Executive Director - Commerce Strategy

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Executive Director to join our core global agency team. This new role will report directly to the Global Commerce Lead and will be instrumental in providing top-tier commerce solutions, integrating them with media, and leveraging the best solutions from Omnicom to well-known global brands.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lead and manage the execution of commerce initiatives, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
2. Provide strategic oversight and guidance to junior team members, fostering a culture of learning and development.
3. Develop and implement comprehensive global commerce strategies across multiple channels.
4. Monitor and analyse market trends, identifying opportunities for innovation and growth.
5. Prepare and deliver compelling presentations and reports to senior leadership and clients.
6. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to drive commerce solutions and integrate them with media strategies.
7. Build strong relationships with clients, ensuring their needs are met and expectations exceeded.
8. Drive the adoption of best practices and solutions from Omnicom commerce agencies.
9. Identify and leverage eCommerce, commerce, and retail media white space opportunities (e.g., Hybrid Selling, Rapid Commercialization).
10. Manage 3rd party partnerships and support tech stack integration.
11. Curate and share global commerce knowledge, best practices, and content.
12. Explore future commerce knowledge sharing and broader agency product/services (Omni Suite, AMC, etc.).
13. Coordinate multi-market commerce activities and strategies.
14. Conduct scoping exercises and develop playbooks for various commerce initiatives.
15. Understanding of retail media, digital in-store and offsite tactics.
16. Understanding of organic components and performance.

About You:

1. Proven expertise in commerce across various channels.
2. Understanding of the retail media ecosystem.
3. Knowledge of instore and offsite tactics, organic performance, and media channels.
4. Experience in a regional or global role and ability to coordinate multi-region activities.
5. Experience in scoping exercises and playbook development.
6. Experience in training and educating internal teams and clients.
7. Mastery in PowerPoint and storytelling, with the ability to create engaging and persuasive presentations.
8. Strong leadership skills, with experience managing internal and external stakeholders.
9. Excellent team player, capable of coaching and guiding junior team members.
10. Strategic thinker with a track record of delivering innovative solutions.
11. Innovator with a growth mindset.

About the Agency:

At OMD EMEA, we strive to deliver on our promise of 'better decisions, faster' for our clients, partners and all 6,000+ OMDers across our region every day. As part of the world's largest media network, our business is staging experiences for consumers who have more choice and less attention than ever before. The key to the process is empathy. Empathy to see the world through the eyes of the consumer, to recognise the needs of our clients and to identify aspirations of our talent.

Learn Fast, Act Fast. To help navigate the road to a 'new normal', learning from, and acting upon data signals at scale and speed is crucial. Visit Why OMD? to learn more about our unique Act Fast Framework.