DIRECTV is expanding its reach into modern audience segments through its Genre Pack portfolio. The Principal, Marketing Advanced Analytics – Genre Pack Growth & Performance is a senior analytical leader responsible for delivering rapid, root-cause performance insights across acquisition, engagement, and product performance.
Responsibilities:
- Lead diagnostic analytics across Genre Pack acquisition performance, including Net New inflow, base migrations, cannibalization, and channel contribution
- Perform structured variance attribution to explain performance gaps versus plan, forecast, and prior trends
- Identify root causes across media, offer, pack mix, pricing, creative, and audience segments
- Deliver intraweek performance reads to support rapid decision-making in a dynamic growth environment
- Surface leading indicators and emerging risks that may impact short-term and mid-term performance
- Develop pack-level performance insights across pricing tiers, content mixes, promotional constructs, and bundling strategies
- Measure and isolate the impact of offer constructs and promotional experiments on inflow and engagement
- Evaluate packaging strategies designed to attract modern audiences (vMVPD, SVOD-only, No-TV segments)
- Quantify cross-product interactions, including migration and cannibalization dynamics
- Analyze early engagement behavior and viewership patterns for Genre Pack subscribers
- Identify signals of product-market fit within modern audience segments
- Develop quality metrics that assess not just inflow volume, but depth of engagement and early usage behavior
- Partner with Product and Content teams to inform pack refinement and positioning
- Lead analytics for strategic initiatives tied to Genre Pack growth (pricing tests, packaging shifts, channel launches, partnerships)
- Quantify competitive and external market impacts on performance (vMVPD pricing shifts, SVOD bundling, macro trends)
- Conduct scenario-based analysis to inform rapid strategic pivots
- Support executive reviews with structured insights into performance drivers and risks
- Own executive dashboards and automated reporting frameworks for Genre Pack performance
- Develop governance scorecards tracking acquisition, engagement, and quality metrics
- Establish standardized definitions, KPIs, and measurement frameworks for the product
- Ensure consistency between weekly operating views, monthly performance reporting, and strategic narratives
- Support cross-functional alignment across Marketing, Product, Finance, and Strategy
- Responsible for executive level readouts, including supporting analyses and materials
- Operate as the primary analytical escalation point for urgent business questions
- Provide fast-turn analyses that balance rigor with speed in a rapidly evolving product environment
- Translate complex data into clear, actionable executive narratives
- Drive a culture of accountability and evidence-based decision-making for the Genre Pack portfolio
Requirements:
- 5 – 7 years required, 7+ years desired experience in marketing analytics, business intelligence, performance analytics, or related quantitative roles
- Strong experience in acquisition diagnostics, variance attribution, and root-cause analysis
- Experience supporting emerging or high-growth products in subscription, media, telecom, or digital platforms
- Advanced proficiency in SQL, Python, and data visualization tools
- Experience building executive dashboards and automated reporting systems
- Ability to synthesize complex, multi-source data into structured, decision-oriented insights
- Strong executive communication skills and comfort operating in high-visibility environments
- Experience analyzing competitive and market dynamics within the video or streaming ecosystem