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About the Role

The Integrated Commerce Director is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping and managing Unilever’s global commerce partnerships agenda. This role combines partnership leadership, strategic consulting, and thought leadership to define the evolution of commerce and retail media, ensuring Unilever maximizes value from its global partnerships through innovation, measurement, commercial benefits, and capability development. This is a 10-month parental leave cover role with potential for extension.

Responsibilities

Lead strategic engagement with Unilever’s key retail media and commerce partners, including Carrefour, Criteo, Walmart, Tesco, Uber, Mercado Libre and Shopee.
Own the global commerce partnerships roadmap, identifying opportunities to drive growth, innovation and competitive advantage.
Maximize the value of global Joint Business Plans, ensuring markets fully leverage partnership benefits, investment opportunities, measurement solutions and innovation programmes.
Lead partner governance through quarterly and half-year business reviews, tracking performance and holding partners accountable against commitments.
Advise Unilever stakeholders on retail media strategy and its role within broader commerce and media plans.
Develop thought leadership around the future of commerce, including retail media, connected stores, AI and emerging technologies.
Partner with local teams to identify, unlock & test alphas, betas, learning agendas and best practices that can scale across markets.
Build strong relationships across Unilever, WPP and partner organisations, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing globally.

Requirements

Significant experience in retail media, commerce media, eCommerce, digital partnerships or shopper marketing.
Strong understanding of the global retail media ecosystem and leading commerce platforms.
Experience managing senior client, retailer or media partner relationships.
Proven ability to develop strategic recommendations that drive measurable business outcomes.
Experience managing commercial partnerships, annual plans and business reviews.
Strong understanding of retail media measurement, attribution and performance frameworks.
Excellent stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills.
Experience working within complex, matrixed organisations.
Proactive, entrepreneurial mindset with a bias for action.
Experience working on global FMCG businesses, ideally within a multinational organisation.
Experience operating across global, regional and local market structures.
Established relationships with retail media networks or commerce platforms.
Understanding of commerce-enabled media platforms, including Meta, YouTube and Reddit.
Experience developing thought leadership around commerce, retail media and emerging technologies.
Knowledge of AI applications and measurement innovation within commerce and media.

Skills

Commerce and retail media leadership
Strategic thinking
Operational discipline
Stakeholder management
Client influence
Agency team influence
Platform partner influence
Communication
Presentation skills
Entrepreneurial mindset

Location

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time
Contract

Experience Level

Senior leadership

Benefits

Competitive medical insurance
Group retirement plans
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Significant paid time off
Preferential partner discounts
Employee mental health awareness days

About the Company

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands, helping clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth through its pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open.
WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalization at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.

Equal Opportunity

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to characteristics.
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection in this open and supportive environment.
If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.