GDT Manager - US Digital Commerce

Hoboken, United States

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Job ID:: R-1173455
Date posted:: 01/22/2026
Job Type:: Full time
Job Category:: Uniops

Join us as Global Digital Technology Manager - US Digital Commerce

Location: Hoboken, NJ

Terms & Conditions: Full time, International assignment is not available for this role and relocation for local and international candidates is not provided

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

JOB PURPOSE

The GDT Manager - US Digital Commerce plays a pivotal role in accelerating UnileverNorth America’s digital commerce ambitions across Amazon, Walmart, Target, and emerging social commerce platforms. Acting as both an analytics product owner and strategic insights partner, you will translate business needs into data-driven products, orchestrate cross-functional alignment, and deliverautomated insights, real-time actionsin the areas ofmedia optimization, shopper analytics & insights, and agentic execution with retailers and media platforms etc. across pillars (Content, Retail Media, Performance & Execution, Supply chain). You will be at the forefront of driving AI initiatives, Search & GPT Optimization, and agentic execution with retailers and media platforms.

You willcontribute to delivering over a billioneuros inincremental turnover across diverse online commerce models.You will sit at the intersection of analytics, product management, and digital commerce execution, ensuring our teams have the intelligence and tools needed to win across the digital shelf.You willset standards andanalyticsexcellence and acts asdirectpoint of contact for senior executivesin Unilever North America’s Digital Commerce business.As a member of the global Digital & Technology Products team, youwill havealso have theexposureofworking with functional and technical teams across markets and business units.

Acting as the voice of the customer, you will translate business requirements into actionable user stories and champion theproductvision.Your responsibilities include working closely with stakeholders from various Business Groups and markets, collaborating with development teams and UX designers, and driving the execution of high-quality e-commerce experiences and growth initiatives.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

ProductLeadership

Own theproduct vision,roadmapand deliveryofdigital commerceanalytics productsfor Unilever North America

Understanddigital commercebusinessgoals,shape requirements, prioritize features, and translate business needs intoproduct specifications with measurable business value.

Conduct discovery with stakeholders across business, tech, and operations.

Define user stories, success metrics, and acceptance criteria.

Prioritize features using frameworks like impact vs effort, value scoring, or OKR alignment.

Identifynew opportunities foranalytics drivenvalue creation.Balancelong termscalability withnear termuse case needs.

Partner with global/NA D&T, Data Factory, and vendor teamsto build best-in class digital commerce analyticsproduct.

Digital Commerce Analytics & Insights

Drive insights acrossdigital commerce business questions includingavailability, content health, search performance, retail media ROI, promotions, profitability.

Deliver automated insights for WBR, MBR, JBP, innovation, campaigns

Supportpartners in digital commerce sales,mediaand operations team in theirJBP, monthly/quarterly performance reviewswithactionable,data-driven insights.

Innovation& Experimentation

Identifyproduct and tech innovationopportunitiesin the digital commerce space -pilot Agentic AI, AEO and retail media automation.

Explore quick commerce, social commerce, omni-measurement whitespace.

Scan market for partners and trends in digital commerce technology to pilot within Unilever US

Strategic Partnering &Cross-functional Collaboration

Partner with CD, Supply Chain, Category, Retail Media, Marketingbusiness leads to co-create product vision,strategyand roadmap.

Partner with data engineering, data science, UX, business teams, and platformteams to build the future of digital commerce analytics in Unilever North America

Act as the bridge between business context and technical implementation.

Schedule and organize key meetings, planning sessions, and team events.

Technology and Vendor Management

Oversee relationships with data and technology vendors, ensuring alignment to Unilever’s strategic roadmap.

Evaluate emerging solutions andmaintaina best-in-class capabilities and data stack fordigital commerce

Analytics Solution Design

Collaborate with NA/global D&T on ingestion, transformation, semantic layer,that’sfit for US product vision and roadmap

Partner with Data Foundations and 3P vendor teams to understand and guide decisions around:

Data sources, taxonomies, KPIs,logicsand definitions.

Analytical methods (descriptive, diagnostic, predictive).

Model and dashboard design principles.

Ensure solutions are statistically sound, reliable, and actionable.

Governance

Schedule and organize key meetings, planning sessions, and team events/workshop, foraudienceup to senior leadership level.

Run governance across Data Foundations and Product Leadership teams

Improveand ensureinsightsquality, reliability, compliance.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree isrequired/Master’sdegree preferred

4–8 years in data analytics, digital commerce analytics, retail media, eCommerce.

StrongData & Analytics background withexperience building/managing products withstatistical and AI/ML models;

Ability to translate analytics into business action.

Experiencein Product Management -writing PRDs and leading analytics product workat enterprise level

Strong understanding of digital shelfand eCommercefundamentals.

Excellent storytelling and communication.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience in CPGSales, marketing, pricing, NRM analytics

Experience withAVC, AMC, Luminate, Target Partners.

Experienceworking withStackline,Pacvue,CommerceIQ, Flywheel,and similar platforms

Technicalexpertiseon Data Bricks,Azureor equivalent cloud technologies

Proficiencyin Python,PySpark, Spark streaming, SQL database, DAX, PBI (otherrelevant BI tool)

Pay: The pay range for this position is $99,760to $149,640. Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.

Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.

Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.

Benefits: Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

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