[Remote] Head of Measurement Science and Innovation

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NielsenIQ is the world's leading consumer intelligence company, delivering comprehensive insights into consumer buying behavior. The Head of Measurement Science and Innovation will modernize foundational survey-based datasets while leading a team of scientists to bridge traditional research and modern data science.

Responsibilities

• Modernize Legacy Assets: Lead the strategic evolution of legacy-based datasets; balancing historical continuity with the need for modernized methodologies and market positioning
• Define Evolutionary Pathing: Establish clear roadmaps for recalibrating or re-architecting legacy methodologies while rigorously protecting client trust, trendability, and long-term credibility
• Integrate Data Ecosystems: Champion a vision where legacy data serves as a foundational component within a broader, integrated analytic ecosystem that includes census-level and behavioral data
• Strategic Decision Leadership: Serve as senior arbiter in resolving tensions between protecting historical benchmarks and pursuing methodological innovations
• Data Fusions & Integrations: Direct complex data integration projects that combine traditional survey data with first-party datasets, census-level data, and large-scale behavioral inputs
• Methodological Authority: Act as the organization’s primary authority on research rigor, overseeing standards for sampling, weighting, data linkage, and reproducibility
• Reconcile Complex Datasets: Develop robust frameworks to reconcile discrepancies in coverage, granularity, and timing between consumer surveys and large-scale administrative data
• Enforce Quality Standards: Establish and oversee best-in-class research protocols to ensure all analytic approaches are transparent, defensible, and appropriate for high-stakes decision making
• Strategic Repositioning: Partner with product and commercial leaders to clarify the unique value of legacy datasets and identify where complementary data sources are required to meet client needs
• Commercial Methodology Alignment: Collaborate with senior stakeholders to ensure analytic strategies and methodological updates directly support core business objectives and market demands
• Change Management Frameworks: Establish communication protocols for methodological shifts, ensuring stakeholders understand the impact of updates on trends and benchmarks
• Trusted Technical Advisor : Act as senior consultant to internal teams and clients, translating complex statistical concepts into compelling narratives that inform strategy and forecasting
• Modernize Measurement Strategy: Advise clients on transitioning from reliance on legacy measures to adopting modern, integrated approaches to media measurement and research design
• Industry Influence: Serve as a thought leader on emerging challenges in data science and measurement
• Cultivate Expertise: Mentor and develop senior researchers and data scientists, fostering a culture of scientific rigor, curiosity, and continuous learning

Skills

• 12+ years of experience in Data Science, Measurement Science, or Research Methods, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership position
• Proven track record of evolving legacy, survey-based products into modern integrated data assets without losing historic trendability or sacrificing data quality
• Direct expertise in: Survey sampling design, weighting, and inference; Data fusion, record linkage, and multi-source data integration; Working with census-level and large-scale population datasets
• Deep mastery of statistical methodologies, including sampling, weighting, and reconciliation of disparate data sources
• Ability to explain complex methodological concepts clearly to non-technical audiences, including clients, stakeholders, and executives
• Experience navigating the organizational and commercial tensions of modernizing 'gold standard' legacy measures
• Advanced degree in quantitative field such as Statistics, Data Science, Economics, Social Sciences, or a related discipline
• Demonstrated success influencing stakeholders and gaining buy-in on methodological decisions in ambiguous or high-pressure environments

Benefits

• Sales-based incentive or performance-based bonus
• Flexible working environment
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Industry-leading parental leave
• Life insurance
• Education support
• Comprehensive healthcare plan (medical, Rx, dental and vision).
• Flexible spending accounts and Health Savings Account (including company contributions).
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan including company matching contributions.
• Disability insurance.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Discretionary paid time off program and 11 paid holidays.
• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

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