How to hire a director of analytics

How to hire a director of analytics, step by step

Here's a step-by-step director of analytics hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a director of analytics job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new director of analytics
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the director of analytics you need to hire. Certain director of analytics roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them a director of analytics to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire a director of analytics that fits the bill.

   The following list breaks down different types of directors of analytics and their corresponding salaries.

   Type of Director Of Analytics	Description	Hourly rate
   Director Of Analytics	Advertising, promotions, and marketing managers plan programs to generate interest in products or services. They work with art directors, sales agents, and financial staff members.	$43-91
   Vice President, Strategy	A vice president of strategy is responsible for delegating and reviewing market target research and assessing the areas that a company should focus on for further development. The position requires strong management and leadership skills to supervise a team of customer research specialists... Show more	$54-113
   Consultant/Marketing Director	A consultant/marketing director is responsible for conducting data and statistical analysis of the current market trends to identify opportunities that would strengthen the company's brand image on the market. Consultant/marketing directors evaluate the company's marketing techniques and determine methods to improve promotional campaigns and media presence... Show more	$37-76

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Data Analytics
   • Python
   • Tableau
   • Visualization
   • Digital Marketing
   • Healthcare
   • Project Management
   • Power Bi
   • SAS
   • Data Analysis
   • Business Intelligence
   • KPIs
   • Google Analytics
   • Marketing Analytics

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   Responsibilities:

   • Lead development of new website; manage SEM planning and development of social media strategy.
   • Manage: marketing, design and implementation of CRM correspondence for company's direct to consumer e-commerce business.
   • Manage the extraction of critical information from decades of data store across multiple systems to support the legal defense.
   • Manage a/b and multivariate testing plans for site design and functionality enhancements.
   • Manage public relations firm and advertising activities for all DTC marketing initiatives.
   • Provide strategic oversight and a strong business approach to managing existing systems and developing enhance models for future events.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your director of analytics job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A director of analytics salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, directors of analytics' average salary in wyoming is 45% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level directors of analytics earn 52% less than senior-level directors of analytics.
   • Certifications. A director of analytics with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a director of analytics's salary.

   Average director of analytics salary

   $132,520yearly

   $63.71 hourly rate

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   Entry-level director of analytics salary

   $91,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 21, 2025

   Average director of analytics salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$162,904	$78
   2	Maryland	$135,337	$65
   3	Massachusetts	$134,918	$65
   4	New York	$134,770	$65
   5	Oregon	$133,368	$64
   6	Washington	$132,492	$64
   7	New Jersey	$130,825	$63
   8	Connecticut	$125,430	$60
   9	Pennsylvania	$123,210	$59
   10	District of Columbia	$121,950	$59
   11	Virginia	$121,866	$59
   12	Illinois	$119,997	$58
   13	Maine	$118,575	$57
   14	Texas	$117,815	$57
   15	North Carolina	$117,601	$57
   16	Ohio	$116,398	$56
   17	Arizona	$115,962	$56
   18	Florida	$109,555	$53
   19	Georgia	$108,357	$52
   20	Indiana	$108,343	$52

   Average director of analytics salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Meta	$215,170	$103.45	59
   2	Google	$212,301	$102.07	26
   3	McKinsey & Company Inc	$211,025	$101.45
   4	PayPal	$207,002	$99.52	13
   5	Mayo Clinic	$206,634	$99.34	2
   6	eBay	$205,905	$98.99	12
   7	Flexport	$203,831	$98.00	4
   8	Turo	$196,527	$94.48
   9	Credit Karma	$194,920	$93.71	5
   10	DoorDash	$192,465	$92.53	70
   11	A+E Networks	$188,086	$90.43	4
   12	Didi Chuxing	$188,060	$90.41
   13	Coinbase	$186,932	$89.87	70
   14	Exelixis	$186,779	$89.80	20
   15	Neighborly	$186,444	$89.64	4
   16	Dropbox	$186,184	$89.51	1
   17	LinkedIn	$185,823	$89.34	3
   18	Thumbtack	$185,116	$89.00
   19	Pandora	$185,108	$88.99
   20	PVH	$183,594	$88.27	6

4. Writing a director of analytics job description

   A director of analytics job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of a director of analytics job description:

   Director of analytics job description example

   
   

   + 15 years of engineering experience, including 10 years of experience leading engineering teams building user-facing products, technical infrastructure, and supporting data systems.

   
   

   + Experience at global organizations with cross-functional, product, or engineering elements.

   
   

   + Experience managing multiple stakeholders and completing projects.

   
   

   Preferred qualifications:

   
   

   + Ability to analyze organizational issues, technical matters, or data analysis in order to draw insights, steer, and coach teams in the right direction.

   
   

   + Ability to influence at all levels of the organization.

   
   

   + Ability to foster innovation by leading teams with a growth mindset of experimentation, learning, and iteration.

   
   

   + Open, engaging, and collaborative style, representing and respecting Google values in all interactions, with excellent global leadership, organizational, and communication skills.

   
   

   + Committed to continuously improving engineering development practices and processes.

   
   

   + Comfortable with ambiguity and change management.

   
   

   Search Analytics Data Warehouse is a data platform for strategic analysis, experiment analysis, and Machine Learning for ranking systems. We are responsible for data modeling and schema representation, data processing, storage optimization, and access to the data. In the last few years we have innovated in the areas of real-time and incremental processing, optimized materializations for faster query speed, and differential access controls for data protection, and insider risk mitigation. Our goal is to become an offering for policy compliant analytics data for Search and Assistant. We partner closely with large infrastructure organizations at Google, driving their requirements. In order to ensure our analytics platform is addressing the business needs of Search business area, we work closely with internal customers, such as Data Scientists, Product Owners, and Business leads of Search business area. One of the key areas we want to make faster progress in is the complex compliance space to maintain and increase user trust at scale. In this role, you will be a leader with General Manager skills with a solid foundation in engineering. Even though Product and Program will not report to this leader, they will play a key role in shaping decisions, creating customer feedback loops, defining vision and strategy, and setting up effective programs.

   
   

   + Lead a team of software engineers.

   
   

   + Design a vision for a policy compliant analytics data for Search and Assistant.

   
   

   + Define projects and create a roadmap to execute your vision. Promote metrics and objective key results-driven mindset.

   
   

   + Reduce access to non-compliant data.

   
   

   + Build feature sets to increase broad adoption.

   
   

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5. Post your job

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right director of analytics for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your director of analytics job on Zippia to find and attract quality director of analytics candidates.
   • Use niche websites such as swipe files, exit five, marketinghire, american marketing association.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit directors of analytics, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new director of analytics

   Once you've found the director of analytics candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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