Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and be accountable to the performance goals and staffing needs of Spinutech’s Data Science team
• Lead and mentor a data science team, aligning their skills and capabilities with the department's vision defined by senior leadership.
• Assess the current proficiency of the data science team and identify skill gaps and areas for improvement.
• Develop a comprehensive training and development plan to enhance the team's technical expertise and align their knowledge with the department's strategic goals.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to understand their vision and translate it into actionable objectives for the data science team.
• Mentor and grow new leaders
• Monitor and report on department goals including allocation, utilization, profitability, and skill competency
• Actively consult with larger clients and prospects to provide senior-level strategic guidance and solutions
• Create and maintain scalable processes that support the team’s growth and evolution.
• Work closely with the account team and other department directors to ensure consistency and scalability within our approach for clients of varying levels of budget and size
• Work closely with team leads and strategists to drive professional growth, foster team collaboration, and inspire innovation among them and their account teams
• Work closely with the business development team to identify, qualify and close projects by being an active contributor in the pitch and proposal process
• Act as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, providing guidance and recommendations on leveraging data science capabilities to achieve business growth among existing and new clients.

Requirements

• A tenured marketing team leader with a deep understanding of how a digital marketing agency functions and how each tactic/channel is connected within overall marketing strategies
• Must possess exceptional leadership skills, being able to move and inspire a cross-functional group, leading it in a unified direction and with a common vision
• Must be a critical, creative, and strategic thinker
• Must possess a deep understanding of data science methodologies, algorithms, and statistical modeling techniques. The ideal candidate would have have hands-on experience in applying machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data mining techniques to solve complex business problems.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R, as well as expertise in data manipulation and analysis using tools like SQL or Hadoop, is a plus
• Demonstrate a strong grasp of data visualization and communication to effectively convey actionable insights and recommendations to internal team and external clients.
• Proven success driving new business opportunities for an agency with the ability to identify cross and up-sell opportunities by partnering with account and sales teams and articulating our value to prospective clients
• Ability to manage and shift competing priorities and be pulled into challenging situations with little notice while maintaining composure and adding value
• Exceptional presentation skills with the ability to source and use data to articulate a complex strategy to an audience of varying degrees of marketing knowledge and expertise
• Experience cultivating high-performing teams while fostering an inclusive and high-trust environment; ability to rally team members towards a shared vision that they’re excited to support
• Minimum of 6 years of experience managing an agency team with a strong desire to grow and foster new agency leaders.
• Excels at building relationships with internal and external (client) stakeholders and negotiating ideas/strategies that are beneficial to all parties.