Data Analyst - Commercial Marketing Data & Analytics

The Global Marketing Engines and Experiences (E&E) team within Microsoft is responsible for delivering integrated marketing experiences for Microsoft by building, running, and innovating a globally scaled engine to deliver connected journeys that delight customers and create fans. The Marketing Analytics and Data Science team within E&E enables data-driven decision making by providing data products and insights to measure marketing's performance and impact, understand the customer experience, and develop advanced models for marketing.

Are you interested in data, analytics, and digital marketing? Would you like to be on a team that is solving problems in online marketing, in partnership with some of the world's brightest and most advanced marketers? And all of that whilst working in the dynamic, customer-focused, and data-rich world of cloud-based business products?

As a Data Analyst - Commercial Marketing Data & Analytics in E&E, you will be responsible for the creation of intelligent tools, analysis and insights that deliver results to product marketers and sales partners with rapidly evolving requirements. You will contribute to the development of Marketing systems of Learning tools that enables key business decisions and highlight opportunities for future growth. You will also support the rhythm of business and guide recommended actions to the stakeholders based on detailed data analysis and insights. We are seeking someone who is curious, comfortable with ambiguity, detail-oriented and able to use rigorous analytical techniques to develop scalable, efficient, and effective analytical data products, at times taking a deep dive into data to tell a story. In addition, you build on the successes of others, value cross team collaboration, and contribute to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

Lead large complex analytics and reporting projects, delivering accurate, accessible, and repeatable business reporting and insights to stakeholders across all levels.

Demonstrate leadership and subject matter expertise in business and data landscape, standardized reporting, and analysis to support performance discussions across multiple channels.

Design and implement scalable tools and self-serving dashboards to support business performance, fuel data driven decision making, identify customer engagement patterns, and other outcomes that foster a culture of learning in the Marketing organization.

Proactively help the business leverage data and insights to enhance our ability to inform on marketing efforts and increase efficacy of our approaches. Provide rhythm of the business analytics support, actionable insights, and recommendations to optimize and scale marketing campaigns.

Apply a customer / stakeholder-oriented focus and user experience and design practices to ensure data analysis is easily consumable through visualization,?presentation, and storytelling.

Execute data analysis using multiple data sets and sources. Lead discussions interpreting results and connecting them to relevant business context. Impact : provide actionable recommendations to optimize business investments in a way that can be repeated and scaled as needed.

Partner with Data Services on technical requirements to enable data availability, data quality, transformations, and integrity for analytics and the wider business self-service usage in a secure and compliant manner.

Embody our culture and values .

Qualifications

Required / minimum qualifications

Master's Degree in Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 2+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 4+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR equivalent experience.

2+ years of experience with data engineering and modeling tools applied to Petabyte-scale data sets (e.g. Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Spark).

2+ years of experience with tools for navigating and analyzing data (e.g. SQL, R, Python) and building data visualizations that answer business questions (Power BI, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Fabric).

2+ years of experience leading technical efforts and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams (product, engineering), and present complex data insights to both technical and non-technical senior level stakeholders.

Additional or preferred qualifications

Master's Degree in Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 6+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 8+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR equivalent experience.

Data Analytics IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year.

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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 31, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and / or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https : / / careers.microsoft.com / v2 / global / en / accessibility.html) .