Associate Director - Data, Intelligence & Analytics

Havas Media Singapore is looking for an Associate Director, Data & Analytics.About the roleCSA is the global technology, data and analytics consultancy within Havas Media Network. We are growing the in-market CSA capability in Southeast Asia, and this role will help translate that global expertise into practical, locally relevant delivery.Reporting to the Head of CSA, SEA, you will deliver our data and technology work across the region, spanning business intelligence, data pipelines, reporting automation, CRM, MarTech and advanced analytics.The role moves between the client problem and the technical solution: clarifying a client’s measurement needs, scoping a new piece of work, cutting code, or getting into platform implementation to make sure the solution actually works. You will work closely with Client Leadership, Media and Commerce teams. As the capability grows, you will also help establish delivery standards, ways of working and the team needed to scale.What you’ll doDeliver data and technology consulting: Advise clients on data strategy, measurement frameworks, reporting architecture, CRM, MarTech, marketing effectiveness and broader data technology roadmaps, identifying where the gaps are and what needs to change to make their data more useful and reliable.Scope practical solutions: Translate business problems into clear data and technology solutions, scoping, designing and pricing technical proposals with a view of what is commercially sensible and deliverable.Deliver hands-on technical work: Design, build and maintain data pipelines and transformations in SQL, primarily across BigQuery and Azure. You’re comfortable cutting code, getting into platform configuration and troubleshooting until the solution works in practice.Design BI and reporting: Develop reporting models and Power BI solutions that help clients and internal teams make better decisions from their data.Support MarTech and activation: Contribute to MarTech and CRM implementation, audience strategy, personalisation and activation, from solution design and platform support through to ongoing optimisation.Bridge business and technical teams: Translate between commercial, client and technical stakeholders, clear enough for non-technical audiences and detailed enough that analysts and platform specialists trust the direction.Contribute to repeatable ways of working: Turn strong delivery into repeatable processes, including templates, documentation and quality standards, while supporting junior team members as the capability grows.What you bring8+ years in data, BI or analytics: Strong client-facing delivery experience; agency, consultancy or multi-client background a strong advantage.Media and marketing analytics: You understand how data applies in a marketing and media context, including campaign measurement, audience strategy, CRM, MarTech, attribution, marketing effectiveness or broader customer analytics.Hands-on technical skills: Highly comfortable with SQL and Python, building pipelines and transformations that move raw data into something structured, reliable and usable.BI and cloud platforms: Strong Power BI experience, with working knowledge of BigQuery and Azure, and a feel for data structure, refresh logic and usability.Consulting and communication: You explain technical work in plain English without oversimplifying it, and can lead client conversations, write proposals and present to senior stakeholders.Comfort with ambiguity: You’ve delivered across multiple clients or markets, manage competing priorities without being spoon-fed, and create structure where it doesn’t yet exist.Nice to have:Experience hiring, onboarding or mentoring junior talentCustomer data platform (CDP) or broader customer data experienceExposure to data science or advanced analytics projects, including attribution, MMM, incrementality or audience modellingWhy join us?Shape a growing regional capability: CSA is already established globally, and we are now growing the in-market capability in Southeast Asia. You’ll help adapt our global expertise to local client needs and shape a delivery model built to scale.Stay close to the work: Room to advise clients and develop solutions without being removed from the detail or limited to execution without a voice in the direction.Culture of innovation: Join a business putting real focus behind data, technology and digital innovation, with room to test new ideas, improve how work gets delivered, and help shape what this capability becomes.Grow with the capability: A clear path from experienced practitioner into a broader leadership role as CSA scales in the region.About HavasFounded in 1835 in Paris, Havas is one of the world’s largest global communications groups, with nearly 23,000 people in over 100 countries. With the ambition to help brands unlock Growth, Powered by Desire, Havas brings together creativity, media, technology and production capabilities to build strong, desirable brands that people genuinely want to engage with. Its integrated model is supported by Converged.AI, the Group’s operating system that unifies data, technology and AI to deliver optimized, scalable marketing solutions across the full customer journey. AI-driven, fueled by human ingenuity, and grounded in the belief that desire drives both brand performance and business outcomes, Havas teams collaborate within Havas Villages worldwide to cultivate reputation, relevance and long‑term preference for clients. Havas is equally committed to its people, fostering inclusive, responsible and inspiring workplaces where talent can thrive, because desire also starts from within.Here at Havas, we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual's ability to perform their job.