Director, Data Strategy, Data Products & Activation

Newark, NJ (Hybrid)

$159K/yr – $238K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 5 days ago

Job Summary

Own and shape the marketing data strategy and data products, build governance, identity resolution, and activation-ready data assets, driving measurement, compliance, and business value.

  • Own end-to-end data strategy and governance
  • Partner with senior leaders to translate priorities into roadmaps and measurable value

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end marketing data strategy — the roadmap that moves the organization from fragmented, list-pull-driven data to a unified, governed, identity-resolved foundation.
  • Define and maintain a multi-year data product portfolio plan — surfacing new opportunities, modernization needs, and rationalization paths as priorities evolve.
  • Establish clear standards for evaluating data product investments — expected value, feasibility, and adoption impact — so the team invests where it matters most.
  • Champion data democratization — stand up self-serve access so marketers, and over time partners across Distribution, HR, and beyond, can query trusted data directly without manual pulls or analyst dependency.
  • Define, build, and productize certified, AI-ready data products that are activation-ready out of the box, with no data prep required.
  • Institutionalize the full data product lifecycle — from discovery and design through build, launch, iteration, and retirement.
  • Drive user-centric product design — reliability, clarity, trust, and accessibility built in from the start.
  • Define KPIs, success metrics, and ROI models for every data product, ensuring each one measurably improves decisioning, operational efficiency, omnichannel performance, and AI readiness.
  • Own the marketing data intelligence layer — oversee its implementation and ongoing management so signals from every platform and source are clean, connected, structured, and ready for activation and measurement.
  • Establish and run the marketing data governance operating model — data quality SLAs, stewardship, standards, and clear accountability.

Requirements

  • 10 + years of progressive experience in data strategy, data management, data product management, or marketing data and technology, including time in a leadership or lead-architect capacity.
  • Experience building and scaling data products or enterprise data platforms.
  • Demonstrated ownership of core data governance disciplines — metadata management, data lineage, data cataloging, data quality, and stewardship.
  • Hands-on experience evaluating and implementing identity resolution / identity graph capabilities and CDP platforms.
  • Deep working knowledge of the modern MarTech and data stack — CDP (e.g., Adobe Experience Platform), marketing automation (e.g., Marketo, SFMC), and enterprise data environments (EDW / data warehouse) — plus a solid grasp of modern data engineering and architecture.
  • Proven ability to partner with senior business executives, translate their priorities into roadmaps, and drive measurable value.
  • Strong command of data privacy and consent requirements, and how to operationalize compliant data management in a regulated environment.
  • Experience enabling analytics and measurement teams through instrumentation, taxonomy, and data capture that support closed-loop measurement and attribution.
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, upward-management, and executive storytelling skills, including close partnership with an Enterprise Data Office or equivalent central data function.

Preferred

  • Experience in financial services, insurance, or another regulated, data-sensitive industry.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML enablement — preparing AI-ready data and supporting model deployment and real-time decisioning.
  • Fluency with cloud-native data stacks and modern product management methodologies (Agile, Design Thinking, Lean Product).
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (data, computer science, engineering, analytics, or business); an advanced degree is a plus.
  • Relevant certifications welcomed — e.g., data governance, Adobe/Salesforce platform credentials, or privacy (such as CIPP/US).

Benefits

  • Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level.
  • Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave.
  • 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).
  • Company-funded pension plan.
  • Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.
  • Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.
  • Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period).
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Newark, New Jersey, USA
28K employees (1,195 in marketing)
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$159K/yr – $238K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$1.3B
Last Raise
$750M
Post IPO Debt, 1 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $750M
  • Feb 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $500M

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Monthly Visitors
2M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$367K
Traffic Source Mix
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24%
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65.7%
Referral
9%
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0.2%
Paid
1%

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Director, Data Strategy, Data Products & Activation

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