Senior Manager, Commerce & Retail Media

We are seeking a highly motivated, strategic, and detail-oriented Senior Manager to lead and manage a growing retail search business for a client in the Alcohol/Beverage Industry. This role works across major commerce platforms including Instacart, DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Pacvue, with opportunities to expand into emerging retail media and commerce platforms such as Criteo, Koddi, and other retailer ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Own search strategy and activation across Instacart, DoorDash, Uber Eats, and future retail media platforms.
• Launch, manage, optimize, and scale campaigns, including budget management, pacing, billing, actualization, reporting, and performance analysis.
• Lead client meetings, status calls, quarterly business reviews, and strategic presentations.
• Manage retailer and technology partner relationships.
• Identify growth opportunities, testing initiatives, and innovation opportunities.
• Collaborate across analytics, planning, social, display, programmatic, and broader commerce teams.
• Serve as the primary owner of a significant retail media search investment, accountable for sales, ROAS, budget management, operational excellence, and business results.
• Maintain trackers, reporting, optimization logs, and financial stewardship processes with a high degree of accuracy.

Requirements

• 5+ years of Retail Media, Paid Search, Ecommerce Media, Commerce Marketing, or Performance Marketing experience.
• Strong client presentation skills.
• Deep analytical capabilities.
• Project management skills.
• Experience managing retail media platforms and performance-based media investments.

What Success Looks Like

Quickly assumes ownership of the business, delivers client confidence, drives sales and ROI goals, proactively identifies opportunities, maintains exceptional organization, and connects search performance to broader commerce and brand objectives.

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $72,000 - $110,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• 401k.
• Flexible paid time off.
• At least 15 paid holidays per year.
• Paid sick and safe leave.
• Paid parental leave.

Schedule

Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices (Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City) are required to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs.