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DeliverooSenior Marketing Manager, Commercial Marketing (Grocery & Retail)
Deliveroo, which is now a part of DoorDash, connects consumers with their favourite brands and restaurants. The company is seeking a Senior Marketing Manager for Commercial…
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Deliveroo, which is now a part of DoorDash, connects consumers with their favourite brands and restaurants. The company is seeking a Senior Marketing Manager for Commercial Marketing focused on Grocery and Retail. Operating from the London headquarters on a hybrid schedule requiring presence three days a week, this role reports directly to the Merchant and Ads Integrated Marketing Director. The position involves overseeing the New Verticals merchant and ads marketing…
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Deliveroo, which is now a part of DoorDash, connects consumers with their favourite brands and restaurants. The company is seeking a Senior Marketing Manager for Commercial Marketing focused on Grocery and Retail. Operating from the London headquarters on a hybrid schedule requiring presence three days a week, this role reports directly to the Merchant and Ads Integrated Marketing Director.
The position involves overseeing the New Verticals merchant and ads marketing strategy from end to end. The successful candidate will lead pricing, packaging, and investment decisions for merchant advertising within the category, develop global marketing playbooks, and manage key enterprise merchant relationships at a global level. This role acts as the primary marketing partner to Commercial and Merchant S&O, driving strategy across co-marketing, promotions, and advertising.
Ideal candidates bring substantial marketing experience within consumer or marketplace businesses, with strong commercial acumen and leadership capabilities. The job requires guiding change initiatives, managing people and other managers, and collaborating across multiple functions to align grocery and retail strategies across all markets.
Responsibilities
- Manage the end-to-end ads and monetization strategy for New Verticals across internal and external channels
- Collaborate with Commercial and Finance to determine pricing, packaging, and investment choices for category merchant advertising
- Create and evolve the global merchant marketing playbook for grocery and retail regarding promotions, advertising, and co-marketing
- Lead change initiatives that enhance how New Verticals merchant marketing functions across local and functional teams
- Support local marketing teams with global enterprise merchant relationships and priority marketing initiatives
- Serve as the senior escalation point for multi-market or cross-functional merchant issues
- Partner with Merchant S&O and Commercial by translating category priorities into marketing and ads strategies
- Develop the sell-in strategy and oversee sales enablement materials for New Verticals programs
- Monitor business metrics, report marketing performance to senior leadership, and guide necessary course corrections
Requirements
- Minimum of 7 years of marketing experience in retail media, merchant marketing, ads, or category marketing within a consumer or marketplace business
- Demonstrated history of owning marketing strategy for an entire team or category while resolving complex delivery challenges
- Experience managing personnel and comfort overseeing other people managers
- Strong commercial acumen utilizing financial and business data to guide decision making in ambiguous situations
- Effective communication skills capable of presenting complex ideas to large groups and leadership
- Proven ability to build cross-functional partnerships and navigate conflict through relationships and creative problem-solving
- Track record of leading change initiatives to improve team or category operations
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What is the location and remote policy for this role?
This position is based at the London headquarters with a hybrid work schedule requiring attendance three days a week.
What is the employment type?
The posting lists the employment type as full-time.
What experience is required to apply?
Candidates must have at least 7 years of marketing experience, ideally covering merchant marketing, retail media, ads, or category marketing within a marketplace or consumer business.
Is salary information provided in the job posting?
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