Email Operations Manager
Lisbon,
Portugal
As Email Operations Manager, you’ll own the full lifecycle of customer email execution — from initial setup and domain warm-up to ongoing campaign performance tracking. You’ll act as the bridge between our customers, our deliverability team, and engineering — ensuring that ListKit users are getting results from day one.This is a strategic and hands-on role that’s perfect for someone who understands both the art of cold email and the science of infrastructure, with strong project management skills and a bias for action.
What You’ll Do
● Oversee the onboarding and technical setup of customer email domains, inboxes, and sending systems
● Manage the warm-up schedules and monitor sender reputation across IPs and domains
● Coordinate with our Email Deliverability Engineer and Infrastructure team to ensure setup integrity and compliance
● Provide customers with personalized guidance on improving open rates, click rates, and replies
● Monitor performance metrics across accounts and flag issues proactively
● Handle infrastructure troubleshooting (SPF/DKIM/DMARC issues, blacklists, bounces, etc.)
● Create and maintain SOPs, checklists, and documentation to scale operational excellence
● Educate customers on deliverability best practices and campaign optimization
● Own tool usage and workflow orchestration (e.g., Instantly, Smartlead, Gmail/Outlook, DNS panels, etc.)
You Should Know
● 3+ years experience in email operations, marketing ops, customer success, or a technical support role
● Solid understanding of cold email strategy and outbound best practices
● Hands-on experience with SPF, DKIM, DMARC, DNS records, and inbox warm-up processes
● Familiarity with email sending tools like Smartlead, Instantly, Mailshake, etc.
● Strong communication skills and ability to interface with technical and non-technical customers
● Organized, process-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple accounts simultaneously
● Familiarity with deliverability tools (GlockApps, Google Postmaster Tools, MXToolbox, etc.)
● Bonus: experience in B2B SaaS or with agency-style client management
You Might Be a Fit If…
● Ability to QA or lightly troubleshoot sending logic issues with engineering
● Background in sales ops, revenue ops, or campaign management is a plus