Associate Director, Data Science

Adelphi Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom is seeking an Associate Director of Data Science to guide a data science practice within an agency setting. The role emphasizes hands-on ML model development, audience segmentation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration to meet client goals.

You will mentor managers, contribute to knowledge artifacts, and partner with planning teams to drive analytics-driven campaigns. This is an in-office role with a focus on impactful, scalable data science delivery.

Qualifications

• Hands-on programming language skills (SQL, Python, R, etc).
• Intermediate exposure to machine learning techniques and causal models.
• Advanced presentation and communication skills.
• Some experience working with non-technical teams.
• Knowledge of digital clean rooms and related concepts/strategy.
• Certifications in Meta (Blueprint), SQL, Python, or R (online).
• Demonstrated domain knowledge of business/industry.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Planning & Investment teams to provide expert hands-on Data Science support across the entire campaign lifecycle.
• Build advanced ML models to cluster and segment audiences, scale and deploy custom audiences across platforms.
• Run descriptive and diagnostic analyses to measure campaign performance in clean rooms/analytics platforms.
• Strong project management skills with ability to set priorities and meet deadlines.
• Leverage technical (coding) expertise to improve processes.
• Lead and train managers and other junior team members.
• Contribute to building decks and reports translating analytical results to internal and client teams.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Machine learning

Communication

Non-technical collaboration

Digital clean rooms

Certifications (Meta Blueprint)

Education

Bachelor's degree in mathematics, computer science, statistics or related field

Job description

Agency:

Omd

Job Function:

Data and Analytics

Job Subfunction:

Data Science and Analytics

Job Description:

Associate Director, Data Science

The Data Science team is pivotal in the delivery of modern agency services. We are tightly integrated with marketing science teams to deliver on and exceed our clients’ business goals.

Responsibilities

External facing responsibilities:

• Partner with Planning & Investment teams to provide expert hands‑on Data Science support across the entire campaign lifecycle.

• Build advanced ML models to cluster and segment audiences, scale and deploy custom audiences across various platforms/publishers

• Run descriptive and diagnostic analyses to help measure campaign performance within clean rooms and/or other analytics platforms (e.g., Google ADH, Facebook advanced analytics, Amazon Marketing Cloud, etc.)

• Strong project management skills with an ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and know when to ask for help

• Leverage technical (coding) expertise to help bring about process efficiencies

• undefined

Internal facing responsibilities:

• Contribute to building decks and reports that help translate analytical results to internal and client teams

• Contribute to building DS Practice knowledge repository via decks, documents, and other artifacts

• Lead and train managers and other junior team members

Required Skills

• Hands‑on programming language skills (SQL, Python, R, etc)

• Intermediate exposure to machine learning techniques, causal models, etc. to support the analysis of information

• Advanced presentation and communication skills

• Some experience working with non‑technical teams

• Knowledge of digital clean rooms, and their related concepts and strategy

• Certifications in any of the following: Meta (Blueprint), SQL, Python, R (online)

• Demonstrated domain knowledge of business/industry

Education and Experience

• A university degree in mathematics, computer science, statistics or related field, and 5‑7 years of experience in informatics work in academia, advertising, management consulting, marketing or digital consulting

• Knowledge of agency‑side execution process is desirable, but not required

$70,000 - $135,000

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in‑office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in‑office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice

For US Job Seekers:

It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.