18362xRisk Forecasting AnalystSunnyvaleCACashEdgehttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18362x.shtml?source=latproJob Description:

The Risk Management group is responsible for policies to control risks associated with daily ACH/EFT Internet transactions. The group also provides consulting assistance to client financial institutions in establishing and monitoring their own risk criteria. The Risk Forecasting Analyst will be responsible for providing data mining support on risk management initiatives.

Location: preferred Sunnyvale, CA (but working from the NY office is possible)

Responsibilities:


Qualifications Requirements:
Qualification Pluses:

Helpful experience can include some of:

Reports to: Director, Risk Policy and Analytics
Compensation: Commensurate with experience.

To Apply:

Please send Microsoft Word version of resume to USAcareers@cashedge.com

CashEdge is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.

If you have questions or would simply like to get more information about career opportunities at CashEdge, please feel free to email us at USAcareers@cashedge.com.

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18362x.shtml
Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18363xSenior StatisticianShanghaiChinaAstraZeneca R&Dhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18363x.shtml?source=latproAn exciting new opportunity has arisen for a senior statistician at our innovative and expanding site in Shanghai. You will have responsibility for developing and delivering statistical support to a range of disciplines and projects, with opportunity for delivering significant impact to the business …

Please click here for more information.

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18363x.shtml
Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18366xPrincipal Lead ResearcherBellevueWABinghttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18366x.shtml?source=latproBing Search's mission: To deliver the most relevant knowledge to our customers by being more than just a search engine - Bing's goal is to be "decision engine". To achieve that mission data is critical. At Bing, we have enormous wealth of data, ranging from user interaction logs to web documents, from user feedback to system performance data.

The Bing Data Mining Team is hiring extremely talented, highly motivated and productive lead with expertise in the areas of analytics, statistics, machine learning, and data mining. The team develops and applies advanced techniques to turn our petabytes of data into insights; and to drive actions based on those insights. The team works closely with teams across Bing search to enable rigorous, effective and data-driven decision making.

At the core of our team's mission using data to understand users. Some example of the challenges we face: Understanding how users interact with different search features and how these features affect users' behaviors, understand user intent, detecting and filtering bot traffic, measuring user satisfaction, and analyzing the results of extremely large-scale experiments. We analyze a wealth of data to identify new information needs, find weak points in the current system, and quantify the business and user impact of technical issues (e.g. performance). The team also works on techniques to manage and process petabytes of data efficiently and effectively.

At Bing, we can offer you a strong team, exciting challenges, and a fun place to work. The work environment empowers you to have a real impact on millions of end users. This is also a unique opportunity to work with world-class researchers and developers. Join us and be at the forefront of search technology!

Job Responsibilities include:


Qualifications:
Contact: v-ledav [at] microsoft.com (replace [at] with @). Resumes received via email cannot be considered until you formally apply online.

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18366x.shtml
Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18367xProject Manager in Applied StatisticsNovatoCAWilliam E. Weckerhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18367x.shtml?source=latproAbout the Job

William E. Wecker Associates, Inc. provides consulting services in applied mathematics and statistics. Areas of application range from consumer product performance to epidemiology, and to issues in accounting, finance and economics. Clients include Fortune 500 companies in the automobile, consumer products, banking, insurance and pharmaceuticals industries.

Project Manager responsibilities include liaison with client staff, working with Principal Consultants on problem definition and problem solving, and specifying and directing the work of Wecker Associates staff.

Project Manager in Applied Statistics

Desirable qualifications:


Compensation is competitive and commensurate with performance.

We are located in the city of Novato, Marin County, California, thirty minutes north of San Francisco.

To Apply: Applicants should e-mail, fax or mail résumé, most recent university transcript and compensation history to the following address. No telephone calls please.

Employment
William E. Wecker Associates Inc.
505 San Marin Drive
Building B
Novato, CA 94945
Email address: employment@wecker.com
Fax: (415) 898-2260

http://www.wecker.com

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Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18301xIndustrial StatisticianBeverlyMASensitechhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml?source=latproSensitech 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:


ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml
Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18302xClinical Innovations MetricianLouisvilleHumanahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml?source=latproHumana 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:


Key Competencies
Role Essentials
Role Desirables
Reporting Relationships

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

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml
Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18301xIndustrial StatisticianBeverlyMASensitechhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml?source=latproSensitech 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:


ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml
Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18302xClinical Innovations MetricianLouisvilleKYHumanahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml?source=latproHumana 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:


Key Competencies
Role Essentials
Role Desirables
Reporting Relationships

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

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml
Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18311xSAS Analyst, Credit/Fraud Services & ScoreCardWichitaKShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18311x.shtml?source=latproHeadquartered in Wichita Kansas, Client is a rapidly growing provider of consumer financial services. Since opening their first store in 1997 in Riverside, California, they have successfully expanded to nine states and eighty-two retail locations. Client is currently the leading small short term lender in the brick and mortar store market place in terms of top line revenue and bottom line profitability. In the last 12 months Client has also developed and is rapidly expanding an online loan businesses with intentions of achieving superior market share in this space in the next 24 months.

