Manager, Amazon Media & Growth
We are seeking a hands-on Amazon and retail media expert to lead performance marketing execution while helping shape broader category and growth strategies.
This role will serve as a key internal resource for Amazon media, overseeing performance, optimizing investments, identifying growth opportunities, and connecting retail media insights to broader brand and commercial objectives.
The ideal candidate is equally comfortable working directly in media platforms, partnering with agencies, and translating performance data into actionable business and marketing strategies.
Key Responsibilities
Performance Media & Amazon Strategy
- Lead Amazon media strategy across sponsored advertising and DSP.
- Monitor and optimize campaign performance, including keywords, bidding, budgets, targeting, and overall campaign structure.
- Identify opportunities to improve visibility, conversion, efficiency, and growth.
- Develop full-funnel media strategies spanning search, prospecting, retargeting, and competitive targeting.
- Analyze performance trends and provide recommendations based on key retail media metrics.
- Partner with agencies and internal stakeholders to ensure media investments are aligned with business goals.
Category & Growth Strategy
- Develop Amazon and retail media strategies aligned with category and brand priorities.
- Identify competitive gaps, emerging opportunities, and areas for growth.
- Translate consumer search and performance data into actionable category insights.
- Support quarterly and annual media planning and investment strategies.
- Develop reporting and performance dashboards for internal stakeholders and leadership.
- Present performance insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with brand, sales, finance, media, and agency teams to align retail media activity with broader business objectives.
- Connect Amazon performance with broader marketing and commercial initiatives.
- Provide input into digital commerce, content, promotional, and product launch strategies.
- Help ensure retail media plans support overall brand and customer growth.
Qualifications
- 5-8+ years of experience in Amazon media, performance marketing, or retail media.
- Hands-on experience with Amazon Ads and/or DSP. Walmart is a plus.
- Experience working with and managing external agency partners.
- Strong understanding of retail media fundamentals, including keyword strategy, campaign optimization, full-funnel media, and budget allocation.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to turn data into actionable recommendations.
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally with marketing, sales, finance, and other business teams.
- Strong commercial mindset and understanding of how media investment impacts business performance.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Preferred Experience
- Experience within CPG, retail, e-commerce, or consumer-focused businesses.
- Experience with Vendor Central or similar retail platforms.
- Familiarity with tools such as Pacvue, Skai, Stackline, Circana, or similar platforms.
- Experience developing retail media strategies and presenting recommendations to senior leadership.
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Sphere is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications regardless of ethnic origin, race, religious beliefs, age, disability, gender or sexual orientation, and any other protected status as required by applicable law.
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