Sr. Manager, Customer Strategy, Stores and Digital

Bloomingdale's•New York, NY

24d

About The Position

As the Senior Manager, Customer Strategy - Stores & Digital at Bloomingdale’s, you will serve as the lead insights and customer strategy partner to our Store and Digital (COM) leadership teams. Your role is focused on deeply understanding customer sentiment—connecting NPS feedback, behavioral data, and operational results to identify the biggest opportunities to improve the customer experience and drive business performance. You will lead efforts to translate feedback into actionable strategies, partnering cross-functionally to address friction points across the in-store and digital journeys. You’ll also oversee market-level research to identify where we have the greatest customer opportunity, helping guide customer-led decisions about store location and format strategy. You are the translator of the customer voice—turning insight into action and partnering with teams across the business to drive meaningful, measurable outcomes.

Requirements

Trend Analysis and Research: Proficient in identifying, studying, and communicating macro trends, consumer behavior shifts, cultural influences, past and future zeitgeist impacts, and emerging style trends.
Data Analytics: Experience in utilizing data analytic tools to convert information into commercial ideas and the ability to read, assess, and organize data and opportunities.
Creative Presentation: Proficient in creating or collaborating on highly visual presentations and videos, with experience in Adobe Creative Suite, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and presentation software like XD, Figma, and Canva.
Communication and Collaboration: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong research and copywriting skills, and the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Design, Merchant, and Vendor Partners.
Project Management: Ability to manage multiple workstreams, prioritize based on business needs, and make decisions independently while working under general direction.
Customer Focus and Storytelling: Relentless customer focus, strong ability to influence, tell compelling stories, and gain trust to implement new ideas, supporting enterprise-wide storytelling and big-idea moments.
Technical Proficiency: Quick adopter of new technology and generative AI tools, proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and presentation software like XD, Figma, and Canva.
Leadership and Ownership: Focus on building relationship and ownership skills as an emerging leader, supporting trend strategy, vision, and fashion application for Bloomingdale’s and individual areas of focus.
6–8 years of experience in customer insights, strategy, or experience design, ideally in a retail, digital, or omnichannel business.
Strong experience with customer feedback platforms (e.g., Medallia), behavioral analytics, and translating insights into commercial impact.
Proven ability to connect qualitative and quantitative insights to business performance.
Skilled in storytelling and executive communication, with the ability to influence across multiple levels and teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience conducting market-level research and identifying customer-led growth opportunities is a plus.

Responsibilities

Serve as the lead customer insights partner to Store and Digital leadership to drive short- and long-term customer growth strategies.
Translate company themes from feedback, behavioral data, and market analysis into business recommendations and strategic priorities.
Define future-state customer experience themes rooted in friction-point analysis, customer journeys, and unmet needs.
Collaborate with cross-functional partners (e.g., CX, Product, UX, Store Ops) to drive improvements aligned to customer opportunity.
Synthesize NPS, behavioral, and purchase data to identify high-impact customer segments and opportunity areas.
Identify and size opportunities to retain and grow customer value, incorporating KPIs.
Provide behavioral insights related to digital usage (e.g., site search, cart abandonment) and in-store behaviors to surface actionable themes.
Create compelling narratives rooted in customer insights—focused on the “what,” “so what,” and “now what.”
Influence prioritization decisions by sharing insight in business forums, strategy sessions, and cross-functional reviews.
Build tools and frameworks that elevate insight from “feedback” to “actionable direction.”
Monitor NPS themes in partnership with the Manager, Research & VOC Programs, and advise on areas for escalation or strategic response.
Support evolution of customer feedback tools and usability in partnership with the VOC Manager.
Guide application of insights from Mystery Shop and Problems-to-Profit programs into Store and Digital strategies.