Marketing Science Operations, Associate Director

Thousand Oaks, CA (Hybrid)

$177K/yr – $239K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own the BI and Data Engineering delivery across executive dashboards, portfolio governance, and Tableau platform leadership; drive cross-geo delivery, standardization, automation, and insight-to-execution workflows across MSO workstreams.

  • Own KPI framing, roadmap synthesis, and executive-ready insights
  • Lead portfolio governance, capacity planning, and cross-vendor orchestration
  • Define and govern Tableau roadmap, dashboard standards, and scalable design

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • 1. Business & Executive Leadership - Frame KPIs and align metrics across Investment Analytics and Media Analytics initiatives. - Translate business priorities into structured analytical roadmaps. - Lead insight synthesis and ensure executive-ready delivery. - Serve as primary US stakeholder interface for BI workstream under MSO workstream.
  • 2. Portfolio Governance & Capacity Planning - Own portfolio prioritization and demand intake across Business Intelligence and Data Engineering workstreams. - Drive quarterly capacity planning and resource forecasting. - Ensure alignment between business priorities and delivery roadmaps. - Serve as first escalation layer before Director involvement.
  • 3. Tableau Platform & Team Leadership - Provide functional leadership for the Tableau team (managers and analysts). - Define and own the Tableau roadmap aligned to business and enterprise strategy. - Establish governance standards for dashboard lifecycle, quality, and change management. - Promote scalable design, self-service enablement, and performance optimization.
  • 4. Cross-Vendor & Cross-Geo Orchestration - Coordinate delivery across ACCP, AIN, and offshore teams. - Ensure clarity in roles, accountability, and execution standards. - Drive transparency on delivery status, risks, and mitigation plans.
  • 5. Standardization & Automation - Standardize KPI definitions, reporting frameworks, and documentation practices. - Own the MSO automation and innovation roadmap with defined milestones. - Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency, scalability, and speed-to-insight.

Requirements

  • Doctorate degree and 3 years of data science, analytics, marketing operations, or related experience
  • OR
  • Master’s degree and 5 years of data science, analytics, marketing operations, or related experience
  • OR
  • Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of data science, analytics, marketing operations, or related experience
  • OR
  • Associate’s degree and 12 years of data science, analytics, marketing operations, or related experience
  • OR
  • High school diploma / GED and 14 years of data science, analytics, marketing operations, or related experience

Preferred

  • - 8+ years of experience in business intelligence, marketing science, marketing analytics, or analytics program leadership.
  • - Experience managing portfolio governance and capacity planning.
  • - Proven ability to lead cross-vendor and globally distributed delivery models.
  • - Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • - Experience driving automation, standardization, and operational improvement initiatives.
  • - Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or regulated industries preferred.

Benefits

  • - A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
  • - A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
  • - Stock-based long-term incentives
  • - Award-winning time-off plans
  • - Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

Amgen

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Founded in 1980
Thousand Oaks, California, USA
37K employees (1,491 in marketing)
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89% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$177K/yr – $239K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Marketing Operations median pay in the United States

$108K/yr

Most pay falls between $81K and $153K. Based on 1,906 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
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Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
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Funding

Total Funding
$28.5B
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42.4%
Referral
7.2%
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9.4%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~38.1K

Marketing Science Operations, Associate Director

Amgen · Thousand Oaks, CA · Hybrid