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National Instruments, a world leader in computer-based measurement and automation, is revolutionizing the way engineers and scientists use PCs to monitor and understand the world around us. We're building the future at National Instruments, and we want you on our team! NI has been named to Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work for" 6 years in a row, and IEEE's Spectrum On-Line named NI to their list of "Top 10 Internships for Electrical Engineering Students". We are currently hiring for the following:

Senior Analyst / Program Manager

In this integral role the person in this position develops and implements in- depth analysis for sales and marketing by analyzing customer data, performing segmentation, predictive modeling, forecasting, campaign targeting, primary research, competitive intelligence and/or secondary research and often using statistical analysis tools and techniques. The Business Intelligence Analyst is involved in all steps of the analysis process from defining business needs and planning, data collection, data preparation, data analysis, and presenting results to deployment of the project.

A key element of this role involves working with staff throughout the corporate marketing organization to ensure the effective communication and application of the research and analysis. The position must be able to work with marketing to translate hypotheses into data, and then analyze and transform results into actionable programs.

The ability to structure problems, gather and interpret data and draw conclusions is critical. This individual must be able to write business presentations and communicate ideas and findings.

Requirements

• Superior problem solving and analytical skills with the ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• A bachelor's degree, preferably in finance, marketing sciences, or business
• Prefer experience with SPSS, Clementine, or other statistical analysis programs
• Prefer familiarity with applying primary research methodologies, regression analysis and/or relational databases (preferably Oracle) in a business-to-business marketing environment Technical Skills and Experience Requirements
• Database/Data warehouse structure knowledge
• Data preparation skills
• Data manipulation skills
• Statistical skills
  • Linear regression
  • Logistic regression
  • Correlations
  • Discriminate analysis
  • CART and CHAID
  • Standard statistical theories and formulas
• Data modeling knowledge
  • Neural Networks
  • Association algorithms
  • Cluster analysis
  • Decision trees
  • Lift charts
• Skilled in the tools used to accomplish the above
  • SPSS statistical software/ability to write program syntax
  • SPSS Clementine predictive modeling software
  • Excel statistical applications
• Business skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Writing skills
  • Planning/coordination skills
  • Strategic thinking
  • Understanding of marketing practices

Please reference requisition number 04-11-09-09-50-33 in your reply.