Analytic Talent: September 2010

Monday, September 13, 2010

Systems Engineer Analytics, SAS, S+, R, SPSS (Boston, MA)

Provide pre-sales technical expertise and product knowledge in the area of advanced analytics (products including SAS, R, SPSS, S+, and others) to assist sales efforts and partnering activities.

Responsibilities:

Specialist would support field sales in engagements where advanced analytics will be utilized or is a key to the sales cycle. Also would provide corporate based resources with hands-on knowledge of customer requirements and current technology trends.
Work with various account teams to provide technical sales support in sales/product presentations, product positioning, product demonstration, and implementation. Serve as the corporate product specialist and functional
Expert for a wide range of analytic tools that interoperate with our product. Build proof-of-concept analytic applications based on customer requirements to demonstrate feasibility of the application, often requiring rapid prototyping. Provide advanced analytics product evaluation support, product installation, application prototyping and benchmarks, often times in conjunction with a technology partner.

Skills:

Excellent communication skills and ability to speak to technical and business stakeholders and users
Solid understanding of support/sales/account management workflow
Detail-oriented; passion for getting involved with many different products, as well as understanding their form and functionality at a detailed level
Proven track record of excellent presentation, documentation, and customer interaction skills
Demonstrated experience in successfully advocating customer needs
Knowledge of leading-edge statistical and quantitative analytical methods and experience with statistical analysis tools such as SAS, SPSS, S+, and R
Ability to partner with customers, technology partners, and internal teams to define implementation strategies, review best practices, prototypes, and deliver initial solution implementations
Experience with parallel database technologies helpful
Experience implementing advanced analytic applications in a customer and partner environment.

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Senior Data Warehouse / BI developer - Avvo (Seattle, WA)

Avvo, Inc. (www.avvo.com), the world’s largest legal directory, is currently looking for a world-class VP of Marketing. Avvo’s mission is to empower consumers to handle their legal matters with confidence. We do this by providing consumers more information and better guidance regarding lawyers and legal matters than they’ve ever had access to before. This includes rating and profiling 90% of the lawyers in the United States, client reviews, peer reviews and attorney disciplinary records. We also offer an industry-leading question and answer forum and legal guides that help consumers get the help they need.

Avvo has gone from concept to market leader in three short years. However we need an experienced and creative marketing mind to help us succeed in our next stage of development. The VP of marketing will be a key member of our executive team, reporting to Avvo’s CEO.

The Senior Data Warehouse / BI developer is a technical leader responsible for designing, developing and maintaining Avvo’s Business Intelligence infrastructure, including the data warehouse, reporting tools, analytic tools, and data integration tools.

Key Responsibilities:

Leads the overall design and implementation of the BI and Reporting infrastructure including evaluation and recommendation of software tools, definition of hardware requirements, and system configuration.
Leads all data and information centric initiatives including data warehouse structure, ETL processes, and external data interfaces.
Interacts with the other departments to understand and identify data needs and requirements. Works with other members of the IT organization to deliver warehouse and reporting solutions to address those needs.
Interacts with data analysts in IT and other departments to understand the documentation and training requirements needed to efficiently utilize the BI infrastructure including the development and maintenance of an enterprise metadata repository.
Provides ongoing support of production BI environments.
Monitors performance of all warehouse and reporting systems; provides ongoing performance tuning, reviews logs, cleans temp files and all other administrative issues required to ensure applications and databases are performing efficiently.

Requirements:...

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Lead SAS Analyst, Credit/Fraud & ScoreCard (Telecommute, US)

Headquartered in Wichita Kansas, Client is a rapidly growing provider of consumer financial services. Since opening their first store in 1997 in Riverside, California, they have successfully expanded to nine states and eighty-two retail locations. Client is currently the leading small short term lender in the brick and mortar store market place in terms of top line revenue and bottom line profitability. In the last 12 months Client has also developed and is rapidly expanding an online loan businesses with intentions of achieving superior market share in this space in the next 24 months.

This role will assist the Director Analyst developing, implementing and monitoring loan approval models that will result in increased acceptance rates and lower default rates of our various consumer loan products. The objective of the role will ensure development, implementation, monitoring of client’s credit risk strategies to help manage and grow the loan portfolio by optimizing values of each loan application and customer. The business operates in “test and learn” culture, where for each of our key credit risk decisions you will assist the new Director Analyst to help develop challenger strategies, rolling out successful strategies to champion status, pulling unsuccessful ones quickly and helping develop new challengers.

