Head of Advertising Analytics

Microsoft Advertising is a global leader in digital advertising, helping advertisers grow through search, display, video, and retail media solutions. We are seeking a Head of Analytical Leads to lead a high‑performing team that turns data into measurable business impact. In this role, you will manage a team of analytical leads across multiple markets in EMEA region, delivering insights and recommendations that improve client performance and unlock new investment opportunities on the Microsoft Advertising platform. You will combine industry knowledge, digital marketing expertise, and advanced analytics to craft compelling, data‑driven narratives that influence senior decision‑makers through clear storytelling and visualisation. The ideal candidate brings solid people leadership, analytical and consulting capabilities, and a proactive, challenger mindset, with the ability to partner effectively across teams and markets. At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organisation to achieve more. We operate with a growth mindset, act with integrity and accountability, and foster an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.  Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

People Management: Deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring. Model: Live our culture. Embody our values. Practice our leadership principles. Coach: Define team objectives and outcomes. Enable success across boundaries. Help the team adapt and learn. Care: Attract and retain great people. Know each individual’s capabilities and aspirations. Invest in the growth of others.   Application of Data: Ensures team members evaluate the sufficiency of data between internal and external sources, drives accountability of identification and resolution of data quality issues, and encourages and coordinates cross team collaboration and data sharing to build data pipelines or integrations. Leverages data, analyses, and learnings to articulate industry- and client relevant stories and insights to various audiences and at industry events.   Data Analysis: Builds best practices for team members to leverage and apply their expertise across client and business-related analytical needs. Guides and coaches team members through the execution of complex analyses to resolve analytical challenges, interpret results within a client context, and acts on opportunities with actionable recommendations. Supervises team's data analyses, feedback, and that recommendations are accessible and easily understood by the relevant stakeholder groups, and ensures accountability and efficiency in delivering outcomes that are aligned with client, industry, and business needs.   Data Privacy and Governance: Contributes knowledge across the team in data privacy and governance rules and regulations and guides others to uphold and apply updated data privacy and governance, maintain awareness of where to seek further expertise on such rules and regulations when needed, and leverage personal expertise to identify and share relevant best practices. Identifies appropriate internal and/or external stakeholders to update or improve data privacy and governance practices to better align to industry.   Continuous Improvement, Efficiency, and Innovation: Guides the team to develop and implement methods that create systematic efficiencies in core work related to analytics and reporting that are reusable, readily discoverable, self-service, and directed to meaningful interpretation of data that drive impactful business decisions across the organization. Coaches team in guiding