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Our people are at the heart of everything we do, so you will be too. No matter the role or the location, we’re all united in the vision to lead the programmatic industry and make it better.\nAs part of the DnA team, this will be an individual contributor role where you will be responsible for leading various aspects of analytics execution and project ownership. You will lead custom initiatives around project development, client QBRs and strategy discussions, KPI improvement and new project ideation. As Lead Analyst, you will also be required to ideate on initiatives for business development and propagate MiQ culture and values within the team.\nOwn entire delivery for Flagship/Sustain accounts: Maintain regular communication with all stakeholders and ensure high quality advanced insights with top notch campaign performance.\n\nFocus on impactful storytelling and recommendations in QBR and SBR to ensure client stickiness.\n\nBe the business growth advisor and drive long term strategic conversations: Develop in-depth understanding of the account, define client business problem, identify key questions and outcomes.\n\nBuild market leading custom POCs, activation and measurement solutions with the aim of growing the account.\n\nActive involvement in building Presales/Pre-Campaign decks and support on big RFP pitches to address client challenges.\n\nKeep the account playbooks up to date.\n\nAccountable for upskilling market on new analytical applications\n\nIdentify automation opportunities to enhance operational efficiencies and guide Analyst, Senior Analyst on execution.\n\nProject leadership on central initiatives and new data/API explorations\n\nProvide technical expertise to the team in Python/R, Spark, Databricks, SQL, data mining, data visualization etc. and ensure tech best practices through code optimizations.\n\nProvide subject matter guidance on specialised analytical skillsets and new-age technology ideation & implementation.\n\nLead Product stakeholders on new feature testing or feature development to help shape the MiQ product roadmap.\n\nResponsible for mentoring and guiding Analyst and Senior Analyst while functioning as a role model for all analysts.\n\nActive participation in hiring and onboarding initiatives for analyst, senior analyst and Interns.\n\nRepresent MiQ in external events and industry forums.\n\nWho are your stakeholders?\nAs a Lead Analyst you are required to work with different stakeholders across the MiQ ecosystem:\nProgrammatic Traders:As an analyst, you collaborate with traders to optimize campaigns. By leveraging your data analysis skills & understanding of the data landscape, you provide insights on audience targeting, ad performance, and bidding strategies. This helps traders make data-driven decisions, optimize their advertising campaigns, and improve overall campaign effectiveness and ROI.\nAccount Managers:You work closely with account managers to leverage the power of data partnerships. Through your analysis, you help uncover valuable insights about customer behavior, market trends, and campaign performance. This information allows account managers to create a compelling narrative, enhance engagement with advertisers, and showcase the effectiveness of MiQ's advertising solutions.\nSales Representatives:You will also be helping the sales team by creating insights based on the key market trends and events. Your analysis helps identify potential opportunities and develop a gripping sales narrative. Additionally, you assist in responding to Request for Proposals (RFPs) by providing data-driven insights and recommendations that help us in increasing the revenue streams.\nAgencies & Clients:Your expertise in data analytics and data sciences is invaluable for agency and advertiser clients. By providing detailed analysis reports & solutions, you empower them to make informed decisions regarding their marketing strategies. Your insights will help clients optimize their advertising budgets, target the right audience, and maximize the effectiveness of their campaigns. Additionally, you promote MiQ's internal solutions and capabilities, showcasing MiQ's unique value proposition in the programmatic landscape.\nIn summary, as a lead analyst, you add value by providing data-driven insights and recommendations to traders, account managers, sales teams, and agency/advertiser clients that empowers MiQ and its stakeholders to reach the right audience with right content at the right time. You are someone who can turn data into actionable decisions while guiding a team and influencing stakeholders\nWhat you’ll bring\nBachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent quantitative field (such as Statistics, Mathematics, Economics)\n\n3-5 years’ experience in the analytics domain\n\nProficient in advanced Python/R, SQL/Hive/Presto, advanced Excel, MS PowerPoint\n\nKnowledge of Big Data processing tools like Qubole/Databricks/Spark\n\nProven experience in data and business analysis > Exposure on Descriptive and Inquisitive analysis\n\nSuccessful history of manipulating, processing, and extracting value from large, discrete datasets\n\nStrong Visualization and Storytelling skills\n\nProgrammatic Media / Ad-Tech domain knowledge\n\nAPI integrations\n\nExperience automating manual and redundant tasks.\n\nKnowledge of Tableau/PowerBI/Google Data Studio\n\nKnowledge of Basic ML techniques : supervised and unsupervised learning\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills to interact with global stakeholders.\n\nEstablished experience of working with clients > Highly self-driven and motivated individual\n\nTeam-player with an appetite for learning, sharing and leading.\n\nStrong attention to detail, ability to multi-task and prioritize.\n\nAbility to work independently and take initiative.\n\nMentoring and guiding skillset\n\nContinuous learning mindset to keep up with the fast pace of innovation in the field.\n\nWe’ve highlighted some key skills, experience, and requirements for this role. But please don’t worry if you don’t meet every single one. Our talent team strives to find the best people. They might see something in your background that’s a fit for this role, or another opportunity at MiQ.\nIf you have a passion for the role, please still apply.\nWhat impact will you create?\nAs a Lead Analyst, your role will create value for MiQ in the following ways:\n1. Driving client stickiness:With your ability to analyze and interpret data, you will help our stakeholders make informed decisions. By providing accurate and actionable insights, you contribute to improving campaign performance and identifying new opportunities thereby improving customer stickiness.\n2. Driving Profitability:By leveraging the power of data you are expected to identify areas where we can optimize costs & improve performance of campaigns, while maintaining a competitive edge & profitability in our spends.\n3. MiQ Growth:Being on top of market trends & developments to suggest strategic measures that can help support MiQ's business & tap into new revenue streams to drive growth\n4. Support Key Decision Making:Your expertise in data analysis and reporting provides decision-makers with the necessary information to make informed choices. Your reports, dashboards, and presentations help guide agencies, advertisers & internal stakeholders in making strategic and tactical decisions that align with the MiQ's or client's objectives.\n5. Analyst Best Practices:As a lead analyst, you are expected to introduce analytics & data best practices within the team, helping in setting up structures and quality frameworks within the team & internal stakeholders\n6. Developing Custom Analytics Solutions: Leveraging your experience in data science & advanced analytics, you will be expected to provide recommendations & assist in development of MiQ products & assist in enhancing their consumption within the target market\nWhat’s in it for you?\nOur Center of Excellence is the very heart of MiQ, and it’s where the magic happens. It means everything you do and everything you create will have a huge impact across our entire global business. \nMiQ is incredibly proud to foster a welcoming culture. We do everything possible to make sure everyone feels valued for what they bring. With global teams committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, we’re always moving towards becoming an even better place to work.\nValues\nOur values are so much more than statements. They unite MiQers in every corner of theworld. They shape the way we work and the decisions we make. And they inspireus to stay true to ourselves and to aim for better. Our values are there to be embracedby everyone, so that we naturally live and breathe them. Just like inclusivity, our values flow through everything we do - no matter how big or small.\nWe do what we love - Passion\n\nWe figure it out - Determination\n\nWe anticipate the unexpected - Agility\n\nWe always unite - Unite\n\nWe dare to be unconventional - Courage","description_format":"text","description_chars":9053,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Continuous learning","Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Professional Services","Standards & Industry Bodies"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-27T13:34:54Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-09-30T03:48:38Z"}],"liveness":null,"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/iab-canada-lead-analyst","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/iab-canada-lead-analyst.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T02:42:05Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":2027,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":2973,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}