Head of Retail Media

Our client is the most-visited general classifieds in Germany and growing at speed. Currently, they have more than 45 million live ads and 35 million unique visitors per month - with the majority on mobile devices. Customer centricity and passion for their products is what helps them to develop their platform. The agile environment, weekly usability tests, prototyping and multi-functional teams make their product better each day.

**About the team**: we deliver performance at scale for marketers by demonstrating our massive reach, proprietary technology platform. We optimize web monetization with innovative ad-tech solutions while creating an improving experience for buyers and sellers, resulting in a multi-million dollar advertising business. If you are excited by the scale and technical complexity of retail media then this role might be the right next step for you

Our client is looking for a Head of Retail Media (M/F/d) to drive our direct Advertising revenue stream for the German business.

Tasks

As an experienced manager within the digital publishing industry, you will build up the new sales organization scaling up the companies current advertising portfolio, manage Ad partners, vendors, sales partner and coordinate with the relevant product teams to consistently meet revenue forecasts and enable growth whilst improving the user experience. You are an effective communicator; who will lead across the various structures within and external to the team. You are a problem solver who is self-motivated to innovate, test and learn using data and technology. The role is part of the Cross-Functional Advertising Leadership Team.

**Your role**:

- Co-develop vision and strategy for our Retail Media proposition
- Innovate to improve our retail media offering through creation and implementation of product features
- Identify sales opportunities, priorities them and develop initiatives to maximise the market penetration of our offerings
- Development and promotion of sales strategies of owned media as well as new media revenue streams and marketing concepts on our platforms
- Coordinate the development of creative and other media as needed, as well as external media and brand relationships
- Develop comprehensive retail marketing plans to support strategy with clear objectives, timelines and tactics
- Manage and support retail media team of 5 members to achieve their financial goals
- Coordination and planning of centrally steered and cross-business units driven Retail Media Sales strategies and connect our current display with our future proposition.

**Requirements**:

- At least six years of experience in media planning - ideally on both the agency and corporate side and with a focus on the retail, consumer goods, tech and/or internet sectors
- At least 2 years of leadership experience
- Strong ability to balance short term immediate goals and long term strategic objectives.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work collaboratively with others in an open environment as part of a team with genuine curiosity on how things work.
- Analytical mindset with a data-driven focus
- Active listening and good presentation skills
- Fluent in German and English

**Benefits**:

- Meaningful work with diverse, international, highly skilled and passionate teams which give you the chance to make a difference in our customers’ lives.
- International career opportunities throughout this digital marketplaces group.
- Competitive compensation, conference & education budget. We value your personal and professional development.
- A healthy work-life balance, i.e. part-time work, an additional paid parental leave time, flexible working hours including working from home options.
- A great atmosphere, open-minded company culture with several social team activities (online and offline).

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