What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Data Analyst - AdTech position at cognitiv?
Are you ready to revolutionize the advertising industry?
At Cognitiv, we are not just another AdTech company—we are industry trailblazers redefining media buying with our Deep Learning Advertising Platform. Since 2015, we have harnessed the power of cutting-edge deep learning technology and data science to transform how brands connect with their customers. Our mission? To bring intelligence to advertising and deliver unparalleled precision, relevance, and impact at scale.
With our innovative platform, advertisers enjoy unprecedented flexibility—whether it is activating Dynamic Deals through their preferred DSP, leveraging our managed service DSP, or utilizing our industry-first ContextGPT product. As a part of Cognitiv, you will be at the forefront of AI-driven advertising solutions, driving change and achieving remarkable growth in a rapidly evolving industry.
Now, we’re growing!
The Role
The Bidding Performance Team at Cognitiv is a highly visible team at the center of our products. We are looking for a Sr. Data Analyst that has demonstrated stand-out capability to derive new understanding from a data ecosystem and collaborate cross functionally to translate that understanding into business impact. In our ecosystem, this is accomplished by generating new insights from bidding behavior in advertising campaigns to improve our overall approach to campaign management. Your day-to-day responsibilities include the application of in-depth analysis, performed by you, to campaigns as well as enhancing the team’s operational monitoring capabilities. You should be comfortable analyzing, interpreting, and communicating results to upper management.
As a key member of a visible team, you must be a strong communicator and an advocate for the insights you discover. These insights will have a broad impact across our business.
Location
We value in-person collaboration with team members and have a hybrid work schedule. This position will be located in our Bellevue, WA or in our New York City, NY office with 3 days in office (Mon/Tue/Wed) and 2 days remote (Thursday/Friday).
What You'll Do
- Analyze large data sets to find patterns and actionable insights to help address performance issues and identify drivers of performance for campaigns. Deliver presentations of findings to technical and business stakeholders
- Help architect, plan, and implement how our team should approach analyzing marketing performance for new and existing products
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to understand business needs and prioritize tasks accordingly
- Monitor campaigns, models and internal systems to understand bidding behavior and optimize campaign performance
- Enhance our team’s monitoring capabilities through scheduled pipelines, dashboards and notebooks
- Set up and evaluate user-based and geographic experiments
Who You Are
- 5 years of experience using analytics to drive significant business impact
- Superior communication and collaboration skills
- Advanced proficiency with SQL, and practiced query efficiency
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency working with Python and experience doing so in a professional context
- Demonstrated ability to communicate results of analyses to technical and business audiences
- Experience describing the statistical relevance of insights
- Data visualization experience
Bonus Points
- Experience with online marketing analytics, understanding of programmatic attribution
- Previous experience with very big data - billions or trillions of rows. Comfortable with navigating and making use of log files
- Solid understanding of experimentation, predictive analytics, and machine learning
- Tableau or similar business intelligence software experience
- Understanding of distributed SQL technologies
- Advanced degree in analytics or a technical field
Salary
- $130,000-$170,000 Base Salary Equity
What We Offer
Compensation is based on experience, skills, and other factors. Base salary is just one part of your total rewards at Cognitiv—you’ll also receive equity and a comprehensive benefits package.
Highlights include:
- Medical, dental & vision coverage (some plans 100% employer-paid)
- 12 weeks paid parental leave
- Unlimited PTO Work-From-Anywhere August
- Career development with clear advancement paths
- Equity for all employees
- Hybrid work model & daily team lunch
- Health & wellness stipend cell phone reimbursement
- 401(k) with employer match
- Parking (CA & WA offices) & pre-tax commuter benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Comprehensive onboarding (Cognitiv University)
- …and more!
What You’ll Find at Cognitiv
- Festiv – We make work fun with cross-team games, events, and creative team bonding.
- Responsiv – You’ll be close to clients and leadership, influencing real outcomes.
- Inclusiv – Diversity and individuality are celebrated across all levels.
- Inventiv – We reward curiosity and embrace bold ideas.
- Transformativ – We support your growth with training, mentorship, and flexibility.
- Collaborativ – We operate across coasts, connected by purpose and teamwork.
Cognitiv is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all.
Salary : $130 - $170
