VP, Product - Commerce and Retail Media| Chicago, IL or NYC, NY

Circana is a leading provider of technology, AI, and data solutions for consumer packaged goods companies, manufacturers, and retailers. Our predictive analytics and Liquid Data® platform help clients measure market share, uncover consumer behavior, and drive growth—powered by six decades of expertise and an expansive, high-quality data set.

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Role Overview

Circana is seeking an exceptional product leader to build and commercialize the industry’s leading Retail Media solutions. This leader will define the future of Retail Media Network (RMN) measurement, advertiser effectiveness, Audience Targeting, Customer Relationship Management, and AI-powered commerce intelligence. This leader will establish a scalable media framework and products to support customer relationship management, retail media targeting, measurement and optimization.

Job Responsibilities

Strategic Outcomes

• Create the industry standard for retail media effectiveness measurement.
• Launch a universal dashboard and API strategy supporting advertisers, RMNs, agencies and partners.
• Connect audience targeting, customer experience, incrementality, attribution and optimization measurement into a unified platform.
• Drive meaningful software, data, and measurement of revenue growth.
• Establish Circana as the trusted neutral retail media partner across RMNs.

Core Responsibilities

• Own vision, roadmap, investment strategy, and commercialization.
• Lead products spanning lift measurement, benchmarking, media optimization, audience targeting, customer relationship management, AI insights, and analytics. Lead integration of additional measurement capabilities as necessary like match market testing and Market Mix Modeling (MMM)
• Partner with Data Science and Engineering to operationalize audience segmentation, targeting, incrementality, causal inference, and AI
• Build scalable self-service experiences and ecosystem integrations.
• Influence executive clients, retailers, and strategic partners.
• Recruit and develop world-class product talent.

Requirements

Ideal Backgrounds and Experience

• Familiar working knowledge with RMNs like Amazon Ads, Walmart Connect, Sam’s Club MAP, Instacart Ads, Roundel, Kroger Precision Marketing or Albertsons Media Collective.
• Retail media ecosystem platform knowledge like Skai, Pacvue, Koddi, Flywheel, CommerceIQ or similar platforms.
• Commerce and social platform experience and knowledge like TikTok Shop, Meta Commerce, Pinterest or similar organizations.
• Familiar with measurement and analytics offerings like Nielsen, NCS, Kantar, Neustar, Analytic Partners or Circana/IRI.

Target Candidate Archetype

• Built products used across multiple RMNs.
• Understands advertiser, agency, retailer and platform needs.
• Deep fluency in media, measurement science, CRM and commercialization.
• History of scaling products from concept to market leadership.

Required Qualifications

• 12-15+ years in Product Management, Analytics, AdTech, MarTech or Retail Media.
• Proven success launching enterprise data, measurement or analytics products.
• Strong executive presence and customer-facing leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in quantitative discipline; MBA, MS or PhD preferred.

Technical Expertise

• Retail Media Networks
• Incrementality measurement
• Causal inference and econometrics
• Attribution and media optimization
• AI/ML based insights and recommendation systems
• Retail, media and consumer data ecosystems

Circana Behaviors

• Stay Curious: Being hungry to learn and grow, always asking the big questions.
• Seek Clarity: Embracing complexity to create clarity and inspire action.
• Own the Outcome: Being accountable for decisions and taking ownership of our choices.
• Center on the Client: Relentlessly adding value for our customers.
• Be a Challenger: Never complacent, always striving for continuous improvement.
• Champion Inclusivity: Fostering trust in relationships engaging with empathy, respect, and integrity.
• Commit to each other: Contributing to making Circana a great place to work for everyone.

Location

This position can be located in the following area(s): Chicago, IL or NYC, NY

Compensation & Benefits

The salary range for this role is $200,000 USD to $250,000 USD.

This job is also eligible for bonus pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

An offer of employment may be conditional upon successful completion of a background check in accordance with local legislation and our candidate privacy notice. Your current employer will not be contacted without your permission.

This role is subject to AI-assisted screening. Circana uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assess resumes for alignment with job requirements by helping locate details in resumes that relate to the job description.

This position is expected to remain open for approximately 30 days and may close earlier if sufficient qualified candidates are identified.