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PHD · 2 months ago

Director, Data Science

Chicago

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$120K/yr - $175K/yr

7+ years exp

PHD is a global communications planning and media buying agency network that emphasizes strategic thinking and creative innovation. The Director of Data Science will lead a team of data scientists to deliver analytic solutions that enhance client engagement and campaign effectiveness through advanced predictive modeling and data integration.

AdvertisingCreative AgencyDigital MediaMarketingSocial Media

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Partner with Planning & Investment teams to provide expert hands-on and well as strategic Data Science support across the entire campaign lifecycle

Build advanced ML models to cluster and segment audiences, scale and deploy custom audiences across various platforms/ publishers

Run descriptive and diagnostic analyses to help measure campaign performance within clean rooms and/or other analytics platforms (e.g., Google ADH, Facebook advanced analytics, Amazon Marketing Cloud, etc.)

Help develop strategic analytical roadmaps to institutionalize data driven outcomes

Excellent project management skills with an ability to set and achieve goals, meet deadlines and act with a strong sense of urgency without compromising executional excellence

Leverage technical (coding) expertise to help bring about process efficiencies

Build and present decks that provide a compelling narrative to decode complex analytical results to technical and non-technical audiences

Help design and develop the DS practice knowledge repository and delegate tasks to junior resources to support vision

Lead and train direct reports and manage their career progression

Qualification

Machine learning techniquesHands-on programming skillsDigital clean roomsExpert-level domain knowledgeAdvanced presentation skillsNon-technical teamsCertifications in SQLPythonRCommunication skills

Required

Hands-on programming language skills (SQL, Python, R, etc)

Experienced in machine learning techniques, causal models, etc. to support the analysis of information

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 any of the following: Meta (Blueprint), SQL, Python, R (online)

Expert-level domain knowledge of business/industry

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

Preferred

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

Benefits

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

Company

PHD

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Founded in 2006

Frankfurt, Hessen, DEU

1001-5000 employees

http://www.phdmedia.com

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