Vice President, Digital Experience

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Vice President, Digital Experience will serve as a critical part of Scholastic's digital transformation efforts as part of Scholastic’s Digital Services organization, creating and executing strategies that leverage technology to drive business growth opportunities.

Scholastic Digital Services is responsible for partnering across lines of business to drive more sophisticated data and digital strategies, and this role will be pivotal in driving high-level communications with Senior Leadership, while bridging strategy between our business and technology functions. Reporting into the Vice President of eCommerce and Digital Experience, this role will both lead the Product Management team in creating the strategy for and executing the annual roadmap, as well as leading key transformation and growth initiatives bridging business and technology from ideation to execution 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Envision, evaluate, develop, and execute multi-faceted digital strategies across Scholastic's marketing and ecommerce experiences that align business growth strategies with digital best practices, serving as a digital experience expert to stakeholders across Scholastic

• Lead key digital initiatives from ideation to execution, collaborating with business, technology and operations teams to determine feasibility, gain buy-in, create an approach, and execute against the goals.

• Lead, mentor, and inspire the Product Management team in the execution of Scholastic's annual digital experience roadmap, partnering with business, technology, and design teams to deliver projects on time and on budget

• Apply data and insights (inclusive of customer insights from design research and consumer research teams, as well as market trends) to identify opportunities, build business cases, and evaluate and present results as they relate to business performance and growth, and propose recommendations for optimizations

• Build and maintain deep stakeholder relationships across business units and functions, including Education Solutions, Book Fairs, Trade, Technology, and Operations

The role is based in the NYC office and requires being in the office three days per week.

About Scholastic

For more than 100 years, Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) has been meeting children where they are – at school, at home and in their communities – by creating quality content and experiences, all beginning with literacy. Scholastic delivers stories, characters, and learning moments that empower all kids to become lifelong readers and learners through bestselling children’s books, literacy- and knowledge-building resources for schools including classroom magazines, and award-winning, entertaining children's media. As the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books through school-based book clubs and book fairs, classroom libraries, school and public libraries, retail, and online, and with a global reach into more than 135 countries, Scholastic encourages the personal and intellectual growth of all children, while nurturing a lifelong relationship with reading, themselves, and the world around them. Learn more at www.scholastic.com.

Some benefits that we offer:

• Full suite of health and wellness benefits (including a $0 deductible Medical Plan)

• Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) with options for both Roth and Traditional Contributions

• Tuition-Free programs for undergraduate and graduate degrees

• Generous Parental Leave Program

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with opportunity for discounted stock at a 15% discount

Thank you for your consideration in choosing Scholastic.

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HOW YOU CAN FIT (Qualifications)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Proven successful track record of developing and leading sophisticated digital experience strategies for large brand(s) that drive positive ROI and business growth

• Deep understanding of customer experience, marketing, eCommerce, and experience design concepts

• High degree of problem solving skills approached with a consultative mindset, with ability to bring a clear point of view and work collaboratively across business, technology and design in a highly matrixed organization

• Strategic and analytical thinker with ability to create business cases and scenario modeling, as well as executive level presentations to present strategies and options, gain buy-in from stakeholders, and provide updates for strategic initiatives

• Remain informed on key industry trends, including emerging technologies and best practices, to future-proof our digital experiences

• Ability to build and maintain an understanding of Scholastic's enterprise architecture and key dependencies across teams and platforms, to be able to "connect the dots" across elements of the portfolio and identify synergies

• Ability to manage third party vendor contracts and relationships, as well as identify and negotiate new vendor partners

• Familiarity with key eCommerce and digital experience platforms such as AEM, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, and Adobe Analytics a plus

• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders in parallel in a fast-paced environment

• Proven leader, with excellent communication and ability to rally large teams around ambitious goals

Experience: 10+ years of experience; Experience at a major consultancy and/or retailer in a business and technology related role preferred.

Education: Bachelor's degree in business administration, marketing or related area; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Scholastic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is clear: there shall be no discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam veteran. Those factors shall not influence the determination of qualifications for a job or other opportunity within the company. Further, all personnel actions (such as compensation, tuition aid, benefits, transfers, promotions, and dismissals, company-sponsored training, social and recreational programs) shall be administered without discrimination.

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