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This position sits within Data Sciences team within the Online Services Group (OSG). The purpose of the group is to carry out deep analysis on various large data sets to generate business intelligence and extract insights for our customers across Microsoft.

Role Purpose
The candidate will be responsible for working with internal customers in Product Management, Product Planning and Product Marketing to find solutions to key marketing and business challenges that are best addressed alone or in combination with large data sets collected internally or through 3rd parties and/quantitative market survey research.

Required Skills

• Demonstrated experience in EDA and data mining of large data sets
• Software development skills (SQL, Perl, DotNet)
• Creation and implementation of statistical predictive, descriptive and models
• Knowledge and experience of common data mining platforms and statistical packages
• Familiar with common model selection techniques
• Design and deliver analytics based solutions with tangible business value to internal clients
• Translate findings into powerful written presentations that focus on and highlight the key drivers

• Work closely with internal business units to understand key business and marketing challenges faced
• Provide thought leadership in design of research methods and data set selection data driven insight created by the analysis
• Manage a portfolio of intensive analytical engagements
• Keep all work focused on making an impact on the strategies developed and the key decisions made by Business Units in terms of Product Management, Product Marketing and Product Planning
• Deliver presentations to clients in person and/or over phone/internet that are clear and concise that highlight the insight most likely to guide strategy decisions.

• Candidate will exhibit leadership qualities, have prior experience working with senior management to find solutions to client problems, and be able to provide guidance as needed to other team members
• Strong experience in requirements capture, conducting customer interviews, and leading teams

• Passion and deep technical competency in mathematical modeling, statistics and business analytics
• A proven record of thought leadership in the modeling/analytics area - through publications and/or presentations
• 10+ years experience (including Masters or PhD) in the application of mathematical modeling, advanced statistical analysis and business analytics to enable decision-making in business
• Proven problem-solving skills
• Excellent computation and data management skills
• Ability to take complex and/or technical concepts and describe them in easy to understand business terminology
• Strong project management, writing, strategic thinking and interpersonal skills
• A track-record of succeeding in client facing roles

• Master's or PhD from a reputed institution
• Field of graduate education - Mathematics, Statistics, Science, Engineering, Operational Research, Computer Science or Management Science
• Coursework and thesis must involve extensive quantitative modeling and/or analysis

Email: niting@microsoft.com