Analytic Talent: March 2009

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DataShaping Job Alert - March 2009

DatShaping Job Alert - March 2009

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Senior Scientist - Click Forensics (Austin, TX)

We are looking for a Senior Scientist who can build predictive models to detect online fraud and measure traffic quality. We are looking for special talent that can help build the core intellectual property of our company. Become a leader in an already strong team of statisticians, data miners, and fraud specialists. You will be at the center of an exciting new company that is early in the market but already has a strong leadership position and is rapidly accelerating its dominance of the market. Click Forensics is the acknowledged leader in click fraud prevention and traffic quality management solutions for online advertisers, publishers and ad networks.

Job Responsibilities include:

Build working models that can predict traffic quality in online advertising
Analyze data to find patterns of click fraud
Communicate complex statistical analysis techniques to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Test efficacy of models
Propose strategies based on research the broad spectrum of approaches to solving business problems
Work in an agile development environment by continuously adding value to products

Experience:

Ph. D in Machine Learning, Statistical or related fields is desired.
Strong MS candidates will be considered as well.
Significant industry experience (more than 5 years) in real world applications.
Prefer to have worked on very large data sets
Prefer to have exposure to online advertising data
Prefer strong SQL skills
Must have experience with open statistical computation software packages
Prefer experience in programming of commercial products.
Prefer a familiarity with anomaly detection and time series analysis.

Click Forensics is an exciting Austin startup well funded by Austin Ventures & Sierra Ventures. We create solutions used by online advertisers, publishers and ad networks to detect click fraud in their online pay per click campaigns. Austin is a fantastic city with a great culture, amazing cost of living, family friendly atmosphere, wonderful climate, first class restaurants, and a growing economy. Come join us.

Contact: e-mail resume to: peter.norwood [at] clickforensics.com (replace [at] with @)

Keywords: Web Analytics, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Scientist, SAS, Splus, SPSS, Clementine, Enterprise Miner, Scoring, Scorecards, Design of Experiments, Multivariate Analysis, Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, Predictive Modeling, Text Mining, Computer Science, Time Series, Forecasting, Search Intelligence, Online Advertising, Fraud Detection, Odds Ratio, SVM, Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Operations Research, Statistical Modeling.

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18016x.shtml
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Director of Analytics - AdKnowledge (Kansas City, KS)

Adknowlege’s Director of Analytics will be responsible for improving revenue by managing a team to apply statistical techniques to very large consumer data sets.

Team Development: Manage a team of approximately 5 statisticians and 3 engineers including attracting, developing, motivating, and retaining highly talented individuals.
Analytics: Gather business requirements from key stakeholders and turn them into actionable analytics projects. Prioritize, set deadlines and mentor a team of statisticians. Create predictive consumer models, analyze traffic patterns and quality and model a large advertiser marketplace.
Data Management and Warehousing: Work with very large data sets (10TB+) and architect a distributed data management architecture that can scale to handle rapid growth.
Engineering: Manage a team of engineers focused on turning statistical models into production ready deployments. Make key technology decisions and manage vendor relationships. Utilize cloud computing (e.g. AWS) and open source platforms (e.g. Hive, CloudBase) to achieve scalability and efficiency.
Project Management: Institute lightweight processes to manage projects and provide visibility to upper management on project status and prioritization.

Additional duties include:

Articulate strategic technical objectives (quarterly, annual, long-term), and lead the group to achieve them.
Interact with internal and external customers to ensure continuous customer satisfaction, modifying plans and processes when necessary to maintain reliability and performance.
All other duties as assigned

CANDIDATE OVERVIEW
The successful candidate will be an analytical, thoughtful and business-minded leader with at least:

3+ years of fundamental people management (hiring, coaching, firing).
3+ years of experience involved in revenue impacting analysis of very large data sets including data mining, statistical tests and/or simulations.
Proven experience translating requirements into solutions.
Strong familiarity with Linux/UNIX, SQL and R.
Background in software engineering strongly preferred with experience developing in Java.
Degree in computer science, mathematics or related field.

