Retail Executive Roles — Specialty, Mass-Market, Ecommerce, Omnichannel
More than 223 executive roles classified in Retail, with 33 new this week. Chief Merchandising Officers, CMOs, COOs, and store-operations leadership at specialty, mass-market, and omnichannel retailers.
Tier breakdown
3
Founder16
C-Suite88
VP12
Sr Director104
DirectorWhat this category covers
Retail covers executive roles at specialty retailers, mass-market chains, ecommerce-native brands, and omnichannel operators. Merchandising, store operations, ecommerce, and brand leadership are the core verticals.
Ecommerce-only DTC brands at scale are included when the company has crossed into retail-style operations (warehousing, returns, multi-channel).
Across the 223 active roles in this category, the largest tier is Director. The classifier weighs company size, scope, and reporting line — not just the title prefix — so the tier mix reflects real responsibility, not vanity titles.
Sample Jobs (10 of 223)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Head of SEO - M/W ManoMano Lead SEO strategy and execution for ManoMano's digital marketplace, focusing on technical, editorial, and business aspects. VP | Paris Hybrid |
| Boutique Director - Forum Hublot Lead the Hublot boutique in Las Vegas Forum, driving sales, client relations, and operations to achieve monthly and annual targets. Oversee team performance, recruitment, and training. Director | Las Vegas, NV Onsite |
| Fractional Sales & Marketing Lead Max Retail Fractional engagement with a path to a full-time VP of Sales & Marketing role. Focus on optimizing and scaling the demand engine for independent retailers. VP | Remote Remote |
| Vice President, Distribution Bombas The Vice President of Distribution will manage e-comm, wholesale, donation, and retail fulfillment teams, reporting to the Chief Supply Chain Officer. The role involves owning and scaling an omni-channel distribution network and building best-in-class fulfillment capabilities. VP | New York, New York OR Los Angeles, CA Onsite |
| Director of Product Strategy – Assortment RELEX Solutions The Director of Product Strategy for Assortment is responsible for strategic leadership in product strategy, focusing on merchandising outcomes and alignment with broader company goals. Director | Unknown Unknown |
| Vice President of Finance Global retail and foodservice food manufacturer Lead finance for a global food company, focusing on strategic finance leadership, market expansion, and company growth. VP | Los Angeles, California Onsite |
| SVP, Strategic Retail Partnerships CommerceIQ Responsible for building strategic partnerships with leading retailers to position CommerceIQ as a strategic AI, ecommerce, and retail media technology partner. VP | United States Unknown |
| Board Director ... regional grocery chain headquartered in Oklahoma City Serve on the Board of Directors, set organization strategy, monitor company performance, approve budgets, ensure legal compliance, and represent shareholder interests. VP | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Onsite |
| Network Company President (Retail Industry) Teamshares Lead a small business in the retail industry, manage business strategy, operations, and P&L, and transition the business to employee ownership. C-Suite | Providence, RI Onsite |
| Quality Assurance Director, Apparel (Mens/Womens) Quince The Quality Assurance Director is responsible for defining, leading, and overseeing the comprehensive Quality Assurance strategy and execution across apparel categories. This role ensures all apparel products consistently meet and exceed design intent, quality, safety, construction, and regulatory standards across all global markets. Director | San Francisco, CA Unknown |
How classification gets to this category
Retail classification follows the same multi-stage pipeline as every other category, with category-specific signal at three stages:
- Title recognition. Direct title hits resolve fast — common variants are recognized immediately, including the senior, VP, and Director-tier flavors.
- Compensation threshold. An exec-tier base-comp floor filters out individual-contributor roles that share the title language. Roles below the floor in unambiguous category titles are flagged for manual review rather than auto-classified.
- JD signals for ambiguous cases. GPT reads the JD for merchandising authority, store-network scope, and channel mix (physical vs. ecommerce). The classifier separates retail leadership from CPG-side equivalents. See the AI Classification page for the full signal hierarchy.
Negative filters explicitly block adjacent IC and analyst roles whose titles can resemble executive ones. The result: Retail as a category in your inbox is the executive cut, not the entry-level cut.
How matching works for your search
Matching on Retail is conjunctive. Every dimension you add narrows the result set rather than expanding it.
Example: select Retail + Chief Merchandising-equivalent VP-tier and you see merchandising leaders across specialty and mass retail — your inbox shows the intersection, not the union. You won't see roles that match only one of the filters and not the other.
Tier filtering layers on top. If you only want VP-tier and above in this category, the seniority-tier filter does that cleanly. Restrict further to C-suite only to see the most senior seats, or open it up to Director-tier to widen the funnel during early-stage exploration.
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