Clinical Innovations Metrician - Humana (Louisville, KY)

Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the nation's largest publicly traded health benefits companies. Humana offers a diversified portfolio of health insurance products and related services - through traditional and consumer-choice plans - to employer groups, government-sponsored plans, and individuals. Today, Humana is a leader in consumer engagement. Throughout its diversified customer portfolio, the company provides guidance that can both help lower costs and lead to a better health plan experience.

Role: Clinical Innovations Metrician Requisition ID: 33996 Assignment: Predictive Modeling/ Data Mining Analyst Location: Louisville, KY Recruiter: dfingers [at] humana.com (replace [at] by @)

(use above requisition ID # when searching on Humana.com, Select the Careers link and then the Career Opportunities link, both are located on the left side of the page)

Assignment Capsule

As a Predictive Modeling/ Data Mining Analyst you will perform data analysis, develop algorithms and predictive models, and present technical information to a broad audience. You will apply algorithms and modeling tools to real client data, and develop solutions with other areas of the business. Responsibilities include:

• Develop and maintain a suite of predictive analytics to drive consumer engagement in Humana’s clinical activities
• Develop statistical models & methodologies to predict, quantify, and/or forecast various business/health metrics
• Ensure and maintain data quality and reliability
• Provide expertise and assistance in implementing model results in ongoing business processes
• Identify and recommend new data sources that will maximize analytic output and conclusions
• Create customized reports with a team of analysts
• Ensure full and clear documentation of all processes

Key Competencies

• Acts Strategically: You foster a consistent understanding of strategy, translate it into defined plans, and "stay the course" to implement it, while anticipating and identifying where change is needed.
• Leadership: You inspire extraordinary results by: engaging associates, valuing diversity and shaping culture to support a high performance environment.
• Communication: You actively listen to others to understand their perspective and ensure continuous understanding regardless of communication channel or audience.
• Innovate: You introduce new ideas and processes which improve performance and productivity.

Role Essentials

• Master’s Degree in Math, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science or a related field
• Prior experience on data mining, statistics, pattern recognition, machine learning
• Strong experience using modeling tools such as SAS, SPSS, R, Matlab
• Passion for solving challenging technical problems, creativity, and detail orientated
• Ability to effectively communicate results of statistical models to broad audience

Role Desirables

• PhD Degree in Math, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science or a related field
• Advanced experience and in-depth knowledge of modeling techniques, such as feature transformation, selection, nonlinear modeling including neural networks, boosted trees etc.
• Experience of develop and implement models in transactional databases
• Experience with SAS Enterprise Miner
• Experience with large data sets especially health care data

Reporting Relationships

You will report to a Manager. This area is under the leadership of the VP of Health Guidance Organization & Chief Operating Officer.

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Industrial Statistician - Sensitech (Beverly, MA)

Sensitech is the leading provider of cold chain visibility solutions that enable our customers, global leaders in Food and Pharmaceuticals, to track and monitor assets across the supply chain, protecting the quality, efficacy, and integrity of their temperature-sensitive products.

Our product portfolio includes comprehensive analytic services, enterprise software systems and validated data acquisition devices. We address our customers’ most complex perishable cold chain problems and deliver powerful insights that drive measurable process improvement.

Our solutions allow customers to increase profitability, deliver higher quality products, ensure consumer safety, comply with rigorous regulatory requirements and protect brand equity. In the past decade, Sensitech has protected over $250 billion of our customers' assets around the world.

Sensitech offers technical, customer and support services, and invests in ongoing research and development programs to enhance and expand our product offerings and services. We’re on the cutting edge of cold chain management, continuously developing innovative solutions to better protect your perishables. We’re also expanding beyond traditional condition monitoring to include track and trace solutions, a combination of services we refer to as Cold Chain Visibility.

Qualified candidates should apply on-line at www.sensitech.com.

JOB TITLE: Professional Services Food Program Manager / Industrial Statistician

JOB LOCATION: Beverly, MA USA

BASIC PURPOSE: This position is responsible for managing activities related to data analysis and reporting for European-based programs that help companies involved in the manufacture or distribution of temperature sensitive food products to monitor and continuously improve their temperature controlled supply chains. This involves data analysis, information visualization, project management and report writing. This position will work closely with European based Program Managers. It also involves working with a cross functional team based in Europe, South America and North America; which includes data analysts, project managers, industrial engineers, food scientists and field technicians.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Manage databases, analyze data and create reports. Provide expertise and training in industrial statistics to other team members
• Manage European projects and programs that require or will benefit from headquarters support especially in regard to data analysis, information visualization and report writing
• Facilitate the flow of information between our Europe-based and US-based Professional Services team members
• Act as advocate and first point of contact for European Professional Services team members in the corporate office

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

• MS in Industrial Statistics or related field preferred
• Expertise and industry experience with process improvement methodologies, SPC, Six-Sigma, DOE, exploratory data analysis, data mining and information visualization
• Minimum 5 years work experience in industry involving process improvement, quality management or data analysis
• Must have practical, hands on approach, proven ability to work well with non-statisticians and proven ability to use statistics to improve real life processes.
• Experience in cold chain management, refrigeration or food distribution is desired, but not required
• Must be service oriented
• French, German or other European language skills, including writing skills are desired, but not required
• Must have excellent project management skills and be organized and detail oriented
• Creativity, problem-solving skills, strong analytical and communication skills required

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Software Development Engineer - Amazon (Seattle, WA)

Software Dev Engineer, Product Ads: Ad Targeting

Amazon.com’s Product Ads team is looking for exceptional software engineers to develop algorithms and build systems to solve a variety of Information Retrieval, Data Mining, and Distributed Caching problems related to Ad Targeting – one of the company’s biggest opportunities for growth. Our principal challenge is to drive monetization by selecting the most relevant ads to show to a particular customer on a particular page. We have a variety of data available to help us make targeting decisions, including customer behavior, historical ad performance, and page context. However, the volume of data and the combinatorial effect of multiple dimensions of data pose a challenge for storing, processing, and effectively using this data. Ads need to be delivered in tens of milliseconds, compounding the problem further. The Product Ads team is building a highly scalable, distributed ad platform that addresses these problems using an innovative mix of Information Retrieval, Clustering, and Distributed Caching techniques. Product Ads is a high-profile, highly strategic business unit, with support and interest from all parts of Amazon and top management. We are a highly motivated, cooperative and fun-loving team with a mandate for and record of invention and experimentation. As part of this team you will be working with large volumes of data to extract insight using statistics, data mining, and machine learning techniques; then, using these insights, you will build next generation monetization algorithms and models for ad auctions and ad networks. The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

• PhD or/and an Advanced degree in Computer Science, Math or related field with 5+ years of experience.
• Past experience in at least one of the following areas – Information Retrieval, Data Mining, Statistics, Auction Theory, or Machine Learning.
• Desire to analyze data while developing solutions to problems.
• Strong desire to build high-performance, highly-available and scalable distributed systems.
• Strong design and coding skills in Java/C++ on Unix Platforms.
• Familiarity with Perl and an understanding of SQL.
• Highly innovative, flexible and self-directed.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

If you enjoy broadening your technical skills, building a new business, and working in an environment that thrives on creativity, experimentation, and product innovation, then this is the job for you! Contact:

In order to be considered for this position, please send your resume directly to me at nkrishna@amazon.com.

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Senior Statistician - Shopzilla (Los Angeles, CA)

Create and innovate. And have fun along the way.

Zillans, as we call ourselves, work within an atmosphere where laughter is encouraged, dress is casual, and nobody takes him or herself too seriously. But we do work hard every single day to make Shopzilla the greatest shopping search engine in the world. To that end, we strive to hire the smartest, most passionate people we can find.

We currently have the following opportunity available:

Senior Statistician

As our Senior Statistician, you will:

• Identify and prioritize optimization opportunities in collaboration with your manager
• Leverage state-of-the-art data systems to mine some of the most comprehensive logs of the online retail world. Utilize your skills in advanced statistics and machine learning to identify correlations, patterns, and levers that provide meaningful optimization opportunities
• Design, implement, and validate AI systems for optimization of product recommendation and consumer experience personalization
• Advise and support teams in design of experiments and analysis of test results
• Deploy and test your optimization methodologies on nimble production environments; measure and report on the projected impact of your optimizations
• Develop production-worthy solutions by leveraging engineering teams dedicated to optimization processes
• Launch, monitor, and tune your optimization systems in order to maximize financial return and reach goals set forth by executive management
• Leverage your experience to explore improvements to data systems, learn new optimization methodologies, and grow your responsibilities and your career

Your qualifications include:

• 2+ years experience in an operational role
• 2+ years experience with algorithm design
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
• High energy and the capacity to manage complex, multi-team projects
• Experience with / understanding of most of the following methodologies: clustering, association rules, logistic and linear regression, support vector machines, decision trees, random forests, boosting, bagging, neural networks, genetic programming
• Experience with text mining, semantic parameterization, document mapping
• Experience with ETL and manipulation of large data sets
• Expertise in at least one of: SPSS, SAS, R, Matlab
• Proficiency in at least one of: Perl, Python, Java, Shell Scripting
• Advanced Degree (PhD preferred) in Statistics, Applied Math, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Operations Research

In return for your talent and dedication, you'll enjoy excellent benefits including medical, dental and vision plans; life insurance; a 401(k) plan; a flexible spending account; and generous vacation benefits -- and to top it off, we provide FREE catered lunch every day!

If you're super-smart, interested in solving challenging problems, enjoy life and care about the people you work with, then Shopzilla is a good fit for you.

About us:

Shopzilla, Inc. is one of the largest and most comprehensive online shopping networks on the web. Through its leading comparison shopping sites, bizrate.com®and Shopzilla.com®, Shopzilla helps shoppers find the best value for virtually anything they want to buy from thousands of online retailers. Based in Los Angeles, Shopzilla operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Germany. The company is owned by Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.(NYSE:SNI), which include national lifestyle TV networks such as HGTV, The Food Network, Fine Living, The Travel Channel, and more.

Shopzilla is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please submit your resume to: jobs@shopzilla.com

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Research Data Warehouse Specialist (Duarte, CA)

Position Summary

Responsible for the planning, oversight, and coordination of information management activities related to sourcing and provisioning of research related data to and from the City of Hope enterprise data warehouse. Information management activities include establishment and enforcement of policies, processes, and procedures related to data integrity, data integration and retention, and secured data access. Assist with the selection of source data considered for inclusion in the warehouse, specification of data integrity criteria for selected data, prioritizing and ranking of source data relative to alternative sources, and declaration of data ownership and data access rights and privileges with regard to selected source data. Assist with data quality assurance and linkage validation of the data records within the warehouse, and oversee documentation of the domain-level business metadata.

Position Accountabilities

Maintain metadata such as data element definitions, integrity rules, and ETL requirements regarding research related data included or planned for inclusion in the data warehouse. Participate in decision making related to selection and prioritizing of potential data sources for data of interest to research. Assist in the declaration and definition of derivation algorithms and calculations for measures and indicators to be included in the data warehouse of importance to research activities. Participate in decision making related to the declaration of data access policies and technologies used to enforce them. Assist in the definition and design of research related analytical data stores (data marts) populated using data extracted from the data warehouse. Participate in regular audits of the data warehouse to verify data quality and rectification of identified data integrity issues. Maintain professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations. Keep abreast of latest trends in the field of clinical and research data warehousing and analytics. Follow established policies and procedures regarding job performance, attendance, safety, infection control, conflict of interest, and confidentiality. Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• Three to five years in a programmer/analyst position working with large multi-user systems
• SQL, SQR, Peoplesoft Applications and Tools, Crystal reports

Send resume to: RArmendariz@coh.org Website: www.coh.orgURL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18258x.shtml Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you.

Senior Business Consultant - Stratigent (Warrenville, IL)

Senior Business Consultant

Stratigent, the global leader in web analytics and marketing optimization consulting, is seeking a highly motivated and talented Senior Business Consultant with a passion for digital marketing and web analytics.

The Senior Consultant must possess keen analytics and business consulting skills and will be responsible for assisting clients, some of whom are Fortune 500 clients, in defining solutions for online marketing initiatives. In addition, the Senior Consultant will manage the overall relationship with clients and lead/mentor a team of Consultants and Analysts. This person will take an active role by creating best practices and methodologies, driving business development efforts and acting as a thought leader within the organization and in the industry.

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Conduct analysis and develop reporting frameworks that provide insight into the performance of clients' online marketing programs and develop recommendations for optimization.
• Lead multiple projects, manage daily client integration and identify opportunities for additional business opportunities
• Lead, train and mentor a team of Analysts and Consultants
• Ensure the highest levels of satisfaction by delivering outstanding service, valuable insights and recommendations to clients
• Establish best practices, methodologies and serve as a thought leader within the company

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, economics, business management, mathematics, or a related field; MBA preferred.
• 4-7 years experience in business consulting, strategic consulting, or leading large-scale web analytics and online marketing initiatives.
• Web analytics, digital marketing, or search marketing experience preferred.
• Proven ability to successfully manage clients, projects and teams.
• Experience and/or interest in related fields such as Brand Marketing, Statistics and Database Marketing.
• Passion and enthusiasm for helping clients develop their digital marketing capabilities into a competitive advantage.

If you have a passion for online marketing optimization, you’re highly motivated- team player, and you enjoy working in fast-paced environments, please submit your resume and cover letter to careers@stratigent.com

Stratigent is an Equal Opportunity Employer

4355 Weaver Pkwy, Ste 150
Warrenville, IL 60555
careers@stratigent.com

Front End Software Engineer - Clicker Media Inc (Los Angeles, CA)

Job Description

Your role will be to build end-user features as fast as we can dream them up, in a robust scalable fashion.  You will work closely with everyone on our product
development team to turn product designs into reality.  You will span
the full technology process, and be completely responsible for every
new feature you build – from design and implementation to deployment
and maintenance.  The features you build will be used by millions of
people when they launch.

About You

• You have strong computer science fundamentals, with a BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field.

• You are an expert working in HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Jquery a strong plus.

• You are fluent in Java; JSP/JSTL required.  Experience with other template frameworks encouraged.

• You have a deep understanding of Web protocols and formats and Web architectures.

• You have a keen eye for interface design, and are mindful of browser & device compatibility.

• You are comfortable working in SQL.

• Experience with Hibernate is a strong plus.

• Experience with a variety of web languages and frameworks a plus.

• You function well in a fast-paced, informal environment where the bar for performance is set high and change is the norm.  

Company Description

Clicker is the complete programming guide to Internet television. Clicker catalogs all broadcast programming online, along with TV-quality Web originals, movies and music videos, and delivers them in one seamless, organized experience. Clicker makes it easy for anyone to discover what's available to watch online (and what isn't), where to watch it, and what's worth watching.  

The company's recent accolades include being named one of GQ Magazine's "4 Sites You Need to Know", PC World's “10 Sites and Services That Will Matter in 2010”, Mashable's “8 Companies That Are Reinventing TV Online”, and ReadWriteWeb's “Top 10 Startup Products of 2009.” Find us at www.clicker.com.

About The Team

We’re small but awesome, and enjoy working in a super-coordinated fashion like some sort of super basketball team from the future, or a battalion of gregarious space-ninja. Honestly some days it could go either way.

Senior Engineer, Analytics - AdKnowledge (Kansas City, KS)

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW

Adknowledge displays highly-targeted advertisements based upon past online actions taken by an individual consumer. Adknowledge’s goal is to refine its targeting algorithms and expand its behavior database (currently 20TB) to continually improve ad targeting over time.

To support our products the Adknowledge infrastructure consists of:

• 20 terabytes of data housed in Oracle, MySQL, and Neteeza;
• 500+ Linux servers;
• LAMP based platform mixed with some C, C++, and Oracle
• A cloud running Hadoop, DHT, and other distributed services.

The Analytics Department provides a central lab for statistical analysis, machine learning, and distributed computing, to service business needs throughout the rest of our company for targeted consumer advertising. We have a mission to deliver high quality, timely analysis, distill real business insights from large data sets, and provide scalable analytics which the rest of the company consumes on demand. In addition, we assist on studies, metrics, data visualization, system architecture, etc., in other areas of our business.

POSITION OVERVIEW

This position is instrumental in driving analytic changes with large implications for Adknowledge revenue. Primary duties for the Senior Engineer consist of:

• Analysis: Work alongside quantitative analysts who simulate and test economic relationships within a very large dataset of consumer behavior in the online marketing industry.
• Solutions: Translate learning’s from simulations and analysis into system concepts and computer algorithms that form the core of behavior-targeted analytic products, which increase the effectiveness of real-time ad delivery and campaign selection systems.
• Troubleshooting: Analyze and troubleshoot our proprietary targeting system to optimize revenue across multiple channels of business.
• Implementation: Server as a technical resource for the statisticians in establishing appropriate implementation priorities.

Additional duties include:

• Collaborate closely with statisticians on the team to implement machine learning algorithms used for production systems.

CANDIDATE OVERVIEW

The successful candidate will be a vital addition to the team with at least:

• 5-7 year’s industry experience maintaining a code base written in Java for high-availability, mission critical services.
• Has had formal studies plus industry experience in distributed computing, e.g. MapReduce, Hadoop, AWS, DHTs, etc.
• Industry experience working with very large datasets.
• Familiarity with parallel algorithms development.

Additional experience areas which contribute key advantages to the team:

• Thesis work specifically in collaborative filtering, or related areas.
• Strong background in Math and Statistics.
• Familiarity with data visualization techniques and software.
• Prior experience in on line advertising.
• Additional work experience or academic focus in operations research, graph analysis, behavioral modeling, demographic analysis.
• Graduate Degree in Computer Science, or related areas. BS plus equivalent work experience is also acceptable.

The successful candidate will also demonstrate the following abilities:

• Proven Track Record: Have a successful career history in meeting deadlines, commitments and deployment.
• Passion for Technology: Excitement for new technology, bleeding edge applications, and a positive attitude towards solving real world challenges.
• Organized: must be able to manage to deadlines and prioritize daily, weekly and monthly tasks.
• Analytical: Superior analytical, high attention to detail and problem-solving skills with the ability to research and analyze data from a variety of sources.
• Pragmatic: Excellent written communication skills and the ability to translate academic papers and theoretical results into business applications.

To APPLY

Apply Online at https://tbe.taleo.net/NA7/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=ADKNOWLEDGE&cws=1&rid=198 (Preferred)
Or email your resume and cover letter to: applicants@adknowledge.com.

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Director of Analytic Modeling - TMP Worldwide (Memphis, TN)

Support in acquisition, retention/attrition model build using customer demographics and transactional data to support diverse direct marketing campaigns. Apply quantitative and empirical thinking to marketing and other business processes. Develop/automate SAS codes to create periodic reports on population stability, campaign/model monitoring.

Responsibilities:

• Design and execute quantitative analyses related to customer acquisition and retention
  
• Use statistical software packages for data manipulation reporting and analyses
  
• Assist in developing scoring engines on business unit computer systems to implement statistical models
  
• Be an in-house expert on various databases
  
• Create and execute protocols for data quality assurance in statistical analyses
  
• Support a variety of empirical analysis projects, including survey research hypothesis testing and ad hoc research projects
  
• Support development of fact-base marketing strategies
  
• Advise data quality processes in business unit IT departments
  
  

Education & Experience Requirements:

• Five to seven years' professional experience in data handling, manipulation and analyses
  
• Masters' degree in Stat/Math, Social Science, Marketing, or related fields
  
• Prior database marketing experience desirable
  
• Consulting is a plus
  
  

Other Requirements:

• Excellent and broad quantitative skills
  
• Excellent SAS (Base/StatlMacro) programming skills
  
• Proficient with relational database structures and SQL queries
  
• High-level programming experience desirable
  
• Excellent communication skills
  
• Proficient in Excel and Powerpoint
  
  

To apply, please click here.

An Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer – AA/EOE/M/F/D/V

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Donor Experience Management Analyst, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis - TN)

Description:

IMPACT THE WORLD!

It's a great feeling to know that you're helping children around the world. As the fundraising arm of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and second largest healthcare charity in the nation, we are proud to help children in their fight against childhood cancer. It's a challenge we can only meet with the help of enthusiastic, passionate and dedicated people like you. People who are seeking a more satisfying career experience.

Donor Experience Management analyst

In this role, you will be responsible for the provision of analysis and research to support the Donor Experience Management program. This will encompass the analysis of donor feedback, gift behavior data, complaint data, quality monitoring system and event and behavior based analysis in order to provide qualitative and quantitative insight. Working with cross-functional teams to diagnose, design and implement donor centric business solutions as well as serving as a pivotal part of a dynamic, data driven, focused team building and delivering a differentiated and desired donation experience will also be involved.

Requirements:

Selected candidate must have a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related discipline with a strong quantitative background as well as 5+ years marketing research or predictive analytic and data mining experience. Master's or advanced degree in a quantitative discipline preferred. Knowledge of advanced statistical methods (regression, factor analysis, neural networks, genetic algorithms); proven ability to build statistical models using Affinium Model/Model One (or similar modeling software); familiarity with data mining concepts as CRISP-DM; and demonstrated capabilities in organizing, translating and presenting complex quantitative information to all levels of management required. Technical skills such as SPSS and SAS; demonstrated communication and problem solving skills; PC proficiency with MS Office; and expertise using relational databases and data warehouses a must. Oracle or SQL experience preferred. Must possess a valid driver's license.

Along with the potential to enjoy a more fulfilling career, we offer competitive pay and benefits, the resources to do the best possible work and the stability of a high-growth industry.

For immediate consideration, please visit: http://www.stjude.org/careersalsac referencing code: ANADEM. Employment is contingent upon successful drug screen and background investigations, including criminal, credit and driving.

www.stjude.org
An Equal Opportunity Employer

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Data Quality Analyst, Customer and Install Base - NetApp (Sunnyvale, CA)

NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that help accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency. Our dedication to principles of simplicity, innovation, and customer success has made us one of the fastest-growing storage and data management providers today.

Customers around the world choose us for our "go beyond" approach and broad portfolio of solutions for business applications, storage for virtual servers, disk-to-disk backup, and more. Our solutions provide nonstop availability of critical business data and simplify business processes so you can deploy new capabilities with confidence and get to revenue faster than ever before. You can rely on our industry-leading solutions to lower the cost of protecting your data, business, and reputation.

We bring together the industry's best partners and technology to deliver services that help you maximize what you are getting from your infrastructure. Our collaborative approach, working as one team with one goal, means that you get a solution that is just right for you—on time and on budget. To support your global business, we provide highly-responsive support in local languages. From London to Austin, from Bangalore to Tokyo, we’ll work with you to solve your problems and help you reach your goals.

Discover our passion for helping companies around the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.

Job Summary:

NetApp’s Customer, Install Base and entitlement data is considered a foundational data asset to the corporation. It supports both operational and business analytical processes. Quality measurement and analysis of this data is essential for improving our customer, partner and field experience and has significant company performance implications.

As a Data Quality Analyst, you have responsibility for providing the Operations Teams with data profiling and data analytics that identify idiosyncrasies, missing data, problems with data structures, and other qualitative measures.

Your job is to profile existing data, flag missing data and identify suspect data that requires manual review. Your role supports the Director Support Operations – Business Data Services and takes guidance from the Manager Data Quality Programs. This is a critical role to one of our two key company initiatives.

You are responsible for independently building the tools necessary for the project team to succeed in identifying bad data and systemic process issues. You will also be measuring resulting data quality on a global basis. You will be establishing data quality metrics, dash boards and trends which will be reviewed on executive levels of the company. Together with the data governance team you will establish guidelines for apt usage and policies that will improve data quality.

To build a robust data quality management infrastructure you will be leveraging NetApp platforms where possible and interfacing with other reporting teams where appropriate.

Where NetApp enterprise applications can not be leveraged you will be responsible to:
1) Evaluate and recommend enterprise class data management, profiling and analytics solutions
2) Evaluate outsourcing opportunities for data quality management and
3) Create your own tools using standard desktop software (Excel, Access, MySQL DB, etc.)