The successful candidate will also demonstrate the following abilities:

Communication Skills: Be comfortable interfacing with senior management, understanding complex business requirements and presenting the pros and cons of various technologies and statistical techniques to nontechnical managers.
Leader/Builder/Recruiter: Able to attract, motivate and build a disciplined and goal-focused team.
Resourceful: figure-it-out-and-get-it-done mentality.
Analytical: An intelligent decision maker.
Fast Paced: Enjoy rapid change within a small, entrepreneurial, technology-driven culture
Strategic Skills: Have a superior business intellect and understand what to pursue and what to defer within an opportunity-rich environment.

Apply Online

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18013x.shtml
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Sr. Quantitative Analyst - New Directions Behavioral Health (Overland Park, KS)

New Directions Behavioral Health, an EOE Overland Park, KS company, has the following open position:

SR. QUANTITATIVE ANALYST

The Sr. Quantitative Analyst independently develops reporting and analytical tools to support the company’s current and future business. Works with requesting departments to understand business issues and develop appropriate management solutions. Assists staff by performing basic workflow analysis and understanding departmental reporting and analytical needs.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Master’s degree in business, economics, statistics or related field. Three to six years experience in a comparable position in the healthcare industry. High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Should be able to prepare SQL queries of moderate difficulty. Should have exposure to a major analytical package such as SPSS, Stata or SAS. Must be able to analyze, organize and present data in a manner which can be used by an operating department or management staff to effect change. Proven written and oral communication skills, organizational skills, problem solving and demonstrated willingness to work within a collaborative, team-oriented environment.

New Directions offers a very competitive compensation and benefit package. For consideration, please submit a confidential resume (no phone calls please) to hr@ndbh.com or fax to (913) 982-8205.

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18014x.shtml
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Informatics Analyst - West Asset Management (Omaha, NE)

More than a job

What’s the difference between a job and a career?

Passion—and people invested in your success. At West Asset Management, we love what we do, and we’re looking for passionate people like you to join our close-knit team. At West Asset Management, we’re more than just coworkers—we’re a team of professionals committed to helping one another succeed. This is more than a job…it’s a career.

Informatics Analyst
We are currently seeking a statistical innovator to research trends and payer procedures to identify inaccurate billing or payment procedures for an assigned department. West Asset Management has created their own, in-house analytics (SAS) shop in which small entrepreneurial ideas are expected. This open and collaborative environment, allows individuals to grow professionally and interact with all levels of the business and external clients. We are constantly seeking ways to become better, faster and smarter and more efficient, setting us apart from the competition. Previous exposure to medical claims is a plus!

Major Accountabilities:
- Participate in brain storming sessions to develop data information identification opportunities
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of changes in health care and payer community related to payment procedures, practices, and products
- Submit business rules to the appropriate department to address and resolve any problems expected with data outcome.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in MIS, Computer Science, Business Administration, Statistics, or related field required. Master’s degree in MIS, Computer Science, Business Administration, Statistics, or related field preferred. Equivalent work experience in a similar position may be substituted for educational requirements.
- Minimum four years increasingly responsible experience in research tasks involving the health care and medical insurance industry required.
- Advanced knowledge of various platforms, functions, and software (e.g., AS400, SAS, SPSS, SQL, etc.) required.

West Asset Management offers comprehensive benefits, including health, vision and dental insurance, paid vacation, tuition reimbursement and 401(k) plan. Enjoy a flexible schedule and early-out Fridays.

Check out our opportunities and see the difference a career can make.
www.westassetmanagement.jobs
Job requisition # 925882

You must apply online to be considered.
West Asset Management. Achieve more.

EOE/AA Employer

Benefits

At West Asset Management we offer a variety of benefits to our full and part-time employees based upon their position and tenure, including competitive compensation, health coverage, a 401k retirement plan, tuition reimbursement and paid holidays and time off. And because we want our employees to build their careers as far as their skills and hard work take them, we promote training and professional development and offer a wide variety of opportunities for career advancement. When you apply today at West Corporation you'll find we've really got you covered!

How To Apply?

