Full-time start)

  • Transition to full-time

  • Begin managing your first 3 client accounts independently

  Days 61–90 – $4–5K + performance bonuses

  • Continue growing your portfolio

  • Earn bonuses based on hitting revenue targets

  •  Negotiate your term contract annually

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
  • Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
  • Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
  • With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress
• My Commitment to You:
  • You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and get recognized by the world for your expertise. You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression.
  • We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.

Location & Environment

• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you're consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.

RETENTION SPECIALIST

Our Mission is to be able to say - "Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price"

We are seeking a Driven and Results-Oriented Retention Specialist to join our team.

The Retention Specialist at Common Thread Collective (CTC) plays a critical leadership role in guiding our clients toward sustainable and scalable growth. This position is all about owning ensuring revenue is delivered predictably for the business through retention marketing efforts —using data-backed insights to build forecasts, shape strategic direction, and ensure consistent performance delivery. At CTC, your expertise is invaluable, covering the elements of CTC's strategic forecasting methods and the foundational principles of retention marketing.

Your role isn’t limited to email strategy — you’ll be a key partner in driving Customer Retention. You’ll proactively communicate the rationale behind our approach and connect the dots between forecasts and what gets deployed across email/SMS/direct mail and other retention levers. You’ll align closely with the Client Success Managers so they can translate that strategy clearly and consistently, keeping execution and targets tightly connected.

You stand as a zealous advocate and representative of CTC's unique approach to retention and its accompanying tools.

 As a Retention Specialist, you lead with precision and vision, ensuring that every initiative meets the highest standards of execution and effectiveness.

You thrive on challenges, take ownership of outcomes, and are committed to building, optimizing, and scaling high-performance marketing strategies. We embrace the mantra, "Everyday in Everyplay, Count on Me," meaning we take full responsibility, drive excellence, and always deliver results.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions — from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money — in the direction of three committed values.

We recognize these values aren't for everyone.

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

Minimum Experience Requirement  

• At least 2 years of hands-on experience in email and SMS marketing, with proven execution across campaigns, automations, segmentation, and optimization.

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in retention marketing, owning initiatives that drive predictable revenue, customer lifetime value, and ongoing lifecycle improvements.

What Success Looks Like

NECESSARY SKILLS

KICK OFF PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the kick off.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Growth strategist, Meta/Google/Channel Media Buyer and Creative Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas and other tracking tools.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophit system for your clients
• Building an Email Forecast for your clients
  • Utilizing a Growth map using the Prophet System
  • Data Analysis required during analysis of past campaigns and flows etc
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Monthly Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each month, and determine additional resources required to meet KPIs.
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it's time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you've found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC's Email and SMS best practices
• Leverage tools like memberships, subscriptions, loyalty programs, popups, quizzes, cart drawers, post-purchase upsell tools, direct mail and more, to impact retention metrics.
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and deploying additional resources, or updating strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Projected Targets.
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring deliverables are on-brand 100% of the time, in collaboration with designers and copywriters.
• Ensuring that automations, campaigns and any other retention tool has the correct technical setups and work in tandem to achieve desired business outcomes
• Ensuring alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback
• Ensuring following the Prophit system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement.
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams.
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to your pod.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence..

Great Data Analysis skills

• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience 

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, copywriting, email/sms marketing etc.

Critical Thinking 

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results 

You will merge the Retention, Growth and elements of finance to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of training, enabling precise execution of the Prophit system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance of retention, far beyond the email/sms platform, referring to the Prophit system's Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in email and sms marketing to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, email production and execution.
• Meet all deadlines and retention requirements requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.

JOB SCOPE

• Oversee the profitable growth of retention channels, including but not limited to email, sms, direct mail, popups and push notifications. Where required, you may work within subscription, membership, loyalty programs and more.
• This will not be a client-facing role. You will work closely with a Client Success Manager who will be the main strategist for your accounts.You will be the expert within the email and SMS program, executing and drawing all the relevant insights for the Client Success Manager to present to the client.
• Work in a pod, comprising a Client Success Manager, a Copywriter, a Designer and yourself.
• Collaborate with the Client Success Manager, Growth Strategists and Media Buyers to ensure the retention team meets all forecasts; including but not limited to Returning Revenue, Email/SMS Revenue, Direct Mail Revenue and other pre-agreed KPIs set between CTC and the client.
• Be accountable for performance of up to 10 clients. Some of these brands will be the biggest and most notable logos you’ll work on in your life.
• Complete reports with a high degree of accuracy, checking against multiple data points.
• Analyse metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of retention efforts, providing insights and recommendations for improvements, with Statlas and the Growth Map as your guide.
• Ensure the timely delivery of relevant deliverables (emails, sms etc), which includes effective internal project management and management of clients and their teams.
• Stay updated with industry trends, new features, and best practices in retention marketing to continuously optimize performance.
• Prioritize the development of relational equity with your team and clients to foster lasting relationships for the continued growth of CTC and our client businesses.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• First 30 days – $1K (Part-time transition phase)

  • Give notice at your current job (if applicable)

  • Participate in daily training for the first 15 days

  • Shadow and support ongoing accounts during the next 15 days while preparing to take on your own clients

  Days 31–60 – $2K (Full-time start)

  • Transition to full-time

  • Begin managing your first 3 client accounts independently

  Days 61–90 – $3–5K + performance bonuses

  • Continue growing your portfolio

  • Earn bonuses based on hitting revenue targets

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
  • Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
  • Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
  • With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress
• My Commitment to You:
  • You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and get recognized by the world for your expertise. You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression.
  • We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.

Location & Environment

• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you're consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.

RETENTION CLIENT SUCCESS MANAGER

Our Mission is to be able to say - "Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price" 

We’re seeking a Driven and Results-Oriented Retention Client Success Manager to join our team

The Retention Client Success Manager at Common Thread Collective (CTC) plays a critical leadership role in guiding our clients toward sustainable and scalable growth. This position is all about owning ensuring revenue is delivered predictably for the business through retention marketing efforts —using data-backed insights to build forecasts, shape strategic direction, and ensure consistent performance delivery. At CTC, your expertise is invaluable, covering the elements of CTC's strategic forecasting methods and the foundational principles of retention marketing.

Your role isn't limited to email strategy—you're a key partner to our clients on Customer Retention. You proactively communicate the rationale behind our approach and connect the dots between forecasts and the emails/sms/direct mail etc that are sent out. That level of clarity builds confidence and deepens trust, ensuring our clients feel supported and understood every step of the way. 

As a Retention Client Success Manager, you lead with precision and vision, ensuring that every initiative meets the highest standards of execution and effectiveness.

You thrive on challenges, take ownership of outcomes, and are committed to building, optimizing, and scaling high-performance marketing strategies. We embrace the mantra, "Everyday in Everyplay, Count on Me," meaning we take full responsibility, drive excellence, and always deliver results!

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions — from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money — in the direction of three committed values.

We recognize these values aren't for everyone.

