Be the reason

Staples is investing to accelerate growth on marketplaces such as Amazon, Walmart and BestBuy. We are adding a Director Marketplace, Advertising to own the strategy layer above day to day execution: setting the quarterly advertising roadmap, defining the efficiency/growth thesis, establishing measurement rigor, and driving clear budget decisions across ad products.

Key Responsibilities (What you will drive):

• Define quarterly advertising roadmap, and success metrics tied to business outcomes.

• Manage a substantial advertising budget with accountability for efficiency and revenue outcomes; set decision rules for pacing and reallocations.

• Own channel mix and investment strategy across various ad types, including how allocations evolve over time.

• Leverage Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC) and related measurement approaches to assess incrementality and inform spend decisions.

• Operating cadence: run weekly business reviews that turn performance signals into decisions (what changed, why, what we’ll do next).

• Agency partnership (strategic accountability): set expectations, evaluate recommendation quality, and ensure outputs are category specific and measurable (day to day agency ops handled by execution owner).

Required Qualifications (Must Haves):

• 10+ years in performance marketing / ecommerce advertising with deep Amazon Ads experience and a clear progression from execution to strategy.

• Proven ability to define an advertising strategy thesis (what to change, why it works, and how to measure success) vs. applying generic best practices.

• Experience managing or partnering with an Amazon advertising agency, holding them accountable for strategic quality and outcomes.

• Strong written and verbal communication, ability to produce decision ready documents and influence senior stakeholders.

The salary range represents the expected compensation for this role at the time of posting. The specific base pay may be influenced by a variety of factors to include the candidate's experience, skill set, education, geography, business considerations, and internal equity.  In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for bonuses, or other forms of variable compensation. 

Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law

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