Director of Ecommerce

🔥 12 hours ago

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🛍️ E-commerce

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📋 Description

• Own the Shopify P&L, revenue, and profitability, targeting at least 15% net profit margin • Run Meta and other paid media to unit economics, targeting Meta ROAS of at least 2.5 • Maintain high-velocity creative testing using AI content, creator video, UGC, and in-house production • Launch funnels meeting monthly KPI thresholds • Build bundles and ascension paths • Optimize homepage, collection, and product pages for conversion • Drive email and SMS to at least 25% of Shopify revenue through Klaviyo and Postscript • Maintain the 30-day GPLTV-to-CAC ratio above 3 • Partner with the Amazon team and understand TikTok Shop's role in the customer journey • Lead the ecommerce team with clear ownership, weekly operating rhythms, and scorecards • Bring in freelancers and contractors as output grows • Deliver weekly scorecards and P&L reviews, plus monthly plans and forecasts for the CEO • Document playbooks for working funnels • Keep the store and ads compliant • Convert repeat work into AI-assisted workflows • Protect and build the brand across ads, pages, and customer touchpoints • Scale the direct-to-consumer business to $20M+ in profitable revenue

🎯 Requirements

• 5 to 10+ years of experience scaling DTC ecommerce brands on Shopify with paid social • Proven track record growing brands beyond $20M in revenue • Experience owning a P&L and hitting revenue and profit targets • Understanding of the full D2C life cycle across Shopify, Amazon, and TikTok Shop, including the Amazon halo • Experience running or working alongside social commerce • Experience building and leading a team • Deep fluency in Meta ads and high-velocity creative testing, including AI-assisted creative pipelines • Hands-on proficiency with Shopify, Klaviyo, and Postscript • Understanding of bundles, upsells, and LTV; ability to write and review converting landing pages • Comfortable leading a remote team with weekly cadences • Daily use of AI to increase productivity; this is a must-have capability • Experience working inside a CRM and with documented SOPs • High ownership, general-manager mindset, systems-building, people leadership, and outcome ownership

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