Director, Marketing & Data Science

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$145K/yr – $170K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

Job Summary

Lead and own end-to-end AI and behavioral analytics programs, translating business questions into executable analytics plans, guiding modeling workstreams, and delivering executive-ready stories that connect insights to measurable marketing actions.

  • Own the analytical workstream from question to decision-ready output
  • Guide technical modeling lifecycle and stay current on AI advances

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • AI & Behavioral Analytics Leadership - Apply AI and machine learning — including LLMs and generative techniques — to accelerate segmentation, synthetic data generation, qualitative-to-quantitative synthesis, and automated insight generation.
  • AI & Behavioral Analytics Leadership - Design and execute behavioral analytics engagements: clickstream analysis, passive behavioral data, digital journey mapping, engagement modeling, propensity and churn prediction, and customer lifetime value.
  • AI & Behavioral Analytics Leadership - Integrate behavioral signals — from CRM, CDP, digital, transactional, and survey sources — into unified analytical frameworks that reflect how customers actually make decisions.
  • AI & Behavioral Analytics Leadership - Lead technical execution in Python or R across the full modeling lifecycle: feature engineering, model selection, validation, interpretation, and deployment planning.
  • AI & Behavioral Analytics Leadership - Stay current on advances in AI, machine learning, and behavioral science — identifying what's practically useful for clients versus what's hype.
  • Client & Strategic Leadership - Own the analytical workstream end-to-end: converting business questions into clear analytic plans, timelines, and decision-ready outputs.
  • Client & Strategic Leadership - Deliver executive-ready narratives that connect behavioral findings to marketing actions and measurable business outcomes.
  • Client & Strategic Leadership - Serve as a trusted subject matter expert — explaining complex methods, defending recommendations, and redirecting analyses that won't answer the underlying question.
  • Client & Strategic Leadership - Partner across research, strategy, technology, and data engineering to build solutions that can be activated in client environments.
  • Client & Strategic Leadership - Support business development by shaping analytical approaches, scoping work, and contributing to proposals.

Requirements

  • 7–10+ years in data science, marketing analytics, or quantitative research — agency, consulting, or in-house.
  • Solid grounding in model validation, data quality, and the practical tradeoffs of applying analytics to real business decisions.
  • Working knowledge of SQL and cloud data environments (Snowflake, BigQuery, AWS).
  • Bachelor's degree in statistics, data science, economics, computer science, or a related quantitative field; advanced degree preferred.

Preferred

  • Experience operationalizing models in CRM, CDP, or marketing automation platforms (Salesforce, HubSpot, mParticle, Braze, or similar).
  • Familiarity with passive behavioral or digital measurement data providers.
  • Experience designing agile test-and-learn programs and measuring incremental impact.
  • BI/visualization tools: Tableau, Power BI, or Looker Studio.
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We drive intelligent growth for ambitious businesses and leading brands.Customer understanding is more potent and drives greater value when insights go to work directly within marketing and experience priorities. To give our clients that advantage, we put an insights-driven operating system at the core of our design, go-to-market and digital experience solutions.Material clients make smarter growth choices because they can see clearly how and when to take the shots that count. Together, we connect consumer intelligence with customer demand generation to build lasting, profitable relationships.

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Director, Marketing & Data Science

Material · Los Angeles, CA · Hybrid