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

What Success Looks Like

NECESSARY SKILLS

KICK OFF PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the kick off.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Growth strategist, Meta/Google/Channel Media Buyer, Creative Strategist and Email Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas and other tracking tools.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophit system for your clients
• Building an Email Forecast for your clients
  • Utilizing a Growth map using the Prophit System
  • Data Analysis required during analysis of past campaigns and flows etc
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Monthly Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each month, and determine additional resources required to meet KPIs.
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it's time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you've found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC's Email and SMS best practices
• Leverage tools like memberships, subscriptions, loyalty programs, popups, quizzes, cart drawers, post-purchase upsell tools, direct mail and more, to impact retention metrics.
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and deploying additional resources, or updating strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Projected Targets.
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring deliverables are on-brand 100% of the time, in collaboration with designers and copywriters.
• Ensuring that automations, campaigns and any other retention tool has the correct technical setups and work in tandem to achieve desired business outcomes.
• Ensuring alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy.
• Ensuring above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on Retention goals aligned with revenue goals on the Growth Map and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending weekly performance updates to the client and bi-weekly/monthly calls.
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every week of the month.
• Providing weekly updates via Slack.
• Report where required, collaborating with Growth Strategists and Media Buyers.
  
  

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement.
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams.
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.

Great Data Analysis skills

• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience 

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, copywriting, email/sms marketing etc.

Critical Thinking 

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results 

You will merge the Retention, Growth and elements of finance to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of training, enabling precise execution of the Prophit system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance of retention, far beyond the email/sms platform, referring to the Prophit system's Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in email and sms marketing to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, email production and execution.
• Meet all deadlines and retention requirements requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.

JOB SCOPE

• Oversee the profitable growth of retention channels, including but not limited to email, sms, direct mail, popups and push notifications. Where required, you may work within subscription, membership, loyalty programs and more.
• Work closely with Growth Strategists and Media Buyers to ensure the retention team meets all forecasts; including but not limited to Returning Revenue, Email/SMS Revenue, Direct Mail Revenue and other pre-agreed KPIs set between CTC and the client.
• Lead a pod, comprising an Email Operator, a Copywriter and a Designer.
• Be accountable for performance of anywhere between 20-30 clients on a very high level, working with multiple Email Operators, who will each be responsible for up to 10 clients. Some of these brands will be the biggest and most notable logos you’ll work on in your life.
• Your main role is to get on calls and present strategy to clients to help them solve problems. Then delegate all tasks to Email Operators to execute.
• You are the decision maker in this. Based on insights gathered by the Email Operator, you define what needs to happen next. Then delegate to the team to execute, and consult clients.
• Where required, train and equip Email Operators to improve in performance within the larger Retention Marketing ecosystem.
• Present reports with a high degree of accuracy, checking against multiple data points.
• Analyse metrics and KPIs put together by the Email Operator, to measure the effectiveness of retention efforts, providing insights and recommendations for improvements, with Statlas and the Growth Map as your guide.
• Ensure the timely delivery of relevant deliverables (emails, sms etc), which includes effective internal project management and management of clients and their teams.
• Stay updated with industry trends, new features, and best practices in retention marketing to continuously optimize performance.
• This is a client-facing role. So you must be able to consult clients and solve business problems, far beyond the email platform.
• Prioritize the development of relational equity with your team and clients to foster lasting relationships for the continued growth of CTC and our client businesses.

WORKING HOURS

• Since this is a client-facing role, and the majority of our clients are in the US, you will be required to operate with at least 5h timezone coverage in the US (EST and PST). Beyond that required coverage window, your schedule is flexible.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• $6,000-$8,000 a month

• First 30 days – $3K (Part-time transition phase)

  • Give notice at your current job (if applicable)

  • Participate in daily training for the first 15 days

  • Shadow and support ongoing accounts during the next 15 days while preparing to take on your own clients.

  Days 31–60 – $4.5K (Full-time start)

  • Transition to full-time

  • Begin managing your first 3 client accounts independently.

  Days 61–90 – $6–8K + performance bonuses

  • Continue growing your portfolio

  • Earn bonuses based on hitting revenue targets

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
  • Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
  • Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
  • With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress
• Our Commitment to You:
  • You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and get recognized by the world for your expertise. You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression.
  • We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.

Location & Environment

• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you're consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.

The role

Data sits at the core of our mission. We leverage bank account data to deliver high-value, intelligent payment solutions for our customers, from enhancing payment success rates to driving payer fraud prevention.

As a Data Science Manager within our Payment Intelligence team, you’ll partner with Software Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers to turn big ideas into reality. You’ll own the full lifecycle of our algorithms, shaping everything from the initial concept to production-ready code that powers our global payment network.

At GoCardless, our stack is centered around Google Cloud Platform and Vertex AI, providing a high-performance environment for innovation. Our Data Scientists operate at the intersection of Python, SQL, and BigQuery to build and deploy high-performance models at scale.

What you’ll do

• Manage and mentor a high-performing team of Data Scientists, fostering a culture of technical excellence and supporting their long-term career development.
• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of mission-critical ML models that power real-time payment decisions.
• Shape the strategic roadmap for the Payment Intelligence space, translating complex data challenges into actionable, high-impact goals.
• Drive cross-functional impact by working closely across disciplines to build end-to-end technical solutions, from concept to production.
• Influence Senior Leadership by acting as the bridge between technical complexity and business value, communicating ML strategy to senior stakeholders.

What excites you

• Driving cutting-edge advancements in Data, AI, and Machine Learning within the payments space with a multidisciplinary team.
• Mentoring a high-performing team and fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Solving the complex, real-time challenges of fraud prevention and payment optimisation at scale.
• Building production-grade ML models on a streamlined GCP and Vertex AI stack to drive fintech innovation.

What excites us

• 2+ years managing Data Scientists within complex, high-stakes domains.
• A hands-on leader comfortable diving into the codebase. You bring strong expertise in Python and SQL to oversee the full lifecycle of a model, from initial prototype to robust production deployment.
• A decisive collaborator who can navigate technical trade-offs and translate complex ML concepts for cross-functional stakeholders and leadership.
• Familiarity with complex data environments and model architectures, such as deep learning (experience in Fintech, Fraud Prevention, or Payments is a big plus).

The role

Data sits at the core of our mission. We leverage bank account data to deliver high-value, intelligent payment solutions for our customers, from enhancing payment success rates to driving payer fraud prevention.

As a Senior Data Scientist within our Payment Intelligence team, you’ll partner with Software Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers to turn big ideas into reality. You’ll own the full lifecycle of our algorithms, shaping everything from the initial concept to production-ready code that powers our global payment network.

At GoCardless, our stack is centered around Google Cloud Platform and Vertex AI, providing a high-performance environment for innovation. Our Data Scientists operate at the intersection of Python, SQL, and BigQuery to build and deploy high-performance models at scale.

What you’ll do

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of models at scale, from initial discovery and feature engineering to production, A/B testing and continuous monitoring.
• Collaborate with product and engineering peers to turn complex data into real-time, mission-critical fraud prevention solutions.
• Raise the team’s collective bar through hands-on technical leadership and knowledge sharing.
• Proactively research and integrate latest developments in ML and payer fraud prevention to drive innovation at GoCardless.

