Media Specialist

Sphere Digital Recruitment Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Sphere Digital Recruitment Group seeks a Director of Commerce Operations to lead operational excellence and scalable activation across commerce and retail media programs in New York. This is a hands‑on role for a performance‑driven retail media expert who can build processes, improve workflows, and drive measurable outcomes across commerce activation.

The ideal candidate will bring deep experience with retail media platforms (Amazon Ads/DSP, Walmart Ads/DSP, Target Roundel, Pacvue, Skai, The

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with retail media platforms (Amazon Ads/DSP, Walmart Ads/DSP, Target Roundel).
• Proven ability to drive optimization insights and performance improvements.
• Experience leading operational programs across campaigns, activation, reporting, and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable operational frameworks for commerce activation.
• Drive process improvements and execution rigor across teams.
• Lead rollout of new commerce capabilities and activation models.
• Partner with commerce and media teams to improve performance outcomes.
• Strengthen workflows across campaign setup, execution, reporting and optimization.
• Support change management and cross-functional alignment.

Skills

Operational leadership

Process optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

Performance marketing

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Tools

Amazon Ads

Amazon DSP

Walmart Ads

Walmart DSP

Target Roundel

Pacvue

Skai

The Trade Desk

Job description

Director, Commerce Operations (Retail Media Focus)

We are seeking a Director of Commerce Operations to lead operational excellence and scalable activation across commerce and retail media programs.

This is a highly hands‑on role for a performance‑driven retail media expert who can build processes, improve workflows, and drive measurable outcomes across commerce activation.

Key responsibilities:

• Build and optimize scalable operational frameworks for commerce and retail media activation
• Drive process improvement, consistency, and execution rigor across teams
• Lead rollout of new commerce capabilities and activation models
• Partner with commerce and media teams to improve performance outcomes
• Strengthen workflows across campaign setup, execution, reporting, and optimization
• Support change management and cross‑functional operational alignment

Ideal experience:

Deep, hands‑on experience across retail media platforms such as Amazon Ads / Amazon DSP, Walmart Ads / Walmart DSP, Target Roundel, Pacvue, Skai, and The Trade Desk.

We are looking for candidates from performance marketing agencies or retail media environments who can go beyond trafficking to deliver optimization insights, strategic recommendations, and performance improvements.

This role is best suited for someone who thrives in fast‑moving, execution‑focused environments and can bridge commerce strategy, media activation, and operational rigor.