Social planning, insights & data lead

Planning, Insights & Data Lead Location

Durban, South Africa, Hybrid

About the role

The Planning, Insights & Data Lead is a senior individual contributor role at the heart of OLIVER’s Strategy & Social function. You’ll own the full insights and measurement cycle — from audience research and cultural forecasting to measurement architecture, experimentation and performance reporting — across multiple markets.

Working closely with Strategy Directors, brand leads, paid media, CRM and data engineering teams, you’ll act as the primary analytics partner to senior client and internal stakeholders, ensuring data shapes strategy rather than follows it. This role requires the ability to synthesise complex, multi‑source data into clear, actionable recommendations and to communicate those recommendations with confidence to senior audiences.

What you will be doing Lead the insights and planning agenda across social and the wider strategy function: audience research, cultur...