Role Responsibilities
As a key member of Western Union's Digital organization, this role leads marketing analytics and performance measurement to guide marketing investment decisions, optimize channel mix, and identify scalable growth opportunities. The Director will partner closely with marketing, product, finance, data science, and go-to-market leaders to embed analytics into planning, execution, and ongoing performance management.
- Lead the marketing analytics strategy and roadmap, partnering with marketing leadership to guide investment decisions, growth priorities, performance measurement, and channel optimization.
- Own performance analytics across digital and offline channels, assessing how campaigns and channels are performing, which channels are most efficient, which are underperforming, and which can scale profitably.
- Develop and improve attribution, media mix modeling, incrementality testing, ROI measurement, forecasting, and test-and-learn frameworks to quantify marketing impact and optimize spend.
- Drive customer lifecycle marketing analytics across acquisition, onboarding, engagement, retention, reactivation, lifetime value, and segmentation, including LCM performance measurement and optimization.
- Build experimentation frameworks, dashboards, and insights delivery mechanisms that help stakeholders understand marketing performance, customer behavior, funnel health, and growth opportunities.
- Translate complex analysis into clear, executive-ready recommendations that support decisions on channel mix, budget allocation, audience strategy, creative effectiveness, and scaling opportunities.
- Partner with Marketing, Digital Product, Finance, Engineering, Data Science, and regional teams to ensure analytics are embedded into campaign planning, performance reviews, and business operating rhythms.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing marketing analytics team while establishing governance, data quality standards, scalable measurement practices, and consistent reporting routines.
Role Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as economics, statistics, engineering, data science, analytics, business, or a related discipline required; master's degree or MBA preferred.
- 10-12+ years of experience in marketing analytics, growth analytics, data science, performance marketing analytics, or related analytical roles, with 3-5+ years in leadership roles.
- Deep marketing analytics experience, especially performance analytics across channels, including the ability to evaluate channel performance, efficiency, incrementality, scalability, and return on marketing spend.
- Advanced knowledge of marketing attribution, media mix modeling, incrementality testing, experimentation design, customer segmentation, LTV modeling, funnel analytics, and marketing ROI measurement.
- Experience supporting customer lifecycle marketing, including acquisition, onboarding, engagement, retention, reactivation, personalization, and lifecycle performance optimization.
- Strong technical capability with SQL and BI/data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI; Python/R and experience with large-scale data environments strongly preferred.
- Proven ability to connect analytics to business outcomes, translating data into recommendations that improve customer growth, marketing efficiency, channel mix, retention, LTV, and commercial performance.
- Experience in digital, fintech, payments, consumer technology, marketplace, e-commerce, or other high-scale B2C environments preferred.
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills, with the ability to influence marketing, product, finance, data science, and go-to-market leaders.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams, develop talent, establish measurement standards, and build scalable analytics practices in a matrixed environment.
Workplace Option
HYBRID - Western Union values in-person collaboration, problem solving, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this fosters common ways of working and supports how we execute initiatives for our customers. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week.
BENEFITS AND OTHER DETAILS
Benefits
You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few. Please see the benefits below specific to your country. If applicable, additional role-specific benefits will be mentioned during your interview process or in an offer of employment.
Your United States specific benefits include:
- Paid Time Off
- Medical, Dental and Life Insurance
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Student Loan Repayment (below manager level only)
- Parental Leave
- One day volunteer time off
- $0 Money Transfer Fee Discount Code – Quarterly
- Recognition Program “Game Changers”
- Employee Discount Program
- Global Adoption Assistance
- Global Scholarship Awards Program
- 401K plan
For residents of Colorado, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania: Please do not respond to any questions on this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Salary
The on-target earnings range is $275,000-$315,000 per year, which includes a base salary and short-term and long-term incentives that align with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary based on candidates’ qualifications, skills, and competencies.
Other Details
As part of the application process, all applicants are required to take assessments. Western Union has partnered with a 3rd party provider to administer these tests. Applicants will need to provide their name and email address in order to process the assessments. If you have any questions, you may reach out to [email protected].
We are passionate about honoring our employee's identity and fostering a feeling of belonging. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.
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Estimated Job Posting End Date:
08-31-2026This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This posting will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended or the role is filled.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in economics, statistics, engineering, data science, analytics, business, or a related quantitative field
- Master's degree or MBA
- 10-12+ years of experience in marketing analytics, growth analytics, data science, performance marketing analytics, or related analytical roles
- 3-5+ years of experience in leadership roles
- Deep marketing analytics experience across channels, including channel performance, efficiency, incrementality, scalability, and return on marketing spend
- Advanced knowledge of marketing attribution, media mix modeling, incrementality testing, experimentation design, customer segmentation, LTV modeling, funnel analytics, and marketing ROI measurement
- Experience supporting customer lifecycle marketing, including acquisition, onboarding, engagement, retention, reactivation, personalization, and lifecycle optimization
- Strong technical capability with SQL and BI or data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI
- Python or R experience and experience with large-scale data environments
- Ability to connect analytics to business outcomes and improve growth, efficiency, channel mix, retention, LTV, and commercial performance
- Experience in digital, fintech, payments, consumer technology, marketplace, e-commerce, or other high-scale B2C environments
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills
- Experience leading teams, developing talent, establishing measurement standards, and building scalable analytics practices in a matrixed environment
Western Union Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Western Union and has not been reviewed or approved by Western Union.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave, adoption assistance, and caregiver resources are described as core offerings, with global programs like tutoring access and family-building support. Scholarship opportunities and tools to find care further signal a family-friendly stance across multiple regions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off spans categories such as vacation, sick, parental, caregiver, and military leave, with global materials emphasizing broad coverage. U.S. content also references flexible time off for exempt employees, underscoring breadth beyond standard vacation.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage with multiple plan options, life and disability insurance, an assistance program, and wellness tools are consistently highlighted across benefits pages and postings. Risk insurance and mental-health resources are positioned as standard parts of the package.
Western Union Insights
What We Do
Western Union is here for what's next. Each day, our diverse global teams invent and build new ways to send, save, and spend money. Wherever our customers are in the world, whatever currency they prefer, we're evolving to meet the demands of tomorrow. When we help make financial services more accessible to people everywhere, we transform lives and communities, positioning us to become the world's most accessible financial services company. That's our vision, and we need talented, forward-thinkers like you to help make it a reality. Our global workforce tackles complex issues every day, making them the backbone of our innovative spirit since 1851. If you're ready to be part of our evolution, apply now.
Why Work With Us
Diversity is a core strength at Western Union, providing the foundation for our corporate values – purpose-driven, globally-minded, and trustworthy and respectful. With a presence in 200+ countries, we are committed to providing a rich and inclusive work environment that reflects each employee’s unique culture, background, and perspectives.
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