What excites you

• Being a self-starter who thrives on taking a vague business problem and owning the journey from the first prototype to a live, measurable solution.
• An opportunity to introduce and scale advanced architectures to solve high-stakes fraud and payment challenges.
• Moving beyond execution to help define the technical roadmap for Payer Fraud Prevention, ensuring we leverage the best tools for the job.
• Building production-grade ML models on a streamlined GCP and Vertex AI stack to drive fintech innovation.

What excites us

• You hold a degree (or PhD) in a STEM discipline or an equivalent commercial experience.
• You bring hands-on experience with sophisticated architectures, such as deep learning, graph-based, or sequence-based models (experience in Fintech, Fraud Prevention, or Payments is a big plus).
• You can translate complex ML concepts into practical product solutions and communicate these ideas clearly to non-technical peers.
• You are comfortable owning the full lifecycle, from deep-dive analysis and feature engineering to prototyping, validation, and live A/B testing.
• You lead by example, writing clean, high-quality code and raising the team’s technical bar through knowledge sharing and code best practices.

CRM & RETENTION STRATEGIST

Our Mission is to be able to say - "Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price"

We are looking for a highly motivated and results-driven CRM & Retention Strategist to join our team.

In this role at Common Thread Collective (CTC), you will hold a central strategic position, supporting our clients in achieving sustainable and scalable growth. Your primary mission is to generate consistent, predictable revenue through retention-led initiatives—leveraging data-driven insights to build accurate forecasts, inform strategic decisions, and maintain reliable performance. At CTC, your expertise is essential, encompassing both our proprietary forecasting frameworks and the core principles of retention marketing.

Your influence extends well beyond managing email channels—you serve as a strategic partner to clients across all facets of retention. You articulate the logic behind our recommendations clearly and convincingly, linking forecasting outputs to the email, SMS, direct mail, and additional lifecycle touchpoints we deploy. Your communication strengthens trust, aligns stakeholders, and elevates the overall client relationship.

You also champion CTC’s retention philosophy and the systems that operationalize it.
As a CRM & Retention Strategist, you bring rigor and intentionality to every initiative, ensuring each program meets the highest execution standards and remains tightly aligned with client goals.

You excel at tackling complex problems, take full ownership of results, and are dedicated to building, refining, and scaling impactful retention programs. We embody the mindset “Everyday in Every Play, Count on Me”—holding ourselves accountable, aiming for excellence, and consistently delivering meaningful outcomes.

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WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions — from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money — in the direction of three committed values.

We recognize these values aren't for everyone.

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

Minimum Experience Requirement  

• At least 2 years of hands-on experience in email and SMS marketing, with proven execution across campaigns, automations, segmentation, and optimization.

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in retention marketing, owning initiatives that drive predictable revenue, customer lifetime value, and ongoing lifecycle improvements.

• A minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience using Klaviyo, including building campaigns, flows, segmentation strategies, and performance optimization.

  Please apply only if you meet all minimum experience requirements listed above.

What Success Looks Like

NECESSARY SKILLS

KICK OFF PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the kick off.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Growth strategist, Meta/Google/Channel Media Buyer and Creative Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas and other tracking tools.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophit system for your clients
• Building an Email Forecast for your clients
  • Utilizing a Growth map using the Prophet System
  • Data Analysis required during analysis of past campaigns and flows etc
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Monthly Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each month, and determine additional resources required to meet KPIs.
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it's time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you've found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC's Email and SMS best practices
• Leverage tools like memberships, subscriptions, loyalty programs, popups, quizzes, cart drawers, post-purchase upsell tools, direct mail and more, to impact retention metrics.
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and deploying additional resources, or updating strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Projected Targets.
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring deliverables are on-brand 100% of the time, in collaboration with designers and copywriters.
• Ensuring that automations, campaigns and any other retention tool has the correct technical setups and work in tandem to achieve desired business outcomes
• Ensuring alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback
• Ensuring following the Prophit system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on Retention goals aligned with revenue goals on the Growth Map and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending daily performance updates to the client
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every week of the month.
• Providing weekly updates via Slack.
• Report where required, collaborating with Growth Strategists and Media Buyers.
  
  

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement.
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams.
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.

Great Data Analysis skills

• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience 

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, copywriting, email/sms marketing etc.

Critical Thinking 

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results 

You will merge the Retention, Growth and elements of finance to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of training, enabling precise execution of the Prophit system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance of retention, far beyond the email/sms platform, referring to the Prophit system's Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in email and sms marketing to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, email production and execution.
• Meet all deadlines and retention requirements requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.

JOB SCOPE

• Oversee the profitable growth of retention channels, including but not limited to email, sms, direct mail, popups and push notifications. Where required, you may work within subscription, membership, loyalty programs and more.
• Write briefs and ensure the rest of the team is able to execute on it
• Complete reports with a high degree of accuracy, checking against multiple data points
• Analyse metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of retention efforts, providing insights and recommendations for improvements, with Statlas and the Growth Map as your guide.
• Collaborate with design, content and any other relevant teams to create compelling and engaging email content, ensuring brand consistency and messaging alignment.
• Ensure the timely delivery of relevant deliverables (emails, sms etc), which includes effective internal project management and management of clients and their teams.
• Stay updated with industry trends, new features, and best practices in retention marketing to continuously optimize performance.
• This is a client-facing role. So you must be able to consult clients and solve business problems, far beyond the email platform.
• Prioritize the development of relational equity with your team and clients to foster lasting relationships for the continued growth of CTC and our client businesses.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• First 30 days – $1.5K (Part-time transition phase)

  • Give notice at your current job (if applicable)

  • Participate in daily training for the first 15 days

  • Shadow and support ongoing accounts during the next 15 days while preparing to take on your own clients

  Days 31–60 – $3K (Full-time start)

  • Transition to full-time

  • Begin managing your first 3 client accounts independently

  Days 61–90 – $4–5K + performance bonuses

  • Continue growing your portfolio

  • Earn bonuses based on hitting revenue targets

  •  Negotiate your term contract annually

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
  • Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
  • Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
  • With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress
• My Commitment to You:
  • You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and get recognized by the world for your expertise. You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression.
  • We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.

Location & Environment

• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you're consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.

We are looking for a driven and analytical Senior Operations Specialist to join our team in Latvia. The annual gross salary for this role starts from 32,000 EUR, depending on experience and skills.

With over 200 million customers in 50+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it's all thanks to our people.

Everyone's welcome at Bolt, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

We’re on a mission to make cities for people, not cars, and we need you to make it happen!

As a Senior Operations Specialist, you will directly contribute to marketplace performance and support strategic decision-making through data-driven insights. You will own key operational workstreams end-to-end, improve planning processes, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to unlock sustainable growth.

