Director, Direct Mail Growth

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 140 - 175

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Caribou

At Caribou we care about giving people financial freedom so they can focus on whats most important to them. Today less than two percent of Americans refinance their auto loans despite drastic increases in the cost of new and used cars. We see huge potential to help folks reduce their monthly auto expenses as well as increase the predictability of those expenses over time. We do this by building technology to pair customers with community banks and credit unions and ushering them through the process quickly. On average our drivers save $159/month on their car loans while protecting their investment long term.

Caribou is led by leaders from the technology automotive and finance industries. Were proud to be backed by a great team of investors including QED Investors Goldman Sachs Moderne Ventures Accomplice Link Ventures Motley Fool Ventures and others.

About the Role

Caribou is seeking a Director Direct Mail Growth to lead the strategy and execution of our direct mail acquisition engine scaling profitable customer growth through data-driven optimization and operational excellence.

Direct Mail is already a top acquisition channel for Caribou with significant opportunity to scale volume improve efficiency and unlock incremental profitability. This is a high-impact high-visibility leadership role for a marketer who thrives at the intersection of art and science with a proven track record of scaling direct mail into a profitable growth lever.

Reporting to the VP of Marketing you will define the long-term vision and deliver against aggressive growth targets partnering closely with Data Science & Analytics FP&A Lending Data Engineering Design and Sales & Operations. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in pre-screened / credit-based programs and understands how to successfully operate in a highly regulated cross-functional and high-security environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Own Direct Mail Growth Strategy: Set and evolve Caribous direct mail acquisition strategy to deliver aggressive volume and ROI targets while scaling profitability and efficiency. Monitor industry trends and the competitive landscape to surface emerging risks and unlock new growth levers.
Audience & Modeling: Partner with Data Science FP&A and other cross-functional partners to optimize selection and suppression criteria refine propensity models and leverage credit bureau and other data sources to improve response conversion and program profitability.
Campaign Execution: Lead end-to-end campaign planning and execution across internal teams and external partners ensuring on-time creative data readiness and mail drops.
Production & Vendor Management: Manage the full production lifecycle and high-security vendor relationships (SOC2-compliant print/data partners) ensuring quality compliance and cost control.
Testing & Optimization: Build an always-on experimentation program across segments formats messaging offers and creativeturning learnings into repeatable performance gains.
Budgeting & Measurement: Own a multi-million-dollar budget; partner with FP&A Data Science and Analytics on forecasting attribution and incrementality measurement.
Cross-Functional Leadership and Communication: Align stakeholders and communicate performance insights and risks clearly to senior leaders and key partners.

About You

Youre a high-ownership growth leader who thrives in fast-moving environmentsand youre driven by outcomes.

10 years of direct marketing experience ideally in financial services or fintech with deep expertise in direct mail acquisition.
4 years of hands-on experience with pre-screened / credit-based direct mail programs.
Bachelors degree in Marketing Business Statistics or a related field (Masters a plus).
Strong experience working with credit bureau attributes and other third-party/internal datasets to develop and improve performance models.
Highly analytical skill set with expert-level proficiency in Excel and SQL (or equivalent).
Demonstrated ability to operate in a test-and-learn environmentreading signals drawing insights and iterating quickly.
Deep knowledge of USPS regulations postal optimization and industry trends.
Proven experience managing SOC2-compliant vendors secure data workflows and partners handling sensitive information.
Track record of building mentoring and scaling high-performing teams and cross-functional programs.
Strong communication and executive presenceable to translate complex performance drivers and technical concepts across stakeholders.

How we will take care of you

Everyone at Caribou is a valued team member. Our compensation and benefits package includes:

Competitive compensation: $140k - $175k
Eligible for annual performance-based incentive
Equity options
401(k) retirement plan
Generous paid time off including Flexible Time Off (FTO) for all employees and 100% paid parental leave for all parents
Exceptional benefits including highly subsidized medical dental and vision plans and fully company-paid mental health disability and basic life insurance
Optional benefits to suit your individual circumstances such as HSAs (with Caribou HSA contributions) FSAs supplemental life and health legal and pet insurance
Up to $1000 per year for eligible professional development expenses
Employee referral program

Our Core Values

We come from all walks of life and are joined together by our shared values which guide our work and how we work together.

Give a damn. What were doing matters. We show up determined to deliver results and we love it.
Velocity. Were intentional about where were going and we race towards it.
Make the assist. We have diverse strengths. We offer and ask for help so we all win.

Caribou is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability sexual orientation pregnancy status marital status military or protected veteran status genetics or any other characteristic protected by law. This position is not restricted solely to the responsibilities listed above and the scope and responsibilities are subject to change. A pre-employment background check is required as a condition of employment.

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*Caribou does not currently have employee operations in AL AK AR CT DE GA HI IA ID IN KS KY ME MI MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV OH OK PA RI SC SD TN UT VT WV WY.

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About CaribouAt Caribou we care about giving people financial freedom so they can focus on whats most important to them. Today less than two percent of Americans refinance their auto loans despite drastic increases in the cost of new and used cars. We see huge potential to help folks reduce their mo...