Senior Media Manager, Commerce

The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats, PEBBLES, Grape-Nuts and Malt-O-Meal cereal and Peter Pan peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish, Kibbles 'n Bits and 9Lives dog and cat food. Our cereals have become a trusted part of daily routines, helping spark conversations, fuel busy mornings, and create everyday moments that bring families closer together, including their furry four-legged family members, who have recently become a part of our story.

Business Unit Overview:

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats, PEBBLES, Grape-Nuts and Malt-O-Meal cereal and Peter Pan peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish, Kibbles 'n Bits and 9Lives dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedInor Facebook for the latest news.

Brand:

At Post Consumer Brands, we’ve spent generations showing up for families, starting with breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Our cereals have become a trusted part of daily routines, helping spark conversations, fuel busy mornings, and create everyday moments that bring families closer together, including their furry four-legged family members, who have recently become a part of our story. As families have evolved, so have we. What began at the breakfast table has expanded into snacks, peanut butter, and pet food, because caring for a family means feeding every part of it. With the addition of several iconic pet brands, we’ve extended our purpose: to make high-quality, accessible food for everyone under the same roof.

This phase is still new, and that’s what makes it exciting. As we continue to grow across grocery and pet, we’re looking for people who care about good food, thoughtful work, and the kind of impact that stretches from store shelves to kitchen tables, and food bowls, across the country.

Location Description:

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. 

Responsibilities:

Senior Media Manager, Commerce Media

Location: Lakeville, MN Hybrid
Company: Post Consumer Brands

Shape the Future of Commerce Media at Post Consumer Brands

At Post Consumer Brands, we're looking for a strategic, data-driven, and people-focused Senior Media Manager to lead our growing Commerce Media capability. This is an exciting opportunity to influence how some of the most recognized food brands connect with consumers across today's evolving retail media ecosystem.

In this role, you'll lead a team of commerce media experts, partner with key stakeholders across the business, and drive digital marketing strategies that deliver measurable growth with major retail partners such as Walmart, Kroger, Target, Amazon, and others.

If you're energized by building new capabilities, leading high-performing teams, and transforming data into business results, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Do

Lead & Develop Talent

• Lead a team of six, including two people leaders and their direct reports.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, development, and continuous improvement.
• Coach and mentor team members to grow their expertise and impact.

Drive Strategic Collaboration

• Influence and educate cross-functional stakeholders on commerce media investment strategies.
• Partner closely with Brand, Sales, Marketing Communications, Insights, and Agency teams.
• Guide sales teams on commerce media investments and demonstrate media impact on sales performance.
• Translate brand objectives and sales priorities into effective digital investment recommendations.
• Educate leadership on emerging retail media trends, capabilities, and opportunities.

 

Lead Commerce Media Planning

• Own annual commerce media planning across priority retail customers.
• Develop and execute digital media strategies aligned to business and sales objectives.
• Manage investments across key retail media networks and commerce channels, including Walmart Connect, Kroger Precision Marketing, Roundel (Target), Amazon Ads, and others.
• Evaluate retail media capabilities and performance to inform future investment decisions.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, testing, and optimization.

Measure Performance & Drive Insights

• Establish measurable success criteria and KPIs for commerce media investments.
• Analyze campaign performance and translate findings into actionable business recommendations.
• Communicate results, insights, risks, and opportunities to stakeholders across the organization.
• Continuously optimize programs to improve performance and deepen audience understanding.

Lead Testing & Innovation

• Develop and oversee creative testing strategies, including A/B testing across key retailers.
• Lead audience targeting and optimization initiatives.
• Evaluate and test emerging commerce media channels and opportunities.
• Build a test-and-learn culture focused on continuous improvement and measurable growth.

Qualifications:

What We're Looking For

Education

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Degree concentration in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or related field preferred.

Experience

• 7+ years of experience in marketing, digital media planning, media strategy, or related disciplines.
• 3-4+ years of people leadership experience.
• Experience leading managers or people leaders strongly preferred.
• Ecommerce experience required.
• Digital media experience on either the agency or client side required.
• Experience across multiple digital channels, including retail media, search, social, and programmatic advertising preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong leadership and talent development capabilities.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and public speaking skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills with a data-driven decision-making approach.
• Skilled at translating complex data into clear business insights.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and drive alignment across teams.
• Transparent, collaborative, and solutions-oriented mindset.
• Adaptable and curious, with a willingness to challenge assumptions and explore new approaches.

Why You'll Love This Role

Make a Visible Impact

Shape media strategy across household-name brands and see your work directly influence business results.

Build Something New

Help define, scale, and elevate a growing commerce media capability within Post Consumer Brands.

Lead with Purpose

Develop and mentor a talented team while creating meaningful outcomes for the business.

Work at the Intersection of Brand & Commerce

Connect full-funnel media strategy with retail execution to drive measurable growth.

Enjoy the Best of Both Worlds

Leverage the resources and stability of a leading CPG company while benefiting from the agility, ownership, and entrepreneurial spirit of a lean team.

 : The pay range for this position is $117,407- $183,154 per year.