• Assist in the preparation and execution of strategic plans and quarterly business reviews (QBRs).
• Support the monthly and quarterly forecast planning process to ensure accurate budget and OKR (Objectives and Key Results) alignment.
• Own the analysis and review of the performance of city portfolios. Turn findings into clear actions and follow through on delivery.
• Ensure proper configuration of city-specific settings to align with operational goals.
• Analyze driver earnings data to ensure fair compensation and operational efficiency.

• BSc in Economics, Business, Statistics, or a related field with at least 2 years of experience in an analytical role.
• Strong ability to interpret data, independently own complex problems, and deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with SQL, Python, and BI/data visualization tools is a strong advantage.
• Experience with A/B testing or experimentation frameworks and data-driven decision-making.
• Excellent communication and written skills in English and Latvian.

Experience is great, but we also look for ownership, curiosity, and drive. So, even if you don’t tick every box, please consider applying if you feel you’re the kind of person described above!

GENERAL

• Play a direct role in shaping the future of mobility.
• Impact millions of customers and partners in 500+ cities across 50+ countries.
• Work in fast-moving autonomous teams with some of the smartest people in the world.
• Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.
• Get a rewarding salary and stock option package that lets you focus on doing your best work.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working in a hybrid mode with a minimum of 3 days in the office each week to foster strong connections and teamwork.
• Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.

*Some perks may differ depending on your location and role.

The role

Data sits at the core of our mission. We leverage bank account data to deliver high-value, intelligent payment solutions for our customers, from enhancing payment success rates to driving payer fraud prevention.

As a Senior Data Scientist within our Payment Intelligence team, you’ll partner with Software Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers to turn big ideas into reality. You’ll own the full lifecycle of our algorithms, shaping everything from the initial concept to production-ready code that powers our global payment network.

At GoCardless, our stack is centered around Google Cloud Platform and Vertex AI, providing a high-performance environment for innovation. Our Data Scientists operate at the intersection of Python, SQL, and BigQuery to build and deploy high-performance models at scale.

What you’ll do

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of models at scale, from initial discovery and feature engineering to production, A/B testing and continuous monitoring.
• Collaborate with product and engineering peers to turn complex data into real-time, mission-critical fraud prevention solutions.
• Raise the team’s collective bar through hands-on technical leadership and knowledge sharing.
• Proactively research and integrate latest developments in ML and payer fraud prevention to drive innovation at GoCardless.

What excites you

• Being a self-starter who thrives on taking a vague business problem and owning the journey from the first prototype to a live, measurable solution.
• An opportunity to introduce and scale advanced architectures to solve high-stakes fraud and payment challenges.
• Moving beyond execution to help define the technical roadmap for Payer Fraud Prevention, ensuring we leverage the best tools for the job.
• Building production-grade ML models on a streamlined GCP and Vertex AI stack to drive fintech innovation.

What excites us

• You hold a degree (or PhD) in a STEM discipline or an equivalent commercial experience.
• You bring hands-on experience with sophisticated architectures, such as deep learning, graph-based, or sequence-based models (experience in Fintech, Fraud Prevention, or Payments is a big plus).
• You can translate complex ML concepts into practical product solutions and communicate these ideas clearly to non-technical peers.
• You are comfortable owning the full lifecycle, from deep-dive analysis and feature engineering to prototyping, validation, and live A/B testing.
• You lead by example, writing clean, high-quality code and raising the team’s technical bar through knowledge sharing and code best practices.

Base salary range: €64,000 - €96,000

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data.  Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.

The role

Data sits at the core of our mission. We leverage bank account data to deliver high-value, intelligent payment solutions for our customers, from enhancing payment success rates to driving payer fraud prevention.

As a Senior Data Scientist within our Payment Intelligence team, you’ll partner with Software Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers to turn big ideas into reality. You’ll own the full lifecycle of our algorithms, shaping everything from the initial concept to production-ready code that powers our global payment network.

At GoCardless, our stack is centered around Google Cloud Platform and Vertex AI, providing a high-performance environment for innovation. Our Data Scientists operate at the intersection of Python, SQL, and BigQuery to build and deploy high-performance models at scale.

What you’ll do

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of models at scale, from initial discovery and feature engineering to production, A/B testing and continuous monitoring.
• Collaborate with product and engineering peers to turn complex data into real-time, mission-critical fraud prevention solutions.
• Raise the team’s collective bar through hands-on technical leadership and knowledge sharing.
• Proactively research and integrate latest developments in ML and payer fraud prevention to drive innovation at GoCardless.

What excites you

• Being a self-starter who thrives on taking a vague business problem and owning the journey from the first prototype to a live, measurable solution.
• An opportunity to introduce and scale advanced architectures to solve high-stakes fraud and payment challenges.
• Moving beyond execution to help define the technical roadmap for Payer Fraud Prevention, ensuring we leverage the best tools for the job.
• Building production-grade ML models on a streamlined GCP and Vertex AI stack to drive fintech innovation.

What excites us

• You hold a degree (or PhD) in a STEM discipline or an equivalent commercial experience.
• You bring hands-on experience with sophisticated architectures, such as deep learning, graph-based, or sequence-based models (experience in Fintech, Fraud Prevention, or Payments is a big plus).
• You can translate complex ML concepts into practical product solutions and communicate these ideas clearly to non-technical peers.
• You are comfortable owning the full lifecycle, from deep-dive analysis and feature engineering to prototyping, validation, and live A/B testing.
• You lead by example, writing clean, high-quality code and raising the team’s technical bar through knowledge sharing and code best practices.

Base salary range: £99,200 - £148,800

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data.  Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.

CUSTOMER RETENTION STRATEGIST 

Our Mission is to be able to say - "Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price"

We are seeking a highly driven and performance-oriented Customer Retention Strategist to join our team.

In this position at Common Thread Collective (CTC), you will play a pivotal strategic role, guiding our clients toward durable, scalable growth. Your core responsibility is to deliver steady and reliable revenue through retention-focused initiatives—using data-backed insights to build accurate forecasts, shape strategic direction, and ensure consistent performance. At CTC, your expertise is invaluable, covering the elements of CTC's strategic forecasting methods and the foundational principles of retention marketing.

Your impact goes far beyond managing email programs—you operate as a trusted advisor to our clients across all areas of retention strategy. You clearly communicate the rationale behind our decisions, connecting forecasting insights to the email, SMS, direct mail, and other retention touchpoints we activate. Your clarity strengthens client trust and deepens alignment throughout the partnership.

You also act as a strong advocate for CTC’s unique retention methodology and the tools that support it.

As a Customer Retention Strategist, you lead with precision and purpose, ensuring every initiative is executed to the highest standard and tightly aligned with client objectives.

You thrive on solving complex challenges, take complete ownership of outcomes, and are committed to developing, enhancing, and scaling high-impact retention programs. We embody the principle “Everyday in Every Play, Count on Me”—embracing accountability, striving for excellence, and consistently delivering results that matter.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions — from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money — in the direction of three committed values.

We recognize these values aren't for everyone.

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

Minimum Experience Requirement  

• At least 2 years of hands-on experience in email and SMS marketing, with proven execution across campaigns, automations, segmentation, and optimization.

