Director, Data Operations & Quality

Digitas North America; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 89,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental

Vision

Disability insurance

401K

Parental and family care leave

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Digitas North America is seeking a Data Ops Lead to guide a team of analysts in building and maintaining data pipelines and quality checks for marketing data. You will influence data-driven decisions, ensure governance, and collaborate across analytics teams.

The role requires 5–7 years in analytics within advertising or related fields, strong SQL and visualization skills, and experience with Alteryx, Python or R, and cloud platforms. A Bachelor's degree is required, with advanced degrees a plus.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years analytics experience in advertising agency, management consulting, or ad tech.
• Experience managing a team.
• Four-year college degree; advanced degree is a plus.
• Strong attention to detail, critical thinking and problem solving.
• Proficient with SQL and data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, Google Data Studio).
• Experience with Alteryx.
• Knowledge of Google Analytics and Google Marketing Platforms.
• Knowledge of Python and/or R is a plus.
• Experience with Google Cloud and AWS is a plus.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Data Ops Analysts and Senior Analysts to drive daily responsibilities and career growth.
• Guide data engineering to design and maintain high-quality data pipelines.
• Review SQL scripts and dataflows in tools like Alteryx or Google Dataprep
• Oversee data quality checks and remediation across marketing data systems.
• Maintain data governance, processing, and reporting.
• Oversee taxonomy governance for media and site stakeholders.
• Serve as a knowledge expert for media and site data processes and improvements.
• Promote data-informed decision making and process documentation.
• Coach junior team members and support project planning.
• Collaborate with Data and Analysis teams on data visualization initiatives.
• Help define the technology strategy for data management.
• embody Digitas values of being open, bold, and curious.

Skills

Team management

Data analytics

SQL

Data visualization

Communication

Detail orientation

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree is a plus

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Google Data Studio

Alteryx

Google Analytics

Google Marketing Platform

Python

R

Google Cloud

AWS

Job description

Digitas North America is seeking a Data Ops Lead to guide a team of analysts in building and maintaining data pipelines and quality checks for marketing data. You will influence data-driven decisions, ensure governance, and collaborate across analytics teams.

The role requires 5–7 years in analytics within advertising or related fields, strong SQL and visualization skills, and experience with Alteryx, Python or R, and cloud platforms. A Bachelor's degree is required, with advanced degrees a plus.