Job Description:
The Vice President of New Stream Media (NSM) will lead strategic growth, innovation, and execution across dentsu’s Retail Media Network (RMN) portfolio. This role is responsible for driving monetization, audience strategy, and analytics enablement across both endemic and non-endemic advertiser segments. You will serve as a senior leader within the NSM practice, partnering with cross-functional teams to scale RMN capabilities and deliver measurable business impact.
A key focus of this role is to expand dentsu’s non-endemic advertising footprint within RMNs and to build a sustainable, scalable vendor partnerships that enables retailers to unlock new revenue streams and brand partnerships beyond traditional CPG.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Own the NSM roadmap across design, build, and run phases of RMN development.
- Lead monetization strategy and go-to-market planning for RMNs, including pricing, packaging, and partner enablement.
- Develop and operationalize a repeatable consulting model for non-endemic advertisers, including frameworks for targeting, measurement, and creative strategy.
- Champion the integration of non-endemic verticals (e.g., financial services, travel, telecom) into RMN offerings.
Client Engagement & Growth
- Serve as executive sponsor for key RMN accounts, ensuring alignment with client goals and industry best practices.
- Drive new business development and expansion opportunities, with a strong emphasis on non-endemic advertiser acquisition and retention.
- Lead client discovery sessions, deliverable presentations, and strategic workshops.
Operational Excellence
- Oversee campaign lifecycle execution, including media planning, audience strategy, creative development, and measurement.
- Manage cross-functional teams across analytics, media, creative, and technology to ensure seamless delivery.
- Develop and refine operational models, staffing plans, and enablement tools to support RMN scale.
Analytics & Reporting
- Guide closed-loop reporting frameworks and KPI development for RMN campaigns.
- Ensure data monetization strategies are embedded across RMN offerings.
- Lead audience development initiatives, including segmentation, onboarding, and personalization.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in media strategy, retail media, or digital advertising.
- Proven track record of leading RMN or media network initiatives at scale.
- Extensive experience with non-endemic advertising, including strategy, targeting, and measurement.
- Demonstrated success in building scalable consulting models and operational frameworks.
- Strong understanding of audience analytics, data visualization, and campaign performance reporting.
- Experience with media platforms (e.g., DV360, Meta, Criteo), clean rooms (e.g., LiveRamp), and retail data ecosystems.
- Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
The annual salary range for this position is $136,850 -$219,999. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.
Benefits available with this position include:
Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
Life insurance,
Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
401k,
Flexible paid time off,
At least 15 paid holidays per year,
Paid sick and safe leave, and
Paid parental leave.
Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit
www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.
To begin the application process, please click on the "Apply" button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.
At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we're connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office.
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Location:
New York
Brand:
Dentsu Media
Time Type:
Full time
Contract Type:
Permanent
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