Senior Retail Strategy & Ops Associate

<p><span>Come join a company who is a key leader in the industry scaling the next core commerce infrastructure and on the path from $100M to $500M! Founded in 2012, Salsify helps brand manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in over 80 countries collaborate to win on the digital shelf. As the market leader globally, our products are shopper-centric, frictionless, and create memorable commerce experiences. </span><span>Our products provide a competitive edge through experiences that improve brand trust, amplify product differentiation and assortments, increase conversion rate, improve profit margins, and speed time to market.</span></p> <p><span>Learn how the world’s largest brands, including Mars, L'Oreal, Coca-Cola, Bosch, and GSK, as well as retailers and distributors such as E.Leclerc, Carrefour, Metro, and Intermarché use Salsify everyday to stand out on the digital shelf.</span></p> <p><span>At Salsify, we strive to embody an equitable, diverse, and inclusive company culture. We are united across countries, levels, tenures, and a host of other dimensions of diversity. We understand that while work is just one aspect of who we are, a truly inclusive culture accounts for the full authenticity of every single human being that works here. </span></p> <h3><span><strong>About the Opportunity</strong></span></h3><p><strong>About the Opportunity</strong></p> <p>Salsify’s Network team is on a mission to grow and scale the world’s most trusted, open, and complete product data network. As a <strong>Senior Network Strategy and Operations Associate</strong>, you will own the end-to-end process of bringing new network channels to market and launching needle-moving network growth strategies. You will own, build and facilitate a delivery framework that ensures a seamless journey to provide our brand customers with new syndication destinations, while also creating success and value for our retail customers – a true opportunity to impact both sides of our network. </p> <p>We are looking for a self-motivated individual who is:</p> <ul> <li>Passionate about delivery processes and driving cross-functional collaboration, including Retail Success, Customer Success, R&amp;D, Professional Services, Support, and go-to-market functions</li> <li>Equally adept at building and optimizing delivery processes as well as shepherding initiatives through those processes to achieve results and measure outcomes </li> <li>Skilled in balancing a strategic delivery vision with meticulous attention to detail and follow-up</li> </ul> <p><strong>How You'll Make an Impact:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Maximize customer value for both sides of our network by facilitating new destination releases through effective program planning frameworks and tools </li> <li>Enable future-facing Customer and Support  teams by clearly communicating the roadmap and driving change and release communications.</li> <li>Enhance cross-functional collaboration and clarity for all new, migrated, and improved channel releases </li> <li>Create innovation and production capacity by organizing strategic programs for the Retail Strategy &amp; Operations team </li> </ul> <p><strong>You'll Enjoy This Role If You Have:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <h4>Structured Thinker: You enjoy shaping vague or complex questions and hypotheses into organized, structured analyses and frameworks (i.e., untangling the knot).</h4> </li> <li> <h4>Outcome-Oriented: You focus on insights that compel action, not just interesting findings.</h4> </li> <li> <h4>Evidence-Guided: You back recommendations with thorough analysis, balancing attention to detail with efficiency. </h4> </li> <li> <h4>Curious &amp; Resourceful: You delight in learning, exploring new ideas, collaboratively brainstorming, and proactively seeking out information or experts.</h4> </li> <li> <h4>Proactively Collaborative: You excel at working independently, but also actively build relationships to foster healthy dialogue and gain stakeholder buy-in or feedback. </h4> </li> <li> <h4>Agile: You adjust quickly to changing priorities while maintaining high quality standards, and enjoy operating with some degree of ambiguity.</h4> </li> </ul> <h3>Must have:</h3> <ul> <li>3+ years of experience in a Program Manager, Traffic Manager, Milestone Manager, or similar role leading multiple product or program initiatives</li> <li>Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage numerous tasks and stakeholders effectively</li> <li>Demonstrated experience driving cross-functional team results and addressing misalignment</li> <li>Ability to anticipate risks and challenges in programs, and take a proactive approach to problem-solving</li> <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to synthesize information from multiple sources and simplify complex materials</li> <li>Experience in reporting status and risks to executive leadership and managing change communications across teams.</li> <li>Demonstrated aptitude for problem-solving,