DIGITAL MEDIA STRATEGY SR MANAGER

This highly strategic role serves as Dollar General's subject matter expert on the evolving digital ecosystem, including AI-powered search and discovery, creator and influencer ecosystems, audience targeting, attribution, performance measurement, and emerging media platforms.

The successful candidate will partner across Marketing, Digital Commerce, DGMN, Analytics, and agency teams to identify growth opportunities, drive performance, and translate emerging trends into scalable business results.

Ideal Backgrounds

This position is ideal for leaders currently working in Senior Manager roles such as:

• Digital Media Strategy

• Paid Media Strategy

• Integrated Media Strategy

• Growth Media

• Media & Growth Strategy

• Digital Media Strategist

• Digital Marketing Strategy

• Audience & Media Strategy

• Media Performance & Optimization

What We're Looking For:

We're looking for a strategic media leader who understands how paid and owned channels work together to drive business results.

You should bring:

• Deep knowledge of paid media platforms, including search, social, programmatic, display, video, and emerging channels.

• Strong understanding of emerging consumer discovery behaviors, including AI-powered search, agentic assistants, social search, creator ecosystems, and retail media.

• Experience translating business objectives into integrated media strategies that drive measurable outcomes.

• Strong analytical and financial acumen, including:

• Attribution

• Incrementality

• Media Mix Modeling

• ROAS

• Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)

• Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)

• A passion for innovation, experimentation, and staying ahead of industry trends.

• Experience influencing stakeholders and serving as a trusted advisor on media strategy, performance, and emerging opportunities.

• Ability to drive alignment, prioritization, and decision-making across agency partners and cross-functional teams.

• Working knowledge of privacy regulations impacting digital marketing.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Analytics, or related field required.

• MBA preferred.

• 7-10 years of experience in digital marketing, paid media, performance marketing, or integrated media strategy.

• Proven expertise across enterprise-scale paid media programs and budgets.

• Experience managing and leading paid media agency partnerships.

• Experience working across Analytics, MarTech, CRM, Social, and Owned Channel teams.

• Experience developing measurement frameworks and evaluating multi-channel performance.

What You'll Do:

Lead Enterprise Paid Media Strategy

• Lead enterprise paid media strategy across search, social, display, video, programmatic, retail media, and emerging digital platforms.

• Serve as the primary strategic lead for the paid media agency relationship.

• Provide direction, challenge assumptions, and ensure agency recommendations align with business objectives and performance goals.

• Identify optimization opportunities and recommend budget allocation shifts to maximize business impact.

• Drive alignment across internal stakeholders and external agency partners.

Drive Digital Innovation & Consumer Discovery

• Serve as the enterprise expert on emerging digital marketing trends, evolving consumer discovery behaviors, and new platform opportunities.

• Monitor and evaluate advancements in:

• AI-powered search

• Agentic commerce and AI assistants

• Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)

• Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

• Retail media networks

• Creator and influencer ecosystems

• Social search and emerging platforms

Ensure Cross-Channel Integration

• Partner across Paid, Owned, CRM, Social, Influencer, Retail Media Network, Site, and App teams to create connected customer experiences.

• Collaborate with campaign managers and marketing partners to define channel roles and support broader campaign objectives.

• Evaluate the role of creators, influencers, and community-driven content in driving awareness, consideration, and conversion.

Lead Performance Measurement & Reporting

• Establish and monitor KPIs aligned with business objectives.

• Deliver actionable insights and optimization recommendations to improve media performance.

• Own paid media reporting, including weekly dashboards, monthly business reviews, quarterly updates, and campaign recaps.

• Partner with Analytics and agency teams to ensure data consistency, reporting accuracy, and measurement integrity.

• Help stakeholders understand media performance, attribution changes, risks, opportunities, and business implications.

Support MarTech & Data Quality Excellence

• Ensure media platforms are properly tagged and aligned with attribution and first-party data strategies.

• Partner with MarTech and Analytics teams to validate data flows and resolve discrepancies.

• Maintain compliance with privacy regulations and internal governance requirements.

• Oversee product feed quality and optimization to maximize media visibility and performance.

Ready to shape the future of digital media strategy at one of America's largest retailers?

Apply today and join us at our Goodlettsville, TN Headquarters!

Work Where You Matter

At Dollar General, our mission is Serving Others! We value each and every one of our employees. Whether you are looking to launch a new career in one of our many convenient Store locations, Distribution Centers, Store Support Center or with our Private Fleet Team, we are proud to provide a wide range of career opportunities. We are not just a retail company; we are a company that values the unique strengths and perspectives that each individual brings. Your difference truly makes a difference at Dollar General. How would you like to Serve? Join the Dollar General Journey and see how your career can thrive.

Company Overview

Dollar General Corporation has been delivering value to shoppers for more than 80 years. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day. by offering products that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at everyday low prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Learn more about Dollar General at www.dollargeneral.com/about-us.html.