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in retention marketing, owning initiatives that drive predictable revenue, customer lifetime value, and ongoing lifecycle improvements.
  
  

What Success Looks Like

NECESSARY SKILLS

KICK OFF PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the kick off.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Growth strategist, Meta/Google/Channel Media Buyer and Creative Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas and other tracking tools.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophit system for your clients
• Building an Email Forecast for your clients
  • Utilizing a Growth map using the Prophet System
  • Data Analysis required during analysis of past campaigns and flows etc
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Monthly Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each month, and determine additional resources required to meet KPIs.
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it's time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you've found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC's Email and SMS best practices
• Leverage tools like memberships, subscriptions, loyalty programs, popups, quizzes, cart drawers, post-purchase upsell tools, direct mail and more, to impact retention metrics.
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and deploying additional resources, or updating strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Projected Targets.
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring deliverables are on-brand 100% of the time, in collaboration with designers and copywriters.
• Ensuring that automations, campaigns and any other retention tool has the correct technical setups and work in tandem to achieve desired business outcomes
• Ensuring alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback
• Ensuring following the Prophit system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on Retention goals aligned with revenue goals on the Growth Map and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending daily performance updates to the client
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every week of the month.
• Providing weekly updates via Slack.
• Report where required, collaborating with Growth Strategists and Media Buyers.
  
  

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement.
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams.
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.

Great Data Analysis skills

• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience 

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, copywriting, email/sms marketing etc.

Critical Thinking 

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results 

You will merge the Retention, Growth and elements of finance to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of training, enabling precise execution of the Prophit system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance of retention, far beyond the email/sms platform, referring to the Prophit system's Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in email and sms marketing to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, email production and execution.
• Meet all deadlines and retention requirements requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.

DOMAIN

MANAGEMENT

• Your supervisor would be Josh Tay, The Director of Retention. 
• As a Customer Retention Strategist, you'll report directly to Josh — a leader known for challenging the norms of retention marketing and alignment with real business growth. Josh is known by his team, and all he’s worked with before, as someone who will make you level up in your thinking. Every team member has walked away being a better Customer Retention Strategist after working with Josh, that’s his promise to you, no matter if you’ve worked with him for 1 month, 1 year or 5 years

Working under Josh’s guidance will push you to your limits in the best possible way. He models the value of “do whatever it takes to be the absolute best”, and learning from him means you’ll level up in knowledge, perspective and precision. Josh is committed to personally ensuring you reach your full potential as a Customer Retention Strategist, supporting your journey every step of the way.

JOB SCOPE

• Oversee the profitable growth of retention channels, including but not limited to email, sms, direct mail, popups and push notifications. Where required, you may work within subscription, membership, loyalty programs and more.
• Write briefs and ensure the rest of the team is able to execute on it
• Complete reports with a high degree of accuracy, checking against multiple data points
• Analyse metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of retention efforts, providing insights and recommendations for improvements, with Statlas and the Growth Map as your guide.
• Collaborate with design, content and any other relevant teams to create compelling and engaging email content, ensuring brand consistency and messaging alignment.
• Ensure the timely delivery of relevant deliverables (emails, sms etc), which includes effective internal project management and management of clients and their teams.
• Stay updated with industry trends, new features, and best practices in retention marketing to continuously optimize performance.
• This is a client-facing role. So you must be able to consult clients and solve business problems, far beyond the email platform.
• Prioritize the development of relational equity with your team and clients to foster lasting relationships for the continued growth of CTC and our client businesses.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• First 30 days – $1.5K (Part-time transition phase)

  • Give notice at your current job (if applicable)

  • Participate in daily training for the first 15 days

  • Shadow and support ongoing accounts during the next 15 days while preparing to take on your own clients

  Days 31–60 – $3K (Full-time start)

  • Transition to full-time

  • Begin managing your first 3 client accounts independently

  Days 61–90 – $4–5K + performance bonuses

  • Continue growing your portfolio

  • Earn bonuses based on hitting revenue targets

  •  Negotiate your term contract annually

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
  • Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
  • Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
  • With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress
• My Commitment to You:
  • You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and get recognized by the world for your expertise. You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression.
  • We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.

Location & Environment

• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you're consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.

RETENTION STRATEGIST

Our Mission is to be able to say - "Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price"

We are seeking a Driven and Results-Oriented Retention Strategist to join our team.

The Retention Strategist at Common Thread Collective (CTC) plays a critical leadership role in guiding our clients toward sustainable and scalable growth. This position is all about owning ensuring revenue is delivered predictably for the business through retention marketing efforts —using data-backed insights to build forecasts, shape strategic direction, and ensure consistent performance delivery. At CTC, your expertise is invaluable, covering the elements of CTC's strategic forecasting methods and the foundational principles of retention marketing.

Your role isn't limited to email strategy—you're a key partner to our clients on Customer Retention. You proactively communicate the rationale behind our approach and connect the dots between forecasts and the emails/sms/direct mail etc that are sent out. That level of clarity builds confidence and deepens trust, ensuring our clients feel supported and understood every step of the way.

You stand as a zealous advocate and representative of CTC's unique approach to retention and its accompanying tools.

 As a Retention Strategist, you lead with precision and vision, ensuring that every initiative meets the highest standards of execution and effectiveness.

You thrive on challenges, take ownership of outcomes, and are committed to building, optimizing, and scaling high-performance marketing strategies. We embrace the mantra, "Everyday in Everyplay, Count on Me," meaning we take full responsibility, drive excellence, and always deliver results.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions — from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money — in the direction of three committed values.

We recognize these values aren't for everyone.

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

Minimum Experience Requirement  

• At least 2 years of hands-on experience in email and SMS marketing, with proven execution across campaigns, automations, segmentation, and optimization.

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in retention marketing, owning initiatives that drive predictable revenue, customer lifetime value, and ongoing lifecycle improvements.

What Success Looks Like

NECESSARY SKILLS

KICK OFF PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the kick off.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Growth strategist, Meta/Google/Channel Media Buyer and Creative Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas and other tracking tools.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophit system for your clients
• Building an Email Forecast for your clients
  • Utilizing a Growth map using the Prophet System
  • Data Analysis required during analysis of past campaigns and flows etc
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Monthly Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each month, and determine additional resources required to meet KPIs.
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it's time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you've found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC's Email and SMS best practices
• Leverage tools like memberships, subscriptions, loyalty programs, popups, quizzes, cart drawers, post-purchase upsell tools, direct mail and more, to impact retention metrics.
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and deploying additional resources, or updating strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Projected Targets.
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring deliverables are on-brand 100% of the time, in collaboration with designers and copywriters.
• Ensuring that automations, campaigns and any other retention tool has the correct technical setups and work in tandem to achieve desired business outcomes
• Ensuring alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback
• Ensuring following the Prophit system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on Retention goals aligned with revenue goals on the Growth Map and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending daily performance updates to the client
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every week of the month.
• Providing weekly updates via Slack.
• Report where required, collaborating with Growth Strategists and Media Buyers.
  