This role will assist the Lead Analyst developing, implementing and monitoring loan approval models that will result in increased acceptance rates and lower default rates of our various consumer loan products. The objective of the role is to assist development, implementation, monitoring of client’s credit risk strategies to help manage and grow the loan portfolio by optimizing values of each loan application and customer. The business operates in “test and learn” culture, where for each of our key credit risk decisions you will help Lead Analyst develop challenger strategies, rolling out successful strategies to champion status, pulling unsuccessful ones quickly and helping develop new challengers.

To help realize the client’s objectives, this Credit Data Analyst role will have a vital part to play. The role will be challenging, but also, be mentored by the Lead Analyst to fully support deliverables to individual business units’ Risk Data Management teams, with the aim to make all risks transparent and understood. Various responsibilities starting in Business and Finance and ending in Information Technology. Assist in the Start Up, Launch, and, Enhancements of new product development to meet loan regulatory and compliance requirements for new Internet Lending Practice. Web originated loan underwriting will be an eLoan / Web 2.0 consumer lending product. Work extensively with client’s Lead Credit Analyst, to assist in their own critical Credit ScoreCard development - From Chief Internet Officer’s desk :

"Put another way, consumer lending companies are becoming much more interested in understanding their customers’ lives and psyches, because, the theory goes, knowing what makes cardholders tick will help firms determine who is a good bet and who should be shown the door as quickly as possible. Luckily for the industry, small groups of executives at most of the large firms like ours, have spent the last decade studying our customers from almost every angle, and collection agencies have developed more sophisticated dunning techniques. We have sought to draw psychological and behavioral lessons from the enormous amounts of data the credit- lending companies collect every day. They’ve run thousands of tests and crunched the numbers on millions of accounts. "

Must be a US Citizen, or, have a Green Card

Salary : To 75K Plus - D.O.E.
Relocation : Available
Permanent position in the Midwest :
Wichita - Ranked 2 as most "Livable Communities" for its size : http://www.wichitakansas.org. and more recently, one of ten “All American Cities” : http://www.wichitakansas.org/user/file/All_America_City.pdf

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:


KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
To apply: email resume to tbirdsell@kc.rr.com

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18311x.shtml
Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18312xDirector of Data AnalyticsSan FranciscoCASpeedDatehttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18312x.shtml?source=latproSpeedDate.com is searching for a Director of Data Analytics. SpeedDate.com is a venture-backed online dating startup in Silicon Valley that allows users to join 3-minute speed dating sessions from home using live chat technology. Since we launched just over two years ago, weâ??ve amassed a large amount of data from our user population. For instance, SpeedDateâ??s millions of members have gone on over 63M online SpeedDates and sent over 100M digital â??winksâ?? through our site and Facebook/iPhone applications. Weâ??re looking for someone who is excited about digging into our data to come up with ways to enhance user experience and directly impact our business goals. This is a rare opportunity to use your advanced analysis skills on mounds of data, while simultaneously getting in on the ground floor of a growing startup. We view the Senior Data Analyst role as a key position to achieving our goal of becoming the largest and best dating service.

Responsibilities


Desired experience and expertise
Please email resume to: kathy@speeddate.com.


URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18312x.shtml
Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18313xSr. Research AnalystSan FranciscoCALooksmarthttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18313x.shtml?source=latproLookSmart is currently seeking an experienced Senior Data Analyst. In this role you will work with our account managers to define success metrics for our advertisers, and then work with the account management team to develop strategies that will beat those metrics

You will:


Required Experience:
For immediate consideration, please submit your resume in text format (no attachments) to jobs@looksmart.net and include "Senior Business Analyst” in subject line. For additional information, please visit www.looksmart.com.

About LookSmart

Going strong for over 10 years, one of the key contributors to LookSmart's success is the quality of its employees, and we are always looking for the best and the brightest. We have a fun, diverse, and challenging start-up environment where not only are your ideas encouraged, but you will have hands-on experience and the opportunity to impact the bottom line.

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18313x.shtml
Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18331xDirector of ResearchSan FranciscoCAJustananswer.comhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18331x.shtml?source=latproWhat if your work in algorithm development could help save lives? At JustAnswer, it could! We're the largest paid question and answer platform, where thousands of Doctors, Lawyers, Veterinarians, Mechanics, and other Experts answer questions 24/7. Have a strange headache in the middle of the night? Ask a Health Expert on JustAnswer.com. Have a legal dispute with a neighbor? Check in with a Legal Expert. You get the idea!

Since we're all about Questions & Answers, here are the details on this opportunity in Q&A Form:

Q: What's the JustAnswer story?
A: JustAnswer is a fast growing, top 200 website (quantcast.com/justanswer.com) started in 2003 by Internet entrepreneur Andy Kurtzig. You can learn more about how the company got started and what we do at JustAnswer.com/about-us.aspx

Q: What's the difference between JustAnswer and the free answer sites?
A: When you ask a serious question on the free answer sites, you often get an answer from a teenager. When you ask on JustAnswer, you get Experts. Who would you trust with your health related questions? What about taxes? Or, anything else that's important to you.

