IPG MediaBrands

Executive Director, Business Analytics

IPG MediaBrands$220K — $250K *
Business Services
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 13+ years of experience in data and analytics within advertising or consulting sectors.
  • Strong knowledge of marketing analytics, including 1st and 3rd party data solutions.
  • Proven expertise in audience-based marketing and data-driven advertising.
  • Outstanding leadership and client relationship skills.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, translating complex ideas into actionable marketing strategies.
  • Ability to develop solutions and drive issues to resolution using critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience training and mentoring team members for professional growth.

Responsibilities

  • Set the overall vision and strategy for advanced marketing sciences solutions for clients.
  • Define and implement a comprehensive data strategy to maximize the value from various data sources.
  • Build and maintain strategic client relationships by advising on analytics applications for their business.
  • Encourage innovative data utilization to address client challenges and drive growth.
  • Lead the development of best-in-class audience solutions in partnership with Planning and Investment teams.
  • Provide industry insights and thought leadership on analytics methodologies and emerging technologies.
  • Mentor and develop direct reports while managing project execution and goals.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
  • 401(k) plans with company contribution options.
  • Paid family leave and discretionary time-off policies to support work-life balance.
  • Employee stock purchase program and discounts on various services and products.
  • Wellness initiatives including Appreciation Weeks and designated Wellness Days.
Full Job Description
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:
  • Set the vision, strategy and roadmap to deliver bleeding-edge marketing sciences solutions on your portfolio of clients.
  • 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.
  • Develop relationships with clients by providing strategic advisory on how data and analytics can help unlock strategic opportunities.
  • Encourage creative use of data to solve client's business challenges and support client's growth, in close alignment with Planning and Investment teams.
  • Provide thought leadership around analytics, research, measurement, and ad-technology concepts / methods / tools.
  • Develop best in class audience solutions, in collaboration with Planning and Investment teams.
  • Become a trusted advisor to client leads and senior clients and consult on audience strategy, measurement, and advanced analytics.
  • Partner with the Planning and Investment teams on annual budget setting, media plan development and ongoing budget / plan optimization.
  • Share POVs regarding industry changes in the data and analytics space (future of measurement, new data solutions like clean rooms, attention measurement, etc.).
  • Investigate the impact of new data sources and technologies on the future of marketing and the vertical our brands are operating.
  • Lead and mentor direct reports: Continually assess capabilities, provide a roadmap for career growth and institute goals to build and expand skills.


Internal facing responsibilities:
  • Provide methodological support, coaching, training and advice to your direct reports and to the broader teams.
  • Recruit new talent.
  • Lead the development of playbooks for audience and measurement activities to help standardize the delivery of high-quality marketing sciences services across the agency.
  • Build the pipeline and be responsible for the revenue goals of Marketing Sciences.
  • Actively help to develop and grow Marketing Sciences offerings by contributing to POVs and exchanging knowledge with colleagues at Annalect and in the broader OMG network.
  • 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)
  • Comfortable working in ambiguous situations
  • Passionate about driving change by adopting emerging technologies in the advertising space
Education and Experience
  • A university degree and 13+ 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
Wage and Benefits

We offer a Total Rewards package that includes medical and dental coverage, 401(k) plans, flex spending, life insurance, disability, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and paid family benefits to support you and your family. To give you the ability to better meet your personal needs, and in support of your physical and emotional well-being, you will receive discretionary time off days and company-wide Appreciation Weeks and Wellness Days.

We also offer a competitive Total Compensation package, including a competitive salary and eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award or a relevant incentive award.

The salary range for this position is posted below. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position, market considerations, budgetary considerations, tenure and standing with the Company (applicable to current employees), as well as the employee's/applicant's skill set, level of experience, and qualifications.
Salary Range

$220,000-$250,000 USD

About IPG MediaBrands

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. is an American publicly traded advertising company. The company consists of five major networks: FCB, IPG Mediabrands, McCann Worldgroup, MullenLowe Group, and Marketing Specialists, as well as a number of independent specialty agencies in the areas of public relations, sports marketing, talent representation, and healthcare. It is one of the "Big Four" agency companies, alongside WPP, Publicis and Omnicom. Phillippe Krakowsky became the company's CEO on January 1, 2021.
Learn more about IPG MediaBrands
Size
13,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2009

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