Senior Manager, Amazon Media & Growth

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Senior Manager, Amazon Media & Growth

We are seeking a hands-on Amazon media expert who can both manage performance marketing execution and shape category-level growth strategy. This role will serve as the internal Amazon media authority — auditing performance, optimizing investments, and connecting retail media to broader brand and commercial plans.

This individual must be equally comfortable:

Being hands-on in Amazon Ads platforms

Holding agencies accountable to performance targets

Translating retail media insights into category and brand strategy

Overview

WPP Unite is the bespoke agency partnership powering Unilever’s marketing transformation across creative, media, data, and commerce. Embedded within Unilever’s Hoboken hub, this role will sit at the intersection of brand and retail, working shoulder to shoulder with cross-functional Unilever teams and WPP partners to bring digital commerce content to life with precision, speed, and scale.

Job Responsibilities

Performance Media Leadership (Hands-On + Agency Oversight)

Direct Amazon Sponsored Ads (SP, SB, SD) and DSP strategy with agency input

Conduct hands-on audits of campaign structure, keyword strategy, bidding logic, budget allocation, and search term harvesting

Identify gaps in impression share, coverage, and defensive/offensive keyword strategy

Ensure full-funnel architecture (search, competitor conquesting, retargeting, prospecting)

Guide agency on: Budget flighting, Efficiency vs growth tradeoffs, TACoS / blended ROAS, New-to-brand acquisition

Diagnose sudden performance changes (impression drops, CVR shifts, buy box issues, etc.)

Partner with the sales team and finance to analyze weekly performance drivers and forecast media attributed sales

Category & Growth Strategy

Build Amazon category growth strategies (assortment, hero SKUs, price-pack architecture)

Identify whitespace opportunities and competitive gaps

Translate search behavior into category insights

Inform innovation pipeline with brand teams based on demand signals

Build annual and quarterly media investment frameworks aligned to category priorities

Develop performance dashboards for leadership and lead monthly brand E2E performance review meetings for Amazon.

Brand & Cross-Channel Integration

Ensure retail media aligns with broader brand marketing campaigns

Partner with Brand Demand Generation Leads and National Media team to identify opportunities/risks for amplification on Amazon

Provide input into:

Creative strategy for PDPs and A+ content

Launch plans

Promotional strategy

Connect Amazon performance data with broader marketing learning agenda

Qualifications

5–8+ years in Amazon performance marketing or retail media

Direct hands-on experience in Amazon Ads Console and/or DSP

Experience managing external agencies

Strong understanding of:

Keyword strategy and search term mining

Full-funnel retail media architecture

Budget allocation frameworks

New-to-brand metrics

Experience working cross-functionally with brand, sales, and finance

Strong commercial acumen — understands P&L impact of media decisions

Preferred

Experience in CPG or consumer goods

Vendor Central experience

Familiarity with Pacvue, Skai, or similar bid management tools

Familiarity with Amz performance management tools (Stackline, Circana etc)

Experience building retail media strategy decks for senior leadership

The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, go to https://mybenefits.wpp.com/public/welcome for more details.

US Pay Range

$75,000 — $180,000 USD

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