Q: What do Customers think of JustAnswer?
A: Check out www.justanswer.com/help/testimonials.aspx to see some customer testimonials.

Q: What are the day-to-day responsibilities for this role?
A: As the Director of Research at JustAnswer, you will be responsible for working with our engineering team on cutting edge research across a wide range of areas, including algorithm development, personalization, machine learning, data mining, statistical analysis and natural language processing. This is a new role in our organization, which means you’ll have the opportunity to build the function from the ground-up!

Q: What is JustAnswer looking for in the ideal candidate?
A: To be successful in this role, you'll need at least 2 years (5-10+ years preferably) of commercial experience analyzing search relevance data and developing personalization systems, algorithm development, data mining, NLP or machine learning. You'll also need to be passionate about developing creative solutions to some of the web’s toughest and biggest challenges. Advanced degree (Masters required, PhD preferred) in data mining, statistics, machine learning or related field (or the equivalent combination of education and experience).

Q: What kind of person is successful at JustAnswer?
A: Someone who is *Smart*, *Fun* and *Gets Things Done*

Q: What's the Salary?
A: Depends on your experience, but it'll be a competitive rate. And, you get stock options, health insurance, dental insurance, and many other really cool perks!

Make a difference in the world! Click here to apply to JustAnswer today.

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18331x.shtml
Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18351xStatistical AnalystLos GatosCANetflixhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18351x.shtml?source=latproNetflix is seeking an outgoing, curious, interdisciplinary data expert to work as a statistician, data miner, and business analyst. In this role you will have the opportunity to work across many areas of Netflix to analyze financial, operational, web, and consumer behavior. You will work with a variety of people and technologies to bring about advanced insights into our business.

Your work will help management be better informed to make the right decisions for our customers, our suppliers, and to improve our overall efficiency and profitability. At Netflix, our culture and management is committed to being a fact-based and analysis driven organization; because of this, your contributions will be of great interest to the various business areas. To succeed in this role you should be passionate about delivering accurate and actionable analyses to business decision-makers and be able to understand and creatively solve problems that span statistics, technology, and business. You should have exceptional communication skills and be adept at translating business questions into meaningful analysis plans.

One principal area of responsibility will be to help develop new and to tune existing statistical models used for demand prediction for our extensive library of content - for DVD, for Blu-Ray, and for streaming. We're proud of our expertise we're developing in understanding demand and ultimately translating this into consumer value - so come be a part of the story!

Qualifications:


Apply Online

URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18351x.shtml
Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18352xData Quality AnalystRedmondWAMicrosofthttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18352x.shtml?source=latproProduct: Windows Live - Safety Platform. Position #: 723683.

Do you want your friends and family to give you hi-5's when you tell them what you do for a living?

Then come take a position on the front lines of the battle against Internet Abuse - fighting against spam, phishing, malware, identity hijacking, and more!

The Windows Safety Services team is looking for a unique person who can take the controls of the reputation, filtering, analysis, and intelligence systems we've been developing for the past five years and re-target them, on a daily basis, to cause maximal disruption to Internet Abusers' businesses.

This is a challenging role that requires a broad set of skills, a strong ability to deal with ambiguity, and a drive to win! An ideal candidate will have demonstrated proficiency at rapid development/prototyping, experience interfacing with large existing systems, an understanding of how the Internet and Internet abuse works, a functional background in statistics and data analysis, and the desire to work in a fast paced, exciting environment.

Specific daily responsibilities include monitoring (or building tools that monitor) the telemetry coming through our anti-abuse systems; identifying abusers' latest tools and tactics and focusing our existing systems to best counter them; developing ad hoc systems when needed to bridge the gap until new production systems can be brought online; evaluating and advising on the development of proposed anti-abuse systems and data feeds; and working with our applied research and product development teams to shape the future Internet abuse battlefield to our advantage.

Come join us and make a difference!

Specific Qualifications:

  • C# and SQL skills required
  • Familiarity with applying data mining techniques (i.e., classification, clustering, association mining, forecasting), statistics and information retrieval methods to real-world data
  • Aptitude at working on multiple ambiguous projects simultaneously
  • Good communication skills
  • Good cross-group collaboration skills
  • BS Degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or equivalent
    Apply online to Data Quality Analyst, #723683.

    Note: Interested candidates must apply online via our careers site to be considered for this position. Resumes received via email alone cannot be considered.

