Vice President, Analytics at Mars United Commerce | Denver, CO | $168K/yr – $269K/yr

Mars United Commerce

Vice President, Analytics

Denver, CO (Hybrid)

$168K/yr – $269K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive analytics leadership across a multidisciplinary team to deliver insight-led client narratives and measurable impact.

Own the end-to-end delivery of analytics projects and client storytelling.
Must-have: 10+ years in analytics with SQL, Python, and Databricks ecosystem.
Standout: Deep experience with retailer sales data (Circana/Nielsen) and cross-functional leadership.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Ensure team delivery of all client requirements, ensure team meets assigned goals, and drive innovation in the analytics arena, drive continued improvements in the team’s storytelling capabilities.
Ensure the continued elevation of Business Analytics and Media Analytics with our teams and clients, ensuring we are delivering strong analytical work and insight-driven storytelling.
Lead and manage a multidisciplinary team of Analysts, Data Scientists and Engineers to innovate in measurement, reporting, scorecarding, and dashboarding solutions.
Lead the elevation of the storytelling and insight capability of the team to ensure the team delivers strong narratives and decision support to clients.
Oversee the execution of data analysis projects, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of insights.
Develop and lead high-stakes client presentations.
Lead efforts to derive deeper customer insights and market intelligence from data, providing strategic guidance to enhance customer experience, product development, and personalized marketing strategies.
Lead closed-loop measurement and clean room analytics initiatives, including retailer and platform environments, ensuring privacy-safe activation, measurement, and insight generation.
Uphold and implement the strategic vision for the analytics function.
Collaborate with senior cross-functional leaders to identify areas of opportunity for Analytics growth within clients and new business prospects.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in Computer Science, and/or 10+ years related work experience, particularly in a Retailer and/or Marketing setting
Experience with Databricks for large-scale data processing and analytics, including Spark-based workflows, and MLflow for experiment tracking, model management, and deployment.
Deep experience with industry sales data from Circana, Nielsen, Numerator, and others
Deep experience in working with retailer-based sales reporting platforms such as Scintilla, 8541, CVS Extracare, and others
Expert level proficiency in SQL and Python, with hands-on experience building scalable data pipelines, analytics workflows, and advanced analytical models.
Ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical audiences, as well as to distill business needs to be clearly defined and technically-soluble.
High comfort level presenting to clients and large groups.
A self-starter with ability to thrive in an ambiguous, fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
Ability and track record of cultivating strong relationships both internally and externally
Critical thinker with the ability to make decisions by considering the needs, capabilities, and impact across multiple business units and clients.

Preferred

Experience working within a global agency holdco environment, with a strong understanding of operating models, cross-agency collaboration, and client governance structures, is a plus.
Commerce and retail media experience preferred, including familiarity with retailer measurement systems, retail media networks, closed-loop measurement, and the integration of media, sales, and shopper data across commerce ecosystems.

Benefits

Mars United Commerce offers robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive.
Medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
Medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance, transportation, and parking benefits, legal benefits, pet insurance, and auto and home insurance.

Mars United Commerce

Mars UnitedSM Commerce is a global commerce marketing practice that aligns people, technology, and intelligence to make the business of our clients better today than it was yesterday. Our worldwide capabilities coalesce into four key disciplines — Strategy & Analytics, Content & Experiences, Digital Commerce, and Retail Consultancy — that individually deliver unmatched results for clients and collectively give them an unparalleled network of seamlessly integrated functions across the entire commerce marketing ecosystem. These disciplines are powered by our industry-leading technology platform, Marilyn®, which helps marketers understand the total business impact of their commerce marketing activation, enabling them to make better decisions, create connected experiences, and drive stronger, measurable results. Learn more at https://www.marsunited.com/.

Founded in 1972

Southfield, Michigan, USA

970 employees (280 in marketing)

www.marsunited.com