About the Role:
The Director, Connected Commerce is a strategic leadership role focused on driving the growth and adoption of retail media and integration of commerce and media across the region for a globally recognised client. Reporting to the Executive Director, Global Commerce, you will lead the development of retail media and commerce roadmaps, ensuring alignment with global strategies while addressing the unique needs of Western European markets.
This role encompasses retail media sophistication, market coordination, and the creation of actionable frameworks for connected commerce. By fostering collaboration across markets and driving innovation, you will deliver impactful solutions that meet client objectives and elevate the agency’s capabilities in commerce integration.
About You
- Strategic Visionary: You excel at creating actionable roadmaps and frameworks that drive meaningful outcomes.
- Detail-Oriented Innovator: You have a passion for developing sophisticated strategies that are practical and measurable.
- Collaborative Leader: You thrive in bringing teams together, fostering alignment and innovation across markets.
- Client-Focused Professional: You prioritize delivering results that align with client objectives while building strong relationships.
- Experience: in retail media, commerce, or a related field, with regional or global experience in roadmap development and market coordination.
- Commerce Expertise: Deep understanding of retail media platforms, including Amazon (AMC), with a proven ability to integrate commerce into broader media strategies.
- Strategic Thinking: Demonstrated success in creating and executing connected commerce strategies that deliver measurable results.
- Regional Knowledge: Awareness of Western European market dynamics, including cultural and consumer nuances.
- Communication Skills: Strong ability to articulate strategies and ideas through presentations, workshops, and playbooks.
- Collaboration: Experience working across local, regional, and global teams, fostering alignment and best practices.
About the Agency:
At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of ‘better decisions, faster‘ for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across our region every day. As part of the world’s largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy. Empathy to see the world through the eyes of the consumer, to recognise the needs of our clients and to identify aspirations of our talent.
Learn Fast, Act Fast. To help navigate the road to a ‘new normal’, learning from, and acting upon data signals at scale and speed is crucial. Visit Why OMD? to learn more about our unique Act Fast Framework.
Our working pattern for colleagues is to be present in the office three days a week at our offices in London with the other days available to work remotely. Let us know if you have any questions about our working pattern as part of your application and interview process.
Be Your Best
We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at [email protected] to let us know how we can support you.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG
At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.
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Omnicom Media Group UK London, England Office
Bankside 2, 90-100 Southwark Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 0SW
