Account Director (Grocery East Pod)

Advantage Solutions • Cincinnati, OH

133d

About The Position

As Account Director, you will serve as a strategic driver responsible for developing and activating retailer-specific strategies that align brand goals with sales realities to fuel business growth. You’ll leverage your deep knowledge of retailer ecosystems to inform client planning, guide internal teams, and help bring to life retail programs that truly convert. This role bridges insights, strategy, and execution—ensuring our clients show up meaningfully and effectively within key retailers across the commerce landscape.

Requirements

• 7–9 years of experience in shopper marketing, retail strategy, CPG, or retail media.
• Solid understanding of key U.S. retailers (Ahold, Food Lion, Publix, Wakefern) and their media and commerce ecosystems.
• Ability to connect brand strategy to retailer expectations and sales goals.
• Strong storytelling and presentation skills—able to simplify complexity and influence stakeholders.
• Experience working in or with cross-functional teams (e.g., sales, media, insights, creative).
• Strategic mindset with attention to detail and a bias for action.
• A collaborative spirit and passion for helping brands win in retail.

Nice To Haves

• MBA Degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience in team supervisory roles.
• Experience in the role of leader/manager in agency or brand management, including experience in shopper marketing.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of retailer-specific plans rooted in shopper behavior, retailer priorities, and brand objectives.
• Partner with client leads to embed retail thinking into business planning cycles, program briefs, and activation roadmaps.
• Act as a subject matter expert on priority retailers and RMNs, ensuring internal and client teams stay ahead of retail platform changes, seasonal priorities, and innovation.
• Collaborate across commerce media, creative, shopper, and sales teams to ensure alignment and integration of strategy across the full funnel.
• Translate insights into actionable go-to-market plans that connect strategy to execution across both national and retailer-led initiatives.
• Provide guidance to internal teams (e.g., media, creative, marketing leads) to ensure deliverables ladder up to strategy and meet both client and retailer expectations.
• Work with RMNs, Vendors, and analytics partners to define success metrics, evaluate impact, and recommend plan optimizations.
• Coach junior team members and contribute to building a center of excellence for retail knowledge within the agency.

Benefits

• Full-Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
• 401(k) with company match
• Training and Career Development
• Generous Paid Time-Off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree