Manager, Data Strategy & Analytics

The posting, as Kepler Group wrote it

Kepler executes engineered marketing, where every message and ad delivered helps create a more personalized and productive relationship between brands and their consumers. We do this by acting as clients’ agency of record, as their in-house team, or some hybrid of the two – and by harnessing data and technology across all paid digital media and data-driven CRM channels.

Kepler prides itself on being a great place to work. In fact, we’re proud to share that AdAge recognized Kepler among the Best Places to Work in 2022, and Digiday named Kepler the Most Innovative Media Agency in both 2025 and 2026, validating our investment in our team, our tech, and our clients.

• We're transparent with our employees. You'll hear updates on company financials, how we're performing against bonus goals, and how we're responding to challenges we face.
• We're growing. For you, that means unparalleled development opportunities and a role in shaping the direction of the company.
• We're fun. You'll work with and learn from the smartest people in the industry and have a blast doing it.

The Role

Kepler is seeking a growth-oriented and data-driven Manager of Data Strategy & Analytics (DS&A) to support this mission. The role requires a leader with a deep understanding of the paid media ecosystem, exceptional data acumen, and the ability to translate complex analytics and insights into strategic opportunities. You’ll have opportunities to build knowledge and expertise in specific solutions across analytics, measurement, and advertising technology, as well as opportunities to teach and mentor analysts and peers.

The position requires strong quantitative and communication skills, business acumen to understand and advance client marketing strategy, a technical mind to operate and leverage the latest adtech platforms, and a desire to be part of a tightly-knit team that’s out to change the industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with clients and cross-functional internal teams to develop an actionable, data-driven narrative for your clients, grounded in client business reality and brand objectives.
• Support your DS&A leader and work with peers cross-department to contribute to each client’s measurement roadmap.
• Design and execute tests to quantify the impact of marketing campaigns, leveraging advanced statistical techniques, and working with platform partners to fully utilize available technologies (A/B Testing, Brand and Conversion Lift Tests, Geo Experimentation, etc.).
• Develop, manage, and execute against, a queue of custom analyses to uncover insights that support media optimizations and offer strategic recommendations to clients (Lifetime Value & Propensity Modeling, Creative Fatigue, Product-Level Modeling, Audience Segmentation); these will often be developed in clean room environments.
• Utilize your natural curiosity to advance client-specific measurement programs and create new solutions to apply across clients.
• Collaborate with your team

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• Appetite for learning new technologies and interest in building solutions with Kepler tools, cross-team collaboration, and AI support.
• Experience managing a team of 2+ direct reports.
• Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective time management skills – ability to prioritize and meet deadlines and guide your team to do the same.

Transparency is fundamental to Kepler’s culture. Our compensation strategy is designed to attract, reward, and retain the talented employees that drive Kepler’s growth and success. We aim to offer competitive direct compensation and a rich indirect compensation program that demonstrates the value we place on our employees and their wellbeing.

Total Compensation

• Base Salary: $90,000 - $110,000
• Target Annualized Discretionary Bonus: 5% ( $4,500 - $5,500)
• Target Total Cash: $94,500 - $115,500

Benefits

• Healthcare/Dental/Vision
• Unlimited PTO
• 401k Contributions
• $75/mo Wellness Stipend
• $100/mo Mobile Phone Stipend
• $50/mo Internet Stipend
• $500/yr Annual Learning Stipend
• $2,000/yr Annual Tuition Stipend
• One-time $200 New Hire Home Office Equipment Stipend
• Parental Leave - 16 week primary caregiver / 6 week secondary caregiver leave
• Annual Work From Anywhere 4 weeks per year

Kepler is a people first organization. If this roles piques your interest but you may not check every box, we still encourage you to apply! Studies show that imposter syndrome can prevent women and people of color from applying unless they meet every single qualification. We welcome all who are interested to apply, you just might be a great candidate for this role or others.

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