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Associate Director, Data Management


Job Location:

Chicago, IL - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 70000 - 125000
Posted: 29 September 2026 (14 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Agency:

Hearts & Science

Job Function:

Data and Analytics

Job Subfunction:

Data Engineering



Job Description:

JOB DESCRIPTION

  • Data Strategy & Governance: Direct the development implementation and maintenance of data strategies quality standards business rules and governance processes for diverse client accounts and media channels.

  • Project & Process Leadership: Oversee the creation and management of project plans assign and prioritize tasks and ensure standardized processes. Facilitate regular status meetings proactively resolve roadblocks and drive initiative progression in a fast-paced agile environment.

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as liaison among internal teams (Strategy Digital Investment Planning Analytics Finance) offshore resources external vendors and clients. Foster positive working relationships and effectively communicate roles responsibilities and expectations.

  • Data Quality & Problem Solving: Supervise investigation and resolution of data integrity issues define/implement business rules for data cleansing and QA and ensure best practices in all data and technology projects.

  • Technical Solution Oversight: Advise on or lead the deployment of business intelligence tools data warehousing ETL processes and automation initiatives. Champion adoption of new technology and process solutions ensuring data is the backbone for all media and analytics disciplines.

  • Team Leadership: Supervise and mentor Managers Senior Analysts and Analysts; cultivate a supportive growth-oriented environment. Guide teams in Data Management quality assurance and client management tasks.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

  • 57 years experience in data management data engineering Data Management and/or business intelligence

  • 35 years experience in digital media data (ad server digital search social video offline etc.)

  • 35 years experience in agile development environments

  • 35 years experience in client-facing work and managing offshore or cross-functional teams

  • 4 years experience in data governance and quality processes within data warehousing ETL and BI environments

  • 5 years experience in business analysis or related disciplines

  • In-depth expertise across digital and traditional media channels and handling diverse datasets (paid owned etc.)

  • Demonstrated ability to diagnose escalate and solve complex data quality and operational issues

  • Outstanding organizational and project management skills

  • Comfortable multitasking and adapting to fast-evolving needs

  • Superior attention to detail with excellent verbal and written communication skills

  • Proven ability to build relationships across internal teams vendors and clients

  • Comfort and accuracy working with budgets and large sets of numerical data

  • Media industry experience highly preferred

TOOLS

  • Business Intelligence: Advanced Excel (required) Tableau PowerBI Datorama Looker/Looker Studio Domo PowerPoint

  • Data Management & Transformation: ETL Tools (Adverity Datorama) Alteryx SQL (preferred) Python (nice to have)

  • Data Storage/Cloud: Snowflake AWS (Redshift S3) Datorama Domo

  • Media Platforms: DCM DV360 Google Ads DoubleVerify IAS TradeDesk Facebook Instagram Snapchat Twitter TikTok Prisma

  • Project Management: HIVE Asana Smartsheet Microsoft Teams

  • Media Planning: MediaTools Lumina Hudson (bonus)

  • Other: Experience with writing business and technical requirements documents; comfort with business rules design and BI tool administration

$70000 - $125000



Omnicoms policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time and many of our agencies as well as Omnicoms corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.


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