Senior Director, Analytics

PHD is a global communications planning and media buying agency network delivering smart strategic thinking and creative innovation for the world's leading brands. Brilliant media thinking is in our DNA. A culture of thought-leadership, creativity and innovation has seen us grow from a challenger agency in the UK, to a global leader with over 6,000 employees in over 100 offices worldwide. We combine the latest industry insight with the best creative minds to produce planning innovation and create award-winning work for some of the world's largest advertisers. Finding a better way is our ethos and sums up how we approach everything - from a new client brief to the way we work.

Responsibilities

External facing responsibilities:

• Consulting with clients to identify business problems / opportunities and develop practical analytics roadmaps to make measurable impact on business outcomes.

• Lead the consumer segmentation and audience identification processes

• Become a trusted advisor to client leads and senior clients and consult on audience strategy, measurement, and advanced analytics

• Share POVs regarding industry changes in the data and analytics space (future of measurement, new data solutions like clean rooms, attention measurement, etc.)

• Leading the development and execution of the measurement plan and revisiting the plan on an ongoing basis to revise it based on your most recent learnings.

• Distilling complex concepts and analytic solutions into a compelling data story with actionable conclusions to support decision making.

• Identifying growth opportunities at the brand and portfolio level innovation and the adoption of new analytics technologies.

• Investigating the impact of new data sources and technologies on the future of marketing and the vertical our brands are operating.

• Providing ad hoc support to the clients to solve broad strategic marketing problems.

Leading and mentoring direct reports: Continually assess capabilities, provide a roadmap for career growth and institute goals to build / expand skills.

Internal facing responsibilities:

• Partner with the Planning and Investment teams on annual budget setting, media plan development and ongoing budget / plan optimization.

• Recruit new talent

• Lead and mentor direct reports: continually assess capabilities, provide a roadmap for career growth and institute goals to build / expand skills.

• Keep in front of industry trends and developments by conducting research, engaging in training and attending industry events

Required Skills

• Industry Knowledge 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

• Solution development: analytic skills, critical thinking and clarifying strategic & operational issues as relates to data and analytics. Problem-solving skills to drive issues to resolution.

• Proven leadership ability and strong, 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

• Ability to train and coach colleagues for growth: being organized and detail oriented, prioritizing work, business writing & presenting, conducting analysis, and project management (scope, budgeting, timing)

Education and Experience

• A university degree and 11+ years of data and analytics experience in advertising, management consulting, marketing or digital consulting

• Knowledge of agency-side media campaign planning and execution process is desirable, but not required

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This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.

Compensation Range

$180,000-$190,000 USD

This role is hybrid, requiring three (3) days per week in the office. The remaining two (2) days may be worked remotely. Specific in-office days will be discussed during the interview process, with flexibility to align with team needs. Please note that the number or required in-office days may be adjusted over time, potentially increasing the number of required in-office days based on business needs.

PHD is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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