Marketing Analytics Director

Also called: Head of Marketing Analytics

Leads the team that measures what marketing works and turns data into decisions.

A day in the life

You present to the CMO which campaigns actually paid off this quarter, then build the plan for next year's measurement.

Pay over a career

Starting
$100k
Typical
$145k
High
$215k

Estimate.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 10 years after high school. Bachelor's in a quantitative field; master's common.

Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Statistics, Business Analytics, Economics.

Outlook

Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years). Tracks BLS marketing managers.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Medium risk for 10 years. AI automates dashboards and routine reports, so teams shrink; leading measurement and explaining results to executives stays human.

Start now, in high school

Classes: AP Statistics, AP Calculus, AP Microeconomics, Speech and debate.

Official data: O*NET occupation 11-2021.

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