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Do you have a passion for and a desire to shape business insights into a competitive differentiator and elevate to the next level in business intelligence (BI)? Desire a pivotal role in the transformation of BI capability for a global business that is immersed in Microsoft’s full product and services catalog? Are you looking for an opportunity to work with a talented team in a high-impact position? If so, we want to speak to you!

The Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) - AI Transformation office focuses on making sure sellers, customers, and partners have the skills, systems, and tools to take share more effectively and efficiently. We drive scale and efficiency with prioritized solutions aligned with Microsoft Customer Engagement Methodology (MCEM), regionalized marketing, and operational centers of excellence.

As the Director of Business Analytics, you will champion the vision and strategy by joining a team that generates transformative business insights through innovative data solutions. You will contribute to continuing the team’s progress toward being a recognized hub for forward-thinking in the field of intelligent insights. We are looking for talented and motivated analytics leader to solve a wide variety of business problems with data insights - all with the goal of providing actionable insights into business processes and customer experience.

This Redmond-based position offers flexibility in that you can work from home or in the Redmond office.

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centred on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission

Responsibilities

• Partner with a dedicated team of Business Intelligence professionals to deliver priority outcomes through insights, as per the strategic roadmap for various business functions.

• Own the end-to-end insights creation-to-consumption lifecycle, leading business problem definition, hypotheses formulation, designing and delivering the solution for our business stakeholders.

• Leverage various data sources such as One Commercial Data Model (OCDM), Azure Data Lake, SQL Database, Cosmos DB, SharePoint, etc. to build Power BI dataset and dashboard to address business needs and requirements.

• Develop business acumen and the ability to connect the dots across various value cycles of our business. Apply a culture of consultative orientation as well as hypotheses driven approach to solving key business problems.

• Engage broadly with stakeholders and business team leaders to structure and prioritize business problems where insights can have the biggest impact.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Engineering, Computer Science, Marketing, Business, Economics or related field AND 7+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis

• OR Master's Degree in Mathematics, Analytics, Engineering, Computer Science, Marketing, Business, Economics or related field AND 5+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis

• OR equivalent experience.

• 6+ years of experience in developing Business Solutions using Data Analytics & Insights, including any of the following tools or technologies: PowerBI, Data Analysis Expressions, PowerBI Desktop, start schema data modeling, or related.

• 6+ years' experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of the development lifecycle of an analytics platform with effective statistical skills and an orientation to discern pattern/trends from large volumes of data.

• Ability to design business hypotheses, interpret model results and communicate recommendations based on efficacy of application of analytics.

• Written and oral communication skills, particularly the ability to synthesize complex issues/scenarios into easy-to-understand concepts.

• An attention to detail with self-discipline and a drive for results.

• Demonstrated ability to work in ambiguous situations and across organizational boundaries.

• Knowledge & experience working w/ Microsoft data lakes, Fabric, Copilot or analysis services is a plus.

Business Analytics IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $129,200 - $248,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $162,000 - $268,900 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay.

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 31, 2024

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