This role understands enterprise application data flows and is able to interpret data in business context.

You will be the expert on NetApp’s customer, installed base and entitlement data model. You will know which data sources and reporting tools to leverage to obtain the most accurate analysis of the data.

You have an intimate understanding of customer data and have worked in a company with multi tier sales pathways. The terms data governance, data analytics, MDM, CDM and data quality will be written all over your experience.

Essential Functions:
• Analyze customer and install base data (regular reporting experience will not be sufficient)
• Establish a data quality framework, metrics and dashboards
• Data Profiling
• Document data inconsistencies in such a way that they can be actioned
• Provide guidance to reporting teams
• In a limited capacity act as a pinch hitter for creating challenging reports to the business.

Requirements:

• Ability to think independently
• Can do attitude to develop the impossible analysis
• Collaborative
• Excellent communicator
• Ability to reach out to peers and other functions to accomplish larger projects that can stretch over several months
• Attention to detail and an inquisitive mind
• Skills in statistics and process analysis from a Six Sigma type methodology
• Excels in areas of data profiling, master data management, data governance, customer master data, database design, business analysis and reporting
• Ability to creatively question and investigate the accuracy of data. Interpret analytical findings and explore them in business context to assess their validity, ask the next question and perform basic sanity checks on initial findings.
• Ability to “think” data models, data flows and data architecture
• Expert at identifying and creating linkages between disparate information systems and data sources in order to provide a more accurate and comprehensive view of data.
• Ability to produce findings that provide valuable insights and help drive informed data management decisions
• Experience with both industrial strength data profiling tools as well as poor mans versions
• Hands on ability to crunch and analyze data and provide specific recommendations on actions to improve it.
• Ability to use Cognos Report Studio to design canned reports
• Ability to if necessary design and develop a relational MS Access or similar database with appropriate input and display forms
• Intricate understanding of SAP data objects and their attributes
• Expert in Excel that is able to extract every ounce of capability that Excel has to offer including visual basic macros and other more complex excel features.
• Ability to help identify deficiencies in the existing BI and EDW data models and make recommendations to improve the architecture.

US Citizenship required for this role.

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in data analytics and MDM roles • A Bachelor Degree; or equivalent experience is required. • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects • Experience with Master Data Management, Data Profiling, Data Analytics • Expert in Excel, Access, SQL and enterprise data profiling and data quality management tools such as Dataflux, Trillium, IBM, Informatica, SAP BusinessObjects, DataLever, Uniserv, Innovative Systems, DataMentors, Netrics and Datactics • Experience with Data Models • Experience with ERP/CRM Applications (SAP, Oracle, and/or Siebel) highly desirable, Visual Basic, and data quality profiling tools • 5 years or more in statistical process analysis preferred.

To learn more about NetApp employee benefits go to: http://www.netapp.com/jobs/benefits.html.

Contact, how to apply:

Contact: Petra Pino, 408-822-6984.
Apply by eMail: R0303181908235@posttrak.arbita.net
Apply Online

Salary commensurate with experience

Ref: ARBNAP2056-737209

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Senior Research Scientist - Webtrends (San Bruno, CA)

Webtrends founded the web analytics industry in 1993. Today, our leadership extends much further, to social media measurement, paid-search optimization and connecting the online and offline data silos scattered throughout organizations. We help Customers turn the data generated by their web site, blogs, online campaigns and enterprise systems into understanding of their customers and, ultimately, business opportunity. Our people and products help Customers answer complicated business questions – rather than disguise incomplete answers in colorful charts and graphs.

Webtrends, the market leader in web analytics and Marketing Performance Management solutions is looking for a Senior Scientist for our office in San Bruno, California. Our Ad Director division uses sophisticated software techniques to optimize campaigns for web advertising.

We are looking for a talented Senior Scientist to take our industry best search optimization technology to the next level of sophistication and elegance. The successful candidate will be able to extend the current algorithms as well as invent new approaches to solving our customers’ challenges.

Webtrends is a highly collaborative work environment and this position offers the opportunity to continue your research but also to see it implemented quickly and leveraged in real world business environments. We search out passionate team oriented motivated professionals that want to let their work do the talking and be part of a growing, thriving company. In return, Webtrends offers a strong benefits program, shares our profits with employees and offers a challenging and exciting work environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the research and development of the core algorithmic components of a paid-search online bidding system.
• Design and implement practical algorithms to make business decisions in response to statistical data.
• Continuous research in optimization techniques and advancements.
• Mentor team members.
• Assist with strategic accounts.

Skills/Experience:

Required:

• PhD in engineering, computer science, operations research, or statistics.
• Experience in leadership roles.
• Breadth of statistical models or optimization techniques including exposure to many of the following: Bayesian modeling, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), Expectation maximization, Dynamic models, Linear Programming.
• Experience working with or in a programming language.
• Passion and proven ability to innovate.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal.

Desirable:

• Experience with R
• Experience with Python
• Experience with SQL
• Experience in the search space is significant asset.

Scope: This is an individual contributor position.

Interaction

This position is an internal facing position reporting into a development manager, as a team member. The ability to effectively work within a team environment and build and maintain strong working relationships are required.

Working Conditions

This position is located in an office building in San Bruno, CA. Incumbent must pass background check.

Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

Please apply at: http://www.Webtrends.com/AboutWebtrends/Careers/CurrentOpenings.aspx.

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Webtrends is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer supporting workforce diversity. m/f/d/v.

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Data Mining Business Analyst (New York, NY)

Position Title: Data Mining Business Analyst Job Level: Associate/Sr Associate Pay Grade: Not Applicable Position ID: Line of Business: Institutional Securities Functional Area: Research City Position is Located: New York

Job Description

The Research Division at a top financial firm is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with data mining and predictive analysis experience to be part of a team focused on developing a Business Intelligence (BI) and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platform. A key component of this platform is to mine our data warehouse to determine what analyst and client behaviors drive profitability. We are looking to add a team member with a statistics and data mining background to lead this new initiative.

This position will be part of the Technology Management team within the Research business unit. The team consists of project managers and business analysts who manage a variety of technology initiatives on behalf of the business unit. They are responsible for managing projects from initial concept to deployment, working closely with stakeholders, including Research Analysts and management in the business unit, as well as IT colleagues in the development, support and training areas. This role requires a candidate with a strong background in predictive modeling, statistical analysis, writing business requirements and managing complex projects. The successful candidate will provide end-to-end project management from requirements gathering and analysis, through implementation, and post implementation support. The role will therefore require interacting with Analyst teams, clients, developers, and Research Management.

Specific responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement predictive models using data mining tools, analyze test results and be able to discover segments in data
• Use experience in multivariate statistical analysis (linear & logistic regression, categorical analysis, cluster analysis, statistical sampling, decision trees, multidimensional scaling, etc.).
• Strong experience applying text mining techniques to customer call centers or to large-volume document libraries
• Work with the regional stakeholders to proactively identify key performance indicators validate results and monitor the performance
• Understanding of the balanced scorecard methodology
• Liaise with Analyst teams and Research management to understand their requirements, ensuring strategic business objectives are met and to co-ordinate usability and user-acceptance testing
• Gather, develop and own business requirements, and work with IT counterparts to ensure these requirements are delivered successfully and on schedule
• Produce charts, tables, and graphs to support stakeholders or reporting requirements
• Provide data and analyses in a timely manner and verifies the accuracy of data analyses produced by self, or others using existing BI and EPM systems
• Plan and manage the deployment of global systems

Skills Required

• Proficiency with Data Mining tools e.g SPSS, SAS, Clementine
• Strong Project Management skills
• Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving capabilities; ability to come up with solutions for complex business problems
• Familiar with all phases of the project lifecycle: requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, and support
• Proficient in developing business requirements, use cases, and user acceptance testing cases/plans
• Ability to manage multiple activities to aggressive deadlines
• Self-starter with can-do attitude and a strong sense of ownership

Desired:

• Prior experience on global projects / global systems implementations
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Statistics or Quantitative Management
• PMI Certification
• Knowledge of Research, Investment Banking or Financial Services
• Ability and analyze and write SQL queries to perform data analysis tasks

How to Apply:

Please fax resumes to 646-873-4729. Please include the title of the job you are applying to on the Fax Cover Sheet.

