Director, Analytics
Description
At Spectrum Science, our mission—connecting humankind to its best healthlife—comes to life through a culture rooted in curiosity, collaboration, and innovation. We believe breakthrough ideas happen when diverse perspectives are embraced and people are empowered to challenge what’s possible.
Join our team of award-winning health-focused experts across advertising, clinical trial experience, communications, consulting, media, medical communications, and patient engagement. Together, we create the momentum that moves science, brands, and careers forward.
As a Director, Analytics, you will support analytics strategy and insight development across communications and advertising engagements. This role works closely with account teams, media partners, senior leadership, clients, and vendors to design measurement frameworks, synthesize performance across activities, and translate data into clear, actionable insights that inform decision‑making. You’ll have a hands-on role in reporting, optimization, and developing analytics recommendations for a portfolio of clients. Additionally, you will act as the primary point of leadership for junior team members assigned to your projects, ensuring strong execution and consistency across project deliverables. The ability communicate clearly, navigate complex project dynamics, and connect analytics to broader business and brand objectives is essential.
Job Responsibilities
- Demonstrate deep expertise in communications/PR/advertising analytics and measurement, using data to derive insights and inform strategic recommendations across advertising and communications initiatives.
- Support the development of measurement frameworks in tandem with internal and external stakeholders aligned to client objectives, ensuring analytics approaches are appropriate for campaign complexity and business goals.
- Facilitate the creation of integrated performance reporting that synthesizes results across channels and tactics, highlighting trends, opportunities, and areas for optimization
- Work as part of an integrated team, partnering with account, strategy, media teams and vendors to inform optimization and investment decisions, grounding recommendations in data while maintaining clear analytical objectivity.
- Provide day-to-day guidance to internal teams and clients of varying seniority, translating complex analytics into compelling, decision‑ready narratives
- Oversee Analytics team members’ project delivery, prioritization, and quality, ensuring deliverables are timely, accurate, and insight driven.
- Collaborate cross‑functionally to ensure analytics is embedded throughout planning, activation, and reporting, rather than operating as a standalone function
- Develop strategies, budgets, and tactical recommendations for paid digital media campaigns in communications and advertising
- Clearly articulate research and analytics needs to team members and partners, aligning scope, timelines, and outputs to project objectives
- Make real-time recommendations for optimizations to ensure campaigns are delivering against pre-determined KPIs
- Participate in presentations, workshops, and strategic discussions with internal and external stakeholders
Desired Skills and Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Data Management, Statistics, Mathematics, or related major
- At least 5-6 years of agency and/or marketing experience in communication and advertising is a must, healthcare experience is a plus
- Highly self-motivated with the ability to work independently and identify opportunities for growth
- Strong working knowledge of digital media advertising, including social media, search, display, video, and other paid media tactics
- Creative thinker who is willing to think outside of the box and consistently look for opportunities to improve current capabilities and processes
- Advanced knowledge of analytics tools including Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, Tableau, or other analytics/data visualization tools
- Working knowledge of social media advertising platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Reddit, and TikTok, including targeting capabilities with the ability to analyze and interpret performance across channels
- Experience with advertising outside of the US is preferred
- Experience with influencer marketing is a plus
- Data science, statistical analysis, research, or programming experience is a plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience managing a team and/or workflow
The anticipated salary range for this position will be $100k-$120k. Salary is based on job-related factors such as: years of relevant experience, qualifications and/or certifications. Spectrum reserves the right to modify this pay range at any given time.
We want to ensure our employees are living their best (health and professional) life and offer a variety of benefits and perks which support our flexible work environment.
- All positions are remote friendly. At Spectrum, you choose where you work. We are a hybrid work environment with options to work in one of our three offices (D.C., New York, and Chicago), remotely from anywhere in the United States, or a combination.
- No matter where you work, you’ll benefit from the monthly cell phone reimbursement.
- Flexible time off. Take the time you need in addition to company holidays, voting time, jury duty and bereavement. We also offer a Sabbatical Program after 7 years of service.
- 13 weeks paid Parental Leave, inclusive of adoption and foster care placement.
- Continuous learning and development through Greatest Potential Self (proprietary talent program), tuition reimbursement programs, and in-house 1:1 coaching with access to talent and productivity-based assessments.
- Bring your friends to work at Spectrum and earn a generous referral bonus.
- Medical concierge service to assist with scheduling appointments, finding care, estimating and resolving claim issues, etc.
- Thorough onboarding including accessible conversations with leadership.
- 401k with company match and 1:1 Financial Coaching and Education.
- Wellness benefits including medical, dental, vision, as well as science-backed meditation and mindfulness tools through Headspace.
Spectrum is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Spectrum is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact [email protected]