Principal Data Scientist

Microsoft AI (MAI) is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to drive Microsoft Content measurement strategy and partner across product and business. The successful candidate will lead the development of AI Agents for data analysis across Microsoft Content and expand to other Product Org.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data science, with experience in managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques, and reporting results. They will also have excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate insights to senior leaders.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of AI Agents for data analysis across Microsoft Content
• Partner with Microsoft Content Dev/PM Team and data scientists from other Product (Edge, Copilot, Ads and Search)
• Develop and standardize AI Agents for data analysis across the whole Microsoft Content and expand to other Product Org.
• Establish and uphold standards, policies, and best practices for high-quality, efficient, and extensible code
• Influence business, customer, and solution strategy with a solid customer focus

Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years data science experience
• Master’s Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years data science experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 12+ years data-science experience
• 6+ years of experience in at least one of programming languages like Python/C#/Java
• Great organizational, analytical, data science skills and intuition
• Fantastic problem solver: ability to solve problems that the world has not solved before
• Interpersonal skills: cross-group and cross-culture collaboration
• Experience with real world system building and data collection, including design, coding and evaluation
• Excellent communication to be able to communicate insights to senior leaders
• Experience with driving large collaboration across multiple teams
• Experience with communicating with different audiences to provide insights
• Demonstrated experience in applying statistics, experimentation and metrics to generate clear actionable insights

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