To help realize the client’s objectives, this Lead Analyst role will have a vital part to play. The role will be challenging on the Credit side of scorecard development, but also, rewarding from being mentored by the Director Analyst to fully support deliverables to individual business units’ Risk Data Management teams, with the aim to make all risks transparent and understood. Various responsibilities starting in Business and Finance and ending in Information Technology. Assist in the Start Up, Launch, and, Enhancements of new product development to meet loan regulatory and compliance requirements for new Internet Lending Practice. Web originated loan underwriting will be an eLoan / Web 2.0 consumer lending product. Work extensively with client’s Lead Credit Analyst, to assist in their own critical Credit ScoreCard development - From Chief Internet Officer’s desk : "Put another way, consumer lending companies are becoming much more interested in understanding their customers’ lives and psyches, because, the theory goes, knowing what makes cardholders tick will help firms determine who is a good bet and who should be shown the door as quickly as possible. Luckily for the industry, small groups of executives at most of the large firms like ours, have spent the last decade studying our customers from almost every angle, and collection agencies have developed more sophisticated dunning techniques. We have sought to draw psychological and behavioral lessons from the enormous amounts of data the credit- lending companies collect every day. They’ve run thousands of tests and crunched the numbers on millions of accounts. " Must be a US Citizen, or, have a Green Card. Strong preference to candidates willing to...

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Analytical Modeling Staff Scientist - SAS (San Diego, CA)

You will work from the SAS office in San Diego, California. As a member of the Financial Services Modeling team, you will analyze customer data and build high-end analytical models for solving high-value business problems, such as credit card fraud, credit risk, network security, tax fraud detection, and revenue and collections optimization.

Your duties will include analyzing large volumes of customer data for accuracy and consistency, as well as novel and useful information; building high-end analytic models for problems, such as credit card fraud detection; interacting with customers from the data analysis stage to the final report presentation and assisting in technical sales support as needed; building new variables by interpreting underlying data in novel ways; improving modeling techniques to improve model performance; maintaining and improving the processes and procedures for building high-end analytic modeling solutions; writing coherent reports and making presentations on high-end analytical projects; leading a group of scientists through project completion as needed; and performing other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Essential

Master's degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, engineering, or the physical sciences.
Experience analyzing data and building analytical models.
Ability to work from the SAS office located in San Diego, California.
Excellent programming skills with knowledge of multiple operating systems, scripting languages, and the ability to deal with very large volumes of data.

Additional...

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Analyst, BI - J.P. Morgan Asset Management (New York, NY)

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is a leading asset manager of choice for institutions, financial intermediaries and individual investors, worldwide. With a heritage of more than two centuries, a broad range of core and alternative strategies, and investment professionals operating in every major world market, we offer investment experience and insight that few other firms can match.

Clear focus on managing client assets and delivering strong risk-adjusted returns

More than 650 investment professionals providing over 200 different strategies spanning the full spectrum of asset classes, including equity, fixed income, cash liquidity, currency, real estate, hedge funds and private equity

Leadership positions in America, U.K., Continental Europe, Asia, and Japan

Role Objectives:

The Marketing Strategy group works within Funds Distribution (JPMorgan's Retail Asset Management Business). Interactions occur across sales, marketing, operations and finance to build frameworks, design processes and provide metrics that drive our business forward. This role is for an analyst with strong programming skills within the Business Intelligence (BI) segment of Marketing Strategy. BI focuses on bringing analysis and insights regarding our sales and marketing processes in an effort to improve our strategic approach and enhancing our selling effectiveness.

The primary focus of the role will be to work within the BI team to develop a strategic framework across all of our sales channels and within distribution strategy. The objectives will include:

Leading BI efforts in targeted marketing campaigns
Developing and implementing hypotheses around Financial Advisor segmentation models
Creating a test and learn feedback loop around contact strategies
Measuring the success of our marketing events or sales programs
Assessing and checking data integrity on internal data sets

In addition, the Business Intelligence group will be working within the JP Morgan Funds group management team to define the long-term strategy for our business.

Finally, the individual will build a long-te...

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Advanced Analytics Math Modeler - Dow (Michigan, MI)

Dow Business Services has an exciting and challenging opportunity for an Advanced Analytics Math Modeler. This position is located in the Advanced Analytics group within the Six Sigma Consulting and Expertise Center. Dow's Six Sigma commitment coordinates with and builds on other quality initiatives. The rigor and datadriven decision making of Six Sigma is at work in every Dow business and function, driving out defects and variation.

This role has been created to assist businesses and functions in applying mathematics for decision support. There are two basic frameworks to support - data mining and then mathematical modeling. Data mining is generally used, from a Six Sigma perspective, in 3i and Opportunity Identification projects. Mathematical modeling is used for a specific point in time or ongoing decision when risk, uncertainty and/or complexity are self evident since the application of the math models are intended to reduce risk, describe uncertainty and understand the complexity.

