Marketing Science Lead (NYC / Santa Monica, CA)

Our Customer is a camera and social media company. This company believes that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. This company contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.

We are seeking a Marketing Science Lead on a contract basis to support their business needs. This role is on-site in any of the following locations: NYC (preferred) and Santa Monica, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Own the measurement strategy, operations, goals, and learning plans for large customer verticals.
• Drive performance improvement across top advertisers through learning agenda strategies, experimental design, causal analytics, and ads efficacy solution prototyping.
• Partner with Sales, Product, and Product Marketing leadership to evaluate, position, and improve advertising products using causal and observational measurement frameworks.
• Lead quarterly business reviews, highlighting industry trends, measurement adoption, learning progress, and key business insights.
• Lead measurement operations across first-party and third-party measurement solutions.
• Conduct market and country-level performance meta-analyses, ads efficacy research, and develop playbooks rooted in data-driven analysis.
• Build measurement knowledge and competency across internal teams and cross-functional partners.
• Serve as the primary measurement consultant for strategic advertiser relationships.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or business-related field such as Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, or Operations Research.
• 8+ years of advanced analytics and measurement experience within a technology company, media agency, consulting firm, advertiser, or research company.
• Experience with advertising measurement.
• Deep understanding of measurement concepts, solutions, and statistical fundamentals within the advertising measurement ecosystem.
• Strong ability to analyze, interpret, and communicate advertising performance insights using data science tools.
• Demonstrated experience in structuring analyses to generate actionable recommendations.
• Proficiency in advanced analytical tools such as SQL, SAS, or SPSS.
• Strong understanding of digital advertising, advertiser verticals, and measurement strategies.
• Strong knowledge of applied statistics, including sampling methodologies, causal modeling, time series analysis, and data mining techniques.
• Ability to communicate complex marketing technology and measurement concepts to executive stakeholders.
• Strong relationship management and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Business, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, or related field.
• Deep understanding of the digital advertising and measurement ecosystem across brand and direct response advertising.
• Experience working directly with enterprise advertisers across vertical-specific measurement initiatives.
• Experience leading or mentoring teams and peers.
• Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical analysis and query development.
• Proven track record of building and influencing client or partner relationships.

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements)

Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.