  

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement.
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams.
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.

Great Data Analysis skills

• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience 

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, copywriting, email/sms marketing etc.

Critical Thinking 

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results 

You will merge the Retention, Growth and elements of finance to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of training, enabling precise execution of the Prophit system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance of retention, far beyond the email/sms platform, referring to the Prophit system's Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in email and sms marketing to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, email production and execution.
• Meet all deadlines and retention requirements requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.

DOMAIN

MANAGEMENT

• Your supervisor would be Josh Tay, The Director of Retention. 
• As a Retention Strategist, you'll report directly to Josh — a leader known for challenging the norms of retention marketing and alignment with real business growth. Josh is known by his team, and all he’s worked with before, as someone who will make you level up in your thinking. Every team member has walked away being a better retention strategist after working with Josh, that’s his promise to you, no matter if you’ve worked with him for 1 month, 1 year or 5 years

Working under Josh’s guidance will push you to your limits in the best possible way. He models the value of “do whatever it takes to be the absolute best”, and learning from him means you’ll level up in knowledge, perspective and precision. Josh is committed to personally ensuring you reach your full potential as a Retention Strategist, supporting your journey every step of the way.

JOB SCOPE

• Oversee the profitable growth of retention channels, including but not limited to email, sms, direct mail, popups and push notifications. Where required, you may work within subscription, membership, loyalty programs and more.
• Write briefs and ensure the rest of the team is able to execute on it
• Complete reports with a high degree of accuracy, checking against multiple data points
• Analyse metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of retention efforts, providing insights and recommendations for improvements, with Statlas and the Growth Map as your guide.
• Collaborate with design, content and any other relevant teams to create compelling and engaging email content, ensuring brand consistency and messaging alignment.
• Ensure the timely delivery of relevant deliverables (emails, sms etc), which includes effective internal project management and management of clients and their teams.
• Stay updated with industry trends, new features, and best practices in retention marketing to continuously optimize performance.
• This is a client-facing role. So you must be able to consult clients and solve business problems, far beyond the email platform.
• Prioritize the development of relational equity with your team and clients to foster lasting relationships for the continued growth of CTC and our client businesses.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• First 30 days – $1.5K (Part-time transition phase)

  • Give notice at your current job (if applicable)

  • Participate in daily training for the first 15 days

  • Shadow and support ongoing accounts during the next 15 days while preparing to take on your own clients

  Days 31–60 – $3K (Full-time start)

  • Transition to full-time

  • Begin managing your first 3 client accounts independently

  Days 61–90 – $4–5K + performance bonuses

  • Continue growing your portfolio

  • Earn bonuses based on hitting revenue targets

  •  Negotiate your term contract annually

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
  • Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
  • Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
  • With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress
• My Commitment to You:
  • You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and get recognized by the world for your expertise. You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression.
  • We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.

Location & Environment

• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you're consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.

SENIOR ECOMMERCE GROWTH STRATEGIST

Our Mission is to be able to say - “Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price”

We’re seeking a Results-Driven & Experienced Senior Ecommerce Growth Strategist to join our team.

The Senior Ecommerce Growth Strategist at Common Thread Collective (CTC) plays a critical role in driving client success. You will lead the development of accurate strategic forecasts that guide our clients toward their goals, ensuring seamless execution of strategies that translate forecasts into measurable growth. Your actions and decisions consistently resonate with the core values of CTC Global, serving as a beacon for these principles. At CTC, your trained expertise is invaluable, covering the entire spectrum of CTC’s Strategic Forecasting methods and the foundational principles of media acquisition.

Beyond strategic planning, you are an active partner in client growth, maintaining transparent communication about the actions taken and performance relative to forecasts. This engagement strengthens relationships and ensures that CTC’s clients have a clear roadmap to success while guiding them through the complexities of media acquisition and strategy. 

You stand as a representative and zealous advocate for CTC's unique approach to media acquisition and its accompanying tools.

As a Senior Ecommerce Growth Strategist, you set a high standard. People know that when you are involved, execution at the highest level is guaranteed. 

You see your goals as barriers to break through and take great pride in giving your all. We value the mantra of “Everyday in Everyplay, Count on Me” meaning that you can see things through to the end!

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business. 

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions — from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money — in the direction of three committed values. 

We recognize these values aren't for everyone. 

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

What Success Looks Like

KICK OFF PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the kick off.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Google strategist, Creative Strategist, and Email Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophet system for your clients
• Building a Growth Forecast for your clients
  • Building a Growth map using the Prophet System
  • Data Analysis required for the Map
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Daily Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each day to adjust them to meet KPIs
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it’s time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you’ve found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC’s Meta best practices
• Build campaigns using our structure and best practices
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and adjusting budgets and strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Daily Projected Targets
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring you are within a 5% Delta to the Forecast
• Ensuring daily alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback
• Ensuring following the Prophet system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on the Growth Map goals and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending daily performance updates to the client
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every day of the week.
• Providing weekly updates on the Weekly Strategy Call.

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.

Great Data Analysis skills

• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience 

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, business operations, retail, finance, media buying, etc

Critical Thinking 

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results 

You will merge the Finance and Marketing sides of a business to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of training, enabling precise execution of the Prophet system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance within a 5% delta across the Prophet system’s Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in media buying to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning daily on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, media buying decisions, and system execution.
• Meet all deadlines and budget requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.

DOMAIN

MANAGEMENT

• Your supervisor would be Joy Sharma, The Director of the CTC Accelerator Program. 
• You’ll report directly to Joy Sharma—a leader known for his relentless pursuit of excellence and an unmatched passion for growth strategy. Joy is a rare mentor, often described as the closest you’ll come to learning directly from Taylor Holiday himself. With a career built on his own rigorous, self-driven learning, Joy has transformed numerous team members into top-tier strategists, instilling in them the values of dedication, precision, and continuous improvement.

Working under Joy's guidance will push you to your limits in the best possible way. He models the value of hard work, and learning from him feels like “drinking from a firehose”—you’ll absorb knowledge quickly and consistently, experiencing tremendous growth. Joy is committed to personally ensuring you reach your full potential as a Senior Ecommerce Growth Strategist, supporting your journey every step of the way.

COMPENSATION
Competitive compensation with a structured performance-based component, to be discussed during the interview process.

ORIENTATION

• This role will be client-facing.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
• Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
• Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
• With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress.
• My Commitment to You:
• You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and “make more than you ever have.” You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression. 
• We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.

Location & Environment

• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you’re consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.

The role

Data sits at the core of our mission. We leverage bank account data to deliver high-value, intelligent payment solutions for our customers, from enhancing payment success rates to driving payer fraud prevention.

As a Data Science Manager within our Payment Intelligence team, you’ll partner with Software Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers to turn big ideas into reality. You’ll own the full lifecycle of our algorithms, shaping everything from the initial concept to production-ready code that powers our global payment network.

