Retail Media Senior Manager

About the role

As a Retail Media Senior Manager at PMG, you will lead retail media strategy across key client accounts, ensuring campaigns align with broader business goals and growth opportunities. You will guide campaign direction on major retail media platforms like Amazon, Walmart Connect, and Instacart, serving as a trusted client partner by leading conversations, sharing recommendations, and clarifying complex decisions. You will oversee forecasting, budgeting, and program performance, collaborating with Retail Operations, Creative, Analytics, and other teams to maintain program integrity and measurability.

Responsibilities

• Lead retail media strategy across key client accounts, connecting campaign plans to broader business goals and growth opportunities.
• Guide campaign direction across Amazon, Walmart Connect, Instacart, and other retail media platforms to ensure strong performance and clear purpose.
• Serve as a trusted client partner by leading conversations, sharing thoughtful recommendations, and bringing clarity to complex decisions.
• Oversee forecasting, pacing, and budget allocation to help clients invest wisely and maximize return.
• Partner with Retail Operations, Creative, Analytics, and other teams to keep programs connected, launch-ready, and measurable.
• Use performance data, market signals, and platform trends to identify opportunities and improve strategy over time.
• Coach and support team members, helping raise the quality of work and encourage continued growth across the team.

Requirements

Required qualifications include 6+ years of experience in retail media, digital media, or marketplace advertising, with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. Strong experience building and guiding retail media strategies across platforms such as Amazon, Walmart Connect, and Instacart is essential. Confidence leading client relationships, presenting recommendations, and translating performance into clear next steps is also crucial. Strong skills in forecasting, budget management, reporting, and performance analysis are necessary. A collaborative leadership style and the ability to work effectively across media, analytics, creative, and operations teams are key. Experience mentoring others and helping teams grow through clear direction, thoughtful feedback, and strong partnership is expected. Comfort working with tools such as Velocity, Excel, and SQL to support analysis, planning, and decision-making is beneficial. A commitment to curiosity and adaptability as a Continuous Learner, staying at the forefront of media innovation while prioritizing client success with a Customer-Focused mindset, is required. A dedication to People-Focused leadership, fostering collaboration, innovation, and professional growth by Leading by Example and nurturing strong relationships that empower others to excel, is essential.

Qualifications

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in retail media, digital media, or marketplace advertising. Strong experience building and guiding retail media strategies across platforms such as Amazon, Walmart Connect, and Instacart is required. Confidence leading client relationships, presenting recommendations, and translating performance into clear next steps is essential. Strong skills in forecasting, budget management, reporting, and performance analysis are necessary. A collaborative leadership style and the ability to work effectively across media, analytics, creative, and operations teams are key. Experience mentoring others and helping teams grow through clear direction, thoughtful feedback, and strong partnership is expected. Comfort working with tools such as Velocity, Excel, and SQL to support analysis, planning, and decision-making is beneficial. A commitment to curiosity and adaptability as a Continuous Learner, staying at the forefront of media innovation while prioritizing client success with a Customer-Focused mindset, is required. A dedication to People-Focused leadership, fostering collaboration, innovation, and professional growth by Leading by Example and nurturing strong relationships that empower others to excel, is essential.

Skills

Key skills include experience in retail media, digital media, or marketplace advertising, with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. Strong experience building and guiding retail media strategies across platforms such as Amazon, Walmart Connect, and Instacart is essential. Confidence leading client relationships, presenting recommendations, and translating performance into clear next steps is crucial. Strong skills in forecasting, budget management, reporting, and performance analysis are necessary. A collaborative leadership style and the ability to work effectively across media, analytics, creative, and operations teams are key. Experience mentoring others and helping teams grow through clear direction, thoughtful feedback, and strong partnership is expected. Comfort working with tools such as Velocity, Excel, and SQL to support analysis, planning, and decision-making is beneficial. A commitment to curiosity and adaptability as a Continuous Learner, staying at the forefront of media innovation while prioritizing client success with a Customer-Focused mindset, is required. A dedication to People-Focused leadership, fostering collaboration, innovation, and professional growth by Leading by Example and nurturing strong relationships that empower others to excel, is essential.

Benefits

PMG offers a comprehensive benefits package including professional development, generous time off, parental leave, retirement and pension plans, fertility and family support, healthcare coverage, pet insurance, lifestyle spending accounts, commuter benefits, annual bonuses, volunteering opportunities, and AI Enterprise license access. Benefits vary by country, location, and geography to reflect local laws, norms, and expectations.