Analytical Lead

What you'll do

• Leverage appropriate data sources, determine optimal statistical methods, and address data quality issues in partnership with internal and client teams
• Determine appropriate analytical techniques, execute analyses, interpret results with actionable recommendations, and build on others' analyses and forecasting
• Stay informed on data privacy and governance rules, ensure work products align with principles and controls
• Collaborate within and across teams to deepen expertise in data sources, methodologies, models, tools, and business/client needs by industry vertical
• Engage stakeholders to leverage resources and solutions, consult on analysis decisions and interpretations
• Develop internal and client-facing presentations that tell stories of analyses, reports, visualizations, platforms, and key metrics
• Evaluate presentations and recommend improvements to build trust and ensure clarity for senior-level stakeholders
• Develop deep understanding of clients' businesses, industry trends, value propositions, and competitive landscape to anticipate problems and identify opportunities

Requirements

• 2+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR equivalent experience
• 2+ years experience using tools such as PowerBI/Tableau, DAX, R, SQL for data manipulation and visualization on large datasets
• 4+ years experience in statistics, mathematics, analytics, data science, engineering, computer science, marketing, business, data analysis and reporting, business intelligence, business and financial analysis, or related field OR equivalent experience
• 4+ years experience using tools such as PowerBI/Tableau, DAX, SQL for data manipulation and visualization on large datasets
• 2+ years in a partner or account management/client service/client-facing role
• Experience in digital media, data analysis, measurement, and data management
• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in relevant fields OR equivalent experience
• Dynamic and creative critical thinking skills
• Ability to communicate complex analyses to technical and non-technical partners and clients
• Experience utilizing analytical tools to turn large datasets into actionable insights
• Comfort working in ambiguous environments
• Solid communication skills to work with partners in various areas of Microsoft Advertising
• Experience pairing data visualization with storytelling to deliver persuasive presentations
• Experience conducting, interpreting, and communicating measurement analyses (incrementality, attribution, lift studies)
• Working knowledge of statistics, predictive modeling and data clustering/classification techniques
• Comfort working in an agile and constantly-evolving environment
• Ability to travel 0% - 25%

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