Director, Data Operations & BI Strategy

OMD; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom is seeking a Director of Data Operations to lead data governance, BI solutions, and automation across agency teams and client accounts. This role builds data integrity, analytic excellence, and operational effectiveness across media channels.

You will guide strategy, develop frameworks, and mentor managers and analysts while partnering with internal teams and clients to drive data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in data operations and/or business intelligence.
• 5–6+ years experience in advertising agency environment (ad operations, analytics, digital investment, or related).
• 6+ years experience working with digital media data (ad server, digital, search, social, video, offline, etc.).
• 4–6+ years experience in data governance and quality processes within data warehousing, ETL, and BI environments.
• 5–6+ years experience in management roles, including direct reports and offshore teams.
• 5–6+ years experience in client-facing roles.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain data management, governance, and quality frameworks to support objectives.
• Lead adoption and enhancement of business intelligence tools, data warehousing, and process automation.
• Serve as strategic liaison among internal teams, vendors, and clients; align data ops best practices.
• Oversee project planning, prioritize tasks, ensure timely delivery; manage offshore and onshore teams.
• Direct data cleansing, QA, and troubleshooting; ensure documentation and compliance.

Skills

Data operations

Advertising agency experience

Data governance

ETL / BI

SQL

Python

Tools

Tableau

PowerBI

Datorama

SQL

Python

Job description

Omnicom is seeking a Director of Data Operations to lead data governance, BI solutions, and automation across agency teams and client accounts. This role builds data integrity, analytic excellence, and operational effectiveness across media channels.

You will guide strategy, develop frameworks, and mentor managers and analysts while partnering with internal teams and clients to drive data-driven decision making.