Retention Product Manager

Thesiscareers; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous equity package

100% covered health, dental, and vision plans

401k plan

Flexible PTO

Unlimited Thesis nootropics

Dog-friendly office

Personal development opportunities

Job summary

Thesiscareers is seeking a Retention Product Manager to lead retention strategies and enhance the customer experience. This hybrid role involves managing app onboarding, subscription systems, and loyalty programs.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in lifecycle marketing, AI tools, and product management, with a competitive salary between $115,000 and $140,000 and a wide range of perks including flexible PTO and a dog-friendly office.

Qualifications

• Experience in lifecycle marketing and product management.
• Demonstrated usage of AI tools daily.
• Strong technical skills including APIs and automation.

Responsibilities

• Own the retention product surfaces and customer journey.
• Design and operate AI-enabled production systems.
• Translate retention strategy into actionable product requirements.

Skills

Lifecycle marketing

Product management

AI tools usage

Klaviyo skills

Experimentation

Technical fluency

Tools

Klaviyo

APIs

Automation platforms

Job description

About Us

The human brain is the most complex object in the universe, yet society has accepted one‑size‑fits‑all approaches to cognition. The “solutions” (think coffee, energy drinks, and even a friend’s rx) were mediocre at best and frankly, made no sense to us. So, we created Thesis, the world’s first customized nootropics company. If you’ve never heard that word before, it’s just a fancy way of saying brain supplements. In five years, most will be taking nootropics on the daily and chances are, they’ll be ours.

With an exceptional efficacy rate, the world has taken notice — we’ve raised over $13M in venture capital, garnered interest from leading neuroscientists and athletes, and established ourselves as the industry’s leading brand. Now, we’re looking for incredible people to help us share the gift of enhanced cognitive function with the world. If you’re looking to be a part of a movement — one that involves both immense self‑growth and an ambitious mission to pioneer an industry — we’d love to have you on the team.

About the Role

We are hiring an AI‑first Retention Product Manager to own the customer's post‑purchase product experience and the operating systems behind our retention programs. This includes app and portal onboarding, subscription management, post‑purchase education, loyalty and referral programs, and the AI‑enabled production and QA workflows that power our lifecycle marketing.

This is a hybrid role for someone with strong lifecycle fundamentals who has grown into product thinking: defining requirements, shipping improvements with engineering, instrumenting outcomes, and treating AI as a core capability rather than a tool they occasionally use. You can build a Klaviyo flow yourself — but you'd rather build the system that produces a hundred of them reliably.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Own retention‑impacting product surfaces: app and portal onboarding, subscription management, account experience, and post‑purchase education.
• Design, build, and operate AI‑enabled production systems for retention — briefing, email/flow build, QA, research, and reporting workflows.
• Translate retention strategy into product requirements and ship improvements in partnership with product, engineering, and design.
• Run experiments that span product and lifecycle touchpoints: in‑app prompts paired with email/SMS journeys, cancellation‑save experiences, education sequences.
• Build and operate loyalty, referral, VIP, and advocacy programs — platform selection, integration, and lifecycle activation.
• Execute hands‑on in Klaviyo when needed: flows, segmentation, QA.
• Instrument retention product work so impact is measurable: event tracking, dashboards, experiment readouts.
• Document systems and processes so workflows scale beyond you.

We’re Excited About Your:

• Experience spanning lifecycle marketing and product management — you've owned a product surface or shipped product work, not just campaigns.
• A demonstrated AI‑native working style: you build with AI tools daily, design workflows around them, and know where they fail.
• Technical fluency: APIs, webhooks, integrations, automation platforms, and basic data work. You don't need engineering for everything.
• Solid Klaviyo (or equivalent ESP) skills — enough to execute and to collaborate deeply with lifecycle marketing.
• Strong experimentation instincts: hypothesis, test design, measurement, honest readouts.
• High ownership and clear judgment about what moves retention versus what only creates activity.

Nice to have:

• Subscription or replenishment‑based DTC experience, especially with a companion app or customer portal.
• Wellness, health, supplement, or consumable product experience.
• Loyalty or referral platform experience.
• Light scripting or no‑code/low‑code build experience.
• Experience standing up AI/automation workflows for a marketing or CX team.

What great looks like:

• Retention product surfaces have a clear owner, roadmap, and measurable improvement cadence.
• AI‑enabled production systems run reliably with documented QA — operating infrastructure, not experiments.
• Loyalty and referral move from idea to tested program without new headcount.
• Product and lifecycle stop being separate lanes: experiments routinely span both.

Pay Transparency:

We can’t quantify everything we think you’ll love about working at Thesis, from the exciting projects you’ll work on, to the smart and humble team you’ll get to work with, and our supportive and inclusive culture. That said, our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of our total rewards package, which also includes comprehensive benefits and equity. The base salary hiring range for this position is $115,000‑140,000, but the final compensation offer will ultimately be based on the candidate’s location, skill level and experience.

A Few of Our Perks and Benefits:

Competitive compensation with an exceptionally generous equity package

Competitive Health, dental, and vision plans (including a 100% covered premium plan for all 3!)

HSA, FSA and pre‑tax commuter benefits for parking and transit

Ancillary benefits through Talkspace, One Medical, Kindbody, Teladoc, Classpass and more!

401k to help you plan for the future

Flexible PTO because we respect the need for work/life harmony

Unlimited Thesis nootropics

A strong emphasis on promoting from within and personal development

A dog‑friendly office located in the heart of Flatiron steps from Union Square and Madison Square Park

Hybrid work model