Analytics Lead

Pearmill

$90K — $130K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-7 years of experience in marketing analytics or measurement
  • Hands-on expertise with Google Tag Manager (GTM) for complex setups
  • Experience in designing and presenting incrementality tests to clients
  • Strong understanding of ad network measurement stack including Meta and Google metrics
  • Proficiency in SQL for data querying and validation
  • Ability to communicate complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders
  • Comfortable ensuring trustworthiness of tracking across client portfolios

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end tracking architecture for client accounts
  • Define tagging standards for new client onboarding
  • Lead tracking quality assurance processes
  • Build tailored measurement plans defining key KPIs and testing roadmaps
  • Design and implement incrementality tests and translate findings into budget recommendations
  • Develop executive-level dashboards demonstrating business impact
  • Manage a junior Analytics/Tracking Specialist and build analytics practice resources

Benefits

  • Remote work flexibility within North America and Western Europe
  • Opportunity to mentor and develop a junior team member
  • Engagement in cross-functional learning and practice development
  • Access to cutting-edge tools and resources in analytics and measurement
  • Potential exposure to a variety of client industries and challenges
Full Job Description
About the role

We're looking for an Analytics Lead to own the full measurement stack - from the pixels firing on a client's checkout page to the incrementality test that tells us whether that Meta campaign is actually moving the needle. This is a player-coach role: you'll set the measurement philosophy and learning agenda for the agency, manage a junior tracking specialist who handles hands-on QA and implementation, and work directly with client teams to translate data into decisions.

This role sits at the intersection of analytics engineering, measurement science, and performance strategy. You won't just build dashboards - you'll design the tests that prove whether our work is working.
What you'll own
Tracking & data infrastructure
  • Own the end-to-end tracking architecture across all client accounts: Google Tag Manager, GA4, CDPs (Segment, RudderStack, Teleaum, etc.), Meta Pixel + CAPI, Google Ads Enhanced Conversions, TikTok Events API, and any other ad network data pipelines - and be well versed enough in these systems to support clients hands-on with implementation
  • Define tagging standards, naming conventions, and data layer specifications for new client onboarding
  • Review and sign off on all pixel/tag implementations done by the junior tracking specialist before anything goes live
  • Lead tracking QA processes: diagnose misfires, validate conversion events, and ensure data integrity across environments (dev, staging, production)
  • Own server-side tracking setups and consent-mode configurations as privacy requirements evolve
Measurement frameworks & strategy
  • Build measurement plans for every client: define the KPIs that actually matter, the attribution approach best suited to their funnel, and the testing roadmap for the next 6-12 months
  • Design and run incrementality tests - geo-based holdouts, PSA holdout tests, conversion lift studies - and translate results into media budget recommendations
  • Interpret and pressure-test platform-reported metrics (Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads, etc.); challenge results that don't hold up to scrutiny
  • Lead or collaborate on Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) engagements - either scoping vendor-run models or building lightweight versions in-house
  • Own the cross-channel attribution model: evaluate last-click vs. data-driven vs. time-decay approaches per client context and document your rationale
Reporting & insights
  • Build and maintain executive-level dashboards (Looker Studio, Looker, Power BI, or equivalent) that go beyond vanity metrics to show incremental business impact
  • Establish a regular reporting cadence: weekly performance pulse, monthly deep-dives, and quarterly measurement reviews with clients
  • Write clear, opinionated insight narratives - not just charts - that connect data to the decisions clients need to make
Team & practice development
  • Manage one junior Analytics/Tracking Specialist: set their priorities, review their work, give them a clear growth path
  • Build the analytics practice playbook: onboarding templates, tracking specs, measurement plan frameworks, experiment design guides
  • Stay current on the ad platform measurement landscape - platform pixel changes, consent/privacy shifts, new incrementality products from Meta, Google, TikTok - and update internal practices accordingly
You're a strong fit if you have
  • 4-7 years of experience in marketing analytics, measurement, or marketing science at a performance agency or fast-moving in-house growth team
  • Hands-on GTM expertise: you've built complex container setups yourself, not just documented them for a developer
  • Real incrementality testing experience - you've designed a geo holdout or conversion lift test, run it, and presented the results to a skeptical client
  • Solid understanding of the full ad network measurement stack: Meta CAPI, Google Enhanced Conversions, GA4 event model, server-side tagging, and how privacy regulations affect all of it
  • Proficiency in SQL - you can write your own queries to pull and validate raw data without asking a data engineer
  • Ability to communicate complex findings to non-technical stakeholders without dumbing them down or losing accuracy
  • Comfortable being the final word on "is our tracking trustworthy?" for a portfolio of clients simultaneously
Bonus points
  • Python or R experience for statistical modeling or automation
  • Experience building or interpreting Marketing Mix Models
  • Familiarity with measurement platforms like Northbeam, Triple Whale, Measured, or Rockerbox
  • Prior experience managing or mentoring a junior analyst
What this role is not

This is not a pure data engineer role - you won't spend all day writing pipelines. It's also not a media buyer role - you won't own campaign execution. You're the person between the two: you make sure the data is trustworthy, and then you use that data to tell us what's actually working.

Type: Full-Time • Location: Remote (North America, Western Europe)

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