Managing Director, Global Marketing Science Lead

PHD; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

PHd is seeking a Managing Director of Business Analytics to lead the analytics practice for enterprise marketing and data strategy. The role focuses on guiding executive stakeholders, driving growth, and transforming marketing, data, and measurement capabilities across clients and internal teams.

You will mentor teams, shape analytic roadmaps, and deliver high-impact insights that translate into tangible business outcomes for major brands.

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise marketing analytics, customer strategy or transformation initiatives.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional executives (Marketing, Finance, Technology, Operations).
• Strong leadership, communication and client relationship skills.
• Expertise in marketing analytics and data solutions (1st/3rd party data, data lakes, clean rooms).

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted advisor to C-suite stakeholders and business unit leaders.
• Build long-term client relationships driving growth and retention.
• Lead enterprise marketing, data, measurement, or operating model transformations.
• Develop data-driven roadmaps and practical analytic solutions for business impact.
• Provide thought leadership on analytics, research and ad-technology concepts.

Skills

Marketing analytics

Executive leadership

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decision making

Executive communication

Tools

CRM

Data lakes

Ad tech platforms

Job description

Agency

PHd

Job Function

Data and Analytics

Job Subfunction

Data Science and Analytics

Job Description

Managing Director, Business Analytics

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:

• Serving as a trusted advisor to C-suite stakeholders, including CMOs, CEOs, CFOs, and business

unit leaders.

• Building long-term senior client relationships that drive business growth, retention, and

transformation.

• Leading enterprise marketing, data, measurement, or operating model transformations.
• Influencing strategic business decisions through data, measurement, customer insights, and

growth strategies.

• Consulting with clients to identify business problems / opportunities and develop practical

analytic roadmaps to make measurable impact on business outcomes.

• Providing thought leadership around analytics, research, measurement, and ad-technology

concepts / methods / tools.

• Defining and executing the data strategy: Uncover data needs / opportunities and develop a

practical roadmap to get maximum value from 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party data through integration and augmentation.

• Investigating the impact of new data sources and technologies on the future of marketing and

the vertical your client is operating.

• Identifying growth and innovation opportunities
• Leading executive-level business reviews and strategic planning sessions.
• Building bridges between disciplines within the agency, as well as external partners.

Internal Facing Responsibilities

• Provide methodological support, coaching, training and advice to your direct reports and to the

broader team.

• Lead and mentor direct reports: Continually assess capabilities, provide a roadmap for career

growth and institute goals to build / expand skills.

• Lead the development of playbooks for audience and measurement activities to help

standardize the delivery of high-quality marketing sciences services across the agency.

Location: New York Reports To: EVP, Data and Technology Officer

Department: Data, Tech and Analytics Position Type: Full Time

Confidential - Not for Public Consumption or Distribution

• Actively help to develop and grow Business Analytics offerings by contributing to POVs and

exchanging knowledge with colleagues at OM DTA

• Stay on top of industry trends and developments by conducting research, engaging in training

and attending industry events.

• Responsible for the revenue goals of Business Analytics

Required Skills

• Experience managing marketing, analytics, insights, customer strategy, and/or transformation

functions.

• Demonstrated success influencing cross-functional executive stakeholders across Marketing,

Finance, Technology, and Operations.

• Expertise in customer growth strategy, customer experience, CRM, loyalty, and customer journey

optimization.

• Ability to identify growth opportunities through customer, market, and competitive insights.
• Experience connecting marketing investments to enterprise growth objectives.
• Specialized 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
• Expert-level solutions development: analytic skills, critical thinking and clarifying strategic &

operational issues as relates to data and analytics. Problem-solving skills to drive issues to resolution.

• Strong track record of proven leadership ability and 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

• Organized and detail oriented, prioritizing work, business writing & presenting, conducting

analysis, and project management (scope, budgeting, timing)

• Managing complex enterprise client relationships.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous situations
• Passionate about driving change by adopting emerging technologies in the advertising space

Education and Experience

• 15+ years leading enterprise marketing, analytics, customer strategy, or business transformation

initiatives

• Significant leadership experience across agency, client-side, and/or publisher environments, with

demonstrated ability to manage complex businesses, advise senior stakeholders, and drive measurable growth.

$150,000-$300,000

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$150,000-$300,000