Lifecycle · CRM · Retention Marketing Leadership

Drew Pion

I lead lifecycle, CRM, and retention marketing for retail, subscription, and eCommerce brands. Own the P&L, build the team, grow the revenue.

Open to senior marketing leadership roles

Drew Pion, lifecycle, CRM, and retention marketing leader
4x
Email and push revenue growth at a ~$1B GMV marketplace
Double-digit
YoY revenue and conversion growth while owning the CRM P&L and forecasting
15+ yrs
Leading lifecycle, CRM & retention teams at four brands

About

Marketing leadership, measured in revenue

I’m a lifecycle and CRM marketing leader. Fifteen-plus years across retail, subscription, and eCommerce at Wild Alaskan Company, Jane.com, T.J. Maxx, and BJ’s Wholesale Club.

I turn customer insights into lifecycle strategies that improve customer experiences, drive measurable business growth, and build high-performing teams. I’ve owned the CRM P&L, run revenue forecasting, and led managers and teams across four brands. Comfortable setting the strategy and just as comfortable executing it.

The philosophy underneath all of it is simple. Relationships first. Lifecycle marketing isn’t a funnel, it’s a relationship, the same one you’d recognize from your own life. Somebody earns your trust, or they burn it. There’s no third option. I’m writing a book about it, and the blog is where it lives for now.

I partner across marketing, product, engineering, analytics, merchandising, and operations to solve business problems with data, experimentation, and AI.

Experience

Where I’ve led

2023 – 2026

Director of Lifecycle Marketing · Wild Alaskan Company

National DTC seafood subscription. Owned the CRM P&L and revenue forecasting. Double-digit YoY revenue and conversion growth. Replaced one-off campaigns with 30+ automated journeys that doubled new member conversion, doubled win-back, and tripled refer-a-friend.

2022 – 2023

Associate Director of Retention Marketing · Jane.com

Women’s fashion marketplace, ~$1B GMV. Grew email and push revenue 4x. Launched SMS and direct mail from scratch, implemented a CDP, and led three managers.

2020 – 2022

Email Marketing Manager · TJX Companies (T.J. Maxx)

Fortune 100 retailer. Owned the T.J. Maxx email P&L and led a team of three. Tripled behavioral marketing revenue and drove a 38% lift with AI-powered personalization.

2016 – 2020

Omnichannel Brand Manager · BJ’s Wholesale Club

Fortune 500 membership retailer. Increased revenue 68% through behavioral targeting. Led marketing for BJ’s first mobile app, 1M+ downloads, and its first BOPIS program.

Focus areas

What I lead

Lifecycle Marketing CRM Retention Marketing Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) Churn Reduction Customer Journey Orchestration Segmentation Personalization Loyalty Marketing Customer Engagement Email SMS Push Marketing Automation A/B Testing & Experimentation P&L Ownership Team Leadership Iterable Braze Klaviyo

Contact

Let’s talk

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