11+ years of experience in data and analytics within advertising, management consulting, or digital consulting.
Strong knowledge of marketing analytics, including 1st and 3rd party data solutions.
Expertise in audience-based marketing and data-driven advertising.
Proven leadership skills with impactful client relationship experience.
Exceptional communication and presentation abilities, capable of translating complex data into actionable insights.
Analytical problem-solving skills with a focus on strategic and operational issues.
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor analytics teams to ensure high-quality results and strategic alignment.
Consult with clients to identify business challenges and develop actionable analytics roadmaps.
Drive consumer segmentation and audience identification processes.
Become a trusted advisor on audience strategy and advanced analytics for senior clients.
Develop and execute measurement plans, revising them based on ongoing insights.
Translate complex analytics into compelling narratives that support decision-making.
Identify growth opportunities through innovation and new analytics technologies.
Benefits
Opportunity for professional growth and career development.
Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
Access to industry training and events to stay ahead of trends.
Engagement in advanced analytics initiatives and cutting-edge technologies.
Full Job Description
Agency: Hearts & Science
Job Function: Data and Analytics
Job Subfunction: Data Science and Analytics
Job Description:
Senior 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.
Within this role, the Senior Director, Business Analytics candidate:
provides leadership to managers and/or senior-level professional staff, ensuring effective oversight and guidance
is accountable for the performance and outcomes of multiple, related teams, with a focus on achieving strategic objectives and delivering high-quality results
develops and implements departmental plans that align with organizational priorities, addressing corporate/network/agency needs
fosters collaboration and drives operational excellence to improve team performance and support broader organizational goals.
extracts actionable insights from high volume, high dimensional data to investigate complex business and marketing problems and inform decision making
applies a range of data preparation, analytical, modelling, and visualization techniques-including statistical analysis, predictive modelling, experimentation, pattern recognition, and AI/advanced analytics tools-to generate insights that improve business performance and outcomes
analyzes business, customer, operational, and market data to identify trends, optimize effectiveness, and forecast future performance.
develops and maintains analytics outputs such as reports, dashboards, and visualizations using data platforms and tools (e.g., ERP/CRM systems, relational or NoSQL databases, business intelligence and analytics software), and may create custom scripts, models, or leverage AI enabled approaches to enhance analysis and insight generation
may contribute to advanced analytics initiatives such as marketing mix modelling, cross channel measurement, and strategic insight development to optimize investment decisions, media effectiveness, and marketing performance across channels and platforms.
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
$120,000 - $230,000
To the extent permissible by local law, Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager.
About Harrison and Star
Harrison and Star is a healthcare advertising agency that provides marketing and advertising services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The company offers a range of services including brand strategy, creative development, digital marketing, and market research. Harrison and Star was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