At GoCardless, our stack is centered around Google Cloud Platform and Vertex AI, providing a high-performance environment for innovation. Our Data Scientists operate at the intersection of Python, SQL, and BigQuery to build and deploy high-performance models at scale.

What you’ll do

• Manage and mentor a high-performing team of Data Scientists, fostering a culture of technical excellence and supporting their long-term career development.
• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of mission-critical ML models that power real-time payment decisions.
• Shape the strategic roadmap for the Payment Intelligence space, translating complex data challenges into actionable, high-impact goals.
• Drive cross-functional impact by working closely across disciplines to build end-to-end technical solutions, from concept to production.
• Influence Senior Leadership by acting as the bridge between technical complexity and business value, communicating ML strategy to senior stakeholders.

What excites you

• Driving cutting-edge advancements in Data, AI, and Machine Learning within the payments space with a multidisciplinary team.
• Mentoring a high-performing team and fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Solving the complex, real-time challenges of fraud prevention and payment optimisation at scale.
• Building production-grade ML models on a streamlined GCP and Vertex AI stack to drive fintech innovation.

What excites us

• 2+ years managing Data Scientists within complex, high-stakes domains.
• A hands-on leader comfortable diving into the codebase. You bring strong expertise in Python and SQL to oversee the full lifecycle of a model, from initial prototype to robust production deployment.
• A decisive collaborator who can navigate technical trade-offs and translate complex ML concepts for cross-functional stakeholders and leadership.
• Familiarity with complex data environments and model architectures, such as deep learning (experience in Fintech, Fraud Prevention, or Payments is a big plus).
  
  

Base salary range: €64,000 - €96,000

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data.  Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.

The role

Data sits at the core of our mission. We leverage bank account data to deliver high-value, intelligent payment solutions for our customers, from enhancing payment success rates to driving payer fraud prevention.

As a Data Science Manager within our Payment Intelligence team, you’ll partner with Software Engineers, Product Managers, and Designers to turn big ideas into reality. You’ll own the full lifecycle of our algorithms, shaping everything from the initial concept to production-ready code that powers our global payment network.

At GoCardless, our stack is centered around Google Cloud Platform and Vertex AI, providing a high-performance environment for innovation. Our Data Scientists operate at the intersection of Python, SQL, and BigQuery to build and deploy high-performance models at scale.

What you’ll do

• Manage and mentor a high-performing team of Data Scientists, fostering a culture of technical excellence and supporting their long-term career development.
• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of mission-critical ML models that power real-time payment decisions.
• Shape the strategic roadmap for the Payment Intelligence space, translating complex data challenges into actionable, high-impact goals.
• Drive cross-functional impact by working closely across disciplines to build end-to-end technical solutions, from concept to production.
• Influence Senior Leadership by acting as the bridge between technical complexity and business value, communicating ML strategy to senior stakeholders.

What excites you

• Driving cutting-edge advancements in Data, AI, and Machine Learning within the payments space with a multidisciplinary team.
• Mentoring a high-performing team and fostering a culture of technical excellence.
• Solving the complex, real-time challenges of fraud prevention and payment optimisation at scale.
• Building production-grade ML models on a streamlined GCP and Vertex AI stack to drive fintech innovation.

What excites us

• 2+ years managing Data Scientists within complex, high-stakes domains.
• A hands-on leader comfortable diving into the codebase. You bring strong expertise in Python and SQL to oversee the full lifecycle of a model, from initial prototype to robust production deployment.
• A decisive collaborator who can navigate technical trade-offs and translate complex ML concepts for cross-functional stakeholders and leadership.
• Familiarity with complex data environments and model architectures, such as deep learning (experience in Fintech, Fraud Prevention, or Payments is a big plus).
  
  

Base salary range: £99,200 - £148,800 

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data.  Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role. Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.

SENIOR MEDIA BUYER

Our Mission is to be able to say - “Anyone in the World below $15M should fire their Agency tomorrow as nobody can beat this Value & Service at this Price”

We’re looking for a results-driven and experienced Senior Media Buyer to join our team.

As a Senior Media Buyer at Common Thread Collective (CTC), you will be instrumental in driving client success through strategic media buying, precision optimization, and data-driven forecasting. You will lead the development of accurate, insight-driven forecasts, ensuring that every strategy is executed seamlessly to transform projections into tangible, scalable growth for our clients. Your actions and decisions consistently resonate with the core values of CTC Global, serving as a beacon for these principles. At CTC, your trained expertise is invaluable, covering the entire spectrum of CTC’s Strategic Forecasting methods and the foundational principles of media acquisition.

Your role goes beyond delivering measurable business outcomes—you will be a proactive partner in client success, maintaining clear and transparent communication about performance, strategy adjustments, and key optimizations. This ongoing engagement builds trust, strengthens client relationships, and positions CTC as a strategic leader in performance marketing.

You stand as a representative and zealous advocate for CTC's unique approach to media acquisition and its accompanying tools.
As a Senior Media Buyer, you set a high standard, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and a results-focused approach.

You thrive in fast-paced environments, take ownership of performance outcomes, and are committed to continuous learning and innovation. We embrace the mantra, “Everyday in Everyplay, Count on Me,” meaning we take responsibility, execute with excellence, and see strategies through to success.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

This place isn’t for everyone, but it might be for you if…

Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible Company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business. 

To give ourselves our best shot at accomplishing Our mission, we organize all of our decisions — from recruiting, to hiring, to raises, to promotions, to how we spend our time and money — in the direction of three committed values. 

We recognize these values aren't for everyone. 

They're challenging. In fact, they're so challenging, that's why we invest so much in supporting our team and why we tend to attract people who are craving the opportunity to do more at work than get a paycheck. We're looking for those who are interested in making their work significant.

AUTODIDACT

• Naturally curious and an autodidact, able to absorb information quickly and effectively, like osmosis. Your commitment to learning sets you apart, absorbing information swiftly and more effectively than your peers.
• Your openness to both offer and embrace feedback as an opportunity for growth and implement it proactively, without needing constant direction.
• Demonstrates resourcefulness, and independently refine your skills without being prompted.
• Thrives in a self-managed environment, showing autonomy, initiative, and a commitment to continuous improvement and not requiring task lists built by their managers and constant oversight.

UNIMPEACHABLE CHARACTER

• Embodies a character that inspires pride in both personal and professional associations.
• Consistently honest, with the courage to acknowledge and communicate hard truths, and the humility to accept them, even when uncomfortable, and never lie in any situation.
• Displays a high level of self-awareness, taking full ownership of outcomes without resorting to a victim mindset.
• Values constructive feedback and integrates it, understanding nothing great is built without feedback.

COMPETITIVE GREATNESS

• Performs at their best when it matters most, The Enjoyment of Hard Challenges.
• Demonstrates an unyielding determination to get things done, regardless of obstacles, time constraints, skills needed, or resources.
• Adapts to changing circumstances, recognizing that true success is about not just meeting, but exceeding what is required.
• Possesses a deep passion for their work, using creativity and resilience to overcome any hurdle.

