Retail Media Lead

Diageo; City Of London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverage company in London is seeking a Retail Media Lead to drive its global retail media agenda. You will lead strategic development and execution across digital and omnichannel environments, focusing on enhancing growth via partnerships with major retailers. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in digital media, strong leadership skills, and familiarity with compliance in alcohol marketing. This role offers competitive compensation and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Modern work-life balance policies

Annual merit increases

Annual bonus

Share options

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in digital media or retail media.
• 5+ years in a global or regional leadership role.
• Proven success in cross-market media programs.

Responsibilities

• Define and own global retail media strategy.
• Lead engagement with global retail media networks.
• Establish global measurement framework for retail media.

Skills

Digital media expertise

Retail media ecosystem knowledge

Strong leadership skills

E-commerce experience

Influencing skills

Cultural navigation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing or Business

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Retail Media Lead

Location: 1HQ

Type of contract: full-time, permanent

About the Function

In CDT, our objective is to provide world-class consumer experiences that drive brand & business growth – whilst doing so in the most efficient and sustainable way. We have stood-up 5 engines, supported by a transversal MarTech Transformation Office, to scale these kinds of outcomes in repeatable way – consistent technology, capabilities and operating models across marketing fields. We strive to create global tools to support markets and brands to deliver their shape of A&P

About the role

This role sits within the Scaled Reach Engine, which is focused on building world class media, retail media, social media and earned media capabilities and operating models. Using data and technology to drive efficiency and effectiveness in our $1bn+ Media & Scaled Reach investment.

Purpose of Role

The Global Retail Media Lead will set the strategic direction for Diageo’s retail media agenda, leading the development and execution of a best-in-class global approach across digital and omnichannel retail environments. Operating at the intersection of media, commerce, and compliance, this role is central to unlocking growth across priority e-commerce and retailer platforms, while ensuring we lead in responsible marketing in a regulated category. This leader will drive the global vision for retail media, define partnership strategy with global retailers and platforms, and elevate our measurement and governance practices in a way that delivers both brand and commercial impact.

You will be responsible for

1. Strategy & Governance

• Define and own Diageo’s global retail media strategy, ensuring alignment with digital commerce, brand growth, and responsible marketing principles.
• Build a scalable global Scorecard, including investment sufficiency, efficiency, SoV tracking, voice of customer feedback, and sales attribution & incrementality.
• Lead roll-out and operationalise global standard process guidelines, planning principles, compliance standards, and critical metrics adapted to the regulatory context of alcohol marketing.
• Identify and prioritize high-value global retailer partnerships (e.g. Uber, Amazon, Instacart, Tesco, Carrefour etc), with a view to improving return on investment share of voice, and consumer reach – unlocking data for insight and activation.

2. Global Partnership Development

• Lead engagement and negotiations with key global and regional retail media networks, technology platforms, and data partners.
• Explore joint business planning and innovation opportunities that elevate Diageo’s presence across customer ecosystems.
• Partner closely with regional and market teams to translate global strategy into locally relevant executions within relevant frameworks.

3. Performance, Measurement & Reporting

• Establish and oversee a global measurement framework tailored to retail media – balancing brand effectiveness, sales impact, and responsible marketing outcomes.
• Provide regular performance reporting and actionable insight to senior partners, highlighting commercial results and areas for continuous improvement.
• Partner with data, insights, and adtech teams to evolve attribution, incrementality, and closed-loop measurement across channels and platforms.

4. Capability Building & Leadership

• Lead and mentor a growing global retail media team & community, including the Global Retail Media Manager, building deep subject matter expertise and cross-market collaboration.
• Foster a learning culture that brings the outside in – staying at the forefront of retail media trends, benchmarks, and tools.
• Drive excellence through knowledge sharing, training, and community-building across global and regional teams.

5. Cross-Functional & Regulatory Alignment

• Collaborate with key functions including Procurement, Legal, Commerce, Marketing, Commercial, and Data Privacy to ensure compliance across all retail media activity.
• Integrate retail media plans with broader digital marketing and brand strategies, ensuring consistency and consumer-centricity across the path to purchase.
• Partner with Finance to manage investment planning, budget governance, and ROI tracking – collaborate to evolve the taxonomy & tracking both internally and with key partners.

Leadership Responsibilities & Capabilities

• 1 direct report
• Indirect Leadership of Global Retail Media Community
• Influential with ability to drive change through others.

To be successful in this role, you will need

• 10+ years of experience in digital media, retail media, or e-commerce, with at least 5 years in a global or regional leadership role.
• Deep knowledge of retail media ecosystems (e.g., Amazon Ads, CitrusAd, Criteo, Walmart Connect) and how to scale impact in partnership with global retailers.
• Proven success in building cross-market media programs that drive brand equity and commercial growth.
• Strong understanding of alcohol-specific advertising compliance and responsible marketing frameworks globally.
• Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing teams and influence at C-suite level.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Marketing, Business, or related field.
• Experience in or strong affinity with the beverage alcohol category is highly desirable.
• Results-oriented mentality, with a passion for driving continuous improvement and operational excellence within the allocated budget
• Proven ability to navigate cultural nuances & align global strategies with local market needs
• Influential with ability to inspire change through others.

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

• We offer a highly competitive rewards and compensation package including: Modern work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Annual merit increases
• Annual bonus
• Share options

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And crafting an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be encouraged and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, attitudes, and more.

Our ambition is to build the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of crafting the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel encouraged? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

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Worker Type : Regular

Primary Location: 1HQ

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Job Posting Start Date : 2025-07-02