    For follow up or questions, please email kenjiy [at] microsoft.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18352x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18353xSenior Director Client AnalyticsNew YorkNYhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18353x.shtml?source=latproThis position is responsible for managing all analytic and reporting deliverables for key client engagements for a new group. The role of this position is to drive the analytic engagement to support all Relationship Management and brand engagement activities for select clients

    • Participates in the account and strategic planning with clients. Uses analytic and business methodologies and philosophies to design solutions to meet client’s objectives.
    • Ensure client’s analytical and reporting needs are being addressed; develops plans of action when necessary. Directly accountable for customer satisfaction in regards to analytics & Reporting.
    • Drives leading best practices on CRM analytics and Healthcare measurement
    • Accountable for ongoing delivery effectiveness, quality assurance and customer satisfaction.
    • Creates and presents business insights and recommendations based on client objectives.
    • Managing and directing all client modeling/forecasting/segmentation activities. Experience with sales force optimization project management.
    • Minimum requirements include 15+ years hands-on and/or managing marketing analytics
    • Requirements include Masters/Doctorate Degree in Social Sciences/Computer Science/ advanced statistics/Business/Marketing
    • Proficiency with SAS/SPSS and/or OLAP or Datamining tools
    • Direct experience in modeling/forecasting/segmentation and in solving business problems
    • Fundamental understanding of common statistical techniques

    Submit resume to: mary [at] analyticsearches.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18353x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18354xMarketing Campaign AnalystTexasTXhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18354x.shtml?source=latproSUMMARY

    This position is responsible for the development and creation of direct marketing campaign
    populations for customers and prospects. The position is responsible for understanding the
    marketing requirements, developing and extracting the target population, and formatting the
    information for campaign execution.

    RESPONSIBILITES

    • Develop campaign populations for targeted marketing campaigns for multiple channels
    • Develop, understand and document campaign list requirements as defined by Marketing
    • Coordinate with Channel Marketing to ensure delivery and issue resolution of any campaign population issues during delivery and execution
    • Provide campaign population insights and report on progress in regularly scheduled marketing campaign meetings
    • Interact and coordinate with Marketing Analytics

    REQUIREMENTS
    • Three or more years experience in direct marketing, marketing analysis demonstrating strong
    • analytical, quantitative, and logical problem-solving skills.
    • Thorough understanding of direct marketing and campaign management concepts
    • Excellent SQL and relational database skills
    • Strong SAS or other data analysis tool skills in a UNIX and Windows environment
    • Data manipulation, preparation, and presentation skills
    • Microsoft Office proficiency, particularly Excel and Access
    • Familiarity with marketing campaign concepts and customer segmentation
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • Track record of on-time delivery of campaign and project deliverables
    • Serve as contact point to segment marketing and channel marketing
    • Provide quality assurance reviews for campaign development work
    • Provide additional marketing insights based on campaign marketing list work

    Additional desirable skills
    • Experience with campaign management tools a plus
    • Project management tool skills such as Microsoft Project

    Education

    Bachelor’s degree or higher in a quantitative discipline.

    www.datashaping.com/jobs18354x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18355xSenior Software Engineer, Information RetrievalLos AngelesCAIncenticahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18355x.shtml?source=latproJOB DESCRIPTION: SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER (INFORMATION RETRIEVAL)

    Does the Matrix have you?

    Are you looking for a company where you need to follow the orders of 10 levels of management to direct every moment of the day? Do you want a 9?5 role writing white papers about technology that you never build? Do you want to work for one of the largest corporations in the world where the office politics make you feel like a scared rabbit? Do you like to take long vacations in Hawaii or the Wine Country? Okay, well maybe we want that too! If you answered YES to any question, but the last one, then find another company, because Incentica is not the right place for you.

    If you answered, "NO!" then do you daydream about...

    Being an entrepreneurial engineer, driving product direction as well as technology implementation? Being recognized in remarkable articles on mashable.com, techcrunch.com, acm.org, or technorati.com? Well then Incentica may be the RIGHT place for you.

    At Incentica we are building groundbreaking technology for consumer research, social media, and social marketing for some of the largest global brands, and we want you to be apart of it. You will be on the ground floor in a fast-paced, growing company, with strong financial backing.

    Are you READY to unplug?

    Knock knock..

    Our positions are posted on: our website (www.incenticasolutions.com), Linkedin, and popular job sites. Send your resume to me Ed Fullman, CEO of Incentica at: Edward.Fullman@Incentica.net.

    FYI - Check out our website. There is a secret code you can't see here!

    Skills

    REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

    Masters Degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science (or closely related) with an emphasis in information retrieval and data mining.

    Preferred Experience:

    • Information retrieval technologies: Nutch, Katta/Solr and Lucene
    • Scripting languages: Bash, Python, Perl ?
    • Corpus un-structured, semi-structured and structured data
    • Data mining, statistics and statistical models
    • NLP techniques and text mining is a plus
    • Hadoop, Hbase, Pig or Mapreduce, Sawzall and Bigtable ?
    • RDBMS, such as Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL ?
    • Linux/UNIX

    Ideal Candidate:
    • Ability to function as a entrepreneur and work under aggressive deadlines
    • Excellent research and troubleshooting skills
    • Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
    • Strive for continued improvement

    Company Description

    Incentica is a privately-backed, Los Angeles based social media and consumer research technology company focused on helping the largest brands find and reach consumers with increased precision.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18355x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18356xSoftware Engineer, Data MiningIncenticahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18356x.shtml?source=latproJOB DESCRIPTION: SOFTWARE ENGINEER (DATA MINING)

    Does the Matrix have you?

