Associate Director / Director, Customer Experience Lead, Marketing Analytics

Carlsbad, CA (Hybrid)

$150K/yr – $200K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own enterprise CX measurement and analytics governance for an omnichannel engine, turning data into decision-ready guidance across brands and functions.

  • Own cross-brand CX measurement framework, governance, and dashboards to drive budget, channel mix, and action across CX Operations, Brand, Media, IT.
  • Lead test-and-learn design and AI-assisted insights to optimize HCP and patient engagement and inform future commercial strategy.
  • Translate complex performance into executive-ready narratives and enable self-serve analytics at scale for senior leaders and cross-functional teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Elevate omnichannel performance visibility through consistent, high-quality dashboards, reporting, measurement standards, and data quality processes, creating enterprise visibility and decision discipline across multiple functions.
  • Translate complex digital and omnichannel data into clear narratives and recommendations that drive optimization, strategic action, and longer-term commercial performance improvement.
  • Shape and enforce measurement standards, campaign taxonomy, tagging governance, and KPI definitions that improve data quality and enable cross-brand comparability, enterprise governance, and executive confidence in decision-making.
  • Help mature Ionis’ capabilities in test-and-learn, AI-assisted insights, audience and journey measurement, and omnichannel optimization, directly contributing to better HCP and patient engagement outcomes, broader capability development, and future-state commercial strategy.
  • Lead CX reporting strategy and insight generation, developing a compelling narrative across paid media, web, CRM, and in-field touchpoints to drive both in-quarter optimizations and longer-term strategic planning, cross-brand performance improvement, and enterprise decision-making.
  • Translate brand and portfolio objectives into clear decision frameworks, KPIs, targets, and diagnostic views that are comparable across brands, indications, and stages of the customer journey, with clear governance and executive accountability for adoption.
  • Synthesize complex performance data into concise, executive-ready narratives and recommendations that guide budget allocation, channel mix, next-best-action decisions, broader omnichannel strategy, and resource prioritization across multiple functions.
  • Own CX measurement framework strategy, governance, development, enhancement, and continuous evolution across brands and business units, ensuring enterprise consistency and strategic relevance.
  • Govern metric definitions, filters, views, and decision rules so stakeholders can self-serve performance questions while preserving consistency and data quality at enterprise scale.
  • Leverage Power BI, MCI/Datorama, or Domo to automate data flows, QA checks, and insight generation, reducing manual effort and turnaround time for reporting while building scalable analytics capabilities and operating standards for the organization.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 12 years with a Master’s degree, or 8 years with a PhD, or equivalent experience in analytics, marketing science, commercial analytics, digital analytics, or related fields.
  • 10+ years of digital analytics and insights experience across paid media, web, CRM, and omnichannel campaign measurement, including enterprise-level measurement strategy and executive-facing decision support.
  • 5+ years of life sciences or pharmaceutical experience, ideally supporting HCP and/or patient marketing across multiple brands, business units, or portfolio priorities.
  • Experience leading senior analysts, consultants, or cross-functional analytics workstreams across multiple functions, including directing the activities of others and influencing senior stakeholders.
  • Proven experience translating digital marketing, omnichannel, and portfolio goals into enterprise measurement strategies, KPIs, metrics, benchmarks, success definitions, and learning agendas.
  • Strong understanding of the business rules and nuances of digital data processing, including impression and click rules, attribution, de-duplication, viewability, engagement, platform discrepancies, audience overlap, data latency, and the resolution of critical issues where data is incomplete, conflicting, or strategically ambiguous.
  • Experience with campaign taxonomy, tagging governance, dashboard QA, and data quality processes across digital channels, including setting enterprise standards and ensuring adoption across functions.
  • Demonstrated expertise developing and delivering executive-ready digital marketing and omnichannel reporting and strategic decision support that clearly communicates performance trends, strategic implications, and recommended actions for senior leadership, surfaces enterprise optimization opportunities and testable hypotheses across brands and channels, and is digestible for both technical and non-technical audiences while driving action among diverse stakeholders.
  • A proven track record of managing senior client and stakeholder relationships and delivering impactful digital analytics solutions that drive business outcomes across multiple functions.
  • Strong data storytelling skills, with the ability to synthesize complex performance data into concise narratives, implications, and recommended actions for executive and senior commercial stakeholders.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts and influence decision-making across levels and functions, including executive-level audiences and external partners.
  • Proven ability to frame business issues, resolve critical problems, design the right analytical approach or solution, and deliver results with clear recommendations, next steps, and new ideas that shape future direction.
  • Deep hands-on experience with Google Analytics and/or Adobe Analytics; Power BI, Domo, or similar dashboarding/BI tools; Microsoft Copilot or similar AI-assisted productivity and insight generation tools; and Excel or equivalent analytical tools, with the ability to define tool standards and operating expectations for the function.
  • Strong understanding of media platforms and digital datasets, including campaign reporting, platform metrics, naming conventions, data reconciliation across sources, and the interpretation of discrepancies that materially affect business decisions.
  • SQL or equivalent experience querying, validating, joining, and troubleshooting marketing performance, CRM, web, or customer engagement datasets.
  • Strong familiarity with MCI/Datorama, PLD/NPI activity data, DCM, SA360, HCP365, AIMXR, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, and similar media or customer engagement data sources.
  • Strong familiarity with CRM platforms such as Veeva and Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC), including the ability to interpret CRM and campaign data within broader omnichannel performance views and advise on strategic action.

Nice to have

  • Prior media agency or consulting experience focused on digital analytics, measurement, marketing science, or omnichannel optimization in complex enterprise environments.
  • Experience analyzing website performance and making recommendations to optimize content, pathways, conversion, and engagement at scale across brands or business units.
  • Experience leading UI/UX optimization, A/B testing, and experimentation for websites, landing pages, email, or other digital experiences.
  • Experience with pharmaceutical data, customer-level engagement data, privacy-safe measurement approaches, and audience/journey analytics in support of strategic commercial decisions.

Benefits

  • Ionis offers an excellent benefits package!
  • Full Benefits Link: https://ionis.com/careers#:~:text=Highly%20competitive%20benefits
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For three decades, Ionis has invented medicines that bring better futures to people with serious diseases. Ionis currently has five marketed medicines and a leading pipeline in neurology, cardiology, and other areas of high patient need. As the pioneer in RNA-targeted medicines, Ionis continues to drive innovation in RNA therapies in addition to advancing new approaches in gene editing. A deep understanding of disease biology and industry-leading technology propels our work, coupled with a passion and urgency to deliver life-changing advances for patients.

Founded in 1989
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