Global Director, Marketing Science

We are OMD, Cannes Lions 2024 Media Network of the Year, RECMA's Best-Performing Media Network Globally, and COMvergence's #1 Global Agency Network. As the world's largest media network, with more than 12,000 people working in over 100 countries, we excel at making better decisions, faster. By combining innovation, creativity, empathy, and evidence, we help clients move faster, reach further, and take smarter risks in a world full of opportunities


We pride ourselves on being a people-obsessed, outcomes-focused business that applies evidence and data-based solutions, married with the practice of empathy, to drive performance and growth. When working with our clients, we put ourselves in the shoes of the consumer in order to see the world through their eyes. We focus on finding greater empathy with the consumer so as to uncover insights and opportunities that deliver more valued and valuable connections.


The Data & Tech Solutions team is pivotal in the delivery of modern agency services. The Director role spearheads delivery of scalable data solutions that support deliverables across the account. The Director collaborates closely with other account teams like Activation, Strategy/Planning, and IT to identify and execute strategies to drive business impact globally.
Responsibilities

• Identify Client's business issues and form hypotheses and solutions on how marketing technology and data strategies can solve
• Own end-to-end ETL pipelines that feed data to clients and other external stakeholders
• Assess impact of marketplace evolution on current data and technology infrastructure
• Ownership of project roadmap to solve for business challenges and keep clients ahead in the data and technology space
• Develop and maintain project plans, ensuring proper and timely completion of all critical tasks and delivery against client and agency needs
• Maintain strong working relationship with API partners on an ongoing basis
• Grow operational workflows to align with business objectives, privacy rules, and data governance standards.
• Automation strategy planning, execution, and maintenance to improve deliverable timelines for internal teams and clients
• Maintaining, validating, and orchestrating CI/CD pipelines in GitHub environment
• Interfacing with OMG IT to ensure all systems are up to date and functioning
• Written & live presentations outlining tech stack documentation and ETL processes
• Manage & mentor junior team members to build technical skills & capabilities

Required Skills

• Industry Knowledge in marketing analytics and data ecosystems (1st and 3rd party data solutions, data lakes, data clean rooms, aggregated and user level data)
• Advanced knowledge in the latest privacy regulation updates and current challenges, security evaluations, etc.
• Fluent in latest developments and offerings from data sources/partners
• Strong technical abilities (Shell scripting, Linux, PostgreSQL)
• Advanced Ad API familiarity
• Cloud data platform experience (AWS preferred)
• Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, orchestration, and monitoring tools
• Expert-level consulting skills with high profile clients
• Expertise in assessments and improvement of processes
• Excellent presentation and communication skills; experienced in managing a team

Education and Experience

• A university degree and 7-10 years of data and analytics experience in advertising, management consulting, marketing or digital consulting
• Knowledge of agency-side media campaign planning and execution process is desirable, but not required
• Previous experience with maintaining ETL data pipelines

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This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.

Compensation Range

$90,000-$215,000 USD

This role is hybrid, requiring three (3) days per week in the office. The remaining two (2) days may be worked remotely. Specific in-office days will be discussed during the interview process, with flexibility to align with team needs. Please note that the number or required in-office days may be adjusted over time, potentially increasing the number of required in-office days based on business needs.

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