Marketing Science Lead: Data-Driven Storytelling

Lever, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Samba is seeking a Marketing Science Manager to be the analytical backbone of our marketing content engine. You will translate data into the insights, narratives, and proof points that fuel everything from campaign creative and thought leadership to sales enablement and executive storytelling.

We are looking for someone who loves turning numbers into stories that move audiences and who can partner with content, creative, brand, growth, and product marketing teams to ensure every piece of content

Qualifications

• 5+ years in marketing analytics or insights.
• Strong SQL + proficiency in at least one BI tool.
• Exposure to Python or R is a plus.
• Experience with modern marketing data stack: CRM, MA, web analytics, CDP.
• Track record turning data into narratives for content or campaigns.
• Strong written and visual communication skills.
• Excellent project management and stakeholder handling.

Responsibilities

• Pull, clean, and analyze data from Samba TV data, Samba web data, and other sources to surface insights for marketing content.
• Translate data findings into clear narratives, charts, and talking points for blogs, reports, social posts, infographics, decks, and pitches.
• Identify trends, benchmarks, and proprietary data stories to position Samba as a category authority.
• Serve as the data partner to content marketing with a pipeline of insights and research angles.
• Manage a content insights backlog and editorial calendar input for data-backed viewpoints.
• Lead original research initiatives from survey design to final storytelling.
• Fact-check, source, and validate data used in marketing content.

Skills

Marketing analytics

Data storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Written & visual communication

Intellectual curiosity

Python or R (exposure)

Tools

Looker

Tableau

Power BI

Mode

Hex

GA4

Adobe Analytics

Salesforce

HubSpot

Pardot

Job description

Samba is seeking a Marketing Science Manager to be the analytical backbone of our marketing content engine. You will translate data into the insights, narratives, and proof points that fuel everything from campaign creative and thought leadership to sales enablement and executive storytelling.

We are looking for someone who loves turning numbers into stories that move audiences and who can partner with content, creative, brand, growth, and product marketing teams to ensure every piece of content