Associate Director, Data Management
Interpublic Group
- Location
- New York New York United States of America
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- Salary
- $70k – $125k/yr
- Posted
- Aug 27, 2026
Skills
About this role
Agency: Hearts & Science Job Function: Data and Analytics Job Subfunction: Data Engineering Job Description:
JOB DESCRIPTION
Dat a Strategy & Governance : Direct the development, implementation, and maintenance of dat a 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. Dat a Quality & Problem Solving : Supervise investigation and resolution of dat a integrity issues, define/implement business rules for dat a cleansing and QA, and ensure best practices in all dat a and technology projects. Technical Solution Oversight : Advise on or lead the deployment of business intelligence tools, dat a warehousing, ETL processes, and automation initiatives. Champion adoption of new technology and process solutions, ensuring dat a 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
5–7 years’ experience in data management, data engineering, Data Management and/or business intelligence 3–5 years’ experience in digital media dat a (ad server, digital, search, social, video, offline, etc.) 3–5 years’ experience in agile development environments 3–5 years’ experience in client-facing work and managing offshore or cross-functional teams 4+ years’ experience in dat a governance and quality processes within dat a 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 dat a sets (paid, owned, etc.) Demonstrated ability to diagnose, escalate, and solve complex dat a 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 dat a Media industry experience highly preferred TOOLS Business Intelligence: Advanced Excel (required), Tableau, PowerBI , Dat orama, Looker/Looker Studio, Domo, PowerPoint Dat a Management & Transformation: ETL Tools ( Adverity , Dat orama), Alteryx, SQL (preferred), Python (nice to have) Dat a Storage/Cloud: Snowflake, AWS (Redshift, S3), Starburst.io, Dat orama, 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 

 $70,000 - $125,000 Omnicom’s 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