Senior Manager - Digital & Marketplaces | 8+ years | Delhi NCR

Gurgaon Permanent INR3,150,000 - INR3,850,000 per year View Job Description
The Senior Manager will lead the end‑to‑end digital ecosystem (owning consumer discovery, consideration, conversion, and repeat across D2C, marketplaces, and digital touchpoints) by integrating brand, content, performance, SEO, and emerging discovery platforms into a single, measurable growth engine.
  • Opportunity to lead the entire digital ecosystem for a leading retail brand
  • Gain broad leadership across brand, performance, commerce and analytics

About Our Client

The Client is a renowned retail organisation with a large pan-India presence.

Job Description

Full-Funnel Digital Experience Ownership :

  • Own the end-to-end digital consumer journey across D2C and marketplaces through Discovery, Brand understanding & consideration, persuasion & conversion, repeat and retention
  • Design a clear full-funnel digital architecture where brand narratives feed performance outcomes, performance activity reinforces brand meaning



D2C Web & App Experience :

  • Own the experience, performance, and optimisation of D2C Web and App platforms from discovery through repeat
  • Partner with Ecommerce, Product, and Tech teams to influence information architecture and navigation, Category and PDP storytelling, conversion journeys, friction reduction, and confidence signals
  • Use behavioural data to continuously improve browse-to-buy journeys, app engagement and adoption, personalisation and relevance



Digital Discovery & Always-On Demand Creation :

  • Influence digital discovery strategy across paid and organic search, Social and video platforms, Always-on YouTube ecosystems, Local and intent-led discovery (GMB)
  • Ensure brand shows up credibly, consistently, and prominently across digital discovery moments
  • Expand discovery beyond paid media through content, creators, SEO, and platform-native thinking



Marketplace Discovery, Media & Performance Influence :

  • Act as digital demand authority for marketplace ecosystems, treating marketplaces as major discovery platforms, media environments, consideration and persuasion engines
  • Influence top-funnel marketplace media investments, including search visibility, category placements, native platform media formats
  • Partner with Marketplace and Performance teams to translate brand and category narratives into marketplace storefronts, listings, and PDP storytelling and ensure content, video, reviews, and assets build confidence and consideration
  • Guide marketplace performance and conversion strategies by defining audience, intent priorities and ensure performance plans balance sales goals with brand demand creation
  • Understand and leverage marketplace algorithms, ranking mechanics, and media levers to drive sustainable discoverability and category leadership
  • Drive alignment between D2C digital strategy and marketplace growth plans



Performance Marketing Partnership (Dotted Line) :

  • Provide strategic direction and governance to D2C Performance Marketing teams
  • Ensure performance marketing is category-led, audience-aware, aligned to brand and content narratives
  • Drive strong integration between upper-funnel brand activity and lower-funnel performance outcomes



Content, Creator & Platform Integration :

  • Act as platform and format authority for digital content and media, including shortform social video, longform video, Search and utility led content
  • Partner with Influencer, PR & Content Teams to ensure brand and influencer content is discoverable across D2C and marketplaces, platform-native and format-appropriate and effectively reused across paid, owned, and commerce journeys



SEO, Search & Emerging Discoverability :

  • Own technical, content, and authority-led SEO across D2C Web, App, and Marketplaces
  • Lead initiatives for AI-led search, LLM/GPT citation and conversational discovery through structured data, brand authority assets, and knowledge graph optimisation



Audience Strategy, Nurturing & Repeat Behaviour :

  • Define audience and intent segmentation frameworks
  • Partner with CRM & Loyalty teams to design digital-led nurture and lifecycle journeys, improve repeat purchase, retention, and lifetime value
  • Ensure digital journeys reduce friction, build confidence, and support decision-making



Measurement, Analytics & Growth Intelligence :

  • Own digital measurement frameworks across full-funnel performance, attribution and incrementality, Brand-to-commerce impact across D2C and marketplaces
  • Own and evolve measurement and martech frameworks across Web, App, D2C, and Marketplaces using Google Analytics, Adobe, app analytics, media dashboards, attribution tools
  • Translate data into actionable growth decisions and use insights to continuously refine strategy, channel mix, and investment



Innovation & Digital Modernisation :

  • Drive experimentation across new platforms, formats, and growth models to attract younger, affluent audiences and postion the brand as modern, stylish, and digitally relevant
  • Pilot, test, and scale innovations with speed and analytical rigor

The Successful Applicant

  • 8 to 15 years of proven experience in D2C, Digital Marketing and Ecommerce and Full‑funnel digital leadership beyond acquisition marketing
  • Strong integration mindset across brand, content, creators, performance, and marketplaces
  • Deep comfort with analytics, experimentation, and measurement
  • Strategic thinker with execution depth and influence without authority
  • Retail, fashion, lifestyle, or consumer‑led digital experience strongly preferred
  • Technical Skill Sets
    • Full‑Funnel Digital Strategy (Discovery → Conversion → Repeat)
    • D2C Web & App Experience Optimisation
    • Performance Marketing & Media Integration
    • Marketplace Ecosystem & Media Understanding (search, ranking, native ads, PDP optimisation)
    • SEO, Technical Search & AI / LLM Discoverability
    • Martech & CRM Platforms (Salesforce, customer data platforms, lifecycle tools)
    • Analytics & Measurement Tools (GA / GA4, App Analytics, Attribution Models, Media Dashboards)
    • Audience Segmentation, Personalisation & Nurture Frameworks
    • Cross‑Channel Orchestration & Stakeholder Influence

What's on Offer

Competitive salary and an opportunity to fast-track your career

Quote job ref
JN-072026-7072861

Job summary

Function
Marketing
Sub Sector
Digital, Online & Social Media
What is your area of specialisation?
Retail
Location
Gurgaon
Job Type
Permanent
Job Reference
JN-072026-7072861

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