Strategic Growth Lead, Retail Media

Sam’s Club Connect; Hoboken (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 312,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Sam’s Club Connect is seeking a senior strategy leader to guide the next phase of growth for its retail media business in the United States. You will lead a small, high-impact Strategy team and advise Sam's Club Connect leadership on growth, monetization, and differentiation in a rapidly evolving landscape.

You’ll bring an external perspective to retail media, collaborating with product, sales, finance, data science, and marketing to translate ambiguity into clear recommendations for executives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in advertising, media, commerce, or retail media strategy.
• Experience in corporate strategy, business strategy, management consulting, or investment banking with retail media exposure.
• Track record of owning long-range planning or enterprise strategy definition.
• Strong commercial and analytical instincts.
• Deep understanding of the retail media and digital advertising ecosystem.
• Ability to synthesize ambiguity into a clear point of view.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and influence skills.
• Experience building, leading, and developing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the long-range strategic direction for Sam's Club Connect, including annual and multi-year planning processes.
• Provide outside perspective on retail media, commerce and advertising landscape.
• Build and operationalize competitive intelligence across networks and platforms.
• Identify adjacent opportunities and whitespace for growth and differentiation.
• Translate market signals into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.
• Partner with Product, Sales, Finance, Data Science, and Marketing to align priorities.
• Lead strategic partnerships with Walmart Connect and International Connect leaders.
• Oversee high-priority strategic initiatives and executive-level decisions.
• Build and lead a high-performing strategy team and establish operating rhythms.

Skills

Advertising strategy

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Analytics

Industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business / related field

Job description

Sam’s Club Connect is seeking a senior strategy leader to guide the next phase of growth for its retail media business in the United States. You will lead a small, high-impact Strategy team and advise Sam's Club Connect leadership on growth, monetization, and differentiation in a rapidly evolving landscape.

You’ll bring an external perspective to retail media, collaborating with product, sales, finance, data science, and marketing to translate ambiguity into clear recommendations for executives.