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 NYC or Santa Monica, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Set and influence the measurement strategy for your verticals, ensuring alignment with business priorities, industry best practices, and evolving advertiser needs.
• Act as the primary consultant and strategic partner for senior executives at top advertisers, with a focus on improving performance across brand and direct response outcomes.
• Drive industry thought leadership by developing white papers, presenting at conferences, and shaping external narratives on measurement, ad efficacy, and app-specific analytics.
• Partner with Product, Product Marketing, and Sales leadership to influence the roadmap and adoption of measurement solutions
• Oversee meta-analyses, performance benchmarking, and playbook development that scale learnings across markets and advertisers.
• Ensure operational excellence in measurement practices, including the adoption of both first- and third-party solutions, and the identification of baseline practices across different measurement outcomes.
• Contribute to quarterly business reviews, highlighting trends, progress against goals, and opportunities for innovation in measurement and analytics.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., Economics, Math, Engineering, Operations Research, or related).
• 10+ years of advanced analytics and measurement experience within technology companies, media agencies, consulting firms, advertisers, or research organizations.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex analytical and measurement concepts to executive-level stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (e.g., MBA, Economics, Engineering, or related field)
• Prior management experience at companies such as Meta, or a demonstrated track record of progression in analytics/measurement leadership roles
• Proven record of industry influence (conference presentations, published white papers, or committee participation).
• Extensive experience with top advertisers in vertical-specific domains across both Brand and DR measurement.
• Strong client relationship skills, with the ability to influence C-level executives and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Balance of strategic vision and executional expertise, with the ability to shape the future of measurement at scale.
• Deep expertise in the digital advertising and measurement ecosystem
• Demonstrated ability to influence industry discourse through external publications, conference presentations, or thought leadership initiatives.
• Advanced skills in SQL, dashboarding, and data visualization tools, with the ability to oversee and guide technical execution without necessarily running day-to-day queries.
• Strong understanding of applied statistics, causal inference, time series modeling, and data mining techniques.
• Proven ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on problem solving, allocating time across people management, client strategy, and IC-level initiatives.

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.