Analytical Lead, Retail

TL;DR

Analytical Lead, Retail: Generates data-driven insights and recommendations to enhance client business performance and identify new investment opportunities for Microsoft Advertising with an accent on synthesizing industry knowledge, digital marketing expertise, and advanced analytical methods. Focus on crafting compelling data stories to influence decision-makers and addressing data quality issues in partnership with client teams.

Location: New York, United States. Employees who live within a 50-mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. are expected to work from the office at least four days per week.

Salary: $112,000 – $185,300 USD per year (for New York City metropolitan area)

Company

Microsoft Advertising provides top advertisers worldwide with tools to grow their reach through online marketing, display, video, and retail solutions.

What you will do

• Leverage appropriate data sources and statistical methods for data integration, identifying and addressing quality issues.
• Determine and execute analytical techniques to answer business questions, interpreting results into actionable recommendations.
• Stay updated on data privacy and governance rules and regulations, ensuring work aligns with principles and controls.
• Collaborate within and across internal and client teams to deepen expertise in data sources, methodologies, and business needs.
• Develop and evaluate internal and client-facing presentations that tell stories of analyses, reports, and data visualizations.
• Understand clients’ businesses across industry verticals to anticipate problems and identify opportunities for Microsoft Advertising.

Requirements

• 2+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business/financial analysis.
• 2+ years experience using PowerBI/Tableau, DAX, R, SQL for data manipulation and visualization on large datasets.
• Strong communication and consulting abilities to convey complex analyses to technical and non-technical partners.
• Experience utilizing analytical tools to convert massive, dynamic datasets into actionable insights.
• Experience conducting, interpreting, and clearly communicating measurement analyses (e.g., incrementality, attribution, lift studies).
• Ability to travel 25% – 35%.

Nice to have

• 4+ years experience in statistics, mathematics, analytics, or related fields.
• 4+ years experience using PowerBI/Tableau, DAX, SQL on large datasets.
• 4+ years in a partner or client-facing role.
• Experience in digital media, data analysis, and data management.
• Experience in the Retail industry.
• Working knowledge of Python, R, PowerPivot, Microsoft Advertising API.

Culture & Benefits

• Empower every person and every organization to achieve more, with a growth mindset.
• Culture of inclusion built on values of respect, integrity, and accountability.
• Opportunities for innovation and collaboration to realize shared goals.
• Eligible for benefits and other compensation (additional details available via provided link).
• Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and religious/disability accommodation requests.