At Citizens, we are transforming how we use data to deliver relevant, timely, and personalized customer communications at scale. The Martech Platform Data Lead is responsible for defining and orchestrating the data requirements needed to power the organization's marketing communications technology ecosystem. This role partners across Marketing, Technology, Data & Analytics, and Customer Experience teams to ensure that the customer data utilized by the Martech platforms is accurate, accessible, governed, and optimized for activation across marketing channels.
The ideal candidate will help drive data architecture discussions, customer data needs, segmentation & audience data strategy, identity resolution, data governance, and platform integrations in partnership with Technology Services and Enterprise Data & Analytics team members to enable batch and real-time personalized, data-driven customer engagement. This individual will drive the evolution of the organization's customer communications’ & marketing technology data capabilities while ensuring compliance, scalability, and business value realization.
Key ResponsibilitiesDefine and maintain the martech & communications platform data strategy, roadmap, and governance routines aligned to business priorities.
Translate marketing, decisioning, and customer engagement use cases into clear data requirements, including ingestion, enrichment, identity, segmentation, and activation needs.
Partner with Technology Services and Enterprise Data & Analytics to shape data models, integrations, controls, monitoring, and remediation processes.
Drive data quality, metadata, taxonomy, and attribute standards for customer communications, personalization, targeting, reporting, and campaign/decisioning execution.
Support platform data modernization across marketing automation, customer decisioning, CRM, and customer communications tools.
Partner with Risk, Legal, Compliance, and data governance teams to ensure data use aligns with Citizens’ policies and regulatory expectations.
Advise business and technical stakeholders on data dependencies, gaps, prioritization, and implementation trade-offs.
Build strong relationships with internal partners and vendors, providing recommendations and roadmap updates to senior leaders.
Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Management, Marketing Technology, Analytics, Computer Science, or a related discipline; equivalent experience considered.
8+ years of experience in customer data management, CRM, marketing technology, data strategy, or related roles.
Experience defining business and technical data requirements for enterprise marketing, CRM, communications, or customer engagement platforms.
Strong understanding of customer data architecture, governance, data quality, identity resolution, segmentation, integration patterns, and API/data movement concepts.
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, influence stakeholders, and communicate complex data topics clearly.
Experience operating in a highly governed or regulated environment.
Experience with platforms such as Pega Customer Decision Hub, Zeta Marketing Platform, Adobe Journey Optimizer/Campaign, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Snowflake, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Financial services/Banking or Regulatory data experience.
Familiarity with AI-driven personalization, decisioning, CDPs, privacy requirements, and customer 360 / identity strategies.
Hours & Work Schedule
- Hours per Week: 40
- Work Schedule: Monday-Friday
- Hybrid: 4 days per week on-site, 1 day remote
Equal Employment Opportunity
Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.
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Background Check
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Management, Marketing Technology, Analytics, Computer Science, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years of experience in customer data management, CRM, marketing technology, data strategy, or related roles
- Experience defining business and technical data requirements for enterprise marketing, CRM, communications, or customer engagement platforms
- Strong understanding of customer data architecture, governance, data quality, identity resolution, segmentation, integration patterns, and API/data movement concepts
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, influence stakeholders, and communicate complex data topics clearly
- Experience operating in a highly governed or regulated environment
- Experience with platforms such as Pega Customer Decision Hub, Zeta Marketing Platform, Adobe Journey Optimizer/Campaign, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Snowflake, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Financial services/Banking or Regulatory data experience
- Familiarity with AI-driven personalization, decisioning, CDPs, privacy requirements, and customer 360 / identity strategies
Citizens Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Citizens and has not been reviewed or approved by Citizens.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as six weeks at 100% pay for all new parents, with up to 16 weeks for birthing parents. Family-building and caregiving supports include more than $25,000 in adoption assistance and up to 10 days of backup care.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes 11 paid holidays and up to 27 PTO days, with materials encouraging employees to use their time. This breadth is frequently positioned as a core strength of the total rewards package.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay practices are presented as equitable, with disclosures citing near-parity by gender and no gaps for people of color in similar roles. Transparency shows up in posted hourly ranges for retail roles, and some markets list banker pay at competitive levels.
Citizens Insights
What We Do
As one of the oldest and largest financial services firms in the United States with a history dating back to 1828, we’re committed to providing solutions and expertise that support our customers, clients, colleagues, and communities in what’s next on their own unique journey. We invest in the humans who build the logic, ideas, and innovations that bring new technologies to life. Investments in AI, cloud computing, machine learning and automation provide our engineers the tools that enable us to remain competitive and win in today’s environment. At Citizens, we recognize that the journey to accomplishment is no longer linear and that individuals are made of all they have done and all they are going to do. Whether you’re considering banking with us or looking to work with us, you’ll find a customer-centric culture and a supportive, collaborative workforce at Citizens. You’re made ready and so are we. If you're ready to advance your career in technology and security, learn more about opportunity's Citizens offers here: https://jobs.citizensbank.com/digital-transformation
Why Work With Us
We empower the colleagues that power our tech. With growth & upskilling opportunities and sought-after benefits, plus a diverse culture of people and perspectives, we help our colleagues achieve career goals. Because innovation can’t happen without the minds and hearts of our people. Technology is constantly evolving, and we believe you can too.
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