Senior Manager, Amazon Media & Growth

New York City, NY (On-site)

$75K/yr – $180K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Job Summary

Own Amazon performance across the marketplace, owning full funnel strategy, category growth, and cross‑channel alignment with brand teams.

  • Full-funnel retail media architecture and budget strategy with an eye on New-to-brand growth.
  • Direct Amazon Ads and DSP tactics managed with agency input and cross‑functional partners.
  • Diagnose performance shifts and translate search behavior into actionable category insights.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Performance Media Leadership (Hands-On + Agency Oversight)
  • Direct Amazon Sponsored Ads (SP, SB, SD) and DSP strategy with agency input
  • Conduct hands-on audits of campaign structure, keyword strategy, bidding logic, budget allocation, and search term harvesting
  • Identify gaps in impression share, coverage, and defensive/offensive keyword strategy
  • Ensure full-funnel architecture (search, competitor conquesting, retargeting, prospecting)
  • Guide agency on: Budget flighting, Efficiency vs growth tradeoffs, TACoS / blended ROAS, New-to-brand acquisition
  • Diagnose sudden performance changes (impression drops, CVR shifts, buy box issues, etc.)
  • Partner with the sales team and finance to analyze weekly performance drivers and forecast media attributed sales
  • Category & Growth Strategy
  • Build Amazon category growth strategies (assortment, hero SKUs, price-pack architecture)

Requirements

  • 5–8+ years in Amazon performance marketing or retail media
  • Direct hands-on experience in Amazon Ads Console and/or DSP
  • Experience managing external agencies
  • Strong understanding of: Keyword strategy and search term mining
  • Full-funnel retail media architecture
  • Budget allocation frameworks
  • New-to-brand metrics
  • Experience working cross-functionally with brand, sales, and finance
  • Strong commercial acumen — understands P&L impact of media decisions

Preferred

  • Experience in CPG or consumer goods
  • Vendor Central experience
  • Familiarity with Pacvue, Skai, or similar bid management tools
  • Familiarity with Amz performance management tools (Stackline, Circana etc)
  • Experience building retail media strategy decks for senior leadership

Benefits

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Salaries

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$75K/yr – $180K/yr

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Senior Manager, Amazon Media & Growth

WPP Media · New York City, NY · On-site