What Success Looks Like

NECESSARY SKILLS

KICK OFF PERIOD

• Be willing to put in the hard work required and be hungry enough to go through the kick off.
• Being ready and prepared for this to be the hardest job you have ever worked, as you would fundamentally develop a high-leverage new skill.
• The ability to take feedback and implement it fast.
• Finish the work to the fullest with quality and on time.
• Perseverance.
• Remember and learn from the repetitive doing of the exercises.

ONBOARDING

• Align with the team and contribute to the team called Brain Trust for Ideas across clients.
• Manage, align & work with the team members of your pod including Google strategist, Creative Strategist, and Email Strategist.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks with great attention to detail.
• Upkeep of data integrity of your clients across Statlas.
• Be responsible for the execution of the Prophet system for your clients
• Building a Growth Forecast for your clients
  • Building a Growth map using the Prophet System
  • Data Analysis required for the Map
  • Marketing calendar alignment and upkeep with clients
• The Daily Execution and Actualisation vs the Forecast.
  • You make tactical deconstructions and actualize the projections each day to adjust them to meet KPIs
• Combine data analysis and feedback from clients to develop strategic plans for the future.
• When it’s time to pivot you are among the first early adopters
• Take a lead in situations that present any obstacle to execution.
• An insatiable curiosity, and an inability to leave a problem alone until you’ve found one or many different potential solutions.
• Responsible for the implementation of CTC’s Meta best practices
• Build campaigns using our structure and best practices
• Upkeep and management of our ideologies and processes throughout the account.
• Monitoring active campaigns, and adjusting budgets and strategy to ensure the best possible chance of hitting the Daily Projected Targets
• Implementing tests in your accounts in an effort to beat your best-performing campaigns.

ENSURING AND HOLDING THE STANDARD OF QUALITY OF WORK

• Ensuring you are within a 5% Delta to the Forecast
• Ensuring daily alignment with the client vs the forecast & strategy
• Ensuring above benchmark client satisfaction rate feedback
• Ensuring following the Prophet system execution to 100% within the timeline required.
• Ensuring all the work is delivered based on the timeline assigned with optimal quality & attention to detail.

Client Communication

• You are a champion of communication, ensuring the client is aligned on the Growth Map goals and next steps, while making sure everybody on your team has clarity on what is required with exact deadlines.
• Responsible for sending daily performance updates to the client
• Ensure alignment across Strategy and Forecast with the client for every day of the week.
• Providing weekly updates on the Weekly Strategy Call.

CONTRIBUTING BACK

• Contributing your learnings back to the system for feedback and continuous improvement
• Contributing & collaborating in ideas and learning across teams
• Contributing to ideas and learning in future company content production.

NEXT-LEVEL SKILLS

Communication Skills

• Fluent in English, with a proven ability to communicate persuasively and present ideas clearly to various stakeholders.
• Skilled in crafting thoughtful, empathetic client messaging that resonates, demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.
• Strong presentation skills, capable of delivering compelling presentations that drive engagement and decision-making.

Great Data Analysis skills

• Strong raw talent for data analysis, with an eagerness to learn and improve.
• Familiarity with data tools, including Google Sheets, with the flexibility to develop advanced skills through on-the-job experience.

Past Experience 

• Historical expertise that compounds to bring a well-rounded perspective and adds value to the role.
• A breadth of experience from any of the multiple domains, including mathematics, data analytics, business operations, retail, finance, media buying, etc

Critical Thinking 

• Ability to approach challenges with structured thinking, utilizing logical frameworks to effectively solve complex problems.
• Naturally adept at dissecting issues and proposing practical, impactful solutions.

Impact

• Passionate about e-commerce and eager to contribute to a high-performing team at the forefront of the industry.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and make a meaningful impact.
• Thrives in environments where they can see the direct results of their actions on the business, with a strong preference for roles that offer full accountability and autonomy.

Results 

You will merge the Finance and Marketing sides of a business to build a forecasted strategy to help the business achieve its goal.

• Achieve certification and confidence in our ideology by the end of the kick off, enabling precise execution of the Prophet system to ensure top-quality results for clients.
• Consistently deliver high-accuracy performance within a 5% delta across the Prophet system’s Growth Map and Statlas.
• Lead and collaborate with your team to optimize productivity and maintain high-performance standards.
• Apply best practices in media buying to drive outstanding results, ensuring no one could achieve better outcomes in your role.
• Maintain client satisfaction levels above benchmark rates, aligning daily on forecasts to exceed client expectations.
• Adhere to rigorous quality standards in client feedback, forecasting, media buying decisions, and system execution.
• Meet all deadlines and budget requirements, ensuring timely and on Target Performance.
• Contribute valuable ideas to team discussions and company-wide content, supporting growth and innovation.

DOMAIN

MANAGEMENT

• Your supervisor would be Joy Sharma, The Director of the CTC Accelerator Program. 
• You’ll report directly to Joy Sharma—a leader known for his relentless pursuit of excellence and an unmatched passion for growth strategy. Joy is a rare mentor, often described as the closest you’ll come to learning directly from Taylor Holiday himself. With a career built on his own rigorous, self-driven learning, Joy has transformed numerous team members into top-tier strategists, instilling in them the values of dedication, precision, and continuous improvement.

Working under Joy's guidance will push you to your limits in the best possible way. He models the value of hard work, and learning from him feels like “drinking from a firehose”—you’ll absorb knowledge quickly and consistently, experiencing tremendous growth. Joy is committed to personally ensuring you reach your full potential as a Senior Media Buyer, supporting your journey every step of the way.

ORIENTATION

• This role will be client-facing.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

SALARY RANGE

• First month: $2,000 
• Second month: $4,000
• Third month (on average): $7,000 a month
• 1st Year Annual Range: $64,000-$76,000
• 2nd Year Annual Range: $100,000-$120,000

This will depend on the amount of clients and the quality of work.

Growth, Transparency, and Fairness in Career Development

• Progress is Clearly Defined
• Depends primarily on your experience with the system & quality of execution against it. Following a well-defined path for the first 12 months and how exactly you can grow to be promoted to the next level.
• Fairness and transparency are prioritized
• Access a weekly performance dashboard to see exactly where you stand compared to team members on both objective and subjective metrics.
• Pay transparency is upheld for all team members
• With consistent contract terms and a clear roadmap for increasing earnings, ensuring everyone understands the path to greater compensation. We will also talk monthly about how you can progress.
• My Commitment to You:
• You will work harder, learn more than ever before, and “make more than you ever have.” You will gain a diverse skill set while actively contributing to the continuous development of new tools and improvements within our system. In doing so you will have an incredible opportunity for rapid career progression. 
• We will continue to provide you mentorship through every step of your development in the role and promotion from it. We will then continue to provide feedback against the expectation and evaluate against it.

Location & Environment

• Fully remote with the ability to pick your schedule.
• Embrace autonomy as a core value, with clear expectations, regular 1:1 feedback sessions, and measurable quality benchmarks to support personal growth. Exceptional work is recognized and rewarded, with weekly check-ins for accountability, ensuring you’re consistently challenged and engaged with new opportunities daily.