Associate Director of Data

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About The Role
At Monks, we're building the next generation of data consultancy — one that blends strategic thinking, hands-on implementation, and measurable business impact.

As an Associate Director, Data, you'll lead complex, end-to-end transformation engagements across MarTech, Analytics, and AI Enablement. You'll own the scoping, delivery, and growth of data-driven initiatives that help enterprise clients evolve their marketing and business ecosystems.

This is a leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of consulting, technology, and commercial impact — balancing strategic vision with an execution-first mindset.

Responsibilities
Lead with Ownership

• Define and shape project scopes — aligning expectations between clients, internal teams, and partners.
• Take full accountability for the quality and completeness of deliverables, ensuring what leaves our hands is right the first time.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, translating complex business challenges into actionable data strategies.

Deliver Data Transformation

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams across MarTech, Data Warehousing, Analytics, and AI Enablement to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions.
• Drive consulting engagements from assessment and tool selection to implementation and activation, ensuring tangible client outcomes.
• Oversee optimization and initiatives, linking measurable results directly to business value.

Drive Growth & Client Impact

• Own client relationships, identifying opportunities to deepen engagement and expand scope.
• Collaborate with partners like Google Cloud and AWS to shape scalable, productized data offerings.
• Contribute to revenue growth by spotting new opportunities within existing accounts and elevating the commercial maturity of our practice.

Inspire Excellence

• Mentor and develop consultants, fostering a culture of accountability, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
• Stay ahead of the curve on AI and digital transformation trends, translating innovation into pragmatic, repeatable solutions.
• Stay updated on emerging transformation trends and proactively advise clients on new opportunities

About You
The essentials:

• 6+ years of experience in consulting, digital transformation, or data strategy, ideally in an agency or hybrid consultancy environment.
• Proven experience leading data initiatives in one or more of the following areas: MarTech implementation, data warehousing, analytics strategy, cloud data platforms, or AI/ML use cases.
• Strong understanding of tools and ecosystems such as GA4, Adobe Analytics, CDPs, CRM systems, Google Cloud, AWS, and visualization platforms.
• Strategic yet pragmatic — you connect business outcomes with data execution.
• Ownership-first attitude: you define the work, lead the delivery, and ensure excellence every step of the way.
• Commercially savvy — you understand how consulting drives growth and profitability.
• Collaborative and articulate communicator, comfortable engaging senior clients and multidisciplinary teams.

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.
About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry's best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world's trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek's Fastest Growing lists , ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger's Programmatic Power Players list every year In addition to being named Adweek's first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year , won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.