    Are you looking for a company where you need to follow the orders of 10 levels of management to direct every moment of the day? Do you want a 9Ñ5 role writing white papers about technology that you never build? Do you want to work for one of the largest corporations in the world where the office politics make you feel like a scared rabbit? Do you like to take long vacations in Hawaii or the Wine Country? Okay, well maybe we want that too! If you answered YES to any question, but the last one, then find another company, because Incentica is not the right place for you.

    If you answered, "NO!" then do you daydream about...

    Being an entrepreneurial engineer, driving product direction as well as technology implementation? Being recognized in remarkable articles on mashable.com, techcrunch.com, acm.org, or technorati.com? Well then Incentica may be the RIGHT place for you.

    At Incentica we are building groundbreaking technology for consumer research, social media, and social marketing for some of the largest global brands, and we want you to be apart of it. You will be on the ground floor in a fast-paced, growing company, with strong financial backing.

    Are you READY to unplug?

    Knock knock..

    Our positions are posted on: our website (www.incenticasolutions.com), Linkedin, and popular job sites. Send your resume to me Ed Fullman, CEO of Incentica at: Edward.Fullman@Incentica.net.

    FYI - Check out our website. There is a secret code you can't see here!

    Skills

    REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

    Requirements

    Masters degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science (or closely related) with an emphasis in the following: machine learning, statistics, and data mining.

    Preferred Experience

    • Proven knowledge of data mining and machine learning methods and tools (e.g. Weka, SAS, UNDO API, R etc.)
    • Java, J2EE and test frameworks (e.g.as JUnit, XMLUnit, DBUnit)
    • Hadoop, Hbase, Pig or Mapreduce, Sawzall and Bigtable
    • RDBMS, such as Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL
    • C++ and excellent mathematical skills are a plus
    • Scripting languages, such as bash, Python, Perl
    • XML technologies
    • Linux/UNIX

    Ideal Candidate:
    • Exploratory data analysis and in data mining processes (unbalanced and unclean data)
    • Analyzing and modeling large industrial data sets.
    • Applying data mining technique, statistics and statistical models
    • Ability to function as a entrepreneur and work under aggressive deadlines
    • Excellent research and troubleshooting skills
    • Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
    • Strive for continued improvement

    Company Description

    Incentica is a privately-backed, Los Angeles based social media and consumer research technology company focused on helping the largest brands find and reach consumers with increased precision.


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    The environment here and in our company headquarters in Los Angeles is casual with no bureaucracy. The Ann Arbor office is located in a new building adjacent to the Nickels Arcade and S. State Street right across the street from the UM central campus. The office environment is extremely comfortable and dedicated to our engineering team only. The company is in its fourth year, growing steadily, and able to offer both stability as well as the opportunity for the right person to make an immediate impact on new projects. We would prefer a full-time commitment but would also consider a part-time or contractor arrangement. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with skill set and experience. Benefits for full-time employees include medical coverage, paid holidays and personal days, paid monthly parking if needed, paid professional development opportunities, and a casual work environment including dual monitors and a fast computer at your desk, no dress code, and an extremely nice group of folks as your co-workers. Interviewed candidates will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their skill set. Please forward a resume and cover letter to jobs@tigerlead.com along with descriptions or links to samples of previous work. Submissions with thoughtful cover letters and evidence of experience will receive careful consideration and prompt follow-up. No phone calls or drop-ins, please. Thank you for your interest.


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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18360xData Mining AnalystTorontoCanadaWaterfront Internationalhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18360x.shtml?source=latproWaterfront International is a Toronto-based financial consulting firm, specializing in developing computer based statistical trading strategies. Waterfront’s selective hiring process considers only highly talented individuals with a history of exceptional professional and academic achievement, and solid real-world experience.

    Primary Responsibilities:

    • Perform financial market data research and analysis to identify and resolve data issues using advanced data mining techniques.
    • Develop proprietary data mining tools and applications.
    • Develop predictive models.

    Requirements of the Candidate include:
    • PhD or Masters in mathematics, statistics or computer science specializing in data mining.
    • Experience with machine learning and knowledge discovery techniques.
    • Solid quantitative background with excellent analytical skills.
    • Strong working knowledge of data mining and statistics.
    • Must possess expert level C/C++ programming skills.
    • Some financial experience desired but not required.
    • Must be a strong self-starter and able to work well independently.

    Email: recruiting@wil.com


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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18361xSAS Analyst, Credit/Fraud Services & ScoreCardWichitaKShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18361x.shtml?source=latproHeadquartered in Wichita Kansas, Client is a rapidly growing provider of consumer financial services. Since opening their first store in 1997 in Riverside, California, they have successfully expanded to nine states and eighty-two retail locations. Client is currently the leading small short term lender in the brick and mortar store market place in terms of top line revenue and bottom line profitability. In the last 12 months Client has also developed and is rapidly expanding an online loan businesses with intentions of achieving superior market share in this space in the next 24 months.
    This role will assist the Lead Analyst developing, implementing and monitoring loan approval models that will result in increased acceptance rates and lower default rates of our various consumer loan products. The objective of the role is to assist development, implementation, monitoring of client’s credit risk strategies to help manage and grow the loan portfolio by optimizing values of each loan application and customer. The business operates in “test and learn” culture, where for each of our key credit risk decisions you will help Lead Analyst develop challenger strategies, rolling out successful strategies to champion status, pulling unsuccessful ones quickly and helping develop new challengers.

