Global Ecommerce & CRO Lead
The Legends Agency · Cape Town
Job description
About the role
The Global Ecommerce & CRO Lead will own the end‑to‑end digital customer journey, turning international traffic into paying customers. You will be responsible for building a digital‑first commerce model that scales across markets without relying on a traditional sales force.
Key responsibilities
- Take commercial ownership of ecommerce revenue, conversion and contribution.
- Define and optimise the Shopify (or Shopify Plus) strategy, including product, landing and checkout pages.
- Drive conversion‑rate optimisation (CRO) across all digital funnels and implement A/B and multivariate testing.
- Integrate AI chat/voice agents and live job‑search data into the purchase flow.
- Design and manage retargeting campaigns on Meta, Google, email and SMS.
- Implement customer segmentation, behavioural targeting and lifecycle marketing.
- Optimise abandoned‑browse, cart and checkout recovery processes.
- Collaborate with paid‑media, design, development and AI teams to launch new acquisition funnels.
- Set performance benchmarks, monitor GA4, Google Tag Manager and attribution analytics.
- Identify AI‑driven automation opportunities to reduce cost‑to‑serve.
Required profile
- Proven track record of growing ecommerce revenue and commercial performance.
- Strong experience with Shopify or Shopify Plus platforms.
- Deep expertise in conversion‑rate optimisation and landing‑page optimisation.
- Hands‑on experience with A/B and multivariate testing, GA4, Google Tag Manager and conversion tracking.
- Experience designing customer segmentation, behavioural targeting and retargeting strategies.
- Ability to work closely with performance‑marketing, design and development teams.
- Experience selling higher‑value, considered‑purchase products online is a plus.
Required skills
- Shopify / Shopify Plus
- Google Analytics 4 (GA4)
- Google Tag Manager
- A/B testing
- Multivariate testing
- Customer segmentation
- Behavioural targeting
- Ecommerce retargeting
- Email and SMS lifecycle marketing
- Abandoned‑cart and checkout optimisation
- Attribution and ecommerce analytics
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