Description
Summary:
Reports to: Senior Director, Media, Social & Influencers
Job Overview
The Retail Media, Performance, Social Commerce Media Director isresponsible fordefining how our brands win in the rapidly evolving Retail Media Network (RMN) landscape & excel in performance media. This role sits at the intersection of Integrated Marketing Experience (IMX) and Commercial/Customer teams, turning audience insights into high-converting execution. You will be an advocate for ‘Total Commerce’,looking beyond retail media into how retail and performance insights & data can be used to inform mid-to-upper funnel strategy. You will lead the orchestration of European & multimarket Joint Business Partnerships (JBPs) with relevant partners and provide thought leadership,expertiseand best practice for markets, ensuring media investment drives both brand equity and immediate volume growth for the business.
1. Mediaprinciples& partnerships:Develop & lead Europe retail media strategy. Recommend channel & platform commitments to markets, tracking investment and performance to against KPIs. Establishing clear roadmaps & tracking with partners like Google, Meta, Amazon whilst leading and/or supporting markets to develop custom, end-to-end media solutions that drive both brand equity and conversion with key partners.
2. Commercial Integration:Connect retail media activity to our Bottling and Customer teams, ensuring media investment directly correlates to commercial KPIs and business growth. Converting commercial implications into media decisions and KPIs.
3. Ecosystem Governance& performance:Own the‘stack’requiredtooperateat scale, including data clean rooms, ad tech, and measurement frameworks.Contribute to the evolution of media and digital measurement frameworks, ensuring learnings are captured and scaled. Ensure strict adherence to Responsible Marketing Policies, including platform specific requirements.
4. Cross-Functional Leadership:Act as the primary interface between senior teams to ensure retail media is integrated properly & complimentary to local market. Work closely with Creative, Data, and Measurement teamstoestablishroutines, community managementtoall.
5. Transformation&best-practicescaling:Developsuccessful pilotsandoperationalize them inmarket,Translate complex data into actionable enhancements and recommendations. Align and design the experimentation agenda.Identifyand scale best practices from other Operating Units, markets, and global IMX teams, developing joint businesspartnershipsthatshowcaseeffectiveness.
Qualifications & Experience
6. 10-12 years of experience inRetail Media, performance, social commerce roles,with increasing leadership responsibility
7. Expert knowledge of RMNs (Amazon, Criteo) and Commerce Platforms (The Trade Desk, Meta, Pinterest).
8. Significant experienceworking with mediaagencies and holding groups.
9. Proven ability to negotiate large-scale, end-to-end solutions with partners
10. Deep understanding of the "bottler" or "franchise" commercial model and how mediaimpactsthe value chain.
11. Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
12. Ability tooperateeffectively in Agile, cross functional IMX teams.
Skills:
Agile, AI Concepts, Audience Engagement, Brand Strategy, Creative Strategies, Data Insights, Design, Design Thinking, Experimentation, Ideas Generator, Influencer Marketing, Market Segmentation, Negotiation, Omnichannel Strategy, Portfolio Strategies, Revenue Growth Management, Social Media, Storytelling, Sustainability, User Experience (UX) Design
Location(s):
United Kingdom
City/Cities:
London
Travel Required:
00% - 25%
Relocation Provided:
No
Job Posting End Date:
June 6, 2026