Data Specialist

Monks; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Monks is seeking an experienced Data Specialist to lead analytics for marketing and e-commerce projects with enterprise clients in the APAC region. You will design data strategies, oversee analytics frameworks, deploy tools, and translate data into business insights.

The role focuses on GTM/GA4/BigQuery, Adobe Experience Cloud, and Amplitude implementations, with client-facing responsibilities and room for leadership growth.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering enterprise analytics consulting for marketing/e-commerce projects.
• Ability to develop data strategies and provide actionable recommendations based on insights.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise in Data Analytics Platforms and Data Collection to clients.
• Develop analytics strategies for large brands with measurable business impact.
• Share data/marketing analytics expertise with clients and Monks team as a thought leader.
• Manage relationships and projects for enterprise clients from a delivery perspective.
• Assist clients in understanding measurement importance and provide best practice data strategy guidelines.
• Contribute to go-to-market initiatives and ideation within the data practice.
• Perform digital audits for prospective and existing clients and record findings.
• Data Management & Reporting: Manage Analytics and Aggregation tools (e.g., BigQuery).
• Conceptualising and building POC-level AI-based tools (Analysis & Insights, NLP, agents).

Skills

Data Analytics Platforms

Client Relationship Management

Marketing Analytics

Consultative Discovery

Tools

GTM (Google Tag Manager)

GA4

BigQuery

Adobe Analytics Cloud

Amplitude

Job description

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About Monks

Monks is a global, digital-first marketing, technology, and creative consultancy operating at the intersection of creativity, media, data, and culture. In APAC, our 700-strong team spans 14 offices across 11 countries, connected by a single, unified operating model.

As pioneers in the AI economy, we live an AI-first culture internally while helping enterprise clients shift from manual workflows to AI-native orchestration — scaling custom agent solutions (Monks.Flow), AI-driven campaigns, and next-gen AI search capabilities. By connecting brand strategy, media, data, and emerging technology around the consumer, we build intelligent platforms and content ecosystems for the world's leading brands. We foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where authentic collaboration fuels industry-changing work.

The Role

Monks is looking for an experienced Data Specialist with enterprise-level client facing experience in analytics consulting and the deployment of marketing and e-commerce projects. This experience should specifically include helping clients to develop data strategies, complex measurement projects, and experience driving value with expert knowledge and client relationship skills.

You will be responsible for data & analytics initiatives relevant to marketing and audience data consulting, which includes managing relationships with a number of enterprise clients, building out their analytics frameworks, deployment of the required tools, developing insights through reporting and and understanding of needs-based recommendations and optimisations in both technology and data.

The ideal candidate has a history of working with Google Data Products (GTM, GA4 and BigQuery), Adobe Experience Cloud (Analytics, Launch, AEP) or Amplitude to help a variety of businesses, overseeing or directly having a hand in the implementation of their data collection, as well as finding ways to utilise this data to drive value for their clients through reporting and analysis. An understanding of the CRM & CDP landscape is a welcome addition.

This role offers a huge opportunity for growth within our AUNZ team and APAC data team with clear channels of progression into leadership, the ability to participate in innovation on projects and product development, and the potential to advance the practice of analytics and data from the forefront.

What You'll Do

• Provide subject matter expertise in Data Analytics Platforms and Data Collection to your clients via overseeing the tagging and analytics framework, and a variety of analysis and insight initiatives.
• Develop analytics and data strategies for some of the largest brands in the world with a focus on measurably lifting their business.
• Share your data and marketing analytics expertise with your clients and the Monks team; acting as a thought leader for your client through consultative discovery and recommendations, and be an active participant in the knowledge growth of the Monks team.
• Manage the relationship and projects for enterprise clients from a delivery perspective
• Assist clients in understanding the importance of measurement, and provide best practice guidelines for their general data strategy, as well as specific technical implementations.
• Assist the data team in propelling our practice forward with new go to market initiatives and solutions.
• Client Onboarding: Perform digital audits for prospective clients and existing clients, recording findings and making recommendations across digital properties and data reporting environments.
• Data Management & Reporting: Manage Data Reporting Platforms (Analytics) and Aggregation tools (e.g. BigQuery)
• Conceptualising and building POC-level AI based tools: Analysis & Insights, Conversational & NLP, MCPs and the ability to connect these as agents

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrates deep knowledge and hands-on experience with leading digital analytics platforms.
• Possesses a strong understanding of the data, adtech, and martech industries and their evolving landscape.
• Experienced in managing strategic projects and client relationships, delivering against business objectives.
• Highly self-directed and resourceful, with strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Thrives in collaborative, cross-functional environments, working effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Experienced in implementing digital analytics tools and cloud platforms, translating data into actionable insights.
• Proficient in business intelligence and data analysis tools, including Looker Studio and Tableau.
• Familiar with cloud data platforms such as GCP/BigQuery, AWS, and Snowflake, with the ability to integrate and leverage cloud data alongside marketing analytics.

About Monks

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc, where our culture centers on how we show up for the work and for one another. That begins with the commitment to strive for mastery—taking deep pride in our craft and creating work that sets the bar. In everyday execution, we drive momentum by choosing bold action rather than waiting for certainty. Above all, our teams are stronger together, bringing diverse perspectives into a unified team that communicates with clarity, trust, and mutual respect.
This commitment to craft and innovation translates directly into widespread industry acclaim: Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services and a leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Digital Marketing Agencies. It ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization (2025), Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2026 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in the Human-Machine Interaction Team category. Additionally, Monks.Flow earned AI-based Marketing Solution of the Year at the 2026 AI Breakthrough Awards and a 2026 Global Generative AI Award in the Agentic Marketing Innovation category. Finally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.

Monks does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.