    To help realize the client’s objectives, this Credit Data Analyst role will have a vital part to play. The role will be challenging, but also, be mentored by the Lead Analyst to fully support deliverables to individual business units’ Risk Data Management teams, with the aim to make all risks transparent and understood. Various responsibilities starting in Business and Finance and ending in Information Technology. Assist in the Start Up, Launch, and, Enhancements of new product development to meet loan regulatory and compliance requirements for new Internet Lending Practice. Web originated loan underwriting will be an eLoan / Web 2.0 consumer lending product. Work extensively with client’s Lead Credit Analyst, to assist in their own critical Credit ScoreCard development - From Chief Internet Officer’s desk :

    "Put another way, consumer lending companies are becoming much more interested in understanding their customers’ lives and psyches, because, the theory goes, knowing what makes cardholders tick will help firms determine who is a good bet and who should be shown the door as quickly as possible. Luckily for the industry, small groups of executives at most of the large firms like ours, have spent the last decade studying our customers from almost every angle, and collection agencies have developed more sophisticated dunning techniques. We have sought to draw psychological and behavioral lessons from the enormous amounts of data the credit- lending companies collect every day. They’ve run thousands of tests and crunched the numbers on millions of accounts. "

    Must be a US Citizen, or, have a Green Card

    Salary : To 75K Plus - D.O.E.
    Relocation : Available
    Permanent position in the Midwest :
    Wichita - Ranked 2 as most "Livable Communities" for its size : http://www.wichitakansas.org. and more recently, one of ten “All American Cities” : http://www.wichitakansas.org/user/file/All_America_City.pdf

    DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Assist Lead Analyst to develop, build and deploy various statistical models used for loan loss minimization, loss forecasting, and other targeted analysis.
    • Provide direct support to the Lead Analyst in the evaluation and analysis of all consumer credit risk.
    • Analyze portfolio level information to identify and monitor key risk factors and develop proposed solutions. Perform ad-hoc analysis of consumer portfolios.
    • Report and analyze characteristics of the Consumer Credit lines of business in relation to policies, guidelines and processes.
    • Deliver portfolio analysis and performance metrics as well as create insight into new areas of concern or benefit for the portfolio.
    • Monitor and evaluate problem loan statistics. Ensure that appropriate reporting of activity is occurring consistent with company policy.
    • Identify and communicate to the Lead Analyst potential policy and or operational improvements that will enhance credit quality.
    • Deliver requests tasked for Credit Scoring add-ons from the Lead Analyst
    • Deliver requests tasked for Test Validity of statistical results from Lead Analyst

    KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
    • 2+ years experience with combined online consumer lending and sub-prime risk analysis, or other high volume data intensive environments (i.e. marketing /web analytics). Previous experience with a high online transaction volume environment is highly considered.
    • 2+ years experience working with Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Reporting Services, BI Tools Suite, combined with strong analytical skills in their previous experience working with large volumes of transactional data.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in Quantitative Analytics.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in SAS, SQL / Excel. Hands-on Data Aggregator experience also preferred.
    • Some understanding of consumer finance industry. Sub-prime and non-secured loans a plus.
    • Demonstrated ability to interpret data from intensive, fast paced tasking requests.
    • Demonstrated ability to work with significant volumes of data in various formats and databases.
    • Demonstrated ability to learn and understand various applications and business intelligence/database tools.
    • Knowledge of credit report attributes and non-traditional data attributes preferred.
    • Knowledge in logistic regression, CHAID and decision trees strongly preferred.
    • Knowledge of data mining and reporting, default modeling, and loan portfolio analytics strongly recommended
    • Excellent critical thinking, analytical, verbal and written communication skills.
    • Degree in Economics, Statistics Mathematics, Finance, Operations Research, Computer Science or other related areas.

    To apply: email resume to tbirdsell@kc.rr.com

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    The Risk Management group is responsible for policies to control risks associated with daily ACH/EFT Internet transactions. The group also provides consulting assistance to client financial institutions in establishing and monitoring their own risk criteria. The Risk Forecasting Analyst will be responsible for providing data mining support on risk management initiatives.

    Location: preferred Sunnyvale, CA (but working from the NY office is possible)

    Responsibilities:

    • Extracting data and manipulating databases in developing analytical models for fraud detection and quantitative risk assessment.
    • Building and monitoring the effectiveness of risk models, assessing their adequacy for different portfolio segments and clients, and determining when model modification/redevelopment is necessary.
    • Investigating new data sources and analyzing predictive variables. Helping design, implement, and test new risk management strategies to optimize profitability while controlling risks.
    • Participating in the design and development of new products/services, especially in regards to identifying and quantifying associated risks.

