Director of Marketing Analytics

Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America providing products and expertise that help nearly 16 million people save for a better today and tomorrow.

Section 1: Position Summary

The Director of Marketing Analytics will lead marketing measurement and performance insight generation across lines of business. This role is responsible for evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of marketing activity across paid earned and owned channels and for translating data into actionable recommendations that improve business outcomes.

This role is intentionally both strategic and hands-on. The Director will provide leadership on marketing measurement strategy advise senior stakeholders and shape how analytics supports decision-making across the organization. At the same time this role will be expected to personally lead complex analyses refine measurement frameworks improve dashboards and reporting interpret performance trends and generate clear recommendations on what is working what is not and where Ascensus should adjust.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in offline and brand analytics web analytics attribution experimentation and performance reporting. This individual will champion innovation in insight generation expand analytics enablement through self-service reporting apply AI to improve the speed and quality of analytics work and serve as a trusted thought partner to Marketing Leadership in support of Ascensus OKRs and growth priorities.

Section 2: Job Functions Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the overall approach to marketing measurement across paid earned and owned channels ensuring Ascensus has a clear and practical framework for understanding performance efficiency and business impact.
• Establish and strengthen web analytics as a core capability for the marketing organization including measurement planning tagging and taxonomy standards event and conversion tracking and reporting that connects website activity to lead generation funnel progression and commercial impact.
• Personally conduct and lead high-value analysis on campaign performance channel effectiveness audience behavior brand visibility and marketing contribution to business outcomes.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on offline and brand analytics bringing a strong point of view on how brand PR media visibility organic discovery and broader awareness efforts should be measured and interpreted.
• Build improve and govern self-service dashboards and reporting that enable marketers and leaders to monitor performance identify trends and act more quickly.
• Lead the continued development of attribution experimentation and advanced measurement approaches that improve decision quality and marketing investment allocation.
• Use AI to improve analytics workflows and insight generation including applications that accelerate data preparation dashboard creation pattern detection summarization and interpretation of results.
• Provide clear interpretation of performance and translate data into concise decision-ready recommendations for Marketing Leadership and other senior stakeholders.
• Partner closely with Marketing Technology Data IT Finance Sales-related stakeholders and line-of-business marketing partners to improve data quality reporting consistency KPI alignment and closed-loop visibility into marketing performance.
• At Ascensus we are guided by our Core Values of People Matter Quality First and Integrity Always. These values should be visible in day-to-day actions and decision making.

Supervision

• N/A

Section 3: Experience Skills Knowledge Requirements

• 812 years of experience in marketing analytics marketing science digital analytics insights or a closely related field with significant responsibility for both strategic direction and direct analytical execution.
• Deep expertise in cross-channel marketing measurement across paid earned and owned channels with strong experience in performance analysis attribution experimentation and ROI evaluation.
• Strong hands-on experience with web analytics dashboarding and performance reporting including tools such as Google Analytics Adobe Analytics Power BI Looker Tableau or comparable platforms.
• Strong technical fluency in analytics tools and methods including SQL and experience with Python R or similar analytical tools.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret complex data identify business implications and communicate recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Experience working in a complex matrixed or multi-line-of-business environment preferred.
• Experience in financial services or another regulated industry preferred. Knowledge of marketing data governance privacy expectations and related controls is also preferred.
• Bachelors degree required; advanced degree preferred.

The national average salary range for this role is$140K-200k in base pay exclusive of any bonuses and base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salary offered will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location experience performance and internal pay alignment. We do not anticipate that candidates hired will begin at the top of the range however from time to time it may occur on a case-by-case basis. Other rewards and benefits may include: 401(k) match Medical Dental Vision Paid-Time-Off etc. For more information please visit all virtual remote positions in order to ensure associates can effectively perform their job duties with no distractions we require an uninterrupted virtual workspace and there is also an expectation of family care being in place during business hours. Additionally there is an internet work speed requirement of 25 Mbps or better for individual use. If more than one person is utilizing the same internet connection in the same household or building then a stronger connection is you are unsure of your internet speed please check with your service provider. Note: For call center roles specifically it is a requirement to either hardwire your equipment directly to the internet router or ensure your workstation is in close proximity to the router. Please ensure that you are able to meet these expectations before applying.

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