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Director, Marketing Science and Innovation Group - OTX (Los Angeles, CA)

Director, Marketing Science and Innovation Group Reports to the Chief Research Officer OTX – Los Angeles

Submit applications to: careers@otxresearch.com.

Mission statement for the MSI group

• Provide realizable and sustainable methodological foundations for all OTX products and project insights
• Maximize profit by balancing investment in analytics with in-house capabilities and high quality outside partners
• Implement cutting edge innovative methods for insight
• Develop optimization methods for our clients’ business issues
• Use the MSI group as a point of differentiation for OTX in the marketplace
• Expand our role as industry thought leaders
• Continue introduction of best practices in science to market research

Scope and responsibilities

This is a key function within the Marketing Science & Innovation Group and the Director, Marketing Science will contribute across all elements of the MSI mission statement.

Specifically this individual will be a primary contact internally for new product development and the execution of project analysis for clients.

Duties include research study design, statistical and modeling analysis, creation of cutting edge methods for new products, and implementation/development of standards for tracking data and other continuous research projects.

The Director, MS will stay abreast of new data analysis techniques and applications from related scientific disciplines and consider how these approaches can improve OTX deliverables.

Experience / skills required

Qualifications must include:

• Undergraduate degree with work in mathematics; science; quantitative business analysis - Advanced degree preferred
• Minimum 1 - 2 years of related MR experience
• Extensive knowledge of research computing
• tools (Perl, Java, SQL, R, C++, etc.)
• tasks (large data set manipulation, distributed computing, system engineering)
• Comprehensive knowledge of multivariate statistical techniques
• Familiarity with or interest in advanced methods such as:
  • neural networks
  • genetic algorithms
  • agent based models
  • Bayesian belief systems
• Technical knowledge/understanding/background in SQL, Database Design, and Data Processes
• Strong communication and follow-up skills; including clearly communicating with management, customers and vendors
• Capable of working independently and with multiple departments
• Complex database and data management experience

Online Testing eXchange (OTX) is a global consumer research and consulting firm that has established itself as a leading provider of online-based research. Our company specializes in providing innovative, cutting-edge online technology, products and analysis to the marketing, entertainment and advertising communities. OTX has developed the most innovative products available for online research today -- products that work to uncover deeper and more profound consumer insight. OTX is based in Culver City, California. Visit us on the web at www.otxresearch.com.

Compensation Commensurate with Experience

OTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications are encouraged from all persons regardless of their race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, marital status, religious creed, medical/physical/mental condition, sexual orientation, Veteran status, or age.

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B2B Database Marketing and Analytics Manager (New York, NY)

Position Title: B2B Database Marketing and Analytics Manager Job Level: Vice President Pay Grade: Not Applicable Line of Business: Institutional Securities Functional Area: Research City Position is Located: New York

Job Description

The Research Department at a top financial firm is seeking a B2B Database Marketing Manager to lead the establishment of a decision support system that will drive major improvements in our business processes, marketing efforts and enable the business to compete on analytics.

A key component of this platform is to mine our data assets to determine the analyst and client behaviors that drive profitability and the Research report characteristics that can best satisfy our clients needs. To have an impact on our business, these insights and real-time recommendations will be integrated into our existing applications; such as Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems and Research document Authoring and content portals.

Specific responsibilities

• Lead the establishment of a decision support system for the Research division as it enables business processes and marketing efforts
• Provide leadership to a highly skilled team of Data Quality Analysts, Data Mining Analysts, Statisticians and Marketing Campaign managers
• Manage the global day-to-day operational implementation of the system and enforce adherence to data mining project best practices (such as CRISP-DM, Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining)
• Serve as subject matter expert (SME) on available internal and external data sources pros, cons, alternatives, etc.
• Liaise with Research management and Analyst teams and to understand their requirements, ensuring strategic business objectives are met
• Co-ordinate execution of data mining and database marketing campaigns.
• Liaise with existing application owners to ensure that advanced customer insights and intelligent actions for decisioning are available to and integrated with our BI, CRM, Authoring and Portal platforms.
• Responsible for managing, manipulating and mining customer and prospect data to and from marketing databases to support the execution of global B2B marketing campaigns
• Use experience in multivariate statistical analysis (linear & logistic regression, categorical analysis, cluster analysis, statistical sampling, decision trees, multidimensional scaling, etc.) to develop models and marketing experience to develop target market segments for campaign lists.
• Strong experience applying text mining techniques to customer call centers or to large-volume document libraries
• Gather, develop and own business requirements, and work with IT counterparts to ensure these requirements are delivered successfully and on schedule
• Continual improve and extend the data sources available for data mining by working with internal and external third party data providers
• Produce key performance indicator reports and analyses for all data mining projects and campaigns
• Provide data and analyses in a timely manner and verify the accuracy of data analyses produced by self, or others using existing BI and EPM systems

Skills Required

• 7-10 years B2B database marketing experience
• Demonstrated knowledge of database marketing techniques including targeting, segmentation and list processes
• Expert with Data Mining tools e.g SPSS Clementine, SAS, Spotfire Miner
• Strong team orientation with leadership experience
• Strong Project Management skills
• Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving capabilities; ability to come up with solutions for complex business problems
• Familiar with all phases of the project lifecycle: requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, and support
• Proficient in developing business requirements, use cases, and user acceptance testing cases/plans
• Ability to manage multiple activities to aggressive deadlines
• Ability to interface with multiple business units
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and meet aggressive deadlines
• Self-starter with can-do attitude and a strong sense of ownership

Desired:

• Prior experience on global projects / global systems implementations
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Statistics or Quantitative Management
• PMI Certification
• Knowledge of Research, Investment Banking or Financial Services
• Ability and analyze and write SQL queries to perform data analysis tasks

Additional job Title Alternatives

• Vice President / Director of Analytics
• B2B Database Marketing

Terms or Phrases to be considered for inclusion on Job Description

• Advanced Customer Insights
• Competing on Analytics
• Competitive Intelligence
• Intelligent Actions for decisioning
• Apply data analytics and predictive modeling solutions to drive more actionable and intelligent decisioning within the division
• Integrating disparate data sources in order to drive targeting for marketing initiatives
• Modeled customer behaviours to antisipate new research products or services that should be created
• Measure and monitor success

How to Apply:

Please fax resumes to 646-873-4729. Please include the title of the job you are applying to on the Fax Cover Sheet.

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Data Manager - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati, OH)

At Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, our vision is to be the leader in improving child health. We are dedicated to transforming the way health care is delivered and to implementing quality improvements to advance patient safety, outcomes and experiences. U.S.News & World Report ranked the Department of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati Medical Center the third best pediatric program at a medical school in the United States, behind only Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University. Cincinnati Children's received 122 NIH grants in 2008 -- 21 more than in 2007 -- the most awarded to us in eight years. We are currently looking for the following:

Data Manager

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

To manage data processes and to develop, implement and maintain a data quality assurance program for research studies.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with researchers and research coordinators to ascertain data needs for research studies.
• Act as a liaison between research team, IT professionals, and analysts to create analysis data sets for research purposes.
• Design and test data collection tools.
• Build and maintain data dictionaries for division and study databases.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive data quality program for research studies.
• Ensure global clinical data management best practices and knowledge thereof in a standardized, transparent, and efficient manner. Assume responsibility as a partner for the planning, resourcing, and execution of relevant internal and external data management activities to obtain clean databases within a specified timeframe.
• Maintain data quality for research studies.
• Oversee the accuracy of data entry functions.
• Design and build eCRFs and edit checks, oversee validation process.
• Coordinate data transfers, data reconciliation.
• Develop knowledge and professional skills through continuing education, cross training, literature and attendance at departmental meetings.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Ability to organize and define problems, develop strategies, solutions and recommend action plans for research data management. Analytical and statistical ability sufficient to evaluate data, make judgments and recommendations regarding data management and quality. Experience performing basic statistical analysis including frequency distributions, graphical displays and descriptive statistics. Demonstrates analytical skills as well as accuracy and attention to detail. Possesses strong computer and word processing, spreadsheet statistical, and database software application skills (Microsoft Office, Visual Basic, Business Objects, Access, SAS or SPSS). Have a working knowledge of tools to build simple databases and electronic data collection tools. Be able to develop ad hoc queries for simple data retrieval skills.

EDUCATION/WORK EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• Bachelor degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, management information systems, quantitative analysis or related discipline or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 1 year experience developing and manipulating small to medium databases, using Visual Basic, SAS and/or SPSS and cleaning and managing data for multiple projects.

If interested, please email Megan Anderson, HR Sourcing Specialist at megan.anderson [at] cchmc.org (replace [at] with @).

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Senior Level SW Quality Metrics Engagement (San Jose, CA)

Expected Duration: 3 months

Responsibilities

M Squared will provide thought leadership working with an established software quality data team and will leverage a strong engineering and/or mathematics background and passion for collecting and analyzing SW quality and process metrics.

Primary responsibilities in this engagement will include:

• Analysis of voluminous data from numerous sources (defects per hour, reliability curves, bugs, overall test health, customer-found defect percentages, etc.)
• Develop predictive indicators on how current quality statistics will translate into field/customer performance
• Documented assessment of “as is” status and/or hypothesis on what is happening
• Formulation of “to be” state and recommendations on what should be done next
• SW quality modeling based on in-depth knowledge of in SW development process and of metrics used to assess code quality
• Development of solution(s) that bring fresh thinking to our client’s team

Deliverables

• Documentation of “As Is” and “To Be” assessments
• SW quality modeling
• Solutions recommendations

Value to the Client

M Squared will achieve success in this engagement by providing fresh thinking on software quality data, metrics and processes to optimize SW Quality.

Industry Experience

• High Tech industry experience with SW quality leaders; non-client specific
• Significant experience in the software development arena coupled with engineering, mathematics or statistics educational background

Functional Experience

• Exceptional knowledge of statistics and statisticals methodologies
• Highly skilled in Excel (including macro creation and Visual Basic)
• Demonstrated experience with bug query tools
• General knowledge of using web tools and posting data to web-sites (web-site creation and modification is a plus)

Personality/Other Attributes

• Demonstrated ability to explain complex topics to non-specialists
• Demonstrated proactive team member
• Deals well with change of direction and focus
• Commits to deliverables and is timely in their delivery
• Quick study with high energy and stamina...it's the culture

Email resume to: nmilitsa [at] msquared.com (replace [at] with @)

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Director, Traffic Analysis - Looksmart (San Francisco, CA)

We are currently seeking a Director of Traffic Analysis to join the LookSmart Team.

Responsibilities include:

• Analyzing ad network traffic performance to optimally match traffic supply to advertiser demand
• Developing tools and infrastructure to enable account managers to manage traffic sources for their accounts
• Providing second level support for Account Managers
• Doing deep analysis/data mining of ad network traffic patterns. Developing and maintaining formulas and algorithms to enable sustainable growth of partner business and direct business.
• Building Traffic Analysis function as a core competency and competitive advantage
• Managing and mentoring a small team of analysts

Requirements:

• 3 years experience leading traffic analysis function for a major ad network
• 5 years experience in applied data analysis
• Strong domain expertise in on-line search advertising
• BA in computer science, statistical analysis or related field required, MS or PhD desirable.
• Exceptional analytical skills
• Strong communication skills
• Highly collaborative and team-oriented work

Send resumes to: jobs@looksmart.net

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Customer Intelligence Sr. Analyst - Draftfcb (Chicago, IL)

The Draftfcb Customer Intelligence Sr. Analyst

The ideal candidate understands marketing and how to relate data insights back to marketing program. S/he has the ability to interpret data, provide insights and make actionable recommendations.

High level scope of work responsibilities:

• Extract and manipulate data into campaign tracking reports
• Analyze reports in relation to business objectives
• Able to learn and master dashboard development applications and wire in analysis findings through this platform

Technical skills

• MS Office and advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables required
• Reporting experience with software such as MS Access, SQL, etc. required
• Data manipulation experience with SPSS, SAS, etc. a plus
• Understanding of customer segmentation, forecasting, and media/channel optimization and how they relate to marketing strategy
• Database experience and mapping software experience preferred desired

Key skills

• Self-directed. Able to anticipate analysis priorities and keep CI Lead / CI Director informed of requirements
• Creativity around and enthusiasm for data & research and its strategic application
• Good communicator (ideally w/presentation experience)
• Comfortable sharing insights and take-aways in client meetings and senior agency leadership meetings

Experience/Education

• At least 5 years work experience in marketing analytics or related field such as advertising, retail marketing, product marketing, direct marketing, digital marketing, loyalty marketing, etc.
• BA/BS in marketing / advertising / communications / social sciences
• Experience with such data sources as Nielsen (sales); MRI/Simmons (marketing media research); Millward Brown (brand health); ComScore (online panel data) preferred.

Draftfcb

Draftfcb focuses on coming up with ideas first without the distinction between disciplines and job titles, resulting in the highest Return on Ideas for clients. With more than 130 years of expertise and offices in 110 countries, Draftfcb offers the challenge of working on global accounts and the reward of being a part of a successful, progressive agency.

Draftfcb is committed to diversity of people and thought. We're fostering a culture that is inclusive, promotes mutual respect and maximizes individuals' full potential to ultimately benefit our employees, their families, our clients, vendors and shareholders. We promote acceptance, collaboration, creativity, responsibility and accountability among people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We hope to better our agency and our industry by engaging the next generation of talent and welcoming their input and contributions to our company and our clients' businesses.

It is the policy of Draftfcb to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

To apply: e-mail your resume with cover letter to: Annie.Conn [at] draftfcb.com (replace [at] with @)

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Marketing Mix Modeler - Draftfcb (Chicago, IL)

The Draftfcb Marketing Mix Modeler.

At Draftfcb the M3 will lead quantitative modeling in granular marketing return on objectives/investment partnerships and produce actionable marketing mix analysis for our clients. The M3 should be self directed with prior experience in developing models for a variety of products. The position will report in to the Marketing Mix Practice Lead at Draftfcb.

The Position

• As an integral part of the marketing mix team, identify the business objectives and financial specifics for marketing accountability specific to each client project.
• Identify required data sources and level of granularity needed to reach analysis objectives; assess data quality
• Apply deep understanding of mass media planning and buying, retail audits and scanner data, in-store marketing, direct marketing, online media metrics and elements in the marketing mix (including pricing, and distribution) to develop appropriate modeling strategies
• Leads the data setup, analysis designs, data transformations and execution of marketing mix models
• Derive key actionable insights from modeling work and leads management of analyst staff efforts to generate interactive marketing mix optimization tools

The Personality

• Advanced degree with advanced quantitative coursework (e.g., marketing analytics, model design, statistics, econometrics)
• 8-10 years’ experience in marketing analytics or related field such as advertising, retail marketing, product marketing, direct marketing, online marketing, loyalty marketing, etc.
• 3-5 years’ experience in hands-on marketing mix modeling
• Experience with syndicated data sources such as Nielsen, IRI, and brand health data preferred
• strong quantitative skills and demonstrable experience in statistical/econometric modeling of marketing investment data
• Previous experience developing marketing models for a variety of products (CPGs, durables, etc.) and service providers (financial, insurance, telecom etc.)
• Proficient with assisting non-analyst co-workers to understand the methodology and significance of analysis findings

Technical Skills

• Good grasp of time series predictive modeling, forecasting, media/channel optimization and how they relate to marketing strategy
• Proficiency with SPSS/SAS, and advanced analytics required

Launched in mid-2006, Draftfcb is a new breed of agency—the first global, behavior-based, holistic marketing communications organization operating against a single P&L, one which places an equal emphasis on creativity and accountability.

Draftfcb’s global network encompasses 157 offices in 97 countries and includes dual headquarters spanning both Chicago and New York. Draftfcb is a member of the Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG).

Draftfcb is committed to diversity of people and thought. We're fostering a culture that is inclusive, promotes mutual respect and maximizes individuals' full potential to ultimately benefit our employees, their families, our clients, vendors and shareholders. We promote acceptance, collaboration, creativity, responsibility and accountability among people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We hope to better our agency and our industry by engaging the next generation of talent and welcoming their input and contributions to our company and our clients' businesses.

