Head of Intelligence (Parental Leave Contract) (Pyrmont)

**Job Description** Head of Intelligence
- Parental Leave Cover**

**Why is this an exciting opportunity?**

Digitas is The Connected Marketing Agency, relentlessly committed to helping brands better connect with people through Truth. Connection. Wonder. With diverse expertise in data, strategy, creative, media, and tech, we work across capabilities and continents to make better connections and achieve ambitious outcomes through ideas that excite, provoke, and inspire. Curious and fully transparent, we are always examining real human behaviour to create authentic connections
- between brands and consumers, clients and partners, and ideas and outcomes. We are a Publicis Groupe agency and play a key role in the Publicis Groupe’s industry leading ‘Power of One’ thinking.

The Intelligence team uses data-driven insights to fuel strategic growth for clients. We believe that data should never exist in a vacuum; instead, it should be put to work to bring the best ideas and stories to our clients.

To help with this, we’re looking for an outstanding Head of Intelligence—someone who can lead data-driven strategy to align with client goals, develop innovative solutions to solve marketing challenges, and collaborate with clients and Digitas leadership.

**_Sound like you?_** Read on.**

**The transformation you will experience**

The Head of Intelligence is responsible for managing, enabling and overseeing a cross-functional team with the goal to deliver outstanding work profitably.

**Your scope will include**:

- Lead and manage the Data & Analytics team, focusing on delivering exceptional, profitable work.
- Build, maintain & refine existing and new data products and services that keep pace with client needs and data landscape.
- Maintain service and product quality, ensuring alignment with client needs and commercial feasibility.
- Promote easily digestible, actionable insights from data.
- Strategise and implement data-driven decisions, aligning both agency and client objectives.
- Mentor the team to foster growth, happiness, and commercial acumen.
- Making significant contributions to business development by leading new business initiatives and establishing relationships with prospective clients.
- Collaborating across functions, coordinating with general managers across Strategy, Creative, Technology, Media Planning and Project Management teams.
- Define transformative customer data strategies.
- Advocate our data products/services compellingly to various stakeholders.

**What you’re looking for**
- A chance to grow and learn within a supportive environment
- Career growth and development opportunities
- Opportunity to work on award winning products
- Tailored training programs and dedicated career manager

**What type of person will be successful in this role?**
- Preferably 13+ years in Data Strategy experience.
- Expertise in the digital world and a masterful understanding of multiple industries, including telecommunications, Automotive and CPG
- A strong knowledge of integrated marketing and CRM disciplines
- Exposure to audience-based marketing, and programmatic advertising
- Proven leadership ability and strong, impactful client relationship experience
- Experience managing a team of experienced employees
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Proficient in Data Science practices and converting analytics outputs into formulation of strategy.
- Knowledge in Audience Segmentation is an advantage
- Well versed in Business Intelligence including dashboarding and visualisation
- Stellar communication and presentation skills: we need someone who’s articulate, engaging and straightforward
- and, above all, can effectively and convincingly translate unstructured business solutions into innovative customer marketing programs A willingness to travel as needed—keeping an open mind to new places, new faces and new ideas.

**Got what it takes? We’d love to hear from you.**

**Additional information**

Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic up-to-date communications businesses, enjoying all the perks that come with our network offering:

- A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting Physical, Mindful and Financial wellbeing
- A creative, fun, and rewarding office environment backed up by our **Publicis Liberté** flexibility approach “working your way, with us!”
- Access to our Global AI Platform, **Marcel**, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network
- Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform Marcel Classes
- A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program
- A committed Diversity, Equality and Inclusion strategy driven through our **Viva! Women, Égalité, enABLE **and** Embrace **(reconciliation action plan) programs
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