This individual will provide the technical expertise necessary to perform a detailed mathematical analysis of various critical Business problems. The purpose of these analyses is either the identification/discovery of value creating opportunities needed to populate our Six Sigma project pipeline as well as generating opportunities for various project methodologies or to build a specific mathematical model to answer a particular question.

Responsibilities

Acquire working knowledge of statistical and machine learning tools and techniques identified for data mining and modeling applications. To accomplish this, specific training in data mining and modeling techniques and prior experience in statistical, machine learning and operations research techniques is required.
Assure alignment of Advanced Analytics activity with Business or Functional Strategy/priorities (e.g. MI Plan) with input from relevant leadership.
Identify and document systems to be studied, identify relevant databases for targeted mining efforts, and determine and validate quality of needed data in those databases.
Perform necessary pre-processing and harmonization of data to create a modeling data set utilizing the most effective methods available.
Select the proper mathematical method(s) for the problem at hand.
Select the proper technology to implement the method/problem at hand.
Perform detailed machine learning, statistical analysis or operations research analysis of targeted databases for the purpose of opportunity identification/discovery or specific decision making.
For Opportunity Identification, gather baseline data required to ground/support opportunity so that Local Champion can draft preliminary project charters. For each charter, provide links to databases mined to identify the opportunity.
For Math Modeling in decision support, deploy the model in a user friendly environment and provide assessment of the quality of the model and tracking therein.

Qualifications...

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Sunday, September 05, 2010

Manager, Program Management Statistical Analysis - Asurion (Nashville, TN)

This role will lead the detailed statistical analysis of subscriber claims behavior. The insight from this analysis will be used to drive decisions on pricing, program design and financial planning. In order to do this, the position will create and statistically analyze large data sets of internal and external data and communicate the results across the organization in a way that drives the organization to action.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop analytic programming and manipulate and analyze large datasets using advanced statistical software packages and advanced analytic features of Access and Excel
Work across various business units to build large-scale, multi-variable databases
Identify statistical analysis techniques (e.g. cluster analysis, time series, multi-variable regression, etc.) required to deliver insight on key strategic questions
Support interpretation of statistical data in order to identify significant differences, relationships, and trends in data, as well as factors that could affect the results of research. Report results of statistical analyses in the form of graphs, charts, and tables.
Summarize written findings, publicize results, and participate and share with senior leadership as appropriate
Advance the use of complex analytical techniques and statistical thinking across Program Management
Execute project plans/ timelines, identify resource requirements and manage project to deliver high quality output
Own and optimize existing statistical models (e.g., incidence rate forecast) to drive meaningful increases in program profitability
Serve as an active participant on cross-functional project teams and provide guidance and training to teams in asking appropriate questions, interpreting data, and translating into action
Anticipate data and information needs and integrate into operational programs/plans.
Provide leadership in the identification and description of data elements and data files/tables required to complete assigned projects and make recommendations regarding the creation of analytical reports to achieve client, program, and business objectives

PROFESSIONAL COMPENTENCIES:

Strong quantitative and analytical skills
Demonstrated ability to build complex statistical models needed to understand issues at a detail level and forecast impacts of change
Ability to communicate complex statistical concepts and output to non-experts in both a written and verbal manner
Exceptional business insight and strategic orientation
Critical thinking skills in formulating hypotheses, interpreting results, and being able to make educated guesses when data may be sparse or unavailable
Intellectual curiosity and ability to handle high levels of ambiguity
Ability to work under pressure and within tight deadlines
Ability to anticipate problems and opportunities and the initiative to pursue solutions
Attention to detail

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

A Bachelor’s Degree in a mathematical field such as Statistics, Operations Research, Actuarial Science or Applied Mathematics is required for this position. A Masters Degree or PhD is preferred. It is also required to have 3 to 7 years of related experiences.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

This position requires advanced statistical skills and experience with advanced statistical software package like SPSS, SAS, Minitab, etc. Strong SQL skills are required. Basic to intermediate PowerPoint skills are required.

URL: http://www.datashaping.com/jobs18426x.shtml

Director of Consumer Marketing - Avvo (Seattle, WA)

Avvo has gone from concept to market leader in three short years. However we need an experienced and creative marketing mind to help us succeed in our next stage of development. The Director of Consumer Marketing will report to Avvo's CEO.

This is a role for those marketers who revel in guerrilla marketing, especially to consumers. Your primary focus will be consumer acquisition -- i.e., building quality consumer traffic for the Avvo.com website. If your primary expertise and consistent acquisition strategy is to build consumer brand by spending millions of dollars, this role is not for you.

