Associate Director of Social Commerce

Power Digital

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Director of Social Commerce is a cross-functional leadership role responsible for advancing and optimizing social commerce strategies across all divisions. You will champion innovation in social affiliate marketing, TikTok Shop and other social storefront management, ensuring seamless integration with other service lines while driving scalable revenue growth and exceptional client outcomes. You set the standard for excellence in social commerce execution, conversion optimization, and emerging monetization strategies. By collaborating closely with divisional leads, R&D leadership, go-to-market teams, and platform partners, the Associate Director of Social Commerce refines commerce offerings, identifies new revenue opportunities, and ensures a best-in-class approach to shoppable content, affiliate programs, and platform-driven commerce initiatives.

Requirements

You are a strategic and detail-oriented leader with a passion for innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence.
You have a proven track record in scaling product quality and maintaining consistency across divisions.
You have experience in rolling out new service advancements, particularly leveraging AI and automation.
You have strong cross-functional leadership skills, capable of aligning diverse teams toward a unified product vision.
You have exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills to foster alignment and buy-in.
You possess a client-first mindset, dedicated to delivering solutions that drive measurable impact and customer satisfaction.
You have deep experience managing relationships with key digital platforms (e.g., Meta, Google, TikTok, TradeDesk).
You have hands-on expertise in managing client accounts, ensuring direct application of innovations and best practices.

Nice To Haves

90%+ Client/Service Retention
8.8 Average Client NPS
Minimum of 3 Product or Tool Innovations per Quarter
Minimum of 1-2 Clients Managed
Personal RPE (Strategist or AD)
$70k MRR as Account Director
$15K RPE

Responsibilities

Oversee social commerce services, ensuring excellence in affiliate programs, shoppable content on TikTok Shop and other social platform-based storefront strategies
Conduct monthly performance reviews on quality, conversion trends, and strategic alignment, sharing insights with division leads and the Director of R&D.
Join one monthly performance review with a division lead, assessing shop performance, affiliate conversion trends, and strategic alignment across commerce-driven initiatives.
Lead one monthly operational review with R&D leadership, summarizing division performance trends, key takeaways, and opportunities to enhance social commerce offerings.
Ensure best practices for affiliate-driven content, social storefront management, and conversion optimization are consistently applied across teams.
Own specific recruitment and bench-building efforts by identifying skill gaps, assessing hiring needs, and ensuring a strong pipeline of Commerce and creator talent to scale offerings effectively.
Lead the development and rollout of scalable social commerce strategies, ensuring profitability and alignment with client needs; rolling these offerings into the division structure as adoption targets are met
Drive cross-channel shop adoption, expanding offerings across affiliate networks, social marketplaces, and emerging commerce-enabled platforms.
Work closely with the Director of R&D, Social, to test, refine, and optimize new social commerce programs, storefront strategies, and revenue-generating affiliate partnerships before launch.
Support new business efforts by contributing to pitches, revenue forecasting, and pricing strategy for net-new commerce service offerings.
Maintain best practice playbooks for social commerce growth tactics, affiliate optimization, and emerging shop strategies, ensuring teams stay ahead of industry trends.
Use AI or automation to drive efficiency or improve outputs
Act as the primary point of contact for commerce-driven platforms, including TTS, Euka, affiliate networks, and other social shopping integrations (Meta, Pinterest, YouTube Shopping, etc.).
Manage platform partnerships and revenue-driving initiatives, ensuring teams leverage shop optimization tools, performance tracking, and emerging monetization features effectively.
Own communication and knowledge-sharing regarding commerce platform updates, ensuring all divisions stay informed and adapt strategies accordingly.
Keep the organization at the forefront of social commerce advancements, integrating data-driven retail strategies and emerging revenue streams into service offerings.
Manage one to two key commerce-driven accounts, applying real-time insights to refine service offerings and execution strategies.
Use firsthand experience to optimize affiliate partnerships, shoppable content strategies, and storefront conversion tactics.
Share key learnings with the Director of R&D, influencing service development and continuous improvement.
Host a monthly Commerce Trends All-Hands, bringing together division service leads to discuss commerce strategy, performance trends, and emerging platform updates.
Meet monthly with division service leads to align on commerce strategy, performance trends, and emerging platform updates.
Partner closely with the Director of R&D to shape new commerce service offerings, ensure scalability, and track business impact.
Support go-to-market efforts, ensuring commerce services are structured for profitability, adoption, and long-term growth.
Employ AI technologies to enhance and optimize business processes
Utilize and leverage Power Digital's Nova ecosystem as it relates to your department
Other applicable or related duties as assigned.

Benefits

Base salary + commission opportunities
Robust Medical, Dental, Vision insurance plans with up to 100% employer contribution towards employee monthly premium
401(k) plan - 4% employer contribution matching
Unlimited Time Off available on day one
Up to 4 hours per quarter for paid Volunteer Time Off (VTO) towards philanthropic endeavors
Fully flex work environment: full-remote, in-office, or hybrid
A one time $100 USD Work From Home (WFH) stipend automatically added to your first paycheck
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
12 observed United States national holidays + 2 mental health recharge days per year
Unlimited opportunities for growth & leadership within a rapidly growing firm
Ongoing employee development programs for personal and professional growth (Hedgehog and Vital 5s)
Quarterly awards including prize money and recognition for outstanding performance
Opportunities to be involved in company DEI initiatives