Senior Marketing Data & Analytics Lead

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$202K/yr – $304K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 5 days ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end marketing analytics initiatives from framing questions to storytelling and follow-through, while building scalable reporting, dashboards, and analytical models to improve performance, attribution, forecasting, and ROI; collaborate across Marketing Operations, Finance, Sales/Revenue Operations, Data/Engineering, and marketing teams to drive data quality and informed decision making.

  • Lead end-to-end analytics projects and drive framing, data sourcing, analysis, and recommendations.
  • Develop reusable metrics, definitions, and analytical frameworks to increase self-service across Marketing.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end analytics projects, from framing the business question and sourcing the data through analysis, storytelling, recommendation, and follow-through.
  • Build and improve reporting, dashboards, and analytical models that make marketing performance, funnel health, pipeline contribution, and investment efficiency visible.
  • Analyze channel, campaign, audience, lifecycle, web, and funnel performance to identify opportunities and explain drivers of change.
  • Support attribution, forecasting, target setting, pipeline pacing, budget planning, and ROI analysis with sound methods and transparent assumptions.
  • Partner with Marketing Operations, Finance, Sales/Revenue Operations, Data/Engineering, and functional marketing teams to improve data quality and decision processes.
  • Develop reusable metrics, definitions, documentation, and analytical frameworks that increase consistency and self-service across Marketing.
  • Communicate findings in a way that is concise, actionable, and appropriate for the audience — from technical partners to executive leaders.
  • Mentor peers and contribute to a culture of analytical rigor, curiosity, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in marketing analytics, business intelligence, performance analytics, strategy, or a related discipline.
  • Strong SQL skills and experience working with data warehouses, analytical datasets, and BI/dashboarding tools.
  • Experience with marketing measurement, funnel analysis, attribution, forecasting, experimentation, or channel ROI.
  • Ability to combine data from marketing automation, CRM, web, advertising, and revenue systems.
  • Demonstrated experience presenting insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Preferred

  • Experience in B2B SaaS, subscription, or another multi-channel growth environment preferred.
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Senior Marketing Data & Analytics Lead

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