Sr. Associate Manager, Digital, Commerce Media and Strategic Partnerships

Irvine, CA (Hybrid)

$125K/yr – $140K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the commerce media and partner activation stack for Taco Bell across the digital ecosystem, coordinating loyalty, CRM, analytics and engineering to drive audience activation and cross‑channel performance.

  • Own end-to-end partner programs and integrated campaigns across app, loyalty, social, content, and external partners.
  • Drive audience activation using CRM, data, and media teams with cross-channel measurement and optimization.
  • Enable cross‑functional delivery with project timelines and stakeholder alignment to scale commerce media initiatives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the planning and execution of commerce media and strategic partnership initiatives across Taco Bell's digital ecosystem, including audience activations, integrated campaigns, and partner programs.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Loyalty, Digital Channels, Brand, Media, CRM, Analytics, Customer Data and Engineering to help execute campaigns and activations that align with business objectives and fan engagement goals.
  • Excel in managing partner relationships by coordinating program planning, activation timelines, deliverables, and ongoing communication with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Support audience activation efforts by partnering with data, CRM, and media teams to execute campaigns across owned and paid digital channels.
  • Coordinate integrated digital and experiential activations across app, loyalty, social, content, and partner touchpoints to help ensure a seamless consumer experience.
  • Monitor program performance, compile campaign results, and share insights and recommendations to support campaign optimization and future activations.
  • Manage project timelines, stakeholder communication, and cross-functional coordination to help ensure successful delivery of partnership and commerce media initiatives.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field
  • 8+ years of experience in digital marketing, media, loyalty, partnerships, retail media, or a related discipline
  • Experience supporting or executing digital media campaigns, with familiarity across channels such as paid social, programmatic, retail media, or other digital advertising platforms
  • Familiarity with commerce media and digital marketing concepts, including audience activation, targeting, measurement, and performance across owned, paid, and partner channels
  • Familiarity with marketing and media performance metrics and concepts, including CPM, CPA, ROAS, audience segmentation, match rates, and campaign measurement
  • Experience working with customer, CRM, or loyalty data to support audience targeting, personalization, and consumer engagement initiatives; exposure to audience onboarding, identity solutions, or clean room environments is a plus
  • Strong project management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience partnering across Marketing, Digital, Analytics, CRM, Engineering, agencies, or external partners in a fast-paced environment

Preferred

  • Exposure to audience onboarding, identity solutions, or clean room environments is a plus

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule (onsite expectation Tues, Wed, Thurs) and year-round flex day Friday
  • Onsite childcare through Bright Horizons
  • Onsite dining center and game room (yes, there is a Taco Bell inside the building)
  • Onsite dry cleaning, laundry services, and carwash
  • Onsite gym with fitness classes and personal trainer sessions
  • Up to 4 weeks of vacation per year plus holidays and time off for volunteering
  • Generous parental leave for all new parents and adoption assistance program
  • 401(k) with a 6% matching contribution from Yum! Brands with immediate vesting
  • Comprehensive medical & dental including prescription drug benefits and 100% preventive care
  • Discounts, free food, swag and… honestly, too many good benefits to name
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Taco Bell

Taco Bell was born and raised in California and has been around since 1962. We went from selling everyone’s favorite Crunchy Tacos on the West Coast to a global brand with 8,200+ restaurants, 350 franchise organizations, that serve 42+ million fans each week around the globe. We’re not only the largest Mexican-inspired quick service brand (QSR) in the world, we’re also part of the biggest restaurant group in the world: Yum! Brands. Much of our fan love and authentic connection with our communities are rooted in being rebels with a cause. From ensuring we use high quality, sustainable ingredients to elevating restaurant technology in ways that hasn’t been done before… we will continue to be inclusive, bold, challenge the status quo and push industry boundaries. We’re a company that celebrates and advocates for different, has bold self-expression, strives for a better future, and brings the fun while we’re at it. We fuel our culture with real people who bring unique experiences. We inspire and enable our teams and the world to Live Más. At Taco Bell, we’re Cultural Rebels.

Founded in 1962
Irvine, CA, US
76K employees (1,009 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
9.9M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$298.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
61.5%
Direct
33.1%
Referral
3.6%
Social
0.6%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~82.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
352 (0% of company)
Median Career Experience
12 years
Median Tenure
3.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Total Funding
$13.7M
Last Raise
$13.7M
Series A, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2022
    Series A
  • Nov 2006
    Debt Financing • $13.7M

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