Director, Data Strategy & Analytics, Retail

New York City, NY (On-site)

$140K/yr – $160K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own Retail analytics leadership across a multi-brand portfolio with direct client management and senior-stakeholder communication.

  • Retail analytics leadership across brands, balancing hands-on work with strong prioritization and client management.
  • Drive measurement programs from goals to insights, translating complex data into executive-ready findings for senior audiences.
  • Shape Kip platform evolution through client feedback to inform the engineering roadmap and cross-client innovation.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Be the senior analytics and data leader for a portfolio of Retail brands, requiring hands-on client management, and exceptional communication and prioritizations skills.
  • Build and maintain day-to-day relationships with senior client stakeholders across marketing and analytics teams, and act as a point of escalation on all data and analytics matters.
  • Partner with internal and external stakeholders to determine business goals and analytics opportunities, developing comprehensive Retail-focused measurement strategies.
  • Utilize your natural curiosity and drive to innovate to advance client-specific measurement programs and create new solutions to apply across clients.
  • Translate complex analytics and data into clear, cohesive insights for senior clients, and guide your team on how to do the same.
  • Guide the evolution of Kepler’s internal technology platform, Kip, establishing a feedback loop of client needs and applied learnings from new tools that set the development roadmap for our engineering team.
  • Inspire, coach, and mentor staff across multiple disciplines, and shape Kepler culture through your leadership.
  • Be the trusted expert internally. Leverage your experience and knowledge to shape the department’s approach to Retail analytics and assist Kepler in driving new business growth in pitches and RFPs.

Requirements

  • 6-8 years of experience of working with data for major digital media platforms (e.g. Google Marketing Platform, Meta, LinkedIn, etc.) across a variety of digital channels (Search, Display, Social, Video, and Email).
  • Experience managing and building client relationships, highlighting the role of data strategy and analytics by developing and delivering strategic solutions for clients.
  • Proven success at translating complex insights and analytics into materials for executive-level audiences.
  • Advanced proficiency in retail measurement, with 4-6+ years of experience working with data from Retail Media Networks, including Amazon Advertising, Walmart Connect, and Target Roundel to gain product and customer insights that drive program-level strategy.
  • Hands-on experience using data clean rooms for measurement and insights around customer and media efficiency; Amazon Marketing Cloud experience is preferred, but transferable experience with similar platforms, like LiveRamp, will be considered.
  • Experience with advanced analytics and modeling (e.g. forecasting, marketing mix modeling, LTV), and the design and execution of media tests including audience and geo-based incrementality experimentation.
  • Comfort with full stack of modern marketing data infrastructure (ETL tools, data storage and querying solutions), understanding the data’s downstream impact on analytics and insights.
  • Demonstrated understanding of adtech’s influence on targeting and measurement, with a specific focus on the use of CDPs and online-to-offline solutions
  • Appetite for learning new technologies and leveraging AI daily to drive efficiency and innovation.
  • Expertise in using data and modeling to shape audience segments and predict LTV.
  • Experience managing an internal team of 5-10+ across multiple locations, while coordinating cohesive account strategy with cross-department leadership.

Benefits

  • Healthcare/Dental/Vision
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 401k Contributions
  • $75/mo Wellness Stipend
  • $100/mo Mobile Phone Stipend
  • $50/mo Internet Stipend
  • $500/yr Annual Learning Stipend
  • $2,000/yr Annual Tuition Stipend
  • One-time $200 New Hire Home Office Equipment Stipend
  • Parental Leave - 16 week primary caregiver / 6 week secondary caregiver leave
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Kepler

We’re on a mission to demystify the digital universe.Honored as Digiday's "Most Innovative Media Agency," Kepler Group fuses advanced data analytics with human insight and world-class creativity. And with our proprietary KipTM technology, we turn complex data into action that resonates with audiences and propels global brands into the future.

Founded in 2012
New York, New York, USA
811 employees (164 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

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33.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$12
Traffic Source Mix
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39.3%
Direct
49.3%
Referral
5.8%
Social
4.4%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~811

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
150 (18% of company)
Median Career Experience
8 years
Median Tenure
4.4 years
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