Primary Responsibilities

Primary manager and strategist in all consumer and business-to-business marketing for Avvo's lines of business.
Oversee the following primary marketing functions:
Online marketing focused on traffic generation and sales, including SEO, SEM and social media
Syndication of the company's information to third-party websites
Offline marketing, including consumer PR and branding
Development of the Avvo brand
Manage a significant budget and successfully forecast and manage ROI for all consumer marketing programs

URL: http://www.datashaping.com/jobs18425x.shtml

Sr Research Analyst - Wellpoint (Wilmington, DE)

HealthCore, Inc., a health services research firm headquartered in Wilmington, DE, is seeking a Research Analyst or Senior Research Analyst with experience in epidemiology and biostatistics to join our dynamic company. Founded in 1996, and now an independently-operating subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc., HealthCore provides the health care system, biopharmaceutical industry, academia, and the Federal Government with "real-world" data to improve the quality, safety, and affordability of healthcare. HealthCores projects range from retrospective to large-scale, prospective studies in the areas of drug, vaccine, and medical device safety surveillance, risk management, pharmacoepidemiology, health outcomes, pharmaeconomics, and comparative effectiveness research. We are currently seeking a Research Analyst or Senior Research Analyst for the Safety and Epidemiology Service Team to work in our Wilmington, DE or Andover, MA or new in autumn in Washington DC area.. The Research Analyst or Senior Research Analyst will collaborate with the research team, including clinicians, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, programmers, and others to conduct safety and risk management research projects for the pharmaceutical, biotech and device manufacturers line of business. Responsibilities vary with the positions and include:

Performing safety surveillance, risk management, and pharmacoepidemiology research activities under the direction of senior staff;
Supporting research activities in statistical analyses, statistical expertise, reporting and communication of results;
Contributing to the development of proposals, protocols, and statistical analysis plans;
Conducting review of administrative claims data and statistical output to ensure accuracy of results;
Performing project management, with a focus on timeline and budget adherence;
Mentoring Research Analysts on service team.

Qualifications This position requires a masters or doctoral level degree or relevant education and/or equivalent training in health services research, epidemiology, biostatistics, or a related field. Experience with advanced statistical techniques, such as propensity score matching, marginal structural models, spatial analysis, survival analysis, and/or signal detection techniques preferred. Strong study design, analytic skills, and proficiency in programming with one or more statistical applications (SAS, Stata) are required. Experience with health plan administrative databases (pharmacy and medical claims) is a plus.

URL: http://www.datashaping.com/jobs18424x.shtml

Statistical SAS Programmer - Gerard Group (Tempe, AZ)

Founded by Ernest Pineda Gerard Group, Inc., is a niche provider of staffing solutions to leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, finance, banking, marketing and healthcare companies. Gerard locates, qualifies and places highly skilled consultants to its clients on a nationwide basis. The Company provides professionals in biostatistics, statistical programming, data management, drug safety, medical writing, risk analysis, marketing, outcomes research and utilization. Focused on quality and responsive service, the Gerard Group delivers the skilled professionals its clients need to more quickly and efficiently get their products to market. In addition to full time hourly contractors Gerard also provides our clients with candidates on a contract to hire and full time employment basis.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Candidate will provide statistical programming support to clinical trials for regulatory submission. Support Data Management in data set creations/transfers, integrity checks, and quality audits. Support Biostatistics in statistical analysis, including generating data listing, tables, and figures for clinical trials. Develop and maintain the infrastructure for project files of SAS datasets and SAS codes. Act as a liaison between clinical and subcommittees and project teams on an as-needed basis. Requirements

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Statistician - Ford Credit (Dearborn, MI)

At Ford Motor Company, we are dedicated to designing, manufacturing and selling high quality vehicles that meet the diverse needs of our customers. We believe our employees and the different perspectives that they bring to the business are the driving force behind our success. Come discover a company that is focused on the quality of our vehicles, the environment, the community and the world in which we live.

Responsibilities include:

Global Analytics is looking for a statistician to participate in a wide range of business initiatives at Ford Credit in Dearborn, Michigan. Statisticians at Ford Credit develop, implement and support analytics using advanced statistical/econometric techniques (e.g. logistic regression, time series, optimization, etc). We work closely with our IT and business partners around the globe to embed analytics into critical decision processes. Candidates will be expected to successfully prioritize and manage multiple analytical projects and ad-hoc requests to support business initiatives.

Requirements include:

Requires a Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, or Economics.
Requires 2-3 years experience applying advanced statistical techniques in a business setting. Preferably will have experience in the financial industry.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Sr Analyst - Precision (Dallas, TX)

Summary: Precision is a growing company providing marketing and sales decision support tools and services to Global 1,000 partners. Customers include HP, Kimberly-Clark, McKesson, Philips, MSC and United Stationers.