By E-mail
Apply Online

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18009x.shtml
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Sr. Director of Analytics - Walmart (Bentonville, AR)

Sam's Club

As a most unique and forward-thinking retail employer, Sam's Club helps our members live better by providing them great value on the things they need — both for their businesses and their homes. What makes Sam's Club unique is the format we use to serve our customers. Our membership-based clubs give members access to a wide selection of large-volume items at value prices.

Today, we have over 600 clubs and continue to grow. Whether small business owners shopping for products for their business or the head of a household shopping for a family, we aim to provide our members with solutions that simplify their lives — saving them money and time, while helping the environment, too.

Working at Sam's Club Corporate means joining us in Bentonville, Arkansas to work behind the scenes of a unique retail operation. The decisions to best serve our members have a profound impact on millions of people. We pride ourselves on our progressive environmental practices and the ability to change with the times. We look for people who can think creatively, make smart decisions, and anticipate future trends in retailing. If being part of this unique retail experience and a part of the Wal-Mart family interests you, read more about the career opportunity awaiting you at Sam's Club.

Summary

The Sam's Club Member Insight & Innovation team is responsible for helping our entire business understand what our members value most. We use that insight to inform business, marketing, membership, and merchandising strategies that create great value and service for our members.

Detailed Description

The Senior Director of Analytics in our Member Insights & Innovation team is responsible to ensure Sam's Club has best-in-class analytics, measurement, and data strategies to inform enterprise-wide business initiative focused on enhancing the overall member experience.

The leader in this role is responsible to:

Lead the design and development of analytical projects designed to understand key business behaviors such as member acquisition, retention, and engagement; member lifetime value; member satisfaction; and drivers of loyalty
Manage and lead advanced analyses to assess relationships and patterns within member data, and create tools which can be leveraged to build actionable strategies
Guide continuous innovation and creation of new measurement solutions to accelerate learnings from treatment strategies
Direct development and integration of advanced analytics, statistical modeling, and offer optimization
Lead cross-functional teams to implement decision support strategies -- aligning resources from marketing, technology, membership, eCommerce, and external analytics and technology partners
Direct the development and infusion of advanced measurement capabilities across the enterprise to accelerate the test-learn-modify cycle
Attract, develop and retain the best talent to the MI&I team

Job Requirements

Advanced degree in quantitative marketing, statistics, mathematics, economics, or related quantitative field, or significant work experience
Minimum of 8 years business experience in marketing analysis or analytics consulting leadership
Expertise in CRM, loyalty marketing, or other customer-centric environments
Experience managing high-performing teams
Specific experience in advanced analytic techniques applied to customer valuation, marketing ROI, design of experiment, and segmentation

Contact: Jennifer.Jones [at] Samsclub.com

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18008x.shtml
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Thursday, March 05, 2009

Business Intelligence Analyst - Sagence (Chicago, IL or Milwaukee, WI)

Business Intelligence Analyst

Location: Chicago, IL or Milwaukee, WI
Arrangement: Full-Time Employee
Travel Requirements: Up to 100%

Sagence is looking for an experienced consultant to join its Business Analytics Practice. The candidate will have a well-rounded general consulting background with experience in business analytics and business intelligence.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Participate in strategic assessments for clients identifying current business issues and contributing to defining high impact business intelligence solutions with a focus on the quantitative method, modeling and analytical approach.
Conduct interviews and economic analysis with project stakeholders to determine business opportunities and requirements.
Lead functional requirements gathering and business scoping activities ensuring solutions support business processes.
Work in collaboration with information asset management practice teams and technical teams to translate business requirements into an actionable implementation approach and plan.

Skills and experience:

Analytics – Hands on experience developing models (interpretive and predicative) and using analytics to improve an aspect of the clients operations (e.g. pricing, predictive maintenance for machinery, assortments in direct marketing, etc.). Experience with data-centric statistical techniques and tools.
Business Analysis – Perform general company and industry research including economic, market and competitive analyses.
Consulting – Participate in on and off client site consulting teams conducting interviews, data collection and organization, opportunity identification and problem solving.
Project Management – Demonstrated ability to work in and manage small project teams. This includes planning, task management, status reporting, etc.

