Manager, Advanced Analytics

Responsibilities

• The main responsibility of the Manager, Advanced Analytics is to apply sophisticated modeling and other advanced analytic techniques to help guide our clients’ media spending plans and make their investments more efficient.
• This position will be charged with designing/developing the analytic processes and execution ongoing.
• In addition to the technical aspects required, it will involve cultivating and maintaining effective working relationships with a variety of parties including the clients, internal stakeholders (e.g., Brand and Activation), 3rd-party vendors, external clients, and operational areas within Horizon.
• They must be a critical thinker who can provide creative strategic solutions and who can follow-through with flawless execution.
• Critical to the role is the ability to provide thought leadership that can drive our capabilities through analytic innovations.
• The ideal candidate will be a clear and persuasive communicator who thrives in a highly collaborative team environment and has the ability to guide solutions for ever-evolving real-time problem sets.
• Above all, the Manager, Analytics must be highly driven with an exceptional work ethic, determination to overcome complex challenges, and must have a desire to have huge impact on the business.
• 50% of the time for this position will be devoted to analytics for a key major client vertical.
• This part of the position will be charged with developing unique analyses and applications targeted against that part of our business.
• While reporting directly to the Horizon Chief Analytic Officer, this role will have dotted-line reporting to that client vertical.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science or related field required.
• 3-5 years of experience required in the Advanced Analytics realm, preferably in media or an adjacent field.
• 1-3 years of experience managing teams required.
• High-end marketing response modeling expertise (e.g., MMM) preferred.
• Consulting skills – can explore business view and work with them to develop mutually owned solution; can solve problems in complex situations using creative and conceptual reasoning.
• Able to put data in context of client’s business questions and needs to make applicable decisions for model design and reporting.
• Proactive individual with strong problem-solving skills and an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Exercise the ability to create time saving efficiencies for regular client deliverables.
• Responsible for own deliverables, assuring a timely and quality output.
• Technology Platform Expertise - (I.e., R, SQL, Python) – can create readable replicable code that aligns with processes and procedures for group.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science or related field required.
• 3-5 years of experience required in the Advanced Analytics realm, preferably in media or an adjacent field.
• 1-3 years of experience managing teams required.
• High-end marketing response modeling expertise (e.g., MMM) preferred.
• Consulting skills – can explore business view and work with them to develop mutually owned solution; can solve problems in complex situations using creative and conceptual reasoning.
• Able to put data in context of client’s business questions and needs to make applicable decisions for model design and reporting.
• Proactive individual with strong problem-solving skills and an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Exercise the ability to create time saving efficiencies for regular client deliverables.
• Responsible for own deliverables, assuring a timely and quality output.
• Technology Platform Expertise - (I.e., R, SQL, Python) – can create readable replicable code that aligns with processes and procedures for group.

Benefits

• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• retirement savings plans
• company paid holidays and unlimited paid time off (PTO)
• mental health and wellness resources
• pet insurance
• childcare resources
• identity theft insurance
• fertility assistance programs
• fitness reimbursement