Director, Data Science

Omnicom Media Group

Chicago, IL

Full Time

Director

90k-215k

8 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

PHD is a global communications planning and media buying agency network delivering smart strategic thinking and creative innovation for the world's leading brands. A culture of thought-leadership, creativity and innovation has seen us grow from a challenger agency in the UK, to a global leader with over 6,000 employees in over 100 offices worldwide. We combine the latest industry insight with the best creative minds to produce planning innovation and create award-winning work for some of the world's largest advertisers. Finding a better way is our ethos and sums up how we approach everything - from a new client brief to the way we work. The Data Science team is pivotal in delivering modern agency services, providing analytic solutions across client applications, processing big data, and supporting business insights and growth solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Partner with Planning & Investment teams to provide expert hands-on and strategic Data Science support across the entire campaign lifecycle.
Build advanced ML models to cluster and segment audiences, and deploy custom audiences across various platforms and publishers.
Run descriptive and diagnostic analyses to measure campaign performance within clean rooms and analytics platforms such as Google ADH, Facebook advanced analytics, Amazon Marketing Cloud, etc.
Help develop strategic analytical roadmaps to institutionalize data-driven outcomes.
Leverage technical (coding) expertise to help bring about process efficiencies.
Build and present decks that decode complex analytical results to technical and non-technical audiences.
Help design and develop the Data Science practice knowledge repository and delegate tasks to junior resources.
Lead and train direct reports and manage their career progression.

Requirements

Hands-on programming language skills (SQL, Python, R, etc).
Experience in machine learning techniques, causal models, etc. to support analysis.
Advanced presentation and communication skills.
Experience working with non-technical teams.
Clear understanding of digital clean rooms, and their related concepts and strategy.
Certifications in Meta (Blueprint), SQL, Python, R (online).
A university degree in mathematics, computer science, statistics or related field.
7-10 years of experience in informatics work in academia, advertising, management consulting, marketing or digital consulting.
Expert-level domain knowledge of business/industry.

Nice to Have

Knowledge of agency-side execution process is desirable, but not required.

Qualifications

A university degree in mathematics, computer science, statistics or related field.
7-10 years of experience in informatics work in academia, advertising, management consulting, marketing or digital consulting.

Benefits & Perks

Health insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
401(k)
Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
Vacation days
Sick days
Personal days
Paid parental leave
Paid medical leave
STD/LTD insurance benefits

Working at Omnicom Media Group

PHD fosters a culture of thought-leadership, creativity and innovation, emphasizing finding a better way in all aspects of work, from client briefs to operational processes.

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