Associate Director, Programmatic Media Strategy

Stackline; Kentucky; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and, in

Vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Life insurance

PTO 20 days + 9 holidays

Parental leave

Summer Fridays

In-office social events

Well-stocked kitchen

Job summary

Stackline is seeking an Associate Director, Programmatic Media Strategy to drive growth for a portfolio of brands. You will lead programmatic campaigns on Amazon DSP and The Trade Desk, building trusted relationships with senior clients while collaborating with internal teams to launch advertising plans and growth initiatives.

This hybrid role involves guiding cross-functional teams, delivering data-driven insights, managing budgets, and mentoring colleagues to enhance performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or related field.
• 10+ years of relevant account management experience.
• 10+ years e-commerce retail experience.
• 6+ years of demonstratable experience using Microsoft Excel to analyze large amounts of data, drawing insights, and presenting findings.
• 5+ years direct management experience supporting a team of three or more.
• Demonstrated clear and concise written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to stay organized while prioritizing and managing workflows
• Demonstrated experience drawing insights from data to provide recommendations to clients on e-commerce strategy

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic programmatic display campaigns and activate on e-commerce platforms, such as Amazon DSP and The Trade Desk.
• Build data stories by synthesizing disparate datasets and analyses into easily understandable insights for both internal and external audiences.
• Cultivate relationships (up to C-level) with prominent consumer brands across all organizational levels and departments, leveraging Stackline’s data to provide top-quality insights to key clients.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align efforts, overcome obstacles, streamline processes, and achieve organizational success.
• Coordinate and implement critical path schedule to drive new product launches, advertising plans, and strategic growth plans.
• Lead and/or participate in day-to-day counsel and bi-weekly client calls to provide project and deliverable status updates.
• Identify opportunities to launch new business initiatives through platform upsell
• Provide coaching and development opportunities to enhance the skills and capabilities of team members.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, best practices, and ethical standards

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Data-driven decision making

Strategic thinking

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or related field

Tools

Excel

Job description

Stackline is the first full-funnel connected commerce platform for the world's most innovative brands. Business leaders, product innovators, performance marketers, and analysts trust Stackline as the single source of commerce truth. Fueled by our proprietary neural network, our market insights, revenue metrics, behavior analyses, and autonomous functionality create the actions that determine success or failure.

Founded in 2014 in Seattle, we now have offices in Minneapolis, New York, Cleveland, and London. Since November 2020, Stackline has raised $180 million in strategic investments from Goldman Sachs Growth Equity and TA Associates.

Stackline is on a mission to fuel the future of commerce by bringing brands and customers closer together.

About The Role:

The Associate Director, Programmatic Media Strategy executes strategic e-commerce initiatives while driving business growth for their portfolio of brands. This role will be responsible for establishing and nurturing trusted client relationships with prominent brands while collaborating with internal teams to launch advertising campaigns and design strategic growth plans. This role will identify emerging opportunities that lead to client both acquisition and expansion proposals. Focus will be on client satisfaction through overseeing digital advertising performance, examining ROI, and adhering to budget constraints. The Associate Director will actively contribute to company innovation, enhance operational efficiency, and serve as a trusted mentor to the team advocating professional development.

This is a hybrid role (4 days/week in office) at our Seattle, Minneapolis, New York or Cleveland office.

What You Will Do:

• Develop strategic programmatic display campaigns and activate on e-commerce platforms, such as Amazon DSP and The Trade Desk.
• Build data stories by synthesizing disparate datasets and analyses into easily understandable insights for both internal and external audiences.
• Cultivate relationships (up to C-level) with prominent consumer brands across all organizational levels and departments, leveraging Stackline’s data to provide top-quality insights to key clients.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align efforts, overcome obstacles, streamline processes, and achieve organizational success.
• Coordinate and implement critical path schedule to drive new product launches, advertising plans, and strategic growth plans.
• Lead and/or participate in day-to-day counsel and bi-weekly client calls to provide project and deliverable status updates.
• Identify opportunities to launch new business initiatives through platform upsell
• Provide coaching and development opportunities to enhance the skills and capabilities of team members.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, best practices, and ethical standards

Who We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or related field.
• 10+ years of relevant account management experience.
• 10+ years e-commerce retail experience.
• 6+ years of demonstratable experience using Microsoft Excel to analyze large amounts of data, drawing insights, and presenting findings.
• 5+ years direct management experience supporting a team of three or more.
• Demonstrated clear and concise written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to stay organized while prioritizing and managing workflows
• Demonstrated experience drawing insights from data to provide recommendations to clients on e-commerce strategy

Bonus Points If You Have:

• MBA or other advanced business degree.
• Experience manipulating data with technologies such as SQL or similar technology.
• Demonstrated ability to think big, work hard, and solve problems.
• Experience working in a startup, retail, digital advertising, or e-commerce environment.
• Proficiency in German, French, and/or Japanese

Benefits and Perks

It’s important that each and every employee feels they are supported and can complete their life’s best work today and in the future. As part of that, we are committed to doing our part in addressing pay gaps and discrepancies by providing pay transparency for all of our roles. Actual salaries are just one component of the compensation package and may vary above or below the range based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, geographical location, and performance. The pay range for the Associate Director roleis $140,000 – $160,000 per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and other team-specific awards. In addition, we provide a robust benefits and perks package that includes:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage that actually supports you - including HSA with company match and FSA options
• Fertility benefits to support your path to parenthood
• 401(k) with company match to help you plan ahead
• Company-paid life insurance
• 20 days of PTO + 9 company holidays to truly unplug
• Paid parental leave for all parents - because family matters
• Summer Fridays (log off at 3pm and enjoy it)
• Regular in-office social events including happy hours and catered lunches
• A thoughtfully stocked kitchen with healthy snacks and fresh fruit

Stackline is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.