    Qualifications Requirements:
    • Demonstrated experience in risk management of 5 years in payment or funds transfer operations. Must have fraud risk policy and model development experience. Credit card experience is acceptable.
    • Candidate should ideally possess 3-5 years of experience in the development of risk management policies / models / data mining for transaction risk management and resulting investigations.
    • Fluent in SAS (Base, Stat, Macros) and SQL. Experienced in putting models in production or working with others to run your production models.
    • Candidate must possess excellent written and oral communications skills; ability to work with other members of the team, strong interpersonal and communication skills to a non-technical audience. Are you a "geek that can speak?"
    • The successful candidate will be analytical, organized, dependable, self-motivated, and able to work with minimal supervision.
    • Applicant must be results oriented; shown proven leadership; and Must have ability to multi-task and handle deadlines.
    • Proficiency in MS Office Applications
    • Masters or advanced degree preferred (Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Management Science / Operations Research), although more years of relevant experience, patents or publications can demonstrate maturity of experience.

    Qualification Pluses:

    Helpful experience can include some of:

    • Experience with data mining algorithms (decision trees, SVM, clustering, fuzzy rules, Bayesian networks, boosting, bagging, L1 regularization, a-priori/AR, outlier detection...)
    • Oracle PL/SQL
    • Java
    • R
    • Internet advertising models (or experience on other problems of a low target rate, non-stationary, changing nature).

    Reports to: Director, Risk Policy and Analytics
    Compensation: Commensurate with experience.

    To Apply:

    Please send Microsoft Word version of resume to USAcareers@cashedge.com

    CashEdge is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.

    If you have questions or would simply like to get more information about career opportunities at CashEdge, please feel free to email us at USAcareers@cashedge.com.

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18363xSenior StatisticianShanghaiChinaAstraZeneca R&Dhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18363x.shtml?source=latproAn exciting new opportunity has arisen for a senior statistician at our innovative and expanding site in Shanghai. You will have responsibility for developing and delivering statistical support to a range of disciplines and projects, with opportunity for delivering significant impact to the business …

    Please click here for more information.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18363x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18366xPrincipal Lead ResearcherBellevueWABinghttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18366x.shtml?source=latproBing Search's mission: To deliver the most relevant knowledge to our customers by being more than just a search engine - Bing's goal is to be "decision engine". To achieve that mission data is critical. At Bing, we have enormous wealth of data, ranging from user interaction logs to web documents, from user feedback to system performance data.

    The Bing Data Mining Team is hiring extremely talented, highly motivated and productive lead with expertise in the areas of analytics, statistics, machine learning, and data mining. The team develops and applies advanced techniques to turn our petabytes of data into insights; and to drive actions based on those insights. The team works closely with teams across Bing search to enable rigorous, effective and data-driven decision making.

    At the core of our team's mission using data to understand users. Some example of the challenges we face: Understanding how users interact with different search features and how these features affect users' behaviors, understand user intent, detecting and filtering bot traffic, measuring user satisfaction, and analyzing the results of extremely large-scale experiments. We analyze a wealth of data to identify new information needs, find weak points in the current system, and quantify the business and user impact of technical issues (e.g. performance). The team also works on techniques to manage and process petabytes of data efficiently and effectively.

    At Bing, we can offer you a strong team, exciting challenges, and a fun place to work. The work environment empowers you to have a real impact on millions of end users. This is also a unique opportunity to work with world-class researchers and developers. Join us and be at the forefront of search technology!

    Job Responsibilities include:

    • Manage and grow a team of applied researchers (analysts) and drive analysis directions.
    • Apply data mining and statistics to measure and understand the search user experience and feature engagement.
    • Generate actionable insights for improving search systems and increasing user satisfaction.
    • Take high-level questions and analyze data to find answers to those questions.
    • Research and develop solutions for providing high quality data (e.g. system health, performance measurement, bot & spam traffic identification, outlier detection, etc.).
    • Analysis and design of large-scale (both number and size) experiments.
    • Work with team across Bing search to identify problem where data mining, machine learning, or statistics can help. Explore and develop solutions to these problems.
    • Act as an expert in the area of data mining, machine learning, statistics, or analytics.
    • Design and carry out experiments to evaluate research results.
    • Provide technical leadership and direction to others in the Bing Data Mining team.
    • Build high quality infrastructure and data mining & analysis solution
    • Drive actions in Search and OSD based on analysis results.

    Qualifications:
    • Bachelor degree and an advanced degree (Master, PhD) in data mining, statistics, machine learning, mathematics, or related field (or the equivalent combination of education and experience).
    • Extensive knowledge and experience in at least two of the following areas: statistics, data analysis, data mining, web mining, machine learning, business intelligence & customer intelligence, user modeling (three or more areas are preferred). With 12 years practical experience (15 years are preferred).
    • Experience technical manager with proven success records (3+ years).
    • Strong ability to apply your statistics, mathematical and algorithmic expertise to solve real problems.
    • Experience in analyzing very large real world datasets (esp. web data).
    • Expertise with data analysis and statistical tools (e.g. R, SAS, or SPSS).
    • Superior communications skills, both verbal and written.
    • Hands-on approach to data analysis and a strong focus on quality.
    • Ability to work independently and in a team to develop innovative solutions.
    • Programming skills and experience (e.g. C/C++/C#/SQL).
    • This position is located in Bellevue, Washington.

