Director, Email Deliverability

Posted 2 days ago

Apply Now

Resume Score

Check how well your resume matches this job before you apply.

Sign in to check score

About the role

  • Email deliverability leader building authentication, reputation, and inbox-placement infrastructure for Postscript’s AI messaging platform serving Shopify brands. Advising customers and building the future deliverability team.

Responsibilities

  • Own Postscript's end-to-end email deliverability strategy, including IP pool architecture, domain strategy, and shared versus dedicated sending models
  • Design and manage IP and domain warming programs
  • Establish and enforce SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and BIMI authentication standards and DMARC alignment
  • Monitor sender reputation, inbox placement, and blocklist activity and lead remediation
  • Track Gmail, Yahoo, and Microsoft bulk-sender requirements, spam-rate thresholds, and one-click unsubscribe requirements
  • Serve as the senior deliverability expert for customer brands by auditing programs, diagnosing inbox-placement issues, and building remediation plans
  • Lead deliverability onboarding for brands migrating email to Postscript
  • Translate complex deliverability concepts into actionable guidance for marketers
  • Own customer escalations and protect and grow inbox placement and sending reputation
  • Partner with Product and Engineering on deliverability tooling, monitoring, infrastructure, and roadmap requirements
  • Build playbooks, processes, and standards that scale deliverability across thousands of senders
  • Establish feedback loops, Postmaster Tools, and reporting for deliverability-health visibility
  • Hire, mentor, and lead a team of deliverability specialists as the function matures
  • Maintain expert knowledge of the deliverability landscape and represent Postscript in the broader community
  • Build relationships with mailbox providers and industry partners
  • Ensure sending practices and customer programs comply with CAN-SPAM, GDPR, and mailbox-provider policies
  • Leverage AI tools and internal systems to scale monitoring, diagnostics, and customer guidance

Requirements

  • 8+ years of dedicated email deliverability experience, ideally at an ESP, CDP, or high-volume sending platform
  • Deep technical command of SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BIMI, IP and domain warming, sender reputation, and feedback loops
  • Hands-on experience owning deliverability for bulk/high-volume senders
  • Experience diagnosing and remediating blocklistings and inbox-placement problems
  • Fluency with Google Postmaster Tools and Yahoo Sender Hub
  • Knowledge of 2024+ Gmail, Yahoo, and Microsoft bulk-sender requirements
  • Existing mailbox-provider relationships and/or active participation in M3AAWG, emailgeeks, or similar communities strongly preferred
  • Ability to translate technical detail into strategy for non-technical marketers
  • Player-coach mindset with hands-on execution and playbook/team building
  • Strong understanding of e-commerce/DTC brands and email revenue generation; e-commerce experience strongly preferred
  • Comfort building from scratch in a fast-paced, early-stage environment
  • Growth mindset toward AI and emerging tooling
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
  • High reliability and outstanding follow-through

Benefits

  • Fully remote work culture – work from anywhere
  • Flexible paid time off to recharge and prioritize your well-being
  • Comprehensive health, dental, vision insurance
  • High-growth startup environment with opportunities to make a meaningful impact and grow your career
  • The chance to build a function from the ground floor and define how 20,000+ brands reach the inbox
  • Fun, collaborative team passionate about e-commerce and innovation

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

RemoteUnited States

Report this job

Found something wrong with the page? Please let us know by submitting a report below.