Commerce Strategy Manager

Company Description

Publicis Connected Media UK is a fully end-to-end offering that unites media, commerce, CXM, social and data to deliver connected consumer experiences and drive exceptional business outcomes for our clients. Powered by Publicis Connected Identity, the UK’s richest people-based data set built on real behaviours, it helps major brands move beyond siloed marketing and make more confident decisions in fast-changing conditions. Those insights truly differentiate our AI and agentic solutions to predict impact, create messaging and reach the right people.

The more than 3500-strong team spans Starcom, Zenith, Spark Foundry, Digitas, Performics, PMX, Epsilon, Lotame, Publicis Commerce and Influential. Publicis Connected Media is part of Publicis Groupe.

Overview

We are hiring a Commerce Strategy Manager to help shape the future of commerce for some of the world’s most recognised brands. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team at the forefront of eCommerce, retail media, and digital transformation, where strategy meets real business impact. Working across a range of client challenges, you’ll help unlock growth opportunities, influence decision-making, and deliver innovative commerce solutions that drive measurable outcomes. If you’re passionate about understanding shopper behaviour, navigating the evolving retail landscape, and creating work that makes a difference, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leading client accounts to turn commerce ambitions into actionable strategies and measurable results.
• Deliver high-quality client work across multiple projects, ensuring outputs are accurate, insightful, and delivered to brief.
• Build strong client relationships by providing trusted advice and confidently presenting recommendations.
• Identify emerging opportunities in retail media, eCommerce, and commerce transformation, applying market insights to client challenges.
• Collaborate with internal specialists and external partners to develop integrated solutions that create value for clients.
• Contribute to thought leadership, case studies, research, and marketing initiatives that showcase the team’s expertise.
• Support a collaborative culture by sharing knowledge, championing new ideas, and helping colleagues stay ahead of industry developments.

Qualifications

Skills we’re looking for:

• Experience across one or more areas of commerce, such as retail media, content, data and analytics, shopper marketing, or retailer engagement.
• A strong understanding of the commercial and organisational challenges brands face within modern commerce environments.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail and delivering high-quality work.
• A collaborative approach, with confidence building relationships across teams, clients, and partners.
• Curiosity and a desire to continuously learn about emerging commerce trends, technologies, and consumer behaviours.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex information and influence different audiences.
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to adapt and find opportunities within evolving business challenges.

Why join us?

Commerce is one of the most exciting and rapidly evolving areas of marketing, and we’re investing heavily in building world-class capabilities across strategy, retail media, data, and technology. You’ll work alongside talented specialists, collaborate with global brands, and have the opportunity to shape innovative solutions that influence how consumers discover, shop, and engage with products every day. Whether you’re looking to deepen your expertise or broaden your impact across the commerce ecosystem, you’ll find an environment that values growth, collaboration, and fresh thinking.

Additional Information

Publicis Media offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees. Full details are shared when you join, but highlights include core benefits such as Pension, Life Assurance, and Private Medical cover, alongside enhanced policies like Reflection Days and Shared Parental Leave. You’ll also have access to a range of additional initiatives.

Publicis Groupe works primarily from the office or our clients' office four days per week. At Publicis Media, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, citizenship, relationship status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.

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Guided by our values, we listen with empathy, uplift each other, take responsibility, and embrace change - building a culture where everyone feels seen, respected, and genuinely included.