SVP, Agentic Commerce Product

About the Role

Dentsu is seeking a Senior Vice President of Agentic Commerce Solutions to lead the development of next-generation commerce technology and AI-powered solutions across the enterprise. This executive will report directly to the Head of Commerce for Dentsu North America and lead the development of agentic technology for dentsu.commerce within dentsu.connect, Dentsu’s enterprise technology platform. They will build technical integrations, strategic partnerships, and intelligent workflows that connect commerce intelligence, planning, activation, and measurement. Central to this role is advancing agentic commerce capabilities through Model Context Protocol (MCP), APIs, and emerging AI architectures.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Head of Commerce and EVP of Retail Media to establish the strategic product roadmap and development priorities for dentsu.commerce.
• Own the technical architecture and define capabilities connecting commerce intelligence, audience insights, planning, activation, and measurement.
• Lead the development and delivery of dentsu.commerce within dentsu.connect, ensuring alignment with enterprise technology standards.
• Work directly with engineering teams to design, prototype, develop, and test technical solutions, contributing hands-on coding and technical problem-solving where needed.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications, development plans, and scalable software solutions.
• Own technical execution plans, development milestones, and delivery against defined business outcomes.
• Architect and build MCP-based connections, APIs, and integrations across Dentsu’s commerce technology ecosystem.
• Develop and prototype AI agents and automated workflows that connect commerce data and intelligence directly to planning, activation, optimization, and measurement.
• Partner with technology providers in the commerce ecosystem to enable secure, scalable agentic capabilities.
• Establish technical frameworks for agent orchestration, platform connectivity, governance, and responsible AI deployment.
• Evaluate code, troubleshoot integration challenges, and guide engineering teams in developing production-ready agentic solutions.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and accelerate commerce decision-making.
• Build senior relationships with commerce technology partners to influence integration roadmaps and identify opportunities for joint innovation.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies, commerce platforms, and integration frameworks through technical assessments, proof of concepts, and hands-on experimentation.
• Collaborate with internal technology and commercial stakeholders on strategic product partnerships and investment priorities.
• Identify opportunities to leverage partner capabilities to differentiate Dentsu’s commerce solutions.
• Translate technical capabilities into differentiated commerce products that support enterprise growth.
• Partner with Commerce leadership to support product commercialization, adoption, and strategic new business opportunities.
• Develop business cases for technology investments, including revenue opportunities, operational efficiencies, and scalability.
• Establish frameworks to deploy and scale commerce solutions across clients, retailers, and markets.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in commerce technology, software engineering, digital product development, marketing technology, or enterprise technology solutions.
• Proven experience developing and scaling technology products within an agency, technology company, or enterprise environment.
• Strong hands-on software development experience, ideally with Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript, including experience building APIs, integrations, and AI-powered applications.
• Demonstrated ability to write, review, and troubleshoot code and develop working prototypes independently.
• Strong understanding of the commerce and retail media technology ecosystem.
• Demonstrated experience architecting and implementing API integrations, platform connectivity, and strategic technology partnerships.
• Practical experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP), large language models, agentic AI architectures, and AI workflow orchestration.
• Experience translating technical capabilities into commercial products and scalable enterprise solutions.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, product, data science, and commercial leadership teams.
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology governance, data privacy, and responsible AI principles.
• Excellent executive communication, strategic thinking, and stakeholder management skills.
• Agency experience supporting enterprise commerce or retail media clients preferred.

Additional Information

Location: New York, NY
Work Arrangement: Hybrid, 3 days in office
Time Type: Full-time
Contract Type: Permanent

Pay

The annual base salary range for this position is $163,000 - $263,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law. Additionally, this position is eligible for discretionary incentive compensation.

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

Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits.