Manager, Retail Media Consulting

About Ovative

Ovative Group is one of the only firms in the country uniting strategy, media, and measurement under one roof to drive enterprise results. Our teams work together to drive business impact for clients such as Dominos, Polaris, American Eagle, Facebook, General Mills, The Home Depot and more. Recognized six consecutive years on Star Tribune's list of Top 150 Workplaces and four years on Inc.5000's list of the fastest growing private companies in America, we pride ourselves in always over delivering for our clients, our teams, and our communities.

About the team

Retail Media is one of the fastest growing segments of the industries in which we serve. Likewise, it is one of the fastest growing segments of Ovative's business.

Ovative's Retail Media Consulting team uses their diverse experience and structured problem-solving skills to solve tough problems for all kinds of media networks every day and have fun while doing it. The team works directly with clients to deliver leading-edge thinking and drive change across six areas of expertise: RMN strategy and management, sales and planning, product strategy, audiences and 1P data, measurement and reporting, and RMN Ad Tech and data solutions. The team has grown rapidly, expects continued strong growth, and is uniquely poised to leverage Ovative's digital marketing and measurement expertise to delivering differentiated strategic advice and technical expertise to clients. This team is strategically paired with Ovative's Retail Media Activation team bringing the buy and sell side together to unlock powerful unique solutions for partners.

About the role

The Retail Media Consulting Manager position offers candidates the opportunity to strategic retail media programs for clients across a breadth of industries. Managers also work internally to elevate our Retail Media Consulting team skills and capabilities. The Manager leads project delivery and manages partnerships with our clients, leadership, and other internal Ovative teams. The right candidate will be resilient, a structured thinker, intellectually curious, passionate about leading teams and developing others, an excellent communicator, and with interest or experience in the retail media industry. This role will get to learn from some of the brightest minds in the retail media space and support some of the industry's most progressive clients.

Responsibilities

• Manage retail media consulting programs by creating workplans, overseeing workstreams, socializing work with clients, and maintaining alignment on project scope and outcomes

• Structure work, facilitate working sessions, and guide deliverable development in partnership with team members, clients, and leadership

• Lead work in service of project deliverables, including conducting stakeholder interviews, performing primary and secondary research, and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data; synthesizing insights, implications, and next steps; and developing deliverables such as slide decks, spreadsheets, and dashboards

• Oversee client relationship management, assessing and guiding day-to-day and strategic communications

• Provide business development support, assisting with strategy development and liaising with prospective clients to refine scopes of work

• Manage junior RMC team members, providing training, guidance, and performance evaluations

Skills and qualifications

• BA / BS + 5-7 years or advanced degree + 2-3 years working with clients (internal or external) to solve challenging problems

• Experience at a management consulting firm, corporate strategy, or retail media network or supporting services

• Proven structured thinking and problem-solving skills helping teams, peers, and clients to develop clear and actionable strategies / solutions

• Strong analytics skillset with experience managing large financial, customer, or industry datasets to inform strategy / solution outputs

• Excellent communication skills, including business writing, small group and large-scale verbal presentations, and visual storytelling

• Entrepreneurial mindset with an ability to manage time, deliver work, develop others, and thrive in ambiguous environments

• Experience managing project teams including structuring work, overseeing workstreams, liaising with clients, and mentoring junior team members

• Experience in Retail Media, e-commerce, digital marketing, customer data and insights, customer strategy, MarTech, or other marketing discipline preferred, but not required

Pay Transparency

At Ovative, we offer a transparent view into three core components of your total compensation package: Base Salary, Annual Bonus, and Benefits. The salary range for this position below is inclusive of an annual bonus. Actual offers are made with consideration for relevant experience and anticipated impact. Additional benefits information is provided below.

For our Manager positions, our compensation ranges from $79,000 to $132,000, which is inclusive of a 20% bonus.

Benefits of Working at Ovative Group

We provide strong, competitive, holistic benefits that understand the importance of your life inside and out of work

Culture:

Culture matters and we've been recognized as a Top Workplace for eight years running because of it. We demand trust and transparency from each other. We believe in doing the hard and complicated work others put off. We're open in communication and floor plan. We're flat - our interns sit next to VPs, our analysts work closely with senior leaders, and our CEO interacts with every single person daily. Put together, these elements help foster an environment where smart people can support each other in performing to their highest potential.

Compensation and Insurance:

We strive to hire and retain the best talent. Paying fair, competitive compensation, with a large bonus incentive, and phenomenal health insurance is an important part of this mix.

We're rewarded fairly and when the company performs well, we all benefit.

Tangible amenities we enjoy:

• Flexible paid vacation policy

• 401k match program

• Monthly stipend for your mobile phone and data plan

• Sabbatical program

• Charitable giving via our time and a financial match program

• Shenanigan's Day

Working at Ovative won't be easy, but if you like getting your hands dirty, driving results, and being surrounded by the best talent, it'll be the most rewarding job you'll ever have. If you think you can make us better, we want to hear from you!