It is the policy of Draftfcb to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

To apply: e-mail your resume with cover letter to: Annie.Conn [at] draftfcb.com (replace [at] with @)

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Customer Intelligence Sr. Analyst / Modeler - Draftfcb (Chicago, IL)

The Draftfcb Customer Intelligence Sr. Analyst (Modeler)

The ideal candidate understands a wide array of data analysis techniques. S/he can interpret data, provide insights and make actionable recommendations.

High level scope of work responsibilities:

• Design/create analyses in relation to business objectives
• Create/analyze customer profiles for target marketing opportunities
• Work with large datasets--a combination of client specific large datasets and syndicated marketing/media research

Technical skills

• MS Office and advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables required
• Data manipulation experience with SPSS, SAS, etc. desired
• Reporting experience with software such as MS Access, SQL, etc. desired
• Database experience and mapping software experience a plus
• Understanding of predictive modeling, customer segmentation, forecasting, and media/channel optimization and how they relate to marketing strategy

Key skills

• Well organized and disciplined approach to work. Able to manage aggressive data analysis timelines
• Self-directed. Able to anticipate analysis priorities and keep CI Lead Modeler informed of requirements
• Creativity around and enthusiasm for new approaches to modeling challenges
• Good communicator (ideally w/presentation experience)
• Comfortable assisting non-analyst co-workers to understand the methodology and significance of analysis findings

Experience/Education

• Advanced degree with heavy quantitative coursework (e.g., statistics, math, operations research)
• Experience in marketing analytics or related field such as advertising, retail marketing, product marketing, direct marketing, online marketing, loyalty marketing, etc.
• Experience with syndicated data sources such as Nielsen (sales); MRI/Simmons (marketing media research); Millward Brown (brand health) preferred.

Draftfcb

Launched in mid-2006, Draftfcb is a new breed of agency—the first global, behavior-based, holistic marketing communications organization operating against a single P&L, one which places an equal emphasis on creativity and accountability. Draftfcb’s global network encompasses 157 offices in 97 countries and includes dual headquarters spanning both Chicago and New York. Draftfcb is a member of the Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG).

Draftfcb is committed to diversity of people and thought. We're fostering a culture that is inclusive, promotes mutual respect and maximizes individuals' full potential to ultimately benefit our employees, their families, our clients, vendors and shareholders. We promote acceptance, collaboration, creativity, responsibility and accountability among people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We hope to better our agency and our industry by engaging the next generation of talent and welcoming their input and contributions to our company and our clients' businesses. It is the policy of Draftfcb to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

To apply: e-mail your resume with cover letter to: Annie.Conn [at] draftfcb.com (replace [at] with @)

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Customer Intelligence Director - Draftfcb (Chicago, IL)

The Draftfcb Customer Intelligence Director

The ideal candidate understands a wide array of data analysis techniques. The candidate can interpret data, provide insights and make actionable recommendations.

High level scope of work responsibilities:

• Manage large client engagements, or a series of smaller client engagements, using data analytics and research to measure consumer-brand relationships and marketing opportunities
• Perform analyses, and work with junior analysts to manage other analytics
• Interpret analytics & research to produce concrete strategies, tactics and plans for Draftfcb’s clients
• Collaborate with clients and other Draftfcb disciplines (strategic planning, creative, media) to transform the analytics and strategies into actual client work.

Technical skills

• Understanding of predictive modeling, customer segmentation, forecasting, and media/channel optimization and how they relate to marketing strategy
• MS Office and advanced Excel skills necessary
• Reporting experience with software such as Cognos, MS Access, SQL, etc
• Modeling experience with SPSS, SAS, etc.
• Database experience and mapping software experience a plus

Key skills

• Strong communication skills
• Creativity around and enthusiasm for data & research and its strategic application
• Experience managing multiple projects and prioritizing deliverables
• Experience supervising junior staff highly desirable
• Marketing background highly desirable

Experience/Education

• Advanced degree with heavy quantitative coursework (e.g., statistics, math, operations research)
• Minimum of 8 years experience in marketing analytics or related field such as advertising, retail marketing, product marketing, direct marketing, digital marketing, loyalty marketing, etc.

Draftfcb

Draftfcb focuses on coming up with ideas first without the distinction between disciplines and job titles, resulting in the highest Return on Ideas for clients. With more than 130 years of expertise and offices in 110 countries, Draftfcb offers the challenge of working on global accounts and the reward of being a part of a successful, progressive agency.

Draftfcb is committed to diversity of people and thought. We're fostering a culture that is inclusive, promotes mutual respect and maximizes individuals' full potential to ultimately benefit our employees, their families, our clients, vendors and shareholders. We promote acceptance, collaboration, creativity, responsibility and accountability among people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We hope to better our agency and our industry by engaging the next generation of talent and welcoming their input and contributions to our company and our clients' businesses.

It is the policy of Draftfcb to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

To apply: e-mail your resume with cover letter to: Annie.Conn [at] draftfcb.com (replace [at] with @)

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Customer Digital Intelligence Director - Draftfcb (Chicago, IL)

The Draftfcb Customer Digital Intelligence Director

The leader of Draftfcb's Digital Intelligence practice will be responsible for developing the agency's expertise, leadership and client deliverables in customer intelligence across all digital channels, and for integrating them into Draftfcb's broader positioning as the leading global integrated marketing services agency.

High level scope of work responsibilities:

• Draftfcb currently has a broad set of capabilities in web analytics, search analysis, and social media analysis, and we are the industry leader in integrating broader customer intelligence into client strategies and advertising.
• The leader of our Digital Intelligence practice will report into the Director of Customer Intelligence, and will transform the digital analytics capabilities into a core feature of our broader customer intelligence, insights, and strategy offering, and a core part of the agency's client delivery process:
  • Using digital intelligence to measure customer-brand relationship for specific brands and customer groups.
  Understanding the role of the digital space and digital marketing channels in developing the customer-brand relationship, and identifying client opportunities in that area.
• This person will also serve as a senior leader of the broader Customer Intelligence group, and will be responsible for integrating digital intelligence with other CI capabilities.

Key skills

• A hybrid left-brain, right-brain thinker, with experience in data analytics or research, but also able to think strategically and conceptually
• Ability to create and communicate a digital intelligence vision, but also able to manage client deliverables and IP development
• Excellent 360 manager and collaborator

Experience/Education

• Minimum 10 years experience
• Experience as a client-facing, strategic leader in current organization
• Broad experience in the role / use of data in digital channels (most of the following: mobile, digital media, website design & strategy, search, social media, e-mail)
• Some marketing background

Draftfcb

Draftfcb focuses on coming up with ideas first without the distinction between disciplines and job titles, resulting in the highest Return on Ideas for clients. With more than 130 years of expertise and offices in 110 countries, Draftfcb offers the challenge of working on global accounts and the reward of being a part of a successful, progressive agency.

Draftfcb is committed to diversity of people and thought. We're fostering a culture that is inclusive, promotes mutual respect and maximizes individuals' full potential to ultimately benefit our employees, their families, our clients, vendors and shareholders. We promote acceptance, collaboration, creativity, responsibility and accountability among people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We hope to better our agency and our industry by engaging the next generation of talent and welcoming their input and contributions to our company and our clients' businesses.

It is the policy of Draftfcb to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

To apply: e-mail your resume with cover letter to: Annie.Conn [at] draftfcb.com (replace [at] with @)

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Customer Intelligence Lead - Draftfcb (Chicago, IL)

The Draftfcb Customer Intelligence Lead

The ideal candidate is a self-directed, creative leader with good communication skills who understands how to use data to build a cohesive story about the business, provide insights to influence and guide thinking and make recommendations to cross-functional agency team.

