Manager, Decision Science

MissionOne Media; Kansas City, Denver, Chicago, New York (MO, CO, IL, NY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible PTO

Life insurance

401K

Job summary

MissionOne Media, a BarkleyOKRP division, seeks a data-driven Manager, Decision Science to lead analytics measuring and optimizing campaign performance. You'll collaborate with media, strategy and client teams to deliver data-informed decisions and actionable insights.

Responsibilities include designing measurement strategies, building dashboards, and mentoring analysts while partnering with AdTech vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitative/science field or 4+ years in an analytical role.
• Strong knowledge of digital media metrics and attribution.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Proactive client-facing mindset with ability to translate data into insights.

Responsibilities

• Design measurement strategies for cross-channel campaigns with clients and internal teams.
• Create analyses that explain what happened, why, and what should be done.
• Develop, maintain and deliver dashboards and reports tracking KPIs and campaign success.
• Build strong client relationships and partner with internal teams on data needs.
• Translate data and ideas between clients and internal teams; anticipate needs.
• Forecast performance benchmarks for optimization diagnostics.
• Mentor junior analysts and promote best practices in data analysis.
• Collaborate with AdTech partners to source data and manage relationships.
• Deliver concrete reporting requirements to reporting/engineering teams.
• Stay updated on trends in media analytics and industry benchmarks.

Education

Bachelors/Masters in Quantitative/Science

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Superset

AWS

BigQuery

Snowflake

SQL

Python

R

Job description

Kansas City, MO; Denver, CO; Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Remote

MissionOne Media is a brand within BarkleyOKRP that combines full-funnel media planning and buying services, CRM, data, analytics, retail media, SEO, and digital experiences.

• 200 Team Members
  
• Our tech stack is powered by Adlucent, the digital performance marketing agency that joined BarkleyOKRP in 2024

We are seeking a data-driven and strategic Manager, Decision Science to join our dynamic MissionOne Media team, a division of BarkleyOKRP. In this role, you will lead analytical initiatives to measure and optimize campaign performance, develop actionable insights, and drive data-informed decision-making. You will collaborate closely with internal teams, including media client experience, strategy and creative, as well as with clients to ensure data-driven strategies enhance advertising effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities

• Design measurement strategies for cross-channel campaigns by working with clients and internal teams to understand business objectives & campaign strategy and aligning appropriate KPIs and measurement solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to create analyses that move beyond an explanation of ‘what happened’ to ‘what is important,’ ‘why it happened’ and ‘what should be done’.
• Develop, maintain and deliver dashboards, reports, and data visualization tools to internal and client teams that track KPIs and campaign success.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships that will enable Analytics team to be viewed as trusted partner and drive strategic conversations.
• Be a translator of data and ideas between the client and internal teams; Listen to client, hear them and anticipate their needs.
• Forecast audience and campaign performance benchmarks to provide optimization diagnostics.
• Manage and mentor small team of junior analysts, ensuring best practices in data analysis, reporting, and storytelling.
• Comfortable developing business relationships with AdTech partners to manage and source data.
• Comfortable working with and delivering concrete requirements to reporting & engineering team that will enable reporting-ready data & deliverables.
• Stay up to date with emerging trends in media analytics, measurement technologies, and industry benchmarks.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Bachelors/Masters degree in Quantitative / Science field or 4+ years’ experience in an analytical field
• Media/marketing experience strongly preferred
• Robust knowledge of digital media metrics, attribution models, and performance tracking methodologies across all channels display, video, search, social, retail, etc.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
• Refined client-facing skills with the ability to work well up and down the command chain within an agency organization.
• Exceptional written, oral, and data visualization communication abilities as well as proactive and thoughtful management of agency client-group priorities.
• Strong proficiency with big data/could platforms (AWS, BigQuery, Snowflake) and excel.
• Expertise with data analysis and visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or Superset.
• Experience with Brand Lift Surveying, Cross-Media Measurement Solutions, Circana, Dynata, DISQO, etc.
• Experience with SQL, Python, or R is a plus.

Compensation

The annual gross base salary range is $70,000 - $125,000 USD. This range represents the anticipated target salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary based on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and geographic location. Salary is one component of BarkleyOKRP's total compensation package, which includes multiple health insurance options, flexible PTO, life insurance, and 401K.

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As set forth in MissionOne Media’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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