Are you an experienced analyst ready to partner with the Global Demand Center (GDC) marketing team to direct how Microsoft competes globally?

Cloud technologies have disrupted the marketplace and are now part of a fast-pace, exciting industry. This is your opportunity to be at the center of the action and make an impact by guiding Microsoft’s Account Based Marketing (ABM) and Targeting Strategies with high visibility analytics projects.

Microsoft's GDC team is leading the transformation of marketing at Microsoft with campaigns and engines that allow us to engage in a more personal way with our customers while driving hard, measurable business outcomes. We are looking for a passionate, driven analytics expert to join the Analytics Team and deliver insights to influence how Microsoft understands and engages with its customers through the marketing journey. As an analyst, you have the opportunity to collaborate with partners across the marketing ecosystem to drive the insights that refine and evolve ABM marketing programs.

You'll bring your passion for transforming business questions into strategic recommendations based on expert analyses and collaboration with marketing partners. You possess the technical and analytical capability to work with the data as well as the collaboration and project management experience to drive impact in a fast-moving environment. You should be a strategic thinker who is able to see opportunities to use data and analytics to drive business strategy.

Responsibilities

Be a key lead in the ABM analytics space responsible for measurement, impact and analysis
• Collaborate with core partners to identify critical business questions and develop analysis & learning plans to address them
• Manage multi-month strategic or operational analytical initiatives across various, engaged stakeholders
• Own and contribute to reporting and visualization efforts to support the communication of program insights to support decisions from the strategic to the tactical
• Manage ad hoc request in-take and prioritization for your subject area and provide dedicated analysis and insights monthly
• Work with the data engineering team to find opportunities to expand capabilities and develop robust solutions for the business

Qualifications

Motivated, highly entrepreneurial, and comfortable with ambiguity in a dynamic environment
• Strong communicator with the ability to run multiple work streams
• College degree (MBA/Masters preferred)
• 5+ years’ experience in analysis or finance supporting sales or marketing, marketing technology management, or marketing business management
• Experience with advanced excel, PowerPivot, Power BI, and SQL (other technical skills encouraged) preferred
• Project management experience; CAPM, PMP, or agile certifications ideal
• Experience with account based marketing and/or marketing campaign analytics preferred
• Business analysis and reporting experience within Microsoft is preferred

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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