Manager, Commerce (Search)
About The Position
This role is responsible for planning, creating, optimizing, and measuring retailer paid activation activities for clients on eRetailer sites and networks. The Manager will partner with internal and client teams to provide best-in-class connected commerce capabilities, manage campaigns to meet performance goals, and ensure budget adherence. The position also involves staying at the forefront of the retail media industry, contributing to best practices, identifying new opportunities, and helping to define and grow retailer paid search services. The role includes supporting internal training and capability development through thought leadership and content, as well as managing and mentoring junior staff. The ideal candidate will operate at a high level as an individual contributor with a near-term growth opportunity in team leadership.
Requirements
- At least 3-5 years of retail paid experience in Walmart Connect Search Ads, Criteo, Instacart, multiple retail search platforms ideal.
- Demonstrable expertise across all aspects of retailer paid with the ability to set up and run campaigns with little supervision.
- Skilled at planning and managing enterprise level client engagements and budgets.
- Experience with at least one or more tech providers such as Pacvue, Skai, etc.
- Proven track record of flawless execution, driving growth, client retention, and exceeding various stakeholder expectations.
- Ability to engage with clients in, for example, campaign strategy setting discussions, weekly performance calls, campaign reviews, etc.
- Clear and concise communicator with the ability to create and present compelling performance narratives across a wide set of data.
- Deep understanding of retail readiness as well as additional paid and organic drivers of success (operations, promotions, content, programmatic, off-platform media, etc.)
- Ability to write a campaign strategy document and a campaign review document.
- Able to work in an agile environment.
- Able and comfortable dealing with ambiguity to make decisions and take action for the betterment of our clients.
- Team player.
- Curious.
- Ambitious.
Nice To Haves
- Team leadership is a near term growth opportunity for this role.
Responsibilities
- Plan, create, optimize, and measure retailer paid activation activities for clients on eRetailer sites and networks including Amazon, Walmart, Instacart, Kroger, Criteo, CitrusAds, and others.
- Partner with internal and client teams to provide best in class connected commerce capabilities (retail media, shopper marketing, operations, content, analytics, etc.).
- Manage campaigns to meet and exceed a wide range of specified performance goals such as advertising efficiency, profitability, growth, new product launches, and more.
- Ensure client budgets are properly paced, met, and not exceeded.
- Remain at the forefront of the retail media industry, helping to define best practices, identify new opportunities, and actively contribute to our body of knowledge and expertise across the company.
- Help guide development of retailer paid search services and drive growth of this practice, partnering with business development and account teams to pitch and win new business.
- Support various teams with proactive thought leadership and content to help internal training and capability development.
- Manage and mentor several junior staff members in addition to other responsibilities.
- Operate in an agile environment.
- Deal with ambiguity to make decisions and take action for the betterment of our clients.
- Maintain an extreme level of confidentiality in dealing with all information that flows through the office.
Benefits
- Equal employment opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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