Director, Performance Marketing, Media & Measurement

Sandisk is looking for a strategic leader to own the full spectrum of performance marketing and media planning for Sandisk.

This is a pivotal role that will shape how we engage customers across every touchpoint, from digital channels to traditional media. You will lead a team responsible for driving measurable growth while building a strong brand presence through smart, data-driven media investments.

This position will have several direct reports and requires a strong team leader who can operate as a player-coach, guiding and mentoring while rolling up your sleeves when needed.

Reporting to the Global Head of Web, eCommerce and Performance Marketing, you will partner deeply across the Marketing functions global and regional teams and other teams across the company. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and execute a comprehensive performance marketing strategy across all channels including Google, Meta, marketplaces, email, affiliates, DSPs, and emerging platforms.
• Develop advanced marketing mix modeling (MMM) frameworks to measure channel effectiveness, optimize media allocation, and inform data-driven investment decisions across global markets.
• Collaborating with other teams in Global and Regional marketing to oversee and guide media planning and buying for both digital and offline channels.
• Partner closely with content, ecommerce, and analytics teams to ensure campaigns are aligned with business objectives optimized for performance and drive learnings into future activity.
• Manage budgets and allocate spend effectively to maximize ROI while balancing short-term performance with long-term brand growth.
• Build and mentor a high-performing team that thrives on innovation, collaboration, and accountability.
• Act as a player-coach by providing hands-on support when needed while empowering your team to excel.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and bring fresh ideas to test and scale new opportunities.
• Establish strong relationships with media partners, agencies, and technology vendors to ensure best-in-class execution.

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor degree in Marketing, Business or related field.
• Proven global experience leading performance marketing and media planning across a wide range of channels both digital and traditional.
• Strong working understanding of building MMM’s to refine and optimize marketing media mix.
• Deep understanding of paid search paid social, programmatic, affiliate marketing, and marketplace advertising.
• Strong background in offline media buying as well as OTT and connected TV.
• Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and translate insights into actionable strategies.
• Experience managing large budgets and delivering measurable results.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment and adapting to changing priorities.

Personal Competencies:

• A collaborative leader who can inspire teams and work cross-functionally with senior stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate, influence, and motivate teams at all levels across the company.
• Big picture thinker, with experience communicating with, and presenting to, an executive level audience.
• Can multi-task and perform under pressure and willingness to roll-up sleeves and do the work alongside the team as required for flawless execution.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with multiple departments in a large, matrixed organization.
• Strong reporting and analytics skills with ability to synthesize complex data points into simple, business-focused recommendations. 
• Data-driven in your decision making, and when you don't have data, you identify other means of insights
• Solid business acumen; sound business-sense and judgment.
• Skill in navigating ambiguity and ability to help teams navigate to move forward.
• Comfortable with change management and process reinvention.
• Bias for action. 

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Sandisk is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at jobs.accommodations@sandisk.com to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 09/08/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York.  This range may be modified in the future.
• You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance.  Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Sandisk's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.