E-Commerce Growth Manager

Mind Detect; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in the business

Generous leave

Hybrid work model

Great remuneration package

Plenty of perks

Job summary

Mind Detect seeks an Ecommerce Growth Manager to own the end-to-end growth strategy for a Cape Town-based, rapidly expanding ecommerce platform. You will drive acquisition, conversion, and retention initiatives, turning data into actionable growth plans with measurable impact.

Lead CRO efforts, champion experimentation, and collaborate with marketing, supply, tech, and operations to maximise customer lifetime value. Opportunity to grow into a senior leadership role with equity potential.

Qualifications

• A degree in marketing, business, or similar preferred.
• 6+ years in ecommerce, growth, or performance/digital marketing.
• 2+ years mentoring a team; potential for Sr Ecommerce Growth Specialist to grow into leading a team.
• Strong CRO, analytics, and growth frameworks experience.
• Comfort with data, cross-functional teams and hands-on execution.
• Experience with Google Analytics, CRM platforms and A/B testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end ecommerce growth across acquisition, conversion, and retention.
• Identify and prioritise the biggest growth opportunities for the business.
• Lead CRO, experimentation and optimisation across digital touchpoints.
• Turn data into actionable strategies that drive revenue growth.
• Collaborate with marketing, supply, tech, and ops to execute growth initiatives.
• Build lifecycle strategies to increase repeat purchases and customer value.
• Create testing roadmaps and scale learnings.
• Report growth performance to drive decisions.

Skills

Growth strategy

CRO

Analytics

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing

Tools

Google Analytics

CRM platforms

A/B testing tools

Job description

Exciting opportunity for an exceptional Ecommerce Growth Manager to join our rapidly growing e-commerce platform client in Cape Town (hybrid).

The Ecommerce Growth Manager will take ownership of the end-to-end growth strategy, driving acquisition, conversion, and retention across the customer journey. You'll identify the biggest growth opportunities, lead experimentation and CRO initiatives, and turn data into actionable strategies that deliver measurable commercial impact.

Working closely with marketing, technology, operations, and supply teams, you'll champion a culture of testing, optimisation, and continuous improvement. You'll also balance strategic thinking with hands‑on execution, using analytics and customer insights to scale what works and maximise customer lifetime value.

NB – we are also open to considering Sr Ecommerce Growth Specialist candidates who haven’t yet led a team and can grow into this role

Key responsibilities

• Owning the end-to-end ecommerce growth strategy across acquisition, conversion, and retention
• Identifying and prioritising the biggest growth opportunities across the business
• Leading CRO, experimentation, and optimisation across all digital touchpoints
• Turning data into clear, actionable strategies that drive revenue growth
• Collaborating with marketing, supply, tech, and ops to execute growth initiatives
• Building and refining lifecycle strategies to increase repeat purchase and customer value
• Creating structured testing roadmaps and ensuring learnings are implemented at scale
• Reporting on growth performance in a way that drives decisions, not confusion
• Building, managing and developing a team of Ecommerce Growth Specialist(s)
• Coaching the team to think analytically, move fast, and execute with impact
• Creating a culture of testing, learning, and continuous improvement
• Ensuring the team is focused on the highest-impact work, not just busy work
• Providing clear direction, feedback, and development plans

Requirements

• A degree in marketing, business, or similar (preferred)
• 6+ years experience in ecommerce, growth, or performance/digital marketing
• 2+ years experience managing or mentoring a team (preferred) but we will also consider Sr Ecommerce Growth specialists who can develop into leading a team
• Strong experience with CRO, analytics, and growth frameworks
• Confidence working with data, tools, and cross-functional teams
• Ability to balance strategy and hands‑on execution
• Experience with tools like Google Analytics, CRM platforms, A/B testing tools
• Equity in the business
• Generous leave/solid work-life balance
• Great remuneration package
• Plenty of perks
• An open, international and inclusive culture
• Real ownership of growth across a scaling ecommerce business
• The opportunity to build and shape a high-impact team

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This position is open to people already eligible for work in South Africa

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