Group Director, Intelligent Activation & Growth (IA&G)

USA (Remote)

$138K/yr – $183K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the real-time personalization spine from identity stitching to cross-channel activation, with a data hygiene guardrail and executive-ready analytics glue.

  • Align Analytics & Attribution: Define data collection, tagging, and attribution to prove conversion metrics.
  • Architect Personalization Stack: Lead identity stitching and real-time segments to enable behavioral campaigns.
  • Collaborate with GTM & Activate: Work with Strategy and Delivery to surface gaps and define target-state data proofs of concept.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Architect Personalization Stacks: Lead the design of real-time streaming data pipelines, customer identity stitching networks, and cross-channel marketing automation workflows.
  • Govern Data Hygiene: Oversee diagnostic efforts on polluted customer data, unblocking profile synchronization issues, over-ingestion anomalies, and downstream SDK discrepancies.
  • Drive Activation Strategy: Advise CMOs and VPs of Marketing on how to structurally transition their organizations to support real-time, behavioral campaign orchestration.
  • Align Analytics & Attribution: Define the data collection, tag instrumentation, and attribution logic required to prove use-case conversion metrics.
  • Collaborate with GTM Leads: Partner with Strategy and Delivery Engagement Leaders to evaluate at-risk environments, identify value-realization gaps, and outline target-state data proofs of concept.

Requirements

  • Data & Martech Leadership: 12+ years directing enterprise lifecycle marketing, data engineering, database marketing, or marketing technology consulting inside an agency or advisory context.
  • Data Orchestration Mastery: Deep expertise in identity resolution rules, customer profile stitching, real-time streaming segments, and cross-channel marketing automation.
  • Required Adobe Experience:
  • Expert, architect-level authority across the Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) ecosystem, including Real-Time Customer Data Platform (RT-CDP) , Customer Journey Analytics (CJA) , and Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO) .
  • Proven experience designing and directing complex database integrations with Marketo Engage and Adobe Campaign (v7/v8).
  • Hands-on experience deploying Adobe Target for advanced personalization and utilizing WebSDK schemas for clean client-side data ingestion.
  • Executive Presence: Outstanding written and verbal communication; you make complex data pipelines and identity graphs highly legible for business-oriented executive audiences.

Benefits

  • Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage
  • 401k plan, plus matching
  • PTO
  • Paid Company Holidays
  • Parental Leave
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