Retail Media Manager

A part of Colgate-Palmolive since 1976, Hill's Pet Nutrition offers the highest-quality pet nutrition available through product lines Prescription Diet and Science Diet . Veterinarians worldwide recommend and feed their own pets Hill's products more than any other brand of pet food.

Available in approximately 80 countries around the world, our extensive line of products includes more than 60 Prescription Diet brand pet foods and more than 50 Science Diet brand pet foods.

We believe all animals should be loved and cared for during their lifetimes. That is why we are proud our pet foods can make a difference in your pet's life.

A career at Hill's Pet Nutrition or Colgate-Palmolive is an excellent opportunity if you seek a global experience, constant challenge, and development opportunities in an environment that respects work/life effectiveness.

Location: United Kingdom

Reporting to: Media Strategy Director

Position Summary

The purpose of this role is to translate commercial and media goals into high performing retail media strategies within the Hill's EMEA team working across multiple markets and ensuring alignment between central and local priorities. Although your background is likely to be media, you will be an integral part of both the Marketing teams and the Customer Development team and work together to generate demand for Hill's brands both on and off the retailers platform.

You will lead the relationship with our Retail Media agency partner to ensure complex paid search and DSP strategies are executed flawlessly, and that campaigns align to the broader businesses priorities. You will be responsible for the budgets and ensuring spend is optimised across a number of KPI's including New to Brand, ROAS and conversion and ensure media efficiency using advanced analytics such as MMM, marketplace data clean rooms, and innovative test and learn frameworks.

Responsibilities

Support the Customer Development team: The role involves supporting the Customer Development team to activate brand growth plans within online retailers. You will work to align the commercial priorities of the business with media execution. Additionally, you will attend commercial planning meetings and own the strategy for activating media within the retailer's advertising ecosystem.

Management of the Retail Media Agency & Retailer Advertising team: Serving as the primary point of contact for our retail media agency in Europe, you will ensure budgets are correctly paced and optimized to align with commercial and marketing priorities. You will educate the agency on Hill's brand goals, collaborating to build and execute strategies that drive performance. Your role includes leading media analytics initiatives like Market Mix Modelling and Brand Health tracking to demonstrate ROI. Additionally, you will design and execute Test & Learn roadmaps encompassing modular content and new platform betas. Finally, you will partner closely with the agency to ensure all media plans remain synchronized with overarching business objectives and key events.

Retail Media Strategy & Execution: You will plan and execute comprehensive online retail media programs across Search, DSP, and other platforms, ensuring all strategies are localized for European markets. You will actively manage retail media budgets and investment tracking while continuously evolving the media plan through new "Test and Learn" capabilities. Additionally, you will own the end-to-end performance measurement of retail media spend, driving ongoing optimization with both internal teams and external agency partners. Finally, you will take ownership of the Data Clean Room strategy, collaborating closely with CRM and data teams to maximise insights.

Skills and Competencies

Media Expertise: Proven experience activating campaigns across retail media channels and broader digital media landscapes

Analytical Rigor: Ability to interpret Market Mix Modelling (MMM) data and Brand Health metrics to drive decision-making.

Agility: Ability to remain agile in an ever-changing marketing landscape and prioritize workload under pressure.

Commercial Acumen: Understanding of how both brand and retail marketing drive commercial value and how to execute commercial priorities via media.

Communication: Excellent skills in dealing with customers and stakeholders, including Country GMs & Marketing Directors.

Technical Proficiency: Proficient in English

Required Qualifications

Degree in Business, Marketing, Digital or a similar field

5+ years of media experience ideally in global, matrixed organizations.

Proven critical thinking and advanced problem solving capabilities

Excellent understanding of media measurement and optimisation strategy

Strong collaboration skills and project management capabilities.

Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Fluency in English (written and oral).

Preferred Qualifications

Prior experience working in or directly with a digital media agency

Pet Nutrition or related industry experience.

Knowledge of eCommerce performance management

Strong experience using AI-powered tools.

Working proficiency in a second core European language (e.g., French, German, Spanish, or Italian)

Master's degree in Business, Marketing, Digital or a similar field.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Our journey begins with our people-developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

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