Senior Data Scientist (AI)

TL;DR

Senior Data Scientist (AI): Managing the marketplace for Microsoft Advertising, which includes monitoring business metrics, building analytical & experimentation frameworks, and enabling leadership to make data-driven decisions with an accent on real-life day-to-day problems and leveraging data science techniques. Focus on experimental design across User and Demand dimensions, and translating strategy into clear and measurable plans.

Location: Expected to work from the office at least four days per week if living within a 50-mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S.

Salary: USD $158,400 – $258,000 per year in the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area; USD $119,800 – $234,700 per year across the U.S.

Company

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

What you will do

• Define, invent, and deliver metrics which accurately measure user and business value across various products and marketplace components.
• Think critically about sampling and experimental design across User and Demand dimensions.
• Interpret the results of analyses, validate approaches, and learn to monitor, analyze, and iterate to continuously improve.
• Partner effectively with program management, engineers, and other areas of the business across our Consumer online business.
• Engage with stakeholders to produce clear, compelling, and actionable insights and data-science driven workflows that influence product and service improvements.
• Translate strategy into plans that are clear and measurable, with progress shared out monthly to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) data-science experience.
• OR Master’s Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years data-science experience.
• OR Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years data-science experience.
• OR equivalent experience.

Nice to have

• 5+ years of experience in at least one of programming languages like Python/R/MATLAB/C#/Java/C++.
• Comitted organizational, analytical, data science skills.
• Ability to solve problems that the world has not solved before.
• Experience with real world system building and data collection, including design, coding and evaluation.
• Experience with driving large collaboration across multiple teams.

Culture & Benefits

• We come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals.
• Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.