Career aspirations and culture:

Sagence is a small, rapidly growing management advisory and consulting firm that values a strong work ethic, flexibility and collaborative work style.
The successful candidate will be comfortable working in an entrepreneurial setting in teams with other motivated, intelligent and experienced individuals.
The firm environment provides a terrific opportunity to learn and assume new responsibilities at a rapid pace.

Position Requirements:

5 + years experience as an analyst working in data mining, decision science, business/market analysis and/or similar analytical roles in consulting and/or industry.
3+ years working for a consulting firm as a business analyst, project manager or client manager.
Experience with statistical packages and tools such as SAS, SPSS, etc.
Experience in data warehouse technologies (ETL, ODS, DBMS) preferred.
Experience with industry leading BI tools (Business Objects, Microsoft, Cognos) preferred.
Strong business communication and writing skills.
BS degree in Computer Science, economics, mathematics or business.
MBA. (preferred)

About Sagence:

Sagence is a management advisory and consulting firm helping clients improve outcomes through rigorous data analysis and by tackling the technology challenges of acquiring, managing and delivering information. Our capabilities include strategic advisory and planning services to solution architecture and implementation. Learn more about Sagence at www.sagencegroup.com.

Email your resume and cover letter to: beth.reconnu [at] sagencegroup.com (replace [at] by @)

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18002x.shtml
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Marketing/Business Analyst (Austin, TX)

COMPANY:

The National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research, located in Austin, TX, is the leading provider in Continuing Education for insurance and risk management practitioners. For almost four decades we have set the standard of quality in the business and during that time 130,000 people have used and continued to use our programs as the foundation upon which they have built and continue to build their careers and businesses.
Our CIC, CRM, CISR and CSRM designations give national recognition to our 50,000+ designee costumers. www.TheNationalAlliance.com.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Marketing/Business Analyst will be responsible for creating descriptive and statistical business models to strategically analyze financial and operational data; Therefore procuring the achievement of business objectives of The National Alliance. The position requires proactively initiating, developing and maintaining effective working relationships with internal associates and recommending action plans to achieve financial/operational efficiencies. She/he will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive results and anticipate future business directions.

Estimated primary responsibility allocations:

30% - Analysis
15% - Data Management
55% - Report Development including Universe Design

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Understands client organization's direction, structure, and requirements
Analyzes data to determine industry and competitive positioning.
Develop reports and dashboards that enable data driven decisions using current BI tools. (Business Objects, SAS).
Actively participate in data management and modeling to develop and maintain effective data repositories including data marts and universes.
Transforms data and variables for the purpose of further use and analysis
Participates in the design of operational systems, business processes, and reports.
Assesses project and/or business needs and produces supporting data and reports.
Identifies and documents system deficiencies then recommends solutions.
Prepares reporting requirements, specifications, and recommendations.
Prepares reports that are easily understood with the operational vision.
Develop and/or outline strategic action items based on analysis.
Provides status and information to Management for evaluation and guidance.

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree.
3-4 years of Business Objects design and development of Reports
Firm understanding of Business Objects XI and its most current features, including Crystal Reports.
3+ years designing, developing and interpreting statistical and descriptive analysis/models
3+ years of SQL writing experience; can write complex SQL as warranted by a project
Experience gathering requirements and analyzing data
Experience building database views and SQL performance tuning as needed
Ability to manage workload and work effectively with little supervision
Excellent written and verbal communications skills - Able to multi task, prioritize and coordinate resources
Application development experience is a plus
Demonstrated record of translating strategy into measurable outcomes
Experience exploring relationships between multiple pieces and sources of data.
Experience in identifying the underlying drivers of performance measures.
Proven ability in relationship management, interpersonal communication, and self-management.
Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
Ability to understand how report results effect business decisions.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience with business intelligence applications (i.e. Business Objects X1 and Crystal).
Experience with statistical analysis applications (i.e. SAS).
Experience with business applications (i.e. Microsoft Office, Microsoft Access and advanced Excel).

Email resume to: ASchott [at] scic.com (replace [at] by @)

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18001x.shtml
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