Director, Client Insights & Strategy - CVS Media Exchange; CMX

Position: Director, Client Insights & Strategy - CVS Media Exchange (CMX)
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CVS Media Exchange (CMX) is hiring a Client Insights & Strategy Lead Director, reporting to the Executive Director, Client Success.  In this role, you will be responsible for identifying and communicating our measurement best practices, clearly and simply articulating our measurement methodologies, building and sharing performance benchmarks and driving data & insights education and adoption across our cross-functional teams. You will directly manage a team of client‑facing insights managers who guide pre‑campaign strategy and deliver post‑campaign insights.

As a seasoned insights leader, you will partner deeply with product and data science teams, helping to guide measurement roadmap while also serving as an advisor to external client leaders, internal leadership, and industry partners. You will also be a key external voice for our measurement philosophy and strategy and work to ensure our reporting is trusted, differentiated, and tied to business impact.

Responsibilities include but limited to:
Measurement Strategy Consult and partner with Product and Data Science on the measurement roadmap ensuring methodologies are industry-aligned, rigorous, scalable, and aligned to client business objectives. Consult across product and media teams on appropriate test‑and‑learn frameworks, including experimentation design, success criteria, and learning agendas. Partner with Data Science and Data Engineering to influence internal tooling, automation, and innovative capabilities that enhance insights, speed to market, and decision‑making.

Define and evolve best practices for campaign measurement, attribution, incrementality, performance evaluation and reporting structure. Client Consulting Serve as an advisor, consulting with external client leaders on measurement methodology-clearly articulating what CMX measures, how we measure it, and how it will answer our client's performance questions. Lead complex, strategic discussions on measurement methodologies, translating trade‑offs and limitations into clear, client‑relevant guidance Represent the organization in senior client meetings, QBRs, and executive readouts.

As needed, join and engage in industry committees and/ or events. Best Practices and Insights Develop deep insights to inform best practices and build and update performance benchmarks. Partner with Marketing to develop compelling case studies, success stories, and thought‑leadership content. Stay ahead of emerging trends in measurement, privacy, technology, and retail media to inform strategic direction. Team Leadership Lead and develop a team of external‑facing Insights Managers responsible for pre‑campaign strategy, audience planning, and post‑campaign analysis, performance storytelling, and optimization recommendations.

Ensure consistent, high‑quality insight delivery that balances analytical rigor with strong narrative and business relevance. Foster a culture of curiosity, continuous learning, and client‑centric problem solving.

Required Qualifications 8+ years in data driven marketing and/or digital marketing 5+ years experience in media measurement inclusive of attribution, sales lift methodologies (HH, Geo, time series, etc.) and marketing mix models 2+ years of previous management experience.

Preferred Qualifications Thought Leadership:
Maintain a clear POV, ability to push back constructively, while remaining data‑driven and open‑minded Measurement Expertise:
Understanding of CPG and Pharmaceutical measurement solutions Measurement Partners:
Experience working with third-party measurement partners for brand lift, sales lift, MMM and MTA (e.g., Circana, Kantar) Media:
Expertise across full‑funnel, cross‑channel media strategy (programmatic, social,…