Director, Loyalty Strategy & Innovation

Job Summary: Leads the day-to-day management and evolution of the membership loyalty program, with accountability for P&L performance, member growth, engagement, and profitability. Partners in the development of loyalty and co-brand credit card strategies and leads the implementation of initiatives that drive customer engagement, retention, and lifetime value. Collaborates across the enterprise to deliver measurable customer, financial, and business outcomes.

Job Responsibilities: Defines end-to-end loyalty strategy across all assets in our loyalty ecosystem that drive engagement, retention, and advocacy. Leads loyalty team efforts across 3YP, annual planning, and planning pivots throughout the year. Leads ongoing loyalty trend analyses across Retail, Pharmacy, and Healthcare to identify new opportunities for loyalty program innovation. Leads cross-functional team to design and implement innovative loyalty initiatives that differentiate Walgreens from the competition, while acquiring new members and growing relationships with existing ones. Develops business cases to determine prioritization of new opportunities to improve program experience and drive business outcomes. Develops and manages budgets for loyalty program initiatives, ensuring that expenditures are aligned with program goals and ROI targets. Develops go-to-market test and scale plans for new benefits, features, and services to introduce via our loyalty ecosystem. Monitors regulatory requirements related to loyalty programs and partners with Legal to ensure compliance in line with program changes. Provides thought leadership and strategic guidance to senior leadership on loyalty program initiatives and related innovation opportunities. Develops, implements, and delivers the loyalty program for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) customers. Partners with Product team to map out member journey and determine areas of opportunity to enhance member experience. Translates the desired customer experience for the program into business requirements and partner teams to implement. Mentors and develops team members to ensure a high-performing, collaborative, and innovative culture within the loyalty strategy and innovation function.

About Walgreens: Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Preferred Qualifications: Master's degree OR MBADemonstrated creative thinking and innovation in the Loyalty industry. Direct experience owning and optimizing P&L performance to achieve business and financial objective. Experience working with complex data analysis and applying AI/machine learning/personalization best practices. Experience with retail or pharmacy. Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems. Experience leading cross-functional teams. We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. The Salary below is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled. To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/benefits.

Job Function: MarketingCommon Location200 WILMOT RD, DEERFIELD, IL,60015-04620-00001-2 Pay Grade IDCORP-E2Pay Type SalariedStart Rate150000Maximum Rate240625: 1888532BR: 200 WILMOT RD, DEERFIELD, IL 60015