Job Description:
Manager – Marketing Science & Insights
Are you a data scientist with the mindset of a business consultant? We are seeking a strategic advisor who uses data science to help shape the future of our iconic brands. Join Mars as a Manager in our Marketing Insights & Strategy team, a key leadership role within our Analytics & Insights for Mars Marketing (AIM) Center of Excellence.
In this role, you will act as a strategic thought partner to senior marketing leaders. Your mission is to translate complex business challenges into data science problems and, in turn, translate the solutions back into actionable, high-impact business strategy. You will be more than a data expert; you will be a trusted advisor who influences key decisions, from investment choices to long-term brand planning. If you are driven by the challenge of using data to influence C-suite leaders and shape business outcomes, this is the role for you.
What are we looking for?
- Education & Mindset: A Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (Data Science, Statistics, etc.) is required, with an advanced degree (Master's/PhD) preferred. You must possess deep business acumen and a consultative approach to problem-solving.
- Experience: You have 5+ years of experience in a data science role with a demonstrated track record of influencing business strategy. Experience in management consulting or an internal advisory role is a significant asset.
- Strategic Influence: You have a proven ability to act as a strategic thought partner, skilled in translating complex model outputs into C-suite level recommendations and shaping the strategic agenda of senior leaders.
- Stakeholder Partnership: You have an exceptional ability to build trusted partnerships with senior stakeholders (VPs, Directors), with the capacity to command a room, lead through influence, and foster collaborative relationships.
- Technical & Modeling: You have proficiency in Python or R for statistical modeling, strong SQL skills, and a deep understanding of machine learning techniques and experimental design (causal inference, A/B testing).
- Communication: You possess world-class communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to create and deliver clear, persuasive, and data-driven narratives to executive audiences.
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Advise & Influence: Serve as a primary strategic advisor to senior marketing leadership. Use data science insights to challenge assumptions, provide strategic guidance, and influence the direction of brand and marketing strategy.
- Frame & Solve: Partner with business leaders to proactively identify and frame their most complex challenges, scoping them into solvable data science problems and leading the path to a solution.
- Model & Interpret: Develop and deploy advanced statistical and machine learning models to uncover insights, then interpret and communicate the "so what" behind the data in a clear business context.
- Synthesize & Storytell: Integrate insights from your models with broad market intelligence to construct and deliver powerful, data-driven stories that drive action and impact.
- Build & Embed Capabilities: Act as a change agent by embedding data-driven decision-making and a "test and learn" culture within the marketing organization, building the analytical muscle of your business partners.
- Deliver Executive-Level Recommendations: Create and present compelling, high-stakes presentations to senior leaders that simplify complexity and empower them to make confident, data-backed decisions.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
- Join a purpose-driven company, striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
- Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
- An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
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The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.
The pay range shown is applicable to all US locations listed within the job posting:USD 86,720.00 - USD 119,240.00Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Data Science, Statistics, etc.)
- Advanced degree (Master's/PhD)
- 5+ years of experience in a data science role influencing business strategy
- Experience in management consulting or internal advisory role
- Proficiency in Python or R for statistical modeling
- Strong SQL skills
- Deep understanding of machine learning techniques and experimental design (causal inference, A/B testing)
- Demonstrated ability to build trusted partnerships with senior stakeholders and influence decision-making
- World-class communication and storytelling skills for executive audiences
Mars Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mars and has not been reviewed or approved by Mars.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits package is positioned as comprehensive, with broad medical coverage and additional protections like life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Mental health support is emphasized, including free mental health services and wellbeing programming under initiatives such as Mars Be Well.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted as market-leading in the U.S., with an example of 18 weeks fully paid for both parents. Additional family-related leave types such as sick time for caregiving and bereavement leave are also described as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as strong, including 401(k) matching (with a 6% match cited) and pension plans in some cases. The broader package also references retirement savings options and contributions aligned to local market practice, supporting long-term financial security.
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What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™. We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
