Position Purpose:

The Media Director is responsible for leading the Media Strategy & Planning team at the Home Depot. This includes providing strategic guidance as well as overseeing the day to day for The Home Depot’s omni-channel media plans. Responsibilities include thinking strategically across full-funnel media strategies and ensuring individual channels ladder up for the entire campaign approach as well as working to steward across media teams.

Key Responsibilities:

40% Team Leadership - Ensures channel teams focus areas and activities are consistent with and support the company's overarching goals and objectives; Selects, develops, and motivates assigned staff; Influence people both inside and outside (e.g., agencies) of the media department to drive quality execution of the media plan while maintaining strong working relationships10% Budget Management - Helps oversee and manage our scaled budgets across agencies, campaigns, and partners25% Cross-Functional Partnership - Builds strong internal and external relationships to drive influence and help deliver on our marketing and business objectives; Ensures team thinking, opportunities and partnerships are cutting edge and keeps The Home Depot on the forefront of activation, implementation, and measurement best practices25% Strategic Direction - Creates an industry-leading media team supporting Enterprise marketing and media efforts as well as The Home Depots' Retail Media offering; Responsible for the long-term thinking and strategic direction of the media planning team; This includes thinking outside of the current day-to-day environment to create a vision of what the future looks like in the marketing and media world

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

This Position typically reports to Sr Director, Media Planning and BuyingThis Position has 7 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

Typically requires overnight travel 5% to 20% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

Must be eighteen years of age or older.Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

Extensive experience leading large teams and managing and/or activating full-funnel media strategies that fall within oversight; excellent understanding of the media ecosystem and its innerworkings is required.Ability to quickly process information and data to make recommendations and provide team guidanceLeads scaled media team and is effective at managing and leading peopleIdentifies team strengths and weaknesses and provides coaching and training so that team can deliver what's needed to excelIdentifies, develops, instills trust with and motivates assigned team membersActs nimbly, quickly and is comfortable with change in the modern marketing worldConfident communicator with strong public speaking & presentation skillsSkilled negotiator

Minimum Education:

The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

8

Competencies:

CourageDecision QualityBuilds Effective TeamsEnsures AccountabilityInstills TrustPlans and AlignsCommunicates EffectivelyCustomer FocusDevelops TalentDrives Results