Manager, MarTech Strategy, Capabilities & Innovation

This role is based at our Corporate Office in Menomonee Falls, WI. You’ll work onsite from Monday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Fridays.About the RoleAs the Marketing Technology Manager, you will lead capability domains within Kohl’s MarTech Strategy, Capabilities & Innovation (MTSCI) function, shaping the design, modernization and scale of marketing capabilities. You will translate strategy into actionable roadmaps and future-state designs, while driving innovation and AI-enabled opportunities. In partnership with Marketing, Technology, and MOps, you will deliver scalable, governed solutions that advance marketing performance and agility.What You’ll DoLead MTSCI assigned capability domains, setting strategy and roadmap aligned to business priorities, dependencies, and maturity goals.Lead the successful definition, design, planning, implementation, execution and measurement of cross-functional marketing technology and capability initiativesIdentify and integrate innovation, transformation, automation, and AI opportunities into domain roadmaps, recommendations, and future-state solutions.Translate business goals, pain points and opportunities into requirements, use cases, success criteria and future-state capability designsAlign cross-functionally on priorities, tradeoffs and solution direction, identifying capability and ecosystem gaps and developing recommendations that improve scalability, interoperability and effectivenessEvaluate platforms, vendors and emerging marketing and AI technologies, assessing business value, ecosystem impact, scalability and long-term sustainabilityEstablish governance principles, design standards and decision frameworks, providing oversight through design, build and validation to ensure alignment with business intent and measurable valueDefine or support success criteria, performance visibility and value realization measures for capability initiatives, using outcomes and feedback to inform roadmap evolutionCoach and guide the aligned Marketing Technologist, strengthening the quality of discovery, documentation, analysis, recommendations and overall domain executionAdditional tasks may be assignedWhat Skills You HaveRequiredBachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering, MIS, Information Systems, Analytics, or a related field5+ years of relevant experience in marketing technology, digital marketing and operations, CRM, customer data, digital strategy, analytics, workflow / content operations, media technology, or related capability design roles5+ years of experience leading cross-functional marketing technology / marketing capability / innovation initiatives and managing projects with increasing responsibility.PreferredExperience with enterprise marketing technology platforms, including CRM, CDP, marketing automation, CMS, DAM, decisioning / recommendation platforms, analytics, and media tech tools Experience in retail, e-commerce, loyalty, lifecycle marketing, omnichannel marketing, or high-volume content environments.Experience with IT development and delivery processes such as Agile, Kanban, SAFe, or similar methodologies and tools.Job SummaryJob number: R472850Profession: Marketing, eComm & Creative