Director of Data Strategy & Activation

Prudential Financial

Newark (NJ)

Hybrid

USD 159,000 - 238,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Pension plan

Wellness programs

Education benefit

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Prudential Annuities Distributors (PAD) seeks a senior Data Strategy leader to drive the data program across marketing. You will own the data foundation, governance, and activation-ready data products to empower analytics, campaigns, and decisioning.

Based in Newark, NJ, this hybrid role requires a track record in data strategy, leadership, and modern data stacks. You will partner with Enterprise Data Office, Analytics, Privacy, and Legal to deliver measurable business value.

Qualifications

10+ years of progressive experience in data strategy, data management, data product management, or marketing data and technology, including leadership.
Experience building and scaling data products or enterprise data platforms.
Ownership of core data governance disciplines — metadata management, data lineage, data cataloging, data quality, and stewardship.
Hands-on experience evaluating identity resolution / identity graph capabilities and CDP platforms.

Responsibilities

Define end-to-end data strategy and multi-year data product portfolio plan.
Establish governance, identity, and trust for marketing data assets.
Define KPIs, ROI models, and measurement for data products.
Own activation-ready data products and ensure clean, connected data feeds for analytics.