Digital Retail Media Manager

Digital Retail Media Manager Expert Services Chicago, United States Intermediate Full-time Description Ready to take your career to the next level? Skai is looking for the best and the brightest to join our family. We're proud of our industry-leading digital marketing software but we're even prouder of the people behind it. That's where you come in! The Expert Services Manager brings a tactical and strategic perspective to Skai's enterprise retail media clients. Strategic planning, day to day enablement and client account management and optimization of Retail Media Advertising campaigns will be the primary responsibilities of this role. This Manager is ultimately responsible for all facets of assigned account program performance and client satisfaction on the Skai Retail Media management platform. Working with the Retail Media Expert Services Director, you will serve external clients and act as one of our retail media experts for the region, supporting internal stakeholders and helping shape where Skai's platform goes next. Duties and Responsibilities Own the strategy and tactics, as well as performance and outcomes of an assigned book of retail media accounts Plan, build and optimise campaigns hands-on across Amazon, Walmart, Instacart, Target, and other retail media networks, including day-to-day management as the account requires it Investigate performance issues and opportunities, and bring recommendations clients act on Advise senior client stakeholders on media planning, budget allocation across networks, and retail media best practice Co-lead QBRs and strategic reviews with your direct manager Build custom analyses, reports and automations where the standard tools and templates fall short Mentor less experienced colleagues and contribute to team playbooks and process Partner with product development, sales, technical account management and sales engineers to drive platform innovation and capture market opportunity Position Requirements We care more about what you have done than how long you have been doing it, so the requirements below are written as evidence rather than years. Expect to speak to them concretely. What we need from you Amazon and Walmart. Hands-on across Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, Sponsored Display, Walmart Connect sponsored search, plus Vendor Central, Seller Central and the 1P versus 3P distinction. Analytical depth. Root-cause analysis rather than surface reporting, and the judgement to tie metrics back to the client's actual business objectives rather than optimising to a dashboard. Strategic translation. Turning ambiguous client goals into strategy, plans and narratives clients can carry to their own leadership, built around Skai's technology and the right partners. Stakeholder range. Credible from the analyst running day-to-day to the executive who owns the budget, within the same account. Cross-functional operation. Fast-paced, matrixed environments where delivery depends on teams that do not report to you. Ownership and follow-through. Takes problems to resolution rather than to the next person, picks up what is unowned, and does the right thing because it is right rather than because it was asked for. Strongly preferred AMC experience, used to answer questions standard reporting cannot, build custom audiences and analyses (for example incrementality or multi-touch attribution), and change what a client does next. Retail media ecosystem fluency. How retailer economics, onsite, offsite and DSP, 1P and 3P, and shopper marketing fit together, and why a tactic that works on one network fails on another. Advanced use of generative AI tools such as Claude to produce your own technical outputs, from reshaping data to reports, automations and custom agents. A software engineering background is not required. Breadth across other retail media networks: Instacart, Target and Roundel Media Studio, Criteo, CitrusAd, Epsilon, Kroger Precision Marketing, Amazon Retail Ad Service. Breadth across several matters more to us than depth in any single one. Agency-side background. This is the most directly relevant experience for the role, though we welcome strong candidates from the brand, retailer and platform sides. Total commerce context. Familiarity with how retail media sits alongside shopper marketing, trade budgets and joint business planning with retailers. Skai, or a comparable retail media or search management platform. Collaborating with a global team, both locally and virtually. Location and travel US-based Ability to travel up to 10-15% We are hybrid for the long term - with a great home/ office work mix (three days in office per week), passionate and diverse team members, and a vibrant company culture. The salary range for this position is $100,000-120,000. The actual salary amount will vary depending on the applicants experience, skills and abilities as well as internal equity and market data. This position is eligible for additional bonus compensation, full details will be provided during the recruitment process. Equal Opportunity Employer Skai, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. At Skai, we believe ensuring a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace is not just an ideal to strive for; it is right, necessary, and our responsibility as humans. Our full DE&I commitment and global framework can be viewed on our company website and are aligned to our core values. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, and bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, medical condition including acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related conditions, or any other protected status. Also pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we encourage and will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Applicants with Disabilities Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified disabled applicants may participate in the application process. Please advise in writing of special needs at the time of application. Skai is an E-Verify employer #J-18808-Ljbffr Qumra Capital