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IPG Mediabrands

Global media planning, buying, analytics

Group Director - Audience Analytics

Full-Time
$180k - $200k
Expert
New York, NY, USA
In Person
Growth & MarketingMarketing Generalist & Management

About the job

Requirements
  • Proven success developing and implementing B2B addressable account strategies that drive business results and pipeline growth.
  • Strong understanding of buyer personas, account segmentation, and activation techniques across B2B media channels.
  • Experience with data management platforms, customer data platforms, B2B intent data platforms, and marketing technology solutions.
  • Comfort with artificial intelligence and automation tools and ability to evaluate their application for audience strategy and execution.
  • Ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences, including C-suite executives, through communication and presentations.
  • Proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams.
  • Strong client management skills and ability to build relationships with senior-level stakeholders.
  • Deep understanding of B2B technology sales cycles, buyer behavior, and enterprise marketing strategies.
Responsibilities
  • Lead development of comprehensive audience strategies and addressable frameworks aligned with client business objectives, account-based marketing goals, and sales enablement initiatives across product lines and market segments.
  • Identify and champion innovative approaches to audience targeting, account segmentation, persona development, and engagement using current data, technology, and industry trends.
  • Create audience narratives and presentations that communicate insights and recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders, translating technical capabilities into business value.
  • Own development and evolution of audience playbooks documenting best practices, buyer insights, account segmentation strategies, and activation tactics; keep them updated and promote them across teams.
  • Oversee onboarding, integration, and adoption of first-party and B2B intent data into Omnicom's Omni platform, including legal and operational coordination for complex account hierarchies and B2B data sources.
  • Develop approaches to frame data use across client data roadmaps, omnichannel addressable strategies, and dynamic creative execution.
  • Stay current with artificial intelligence and automation capabilities and identify opportunities to use these tools to improve audience analysis, segmentation, modeling, and reporting efficiency.
  • Coordinate with global market teams and local data partners to implement and adapt audience strategies across markets while maintaining consistency in approach and data governance.
  • Liaise between central strategy and regional teams to facilitate execution and knowledge sharing.
  • Lead audience professionals and foster a collaborative, high-performance environment.
  • Guide development of buyer insights, account segmentation strategies, and activation plans.
  • Implement processes and best practices to ensure audience and data integrity and consistency across team outputs.
  • Ensure the team has the resources, training, and tools needed to execute effectively.
  • Promote innovation, continuous learning, and data-driven decision-making.
  • Serve as a strategic partner to senior-level client stakeholders, building relationships and trust in their go-to-market strategy.
  • Identify opportunities to enhance B2B audience strategy and drive account growth and pipeline development.
  • Present insights and recommendations to clients clearly and persuasively.
  • Manage client expectations and ensure timely delivery of high-quality work.
  • Develop and present client points of view on data privacy, platform trends, emerging technologies, and evolving buyer behavior.
  • Collaborate with internal strategy, media planning, activation, and growth analytics teams to integrate audience insights throughout the process.
  • Partner with the audience science team to use advanced modeling and data techniques to improve account understanding and segmentation.
  • Work with media partners and technology vendors to identify and implement innovative targeting solutions.
  • Serve as the audience and data expert, driving excellence and seamless execution from strategy to activation.
  • Partner with Growth Analytics to determine success metrics and key performance indicators, including pipeline, annual contract value, and conversion rates; optimize performance and provide reporting updates.
  • Stay current with trends and best practices in B2B audience strategy, account-based marketing, data analytics, and marketing technology, including emerging artificial intelligence applications.
  • Develop thought leadership content and represent the agency at industry events.
  • Contribute to developing agency products and services related to audience strategy and data-driven marketing.
Desired Qualifications
  • Eight or more years of experience in B2B audience strategy, account-based marketing, data analytics, or marketing in a technology-focused agency environment.
  • Advanced analytics and strategic market research knowledge specific to B2B audiences.
  • Familiarity with Omnicom's Omni platform or similar data and analytics tools.
  • Hands-on experience with B2B data partners such as Bombora, Dun & Bradstreet, LinkedIn, and other intent and firmographic data providers.
  • Experience managing across multiple markets or geographies.
  • Understanding of the technology landscape, including enterprise buying behaviors and B2B media platforms.

