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Director, Data Strategy, Data Products & Activation

Newark, NJ, USA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-31 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the end-to-end marketing data strategy, building a unified, governed, AI-ready data foundation and a portfolio of activation-ready data products for the marketing organization.

Role type

Director, Data Strategy & Data Product Management

Builds

A unified marketing data platform, certified AI-ready data products, and a self-serve data environment for marketers.

Domain

Marketing Technology (MarTech), Data Strategy, Enterprise Data Management

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Data strategy formulation, data product lifecycle management, data governance (metadata, lineage, catalog, quality), identity resolution, CDP platform expertise, marketing automation, enterprise data architecture, executive stakeholder management, privacy compliance, closed-loop measurement.

Preferred skills

Financial services/insurance industry experience, AI/ML enablement, cloud-native data stacks, Agile/Design Thinking methodologies, advanced degree, data governance certifications.

Technologies

Adobe Experience Platform, Marketo, SFMC, Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), Identity Resolution tools, Data Catalogs.

Responsibilities

Define and maintain a multi-year data product portfolio plan; establish data governance operating models and identity resolution capabilities; partner with Privacy and Legal to ensure compliant data usage; own the data layer for CDP and marketing automation platforms; lead a blended team of employees and contractors; serve as an alignment hub across Marketing, Analytics, Technology, and Enterprise Data Office.

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership with hands-on product and architecture oversight

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