Microsoft Advertising

Analytical Lead, Retail

Microsoft Advertising
hybrid mid full-time New York
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First indexed 6 Mar 2026

Description

Summary

Microsoft Advertising are looking for an Analytical Lead who is driven by data and its potential to influence business strategies and produce tangible results.

About the Role

As an Analytical Lead, you will generate insights and recommendations that directly benefit our clients, enhancing their business performance and opening up new investment avenues on our Microsoft Advertising platform. Your role involves synthesizing industry knowledge, digital marketing expertise, and advanced analytical methods to craft compelling data stories that sway decision-makers using visualizations and narrative techniques. You should possess solid analytical, problem-solving, and consulting abilities, along with a proactive, challenging mindset and excellent partnership management skills.

Accountabilities

  • Conduct in-depth market research across cinema and simulation sectors, identifying emerging trends, competitive threats, and partnership opportunities that directly inform the company's quarterly strategic planning sessions
  • Leverage appropriate sources of data, determines optimal statistical methods for integrating data, and identifies and addresses gaps and/or quality issues in data, in partnership with both internal and client teams

The Candidate we're looking for

Experience:

  • 2+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR equivalent experience

Technical skills:

  • 2+ years experience using tools such as PowerBI/Tableau, DAX, R, SQL for data manipulation and visualization on large datasets

Personal attributes:

  • Dynamic and creative critical thinking skills, with an ability to think outside of the box

Benefits

  • Solid ability to communicate complex analyses to a mix of both technical and non-technical partners and clients
  • Experience utilizing analytical tools to turn massive, dynamic datasets into actionable insights
This listing is enriched and indexed by YubHub. To apply, use the employer's original posting: https://microsoft.ai/job/analytical-lead-retail/