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Merkle is a leading technology-enabled, data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company. For over 30 years, Fortune 1,000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with us to build and maximize the value of their customer portfolios. We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all. Merkle is an agency of dentsu.

The Analytics Manager is responsible for ensuring timely delivery of data, analytics (marketing insights) and strategic consulting to support the client's database marketing objectives. You will evaluate client needs for quantitative analysis, participate in creating and articulating relevant solutions for clients, and develop methods or processes for implementation. You will be responsible for the delivery of that work to ensure it is completed on time, with high quality, and communicated in a way that resonates with the client. This role is remote-friendly. This will report to a Director of Analytics.

The successful Manager will collaborate with internal stakeholders and teammates to identify client business problems, clarify analytic objectives, identify data needs and formulate data solutions, drive and execute analysis, package and present insights to stakeholders, and finally, help implement recommended solutions with a goal to achieve clients' business objectives.

• Collaborate closely with the Customer Analytics and Data Sciences teams to formulate industry-best-practice analytic solutions and directly contribute to a variety of validation activities such as model design, execution, and assessment; data review; and campaign/marketing performance evaluation.
• Develop effective reporting and dashboards with an objective to evaluate marketing performance and provide recommendations for enhancement.
• Work cross-functionally throughout the organization to implement client solution recommendations; manage team and project tasks, timelines, and deliverables (on time and accurately)
• Package selected interim and final deliverables for later re-use by other Merkle teams, including rationale for why options/tactics were chosen (i.e., provides metadata for the documents)
• Manage and mentor junior analysts contributing to their technical and career development.

• Bachelor's Degree (B.S.) or equivalent in statistics, math, economics or related scientific/quantitative field plus several years' experience in applied disciplines; Advanced degree (M.A., MBA, M.S., Ph.D.) preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in quantitative marketing arena, in database and/or email marketing
• Strong in MS Office core suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) required with a demonstrated ability to create and present engaging PowerPoint presentations.
• Possess core analytical competencies such as ability to formulate an analytical problem; QC data and results; Summarize key findings/insights; Make actionable recommendations; and develop new and innovative analytical solutions to solve challenging business problems
• You possess core database marketing knowledge such as understanding of Merkle and client data, relational database concepts, and direct marketing concepts
• Proficiency with multiple analytics tools required: SQL, Python, R
• Databricks, Snowflake, and cloud computing platforms experience a plus.
• Experience in dashboard (Tableau) design, deployment, and client delivery preferred.
• You possess client/team engagement competencies such as gather specifications, develop analytical roadmap, and approach and manage expectations, and coordinate delivery with internal team.
• You develop project plan (work plan); manage individual/team day-to-day tasks; meet project deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience presenting and working directly with clients.
• Non-profit experience a plus.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $94,000-$152,375. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and/or other benefits also are available. For more information regarding dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com. #LI-AG1 #LI-Remote

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We are champions for meaningful progress and we strive to be a force for good—for our people, for our clients, for the industry and for our society. We keep our people at the center, creating space for growth, understanding and learning so they can thrive. We embed diversity, in our mindset, in our solutions and in our teams to empower an inclusive, equitable and culturally fluent environment. Building this culture within our teams makes us better collaborators with each other and with our clients, driving better outcomes for all.

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