About the Role
We are seeking a strategic and customer-obsessed Director, Product Marketing to lead the commercialization and growth of media and advertising solutions at Loblaw Advance™. In this highly visible leadership role, you will connect customer needs, product strategy, and business objectives to bring innovative retail media solutions to market.
Responsibilities
- Lead Product Strategy & Commercialization
- Translate product vision, customer insights, and business priorities into clear go-to-market strategies and commercialization plans.
- Develop differentiated product positioning, messaging, and value propositions that resonate with advertisers, agencies, and strategic partners.
- Partner closely with Product Management to influence roadmap priorities through customer feedback, market intelligence, and competitive insights.
- Own product market fit for the advertising product portfolio by defining target audiences, customer segments, value propositions, and growth opportunities informed by customer and market insights.
- Drive Product Go-to-Market Excellence
- Lead end-to-end launch planning and execution for new products, capabilities, and enhancements.
- Build integrated go-to-market frameworks that align product, sales, account management, analytics, and marketing teams around shared objectives.
- Establish product adoption strategies that accelerate customer engagement, utilization, and revenue growth.
- Partner with Revenue Management to create pricing, packaging, and commercialization recommendations to maximize market opportunity and competitive advantage.
- Build Best-in-Class Sales Enablement
- Create compelling product narratives, playbooks, presentations, and customer-facing materials that help commercial teams win and grow business.
- Partner with sales and sales strategy leadership to identify market opportunities and improve conversion rates across the pipeline.
- Deliver product training and enablement programs that increase seller confidence and effectiveness.
- Generate Market and Customer Insights
- Lead market research initiatives to understand customer needs, industry trends, and competitive dynamics.
- Monitor industry developments across retail media, advertising technology, measurement, and consumer behavior.
- Champion a customer-first mindset across the product organization.
- Lead and Develop a High-Performing Team
- Build, mentor, and inspire a team of product marketers focused on excellence, innovation, and business impact.
- Foster strong cross-functional collaboration across all domain functions.
- Establish clear goals, operating rhythms, and performance measures that drive accountability and results.
- Create an environment that encourages strategic thinking, creativity, continuous learning, and leadership growth.
- Measure & Optimize
- Define and track KPIs related to product adoption, revenue growth, pipeline contribution, customer engagement, and commercial performance.
- Evaluate launch effectiveness and go-to-market performance to identify opportunities for optimization.
- Use data, insights, and customer feedback to continuously improve product marketing effectiveness and business outcomes.
Requirements
- Proven track record as a strategic product marketing leader with experience building and scaling high-performing teams.
- 8–12+ years of progressive experience across product marketing, go-to-market strategy, commercialization, or related disciplines.
- Deep expertise in developing positioning, messaging, and growth strategies for complex products and solutions.
- Strong understanding of media, advertising technology, retail media, data, analytics, or consumer packaged goods industries.
- Exceptional storytelling and communication skills with the ability to simplify complex concepts into compelling customer value propositions.
- Experience influencing senior leaders and aligning cross-functional stakeholders around strategic priorities.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities with a demonstrated ability to turn insights into action.
- Experience leading product launches, sales enablement programs, and adoption strategies at scale.
- Ability to balance long-term strategic planning with executional excellence in a fast-paced environment.
- Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check.
Skills
- Product Marketing
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Commercialization
- Positioning
- Messaging
- Growth Strategies
- Media
- Advertising Technology
- Retail Media
- Data
- Analytics
- Consumer Packaged Goods
- Storytelling
- Communication
- Strategic Thinking
- Sales Enablement
- Product Launches
- Salesforce
- Coda
- Jira
- Product Marketing Tools
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 8-12+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $128,000.00 - $176,000.00 per year
Benefits
- Progressive careers
- Comprehensive training
- Flexibility
About the Company
- Loblaw Companies Limited is one of Canada's largest employers, committed to positively impacting the lives of all Canadians and shaping the future of Canadian retail.
- Loblaw Advance™ drives brands forward by leveraging exclusive purchase pattern data, customer intelligence, and daily connections with shoppers.
- We are backed by Canada's leading grocery and pharma retailer and the PC Optimum™ loyalty program.
- Our dynamic team integrates loyalty, media, product, analytics, insights, and strategy disciplines.
- We are always innovating to stay on the leading edge of a fast-evolving industry.
- We seek great people who share our principles of authenticity, curiosity, trust, and collaboration.
- You will get to work with some of the best minds in the industry and have the support of in-house world-class technologies.
- Our colleagues are passionate about their work and excited about the future of retail and media.
- Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business.
- Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars – Environment, Sourcing and Community.
- Our CORE Values – Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence – guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture.
- We are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.
Equal Opportunity
- We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.
- We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop.
- We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers.
- Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment.
- We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.