About the company

What IPG Mediabrands does: It provides global media and marketing solutions, offering services such as media planning and buying, creative development, data analytics, and performance measurement for a wide range of clients across industries. How its products work: By using data analytics, market research, and technology to build tailored media strategies that reach target audiences across TV, digital platforms, social media, and print. Revenue comes from fixed fees, commissions, and performance-based incentives, aligning the agency’s compensation with client results. How it differs from competitors: It combines a global reach with a data-driven, technology-enabled approach and a client-centric model, delivering integrated services from planning, buying, and creative to analytics and performance reporting. What its goal is: To help clients maximize return on investment and achieve business objectives through effective media and marketing campaigns, fostering long-term partnerships.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2007

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What believers are saying

  • COMvergence ranked Omnicom Media largest globally in June 2026 with $75.6 billion billings.
  • Retail media remains a growth engine; Mediabrands already deployed the platform with major clients.
  • June 2026 rankings confirm scale advantages across regions after the IPG integration.

What critics are saying

  • Omnicom cut 4,000 jobs in December 2025; more reductions run through 2028.
  • Eileen Kiernan left in July 2026; leadership churn weakens Mediabrands client continuity.
  • Australia retired Mediabrands branding in 2026; full integration erases standalone identity.

What makes IPG Mediabrands unique

  • 2023 Unified Retail Media Solution tackles fragmented retailer measurement across networks.
  • Omnicom Media, post-November 2025, combines Mediabrands scale with OMD and PHD.
  • Acxiom data and proprietary AI power cross-retailer audience building and optimization.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Remote Work Options

Company News

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Ipg Mediabrands Launches Unified Retail Media Solution

Dedicated Business Unit Unveils World’s Most Expansive Retail Media Network Platform to Address Brand Needs for Advertising in Retail MediaNEW YORK, July 18, 2023--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IPG Mediabrands, the media holding company within the Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG) today announced the launch of its Unified Retail Media Solution, a dedicated business unit that will enable brands to intelligently manage their investment performance seamlessly across all Retail Media Networks, one of the fastest growing advertising channels.According to the Association of National Advertisers1 2023 study 82% of CMOs find a lack of standardization across [Retail Media] platforms "a challenge" or "a big challenge." The second most significant challenge, reported by 68% of respondents, was the walled garden approach used by Retailers.To help brands navigate this popular retail advertising medium, IPG Mediabrands Unified Retail Media Solution will bring openness and trust to the typically closed world of Retail Media at a time when brand spend in the space is growing rapidly. It is powered by a unique tech platform that operates against four key principles: Unified Audience, Unified Measurement, Unified Optimization and Unified Intelligence, giving brands a clear and holistic view of their performance. Specifically, the platform can decipher which Retailers are performing best and will automate cross-retailer activation and optimization, moving media spend between retailers to maximize sales and profitability. Brands will have the option to augment their existing audience data via Acxiom data sets and the platform will automatically aggregate this cross-network data using IPG's proprietary AI-powered tools to enable planning, insights, activation, and optimization.Led by Glen Conybeare, Executive Lead, and with 500+ multi-disciplinary team members in support, the Unified Retail Media Solution has been beta tested by IPG Mediabrands clients in the CPG, Gaming and OTC sectors, and already has hundreds of bespoke audiences built out with a roadmap to hit over 10,000 by year-end.Story continues"Brands activating in Retail Media face the challenge of navigating through multiple closed garden networks, each with their own data approach, metrics and ROI methods. This complexity is amplified for brands that also sell their products through these retailers. Therefore, it is crucial for brands seeking to maximize their investment to leverage data and insight across networks with an ability to make intelligent decisions in real time about what’s working and not," said Eileen Kiernan, Global CEO, IPG Mediabrands."With this solution from IPG Mediabrands, clients can make optimal decisions both within and across Retail Media Networks based on facts, not hunches

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