Senior Director, Media Analytics

Detroit, MI (Hybrid)

$119K/yr – $172K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive cross-brand analytics leadership to deliver data-driven media optimization and scalable reporting.

  • Own cross-brand analytics roadmap and governance.
  • Must-have: 8+ years analytics and 4+ years managing people
  • Standout: Executive storytelling and senior-stakeholder collaboration

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor teams—create clarity, remove barriers, and develop talent through coaching and best-practice enablement
  • Leader in AI-enabled report automation—partnering with teams to streamline recurring reporting, improve speed/quality, and advance analytics capabilities
  • Entrepreneurial, curious mindset—takes smart risks, challenges the status quo, and drives continuous improvement
  • Executive communication and storytelling—translates data into clear, credible, actionable recommendations (written and verbal)
  • Anticipates and solves problems—identifies root causes, mitigates risks, and knows when/how to escalate
  • Partner with senior stakeholders across brands, business units, and clients to define priorities, success metrics, and a scalable measurement approach
  • Set and drive the cross-brand analytics roadmap (tools, methods, and operating model) to optimize media performance and key marketing outcomes
  • Own reporting governance (standards, access, maintenance, troubleshooting, deployment) to ensure consistent, reliable reporting across brands
  • Own cross-brand intake/triage and support (data issues, access, how-tos, enhancements); prioritize work and manage escalations
  • Lead cross-brand communication—align teams on POVs, risks, dependencies, decisions, timelines, and deliverable quality
  • Lead strategic projects and advanced analytics/integrated data solutions (e.g., cross-channel measurement, addressable, predictive modeling) and ensure they can be operationalized
  • Drive test-and-learn Initiatives (measurement plans, test design, interpretation) to answer key business questions quickly
  • Evaluate new tools/technologies, define fit within the analytics stack, and guide adoption via documentation, training, and change management
  • Prepare and deliver executive-level presentations/readouts for internal and external stakeholders
  • Champion a data-driven culture; stay current on media, measurement (including privacy changes), and technological trends

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required; master’s preferred (analytics, data science, computer science, marketing/advertising, business, engineering, or applied statistics/mathematics)
  • 8+ years in analytics supporting digital media and/or marketing measurement (progressive responsibility)
  • 4+ years people management experience (direct leadership and/or leading managers) preferred
  • Advanced knowledge of digital media analytics, measurement frameworks, and dashboard/data visualization tools
  • Working knowledge of statistics and experimentation (A/B, MVT; sample sizing; significance; regression/forecasting; lift analysis)
  • Ability to integrate data sources, assess data quality, and apply data to activation, measurement, and strategic decisioning
  • Proven cross-functional technical project leadership; aligns stakeholders (technology, creative, UX, media planning/investment, programmatic) to client priorities
  • Client-facing leadership: translates complex insights into clear, executive-ready recommendations; leads readouts and working sessions
  • Comfort shaping and supporting business development tied to AI/ML, automation, and advanced analytics opportunities
  • Ad tech and analytics platforms experience (e.g., CM360, Adobe Analytics, social platform analytics)
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; MS Office proficiency
  • Experience with AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude, Gemini) and automation
  • Power BI preferred; SQL and Python preferred

Preferred

  • Master’s degree preferred (analytics, data science, computer science, marketing/advertising, business, engineering, or applied statistics/mathematics)

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
  • Life insurance,
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
  • 401k,
  • Flexible paid time off,
  • At least 15 paid holidays per year,
  • Paid sick and safe leave, and
  • Paid parental leave.
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Dentsu Creative is a global creative agency network designed to unlock exponential growth for clients. We use Transformative Creativity as a differentiating, driving force to bring our capabilities together to positively impact people, business and society. Established in 2022, Dentsu Creative is integrated with dentsu’s Media and CXM businesses in over 145 countries and regions, to offer Integrated Growth Solutions.

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