Associate Director, EMEA Marketing Research and Intelligence - Spotify Advertising

What You'll Do

• Play a key role in developing our go-to-market sales narrative in collaboration with sales partners and cross-functional teams to bolster the value of Spotify advertising and help evolve how brands engage with Spotify
• Serve as a measurement expert that supports pre-campaign measurement efforts such as generating demand, thought leadership, and marketing of our measurement solutions
• Understand the sales business, being proactive and resourceful in order to increase client engagement and achieve sales targets
• Partner with our most strategic advertisers and agency partners building research and measurement programs that impact revenue
• Provide critical media industry expertise - staying ahead of industry trends, research & measurement methodologies, and 3rd party partnerships
• Educate internal and external stakeholders on media performance trends and standard processes to advise business decisions across our business
• Lead multiple client and agency research external client engagements - presenting thought leadership and measurement insights
• You will partner with our Business Marketing team to identify and outline top performing campaigns to publish as case studies
• You will partner with internal team members and clients regarding training and research consultation
• Extract insights from large and diversified data/results, provide hypotheses, and use insights to answer sales, marketing, and business development questions
• Use 1st party data and custom research to go beyond syndicated research, to help broaden the understanding of our listeners
• Have a strong POV on validity of data sources and ensure that all insights are consistent and methodologically sound
• Be a people leader, guiding a dedicated, high performing and diverse team to do the best work of their career
• Setting the team’s goals and being accountable for hitting them

Who You Are

• You have 10+ years of experience in digital advertising research at a research vendor, media owner, advertiser or agency partner.
• You have experience in our main EMEA markets: UK, FR, DE, ES, IT
• You understand and have extensive experience in the role of research and measurement to drive incremental advertising revenue
• Be an exceptional presenter in both intimate and expansive forums, having the ability to exert influence on decision-making processes
• High level of experience in running multiple-forms of advertising measurement - Brand Lift, Cross Media, Digital Measurement
• Strong background in quantitative advertising research, with proven skills in crafting and analyzing sophisticated research studies
• Extensive experience in data analysis and storytelling, going beyond the “what” to tell the “why” within research results
• Hands-on and inherently curious, going above and beyond if you find data taking you in interesting or unexpected places
• Previous usage of SQL or equivalent a plus
• Strong understanding of the media and advertising landscapes
• Experience working with 3rd party research tools
• Experience with custom survey programming and data analysis software desired
• You are a self-starter who gets stuck into projects and works on your own initiative without needing direction
• A positive and collaborative teammate who values building positive relationships with colleagues and team members
• Leadership experience, with a track record of managing and mentoring researchers

Where You'll Be

• For this role there will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home. We ask that you come into the London office at least 1 time per week.