Director, Culture Insights & Analytics

Position Summary

The Director, Data Science & Analytics is part of the Global Corporate Affairs team within Rufus at Initiative on the Culture, Insights & Analytics team. Amazon's GCA team is tasked with increasing brand sentiment of Amazon among Opinion Leaders and are responsible for identifying and creating messaging and activation strategy that highlight substantive proof points to bolster Amazon’s reputation. The Director will lead a team a team of analysts with a primary focus on advanced reporting, such as overlap analyses, reach and frequency, incremental reach and creative performance optimization. The Director will be well-versed in data insights/visualization and will support internal and external teams to drive performance. Advanced data science skills and expertise in log-level data manipulation, analytics and machine learning applications, SQL, data mining, reporting, and dashboarding are pivotal for this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee log-level data analytics for digital channels across Ad Server, DSP, DMP and other data sources
• Work with the adserver team to setup Sizmek campaigns
• Keep abreast of industry trends around data privacy, adtech audience data policy evolution, new techniques in data strategy and data science
• Direct team on custom data visualization in dashboard platforms including Tableau and PowerBI
• Partner with cross-craft teams on development of measurement frameworks
• Responsible for campaign taxonomy implementation and align with Initiative privacy lead on data governance policy
• Drive efficiencies in how analytic services are delivered, through standardization and automation

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience across descriptive, prescriptive, predictive data science techniques
• Experience with programming languages – SQL, Python (pandas, SciPy, scikit-learn, stats models), R
• AWS, Azure and/or Google Data certifications and participations in data bootcamps is a plus
• Experience in agile project management and engineering
• 5-7 years experience in managing data science in Cloud environments and toolsets (GCP, AWS, Azure) and data management (Redshift, BigQuery or SQLServer)
• Experience with experimental design, A/B testing setup, execution and measurement

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 $145,000 to $175,000. 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.

Employment Transparency

It is the policy of Mediabrands, division of the Interpublic group, to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and other job functions are subject to modification. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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About Us

Initiative is different to other media agencies.

We are not trapped by a legacy structure primarily centered on paid advertising. Instead, we are liberated by a new world structure designed to deliver highly differentiated and highly effective communications strategies for our clients.

We are the world’s fastest growing media agency built upon the strongest strategic capability of any agency in the market. Core to this strategic proposition is the belief that the faster a brand can move through culture the more relevant it can become. We call this Cultural Velocity ™. Our process is designed to create ideas that move through culture through unique insight, market leading analytics and strategic media brilliance. Our new world model is comprised of “craft centers” – Client Advice and Management, Strategy, Communications Design, Partnership and Culture, Insights & Analytics.