VP, Consulting Lead - New Stream Media

Job Description:

We are seeking a visionary and enterprise-minded VP, Consulting Lead to architect and operationalize the next evolution of dentsu’s commerce and retail media (RMN/CMN) consulting model. This leader will own the development of unified operating models, pricing and measurement frameworks, and go-to-market strategy—codifying the playbook for Commerce Media Network (CMN) build → monetize → scale.

As clients accelerate investments across retail media, identity, incrementality, and platform selection, you will ensure dentsu provides consistent, high-caliber guidance across technology, data, and commercial strategy. This position is critical to de-risk integrations, drive measurable outcomes, and unlock larger, multi-quarter consulting scopes.

What You Will Own

1. Consulting Leadership

   • Lead the design and institutionalization of a unified consulting framework for RMN/CMN engagements across dentsu.
   • Define operating models that integrate data, identity, media, measurement, and monetization components.
   • Partner with senior leaders across Technology, Product, Engineering, Analytics, Commerce Strategy, and Client Leadership to build repeatable, scalable solutions.

2. Tech, Platform Strategy & Integration Frameworks

   • Develop and standardize supporting technology, platform evaluation and selection frameworks (e.g., ad servers, CDPs, clean rooms, retail media tech stacks).
   • Lead due diligence and solutioning for client-specific integrations, platform onboarding, and enterprise data flows.
   • Ensure a consistent, scalable method of assessing partner capabilities, incrementality methodologies, and identity solutions.

3. Measurement, Pricing & Economic Models

   • Create and own new pricing constructs, value frameworks, and incrementality-informed measurement strategies.
   • Define how dentsu quantifies and demonstrates value across CMN maturity stages—from foundational enablement through scaled monetization.
   • Collaborate with Analytics and Finance teams to ensure all models are grounded in measurable business outcomes.

4. Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy & Commercialization

   • Build a cohesive GTM narrative for dentsu’s CMN consulting offerings, ensuring alignment across Media, CXM, and Creative.
   • Partner with Business Development and Client Leadership to shape multi-quarter consulting scopes and expansion roadmaps.
   • Serve as a senior client-facing leader in pitches, executive workshops, and roadmap-working sessions.

5. Cross-Functional Leadership & Enterprise Alignment

   • Collaborate across dentsu’s matrixed organization to integrate D&T best practices, governance, security, and compliance.
   • Ensure that technology and consulting offerings evolve with the needs of enterprise clients and platform partners.
   • Drive a culture of documentation, enablement, and knowledge-sharing across the global network.

6. Innovation & Long-Term Capability Building

   • Identify emerging opportunities in commerce media, identity resolution, clean room interoperability, and retailer monetization.
   • Lead the development of toolkits, playbooks, and self-serve accelerators that scale CMN consulting services across dentsu.
   • Ensure dentsu stays ahead of client expectations on topics like incrementality economics, SKU-level retail optimization, and first-party data activation.

Key Responsibilities

While maintaining oversight of technical infrastructure components (e.g., APIs, data pipelines, platform integrations), this VP role elevates the remit to:

• Own the enterprise consulting framework for CMN/RMN development.

• Guide strategic decisioning around identity, platform fit, incrementality, and scaled monetization.

• Align cross-functional working teams and elevate dentsu’s leadership position in the commerce media ecosystem.

• Transform bespoke technical builds into repeatable playbooks and commercial offerings.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience across technology strategy, retail media, commerce media, consulting, ad tech, or platform architecture.

• Proven leadership overseeing the intersection of data, identity, technology, and commercial strategy.

• Demonstrated success building scalable consulting frameworks or complex multi-stakeholder operating models.

• Deep expertise in retail media networks, commerce media ecosystems, and partner platforms.

• Experience leading cross-functional teams in matrixed global organizations.

• Exceptional executive communication and client leadership skills.

• Strong familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), API frameworks, data governance, and measurement/attribution methodologies.

• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into commercial value propositions.

Success in This Role Looks Like

• A codified, enterprise-wide CMN consulting playbook adopted across dentsu.

• Standardized frameworks for platform evaluation, integration, incrementality, and monetization.

• Accelerated consulting revenue and multi-quarter strategic scopes with top clients.

• Strong cross-functional alignment between NSM, D&T, Product, Analytics, and client teams.

• Measurable uplift in client outcomes tied to scalable technology and consulting solutions.

The annual salary range for this position is $136,850 -$220,000. 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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