Senior Director, Head of Brand Intelligence

New York City, NY (Remote)

$190K/yr – $230K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own and grow a high impact research and intelligence practice, guiding discovery, synthesis and executive-ready implications across strategy, creative, CX, and tech teams.

  • Lead a senior team of researchers and analysts, elevating rigor, career development, and strategic hiring so insights move decisions at the C-suite level.
  • Shape how the practice captures human truth with context rich methods, AI enabled depth, and cross agency testing to scale discovery beyond validation.
  • Translate signals into actionable strategy for clients, linking behavior, culture, and situation to clear implications and growth moves.

Job Description

Own and evolve a senior research and intelligence practice, turning people data into strategic, actionable guidance for clients at the executive table.

  • Responsibilities: Lead and develop the team, drive discovery, translate signals into strategy, activate insight at scale, embed intelligence across the agency, and lead externally.
  • Responsibilities: Create rigorous discovery standards, prototype context-rich methods with AI depth, and shape how the practice uncovers human truth across journeys and real-world environments.
  • Responsibilities: Build tools, dashboards, and living frameworks that make insight actionable in positioning, audience strategy, and growth decisions.
  • Requirements: Extensive senior leadership experience shaping strategy and intelligence work, with credibility across cross-functional partnerships.
  • Requirements: Deep grasp of human decision making, integrating research and data into strategic recommendations.
  • Requirements: Behavioral and cultural grounding with academic or applied background; structural thinking to translate findings into action.
  • Requirements: Clear method, hypothesis testing, and communication of strategic implications to clients and execs.
  • Requirements: AI fluency in research with demonstrable workflows that accelerate analysis without sacrificing rigor.
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Code and Theory

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Code and Theory Network is the only network with a balance of 50% creative and 50% engineers at scale. The technology-first group within Stagwell Group is built to partner with businesses to navigate the complexity of changing consumer behaviors, emerging technologies and AI. With a global footprint and the capabilities to work across the entire consumer journey, we crave the hardest problems to solve. The network includes the flagship agency Code and Theory as well as Kettle, Mediacurrent, Rhythm and Truelogic. Code and Theory clients include Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, MSNBC, NFL, Pfizer and Zappos. For more, visit codeandtheory.com.

Founded in 2001
New York, New York, USA
1.5K employees (256 in marketing)
63% recommend to a friend
78% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
26.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36.7%
Direct
46.4%
Referral
11.3%
Social
4.5%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
88 (6% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

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