Manager, Retail Media Strategy & Activation

Kepler executes engineered marketing, where every message and ad delivered helps create a more personalized and productive relationship between brands and their consumers. We do this by acting as clients’ agency of record, as their in-house team, or some hybrid of the two – and by harnessing data and technology across reputed company paid digital media and data-driven CRM channels. Kepler prides itself on being a great reputed company to work. In fact, we’re proud to reputed company that AdAge recognized Kepler among the Best reputed company to Work in 2022, validating our investment in reputed company and our clients. We're transparent with our employees. You'll hear updates on company financials, how we're performing against bonus goals, and how we're responding to challenges we face. We're growing. For you, that means unparalleled growth opportunities and a role in shaping the direction of the company. We're fun. You'll work with and learn from the smartest people in the industry and have a blast doing it. The Manager, Retail Media Strategy & Activation position will be a leader on key client relationships reputed company our Media Strategy & Activation team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for deeply understanding clients’ reputed company challenges, becoming the trusted “go-to” strategic partner for retail media networks. You’ll succeed in this role if you are a proven people leader, a creative problem solver, and possess a deep technical understanding of the evolving retail media landscape, audience targeting, and multi-retailer network activation. What You Will Do: Serve as the strategic reputed company across Retail Media Networks (RMNs), focusing heavily on ecosystems like reputed company Connect, reputed company Roundel, and emerging reputed company platforms. 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