Director, Business Analtyics

Omnicom Media; New York (NY); On-site; USD 145,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom Media in New York is hiring a seasoned data and analytics leader for the Business Analytics team. You will collaborate with planning and investment teams to translate complex data into actionable insights that drive client business goals.

Responsibilities include designing measurement plans, leading analytics initiatives, mentoring managers and ADs, and delivering compelling narratives to clients. A strong background in marketing analytics and effective communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Industry knowledge in marketing analytics and data
• Experience in integrated marketing related to media and/or customer journey development
• Expertise in audience-based marketing and data-driven advertising
• Analytic skills and problem-solving to drive issues to resolution
• Strong leadership and client relationship experience
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to translate data into insights
• Ability to train and coach colleagues and manage projects

Responsibilities

• External facing responsibilities: understand client issues, deliver insights, and develop solutions
• Lead measurement plan development and execution
• Partner with Planning, Investment, and Activation teams on budgets and media plans
• Debrief clients with clear, actionable analytics narratives
• Mentor managers and ADs and build team capabilities
• Identify opportunities to improve processes

Skills

Marketing analytics

Integrated marketing

Audience-based marketing

Analytic problem solving

Client relationship

Communication & presentation

Training & mentorship

SQL

Advanced Excel

Education

University degree in relevant field

Agency media planning knowledge

SQL & Excel experience

Authorization to work in US

Job description

Job Description

The Business Analytics team is pivotal in the delivery of modern agency services. We are tightly integrated with planning and investment teams to deliver on and exceed our clients’ business goals.

Agency

Omnicom Media

Job Function

Data and Analytics

Job Subfunction

Data Science and Analytics

Job Description

The Business Analytics team is pivotal in the delivery of modern agency services. We are tightly integrated with planning and investment teams to deliver on and exceed our clients’ business goals.

Responsibilities

External facing responsibilities:

• Build and develop a deep understanding of the client’s strategic issues, initiatives and the competitive position.
• Ensure that analytics efforts lead to clear, compelling and actionable insights; and insightful narratives are constructed through sophisticated analytics techniques.
• Partner with the Planning, Investment, and Activation teams on annual budget setting, media plan development, and ongoing budget/plan optimization.
• Lead the measurement plan development and execution.
• Anticipate client’s needs and proactively developing solutions to address them.
• Ensure timely follow through on all scheduled and ad hoc deliverables.
• Generate and communicate clear, compelling and actionable insights; constructing insightful narratives through sophisticated analytic techniques.
• Recommend and implement research that will aid in the consumer insight gathering and strategic process.
• Identify opportunities to continuously improve processes.
• Lead, mentor and train managers and ADs.
• Contribute to the consumer segmentation and audience identification/exploration processes.
• Design tests to measure the incremental impact of media on business outcomes.
• Provide ad hoc support to the clients to solve broad strategic marketing problems.

Internal Facing Responsibilities

• Provide methodological support, coaching, training and advice to your direct reports and to the broader agency teams.
• Partner with the Planning and Investment teams on annual budget setting, media plan development and ongoing budget / plan optimization.
• Lead and mentor direct reports: continually assess capabilities, provide a roadmap for career growth and institute goals to build / expand skills.

Required Skills

• Industry Knowledge in marketing analytics and data (1st and 3rd party data solutions, data lakes, data clean rooms, aggregated and user level data)
• Experience in integrated marketing related to media and/or customer journey development, including budgeting, revenue forecasting, ROI development.
• Expertise in audience-based marketing and data-driven advertising
• Solution development: analytic skills, critical thinking and clarifying strategic & operational issues as relates to data and analytics. Problem-solving skills to drive issues to resolution.
• Proven leadership ability and strong, impactful client relationship experience
• Stellar communication and presentation skills: we need someone who is articulate, engaging and straightforward – and, above all, can effectively and convincingly translate unstructured business solutions into innovative customer marketing programs
• Ability to train and coach colleagues for growth: being organized and detail oriented, prioritizing work, business writing & presenting, conducting analysis, and project management (scope, budgeting, timing)

Education and Experience

• A university degree and 7+ 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.
• Candidates with experience in advanced excel and SQL is required.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in US.

$145,000.00 - $175,000.00

Policy

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.

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For US Job Seekers

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$145,000.00 - $175,000.00