Senior Director, Business Strategy

Kevel is transforming the retail media space with its cutting-edge, AI-driven ad tech infrastructure APIs that power the Retail Media Cloud™. This groundbreaking solution combines the power of AI insights with API-based technology, allowing multi-brand retailers to build dynamic, customizable ad platforms while maintaining full control of their first-party data. With Kevel, retailers can deliver personalized shopper experiences, optimize ad targeting, and unlock predictive insights to stay ahead in an ever-evolving market.

JOB OVERVIEW: We are seeking a highly strategic, customer-facing Senior Director of Business Strategy with deep expertise in retail media to serve as a trusted advisor to our most critical US based customers and partners. Reporting to the VP of Global Business Strategy, this role will be accountable for long-term value creation, relationship health, and strategic alignment across our organization, ensuring that we not only retain but also grow our top-tier customers.

LOCATION: Remote - United States. This position is 100% remote. Applicants located anywhere within the United States (Eastern or Central Time Zones preferred) are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be legally eligible to work within the United States.

PAY TRANSPARENCY: Kevel uses external, third-party market data to determine compensation for all open positions. Our compensation philosophy is based on the candidate’s specific working location and experience level. This means that we will take a no negotiation approach in our recruitment and offer processes. We believe this is an important step in living our value of embracing diversity while underlining our commitment to fair, equitable and inclusive pay practices.

The base salary for this position ranges from $175,000- $235,000 USD dependent on location and experience level. In addition, this role is eligible for performance-based variable compensation and commission offering significant total earnings potential.

In regards to candidate location in the US specifically, Kevel currently uses validated external data sources to determine which US locations are considered higher cost of living metropolitan areas compared to others. Candidates are welcome to reference the following chart to get a general sense of where they may fall within the pay range based on US location.

All compensation packages include the additional benefits as described in the 'Why you'll love working with us' section below. We also have a transparent ‘Total Rewards Philosophy’ we’d be happy to share with you which describes our overall approach to compensation and benefits in full detail! Our recruitment team can share more about this with you in an initial phone interview and will be happy to answer any questions you have related to compensation at Kevel! 

WHAT YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH:

• Own end-to-end customer strategy for Kevel’s most critical US based customers and partners, accountable for long-term value creation, relationship health, and strategic alignment beyond individual sales cycles.
• Work with the broader Business Strategy team to define and operationalize customer-specific strategies and partner with Sales, Customer Success, Solutions, and Professional Services in aligning around a unified account vision and execution plan.
• Execute the strategic direction for Professional Services engagement across key accounts, including packaging, positioning, delivery models, and margin-conscious deployment in support of customer outcomes.
• Serve as the executive point of accountability for complex, multi-threaded customer relationships, including escalations, renewals risk, and long-term expansion opportunities.

SKILLS YOU'LL BRING WITH YOU:

• 5+ years in retail media, ad tech, or related strategy roles. 
• Ideal candidate has experience inside a retailer or commerce media business.
• Demonstrated success in driving growth and retention for large, complex accounts.
• Proven ability to influence senior customer stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and executive presence. 
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and ability to align multiple teams toward a shared customer vision.
• Experience being a strategic advisor to enterprise customers and familiarity with complex API-driven ad tech ecosystems.

WHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING WITH US:

• Fully Remote Team: We are a 100% remote work environment with employees located around the world. You are welcome to work from home, one of our offices, a WeWork office, or an equivalent co-working space.
• Flexible Working Hours: We understand our employees have their own lives, responsibilities and working preferences. We trust our employees to communicate with their managers, and work when they work best.
• Comprehensive Health Benefits - Kevel provides 100% employer paid medical benefits for our employees and their children, plus comprehensive, affordable coverage for all other dependents.
• Savings opportunity for the Future: Kevel offers retirement savings plans with employer contributions so employees can save toward future financial objectives. 
• Rest and Relaxation: Unlimited personal time off - and we mean it! We trust our employees to take the time they need, whenever they need it. We also offer Paid Holidays + a Kevel Holiday Break (from 12/24 - 1/1 every year!)
• Kevelfest: Our annual corporate retreat! The entire Kevel team gets together once a year for a four - day in - person event filled with collaboration, team building, celebration and fun! 
• Home Office Stipend: You’ll receive a new windows or mac machine (your choice) + a $500 home office allowance to purchase what you need to set up your work space properly!
• Parental Leave Support: We support all parents with salary continuation and benefits when our employees are growing their families.
• Free press benefits: Kevel believes all employees should have access to legitimate news sources. You’ll receive a $300 annual allowance to subscribe to the news source of your choice.
• You’ll work with an award winning team! We’ve won numerous Best Places to Work Awards for several years and counting! We’ve also won many awards for our Innovation, Business Intelligence, and our best-in-class products (Software of the Year, Cloud Company of the Year, Best Ad Tech and API Innovator). 
• Full transparency. We embrace transparency and encourage you to read more about what we value through our Company Constitution and Employee Bill of Rights, our About Kevel page, and Careers Page.

Hiring Guidelines by Country: Kevel hires new team members in countries around the world. Some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Recruitment Team will share the specific benefits that are available in your location, and can help answer any questions about location specific eligibility requirements and benefits after the recruitment process begins. 

ABOUT KEVEL 

Kevel (previously Adzerk) offers the infrastructure APIs needed to quickly build custom ad platforms for sponsored listings, internal promotions, native ads, and more. We are committed to helping publishers drive new revenue and take back the Internet from ad tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Facebook. 

Kevel was founded in 2010 in Durham, North Carolina. We embrace remote working culture with our entire team being spread across the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal and Singapore! Kevel is proud to be an inclusive workplace with one goal in common — we want to make the internet a better place. 

ALL APPLICANTS ARE WELCOME, EXACTLY AS YOU ARE

We’re building a global community - one that’s safe for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. Our policies and way of working are guided by our core values of inclusivity, trust, empathy, and respect. We know we have more work to do, but firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic selves. Kevel is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts and commitment to creating a diverse, inclusive, and transparent workplace where everyone feels respected, heard, safe and accepted. At Kevel, we embrace our differences and consider diversity a superpower that drives the success of our organization. Individuals seeking employment at Kevel are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. 

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