Responsibilities

• As the executive lead for our commerce & retail practice, you are responsible for defining our overarching commerce strategy, scaling our modern retail capabilities, and building unified solutions that connect media performance to transactions.
• You will be a strategic leader within our Data & Media team, contributing meaningfully to our P&L, serving as the primary enterprise consultant for senior client stakeholders navigating complex commerce maturity journeys.
• Your remit spans the strategic oversight of our core commerce infrastructure, partnering closely with the investment/activation team and major networks like Amazon, Walmart, Target, and other RMNs in the US and Canada.
• This includes maximizing multi-million dollar investments across the marketplace and engineering direct-to-consumer (DTC) transformations.
• Additionally, you will work closely with our data team and proprietary AI tools to integrate best-in-class commerce and retail data partnerships directly into our planning and creative intelligence AI workflows, ensuring our solutions remain best in class.
• A primary mandate of this leadership role is the expansion of our creator commerce footprint at Monks. You will architect this high-growth capability right at the convergence of our world-class social credentials, creator/influencer networks, and affiliate marketing.
• By unifying these capabilities, you will build scalable offerings that turn cultural momentum into immediate transactional volume, driving real-time brand results and establishing Monks as a leader in this specialty.

Requirements

• 15+ years of leadership in digital commerce, retail media, performance marketing, or eCommerce consulting
• A proven track record of leading large, multidisciplinary teams across retail media, media buying, client services, and strategic consulting.
• Deep, established experience building or advising on Joint Business Plans (JBPs) and partnering directly with Amazon, Walmart, Target, Kroeger, TikTok Shop, Pacvue, Criteo and major retail media platforms.
• Technical and operational familiarity with integrating paid media strategy with owned channels (CRM, loyalty, subscriptions), analytics, business intelligence platforms, and content ecosystems.
• Familiarity scaling brands within consumer products, wellness, health, beauty, food & beverage, or CPG verticals.
• An established track record of presenting complex, high-level business strategies, proprietary methodologies, and financial narratives to C-suite and partner-level audiences.
• Experience driving organizational transformation and merging siloed commerce operations into centralized centers of excellence.

Benefits

• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance - more about our coverage here!
• Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
• 401k with company contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
• Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network
• A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
• Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)
• This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company’s then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.