High level scope of work responsibilities:

• Develop best-in-class marketing strategies with cross-functional agency team
• Understands that they contribute more than data analyses; they share a responsibility with other agency leads to address broader client business challenges
• Recommend analytic projects/analyses to cross-functional agency team based on client business challenges, objectives, goals.
• Work with CI Modelers and analysts to design/develop compelling/relevant analyses.
• Make actionable recommendations to client based on analytic findings
• Prepare high-quality, visually compelling, client-ready documents/findings/recommendations

Technical skills

• Understanding of predictive modeling, customer segmentation, forecasting, and media/channel optimization and how they relate to marketing strategy
• MS Office, including advanced Excel skills required.
• Experience with SPSS, SAS or SQL a plus
• Experience with GIS mapping applications and database development a plus

Key skills

• Strong leadership
• Creativity around and enthusiasm for data & research and its strategic application
• Self-directed; ability to work effectively in a matrixed environment.
• Good communicator with strong presentation skills
• Marketing background highly desirable

Experience/Education

• Min 10 years work experience in marketing analytics or related field such as advertising, retail marketing, product marketing, direct marketing, digital marketing, loyalty marketing, etc.
• Senior-level leadership position
• BA/BS in marketing / advertising / communications / social sciences required; MBA or related degree preferred.
• Experience with syndicated data sources such as Nielsen (sales); MRI/Simmons (marketing media research)

Draftfcb

Draftfcb focuses on coming up with ideas first without the distinction between disciplines and job titles, resulting in the highest Return on Ideas for clients. With more than 130 years of expertise and offices in 110 countries, Draftfcb offers the challenge of working on global accounts and the reward of being a part of a successful, progressive agency.

Draftfcb is committed to diversity of people and thought. We're fostering a culture that is inclusive, promotes mutual respect and maximizes individuals' full potential to ultimately benefit our employees, their families, our clients, vendors and shareholders. We promote acceptance, collaboration, creativity, responsibility and accountability among people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We hope to better our agency and our industry by engaging the next generation of talent and welcoming their input and contributions to our company and our clients' businesses.

It is the policy of Draftfcb to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

To apply: e-mail your resume with cover letter to: Annie.Conn [at] draftfcb.com (replace [at] with @)

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18221x.shtml
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Senior Manager, Business Intelligence & Web Analytics - FreshDirect (Long Island City, NY)

Overview:

FreshDirect is one of the nation’s leading online food brands, known for its convenient home delivery service and the manufacture of fresh, delicious food. Changing the way customers shop for groceries since 2002, the company uses a direct distribution model with in-house, overnight production that cuts out the middleman and helps FreshDirect offer farm-fresh food at low prices. Every product is 100% satisfactory guaranteed, every time. Since FreshDirect takes delivery directly from farms and manufacturers and delivers those products the very next day, compared to conventional grocery stores that move their products through much longer supply chains, the foods offered at FreshDirect are fresher and better quality at lower prices.

Responsibilities:

The Manager, Web Analytics will be responsible for proactively leveraging analytical insights from clickstream data to drive site optimization and decision making across the organization.

• Support the analytic needs of the business by analyzing web traffic and customer behavior using clickstream tools (specifically using Unica’s NetInsight product).
• Use standard business intelligence tools (Business Objects) to produce reports relating to outcomes.
• Create clear and comprehensible reports showing data and trends
• Provide frequent insights and recommendations to internal business clients (Marketing, Merchandising, Creative, Customer Service teams) on current customer behavior
• Provide frequent recommendations on how to maximize revenue from the storefront via on on-site product positioning and site design elements, as well as how to create the best possible customer experience as a user
• Provide best practices recommendations and stay current with industry trends to ensure that FreshDirect is using best-in-class web analytics to drive change.
• Gather business requirements for web analytics enhancements and manage roadmap of improvements
• Gather business requirements for implementing multivariate or A/B testing on the site and be the business leader driving forward the IT project to develop A/B testing
• Take the lead in using data insights to suggest, support and analyze multivariate or A/B tests that drive improvements to the site and customer experience
• Develop reporting protocol for new iPhone application to understand how customers use the new technology and our site
• Help the organization more effectively integrate clickstream data into marketing campaigns via marketing database and Unica campaign tool
• Provide initiative to stay one step ahead of the organization in leading positive change and optimization, driven by insights from the data
• Secondarily, provide analytical support to the Marketing Analytics group on such ad-hoc projects as needed, including but not limited to: Analyzing data on customer demographics, preferences, needs, and buying habits, and measuring the effectiveness of marketing, advertising, and communications programs and strategies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required. MBA a plus.
• Online retail experience or web analytics experience required
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience providing relevant marketing and web analysis.
• Familiarity with web analytics implementation and HTML/Javascript coding
• Proficiency using site reporting/analytic tools such as NetInsight, Omniture, DFA, Webtrends, Visual Science, Coremetrics,WebSideStory, etc.
• Experience with analytics and/or Business Intelligence tools like MicroStrategy, Business Objects, Crystal Reports or SQL
• Strong communication skills and presentation skills to drive understanding and advocate for change at senior management level of the organization
• Strong background in understanding how to use data to drive decisions
• Ability to produce insightful, relevant and reliable quantitative analysis and reports in a deadline oriented work environment
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Strong internal client service skills
• Able to work in fast paced environment with strong personalities where flexibility is key
• Extreme attention to details and outstanding organizational skills
• Must be a self-starter and be able to work with minimal supervision; desire to be in an entrepreneurial high-growth environment

To Apply, e-mail your resume to: jdespaigne [at] freshdirect.com (replace [at] with @)

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SAS Consultant - Smith Hanley (Rome, Italy)

Smith Hanley Consulting Group was founded nearly 30 years ago and has 12 offices throughout the United States. We are a specialized recruiting services organization and are part of inVentiv Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTIV), the leading provider of commercialization and complementary services to global pharmaceutical, life sciences, biotechnology, and other industries. We have two divisions within Smith Hanley Consulting Group that offer exceptional staffing solutions to our clients.

Global Financial Services company is seeking a SAS Consultant for a project in Rome, Italy. The ideal candidate will be responsible for manipulating large amounts of transactional data for reporting and promotional purposes revolving around marketing campaigns and promotions. The Consultant must have a proven track record in financial/marketing based business intelligence. The ability to communicate those results and to formulate recommendations to senior management both in Italy and the US, will be critical for success in this position. Lastly, participation in face-to-face client initiatives will be required; therefore must be fluent in Italian and English.

Required Skills:

• 3-5 years of SAS MACROS/ BASE programming and development experience to include very strong data management skills
• Prepare pre-campaign analysis, campaign tracking, and backend campaign profitability and sustainability
• Windows and UNIX (preferably AIX) experience
• Strong SQL skills
• Oracle
• MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Apply by email: amaltz [at] smithhanley.com (replace [at] with @)

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18206x.shtml
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DataShaping Job Alert - June 2009

From now on, our newsletter will be posted on the new AnalyticTalent web site, hosted on AnalyticBridge.com. Job ads can be found on

• AnalyticTalent.com
• DataShaping.com
• Our LinkedIn group (click on the job tab)

Also, we will send our AnalyticBridge newsletter to 11,000 members next Sunday. It is possible to purchase a featured resume (short 1-paragraph bio with link to your profile), for $80. Requirements include: a master degree, experience with statistical software (SAS, R, SPSS, etc.), SQL and experience with a programming language (C, C++, Java, Perl, C# etc.), as well as a member profile on AnalyticBridge or LinkedIn. See datashapingstore.com/bio.shtml for details. The fee is waived when you bring 10 new members to AnalyticBridge, who sign up with a corporate e-mail address. The link to the sign up form is www.analyticbridge.com/main/authorization/signUp.

We recommend job seekers to use new techniques to increase the chances of getting an interview:

• Apply to positions where you are a very good fit
• Be ready to relocate: WalMart has a director position in Benton, Arkansas. These positions in the Mid West have less competition.
• Corporate career web sites (see a listing at datashaping.com/companies3.shtml) can provide value, as many people are discouraged by the lengthy web forms, thus resulting in less competition.
• Connect directly with recruiters and hiring managers on AnalyticBridge and LinkedIn.
• Build a website where can you show applications that you have developed in the past, for instance a real-time stock forecasting engine
• Always be positive. Spend 20 hours per week chasing opportunities. Each no answer gets you closer to the yes answer.
• Full time positions are easier to find and obtain than good quality consulting gigs.
• Think of alternate, non traditional ways of generating income while you are looking for a job.