    Contact: v-ledav [at] microsoft.com (replace [at] with @). Resumes received via email cannot be considered until you formally apply online.

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18367xProject Manager in Applied StatisticsNovatoCAWilliam E. Weckerhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18367x.shtml?source=latproAbout the Job

    William E. Wecker Associates, Inc. provides consulting services in applied mathematics and statistics. Areas of application range from consumer product performance to epidemiology, and to issues in accounting, finance and economics. Clients include Fortune 500 companies in the automobile, consumer products, banking, insurance and pharmaceuticals industries.

    Project Manager responsibilities include liaison with client staff, working with Principal Consultants on problem definition and problem solving, and specifying and directing the work of Wecker Associates staff.

    Project Manager in Applied Statistics

    Desirable qualifications:

    • M.S. or Ph.D. in statistics, mathematics, operations research, economics or related field;
    • Aptitude for quantitative problem-solving and experience in data analysis;
    • Strong computer skills (we use SAS, S-Plus, Mathematica, and other business and scientific software on UNIX and Macintosh platforms);
    • Strong communication skills;
    • Ability to work in collaboration with others in an informal, collegial environment;
    • Ability to work effectively under deadlines.

    Compensation is competitive and commensurate with performance.

    We are located in the city of Novato, Marin County, California, thirty minutes north of San Francisco.

    To Apply: Applicants should e-mail, fax or mail résumé, most recent university transcript and compensation history to the following address. No telephone calls please.

    Employment
    William E. Wecker Associates Inc.
    505 San Marin Drive
    Building B
    Novato, CA 94945
    Email address: employment@wecker.com
    Fax: (415) 898-2260

    http://www.wecker.com

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18369xStatistical Data Analyst IIScottsdaleAZEarly Warning Serviceshttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18369x.shtml?source=latproOverall Purpose

    This position supports Data Analytic initiatives through the performance of data loading, data preparation and data cleansing and by providing basic data analysis and ad hoc reporting as requested.

    Essential Functions

    • Extracts, transforms and loads (ETL) datasets from various sources and formats.
    • Responsible for formatting, manipulating and transforming data in preparation for analysis and modeling.
    • Produces standard and ad hoc reports.
    • Monitors performance of production models and prepares related reporting and performance metrics.
    • Assists more senior analysts as requested in model development tasks such as data preparation, variable creation, and statistical measures for model development.
    • Responsible for a variety of exploratory data analysis (EDA) tasks
    • Completes analyses related to customer value testing.
    • Complies with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained.

    Qualifications
    • Bachelors Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field; Advanced degree preferred.
    • A minimum of 3+ years data analytics work experience or similar position.
    • A minimum of 2+ years work related experience in SAS programming (Base SAS, SAS STAT, and SAS Macro).
    • Data manipulation and data step programming experience required.
    • Ability to effectively communicate results non-technical
    • Ability to effectively communicate findings from complex analyses to non-technical audiences.
    • Approved background and drug screen is required.

    Physical Requirements

    Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching. Must be able to lift10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

    Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

    Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire

    The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18370xLeader, Data AnalyticsScottsdaleAZEarly Warning Serviceshttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18370x.shtml?source=latproOverall Purpose

    This position provides leadership and direction related to Company data asset strategies and initiatives to accurately predict fraud and to leverage the Company’s vast data assets to drive customer value, company revenues and operational efficiencies and enhance quality of deliverables and market position. Directs and drives enhancements in data capture, storage, analytics and modeling.

    Essential Functions

    • Manages the data analytics team(s) to ensure the best predictive fraud solutions and strategies are developed and employed, including evaluation of various complex performance definitions, sampling approaches and segmentation alternatives for new product development.
    • Partners with Sales, Marketing and Product groups to understand customer needs and cross-sell opportunities and provides data analytics support of business case models to further service solutions.
    • Serves as the Company’s Subject Matter Expert for internal data and business intelligence and is the primary contact with Information Technology, Product and Operations for requirements specific to the creation and ongoing maintenance of analytical scoring models and enhancements, such as building ROI models, defining business problems and internal business cases to support new solutions and product enhancements.
    • Develops appropriate processes and programs to ensure in-depth research and analysis of customer data and to enhance data collection, analysis, reporting tools and strategies.
    • Ensures proper testing processes are established and followed to enable high data integrity, volumes and frequency.
    • Understands key product metrics and identifies, defines, and ensures best practices in business intelligence analytics are utilized.
    • Works cross functionally within the organization to deliver integrated business intelligence solutions.
    • Responsible for managing prioritization of the Data Analytics project queue in conjunction with Product and other departments.
    • Conducts periodic needs assessments among key company executives to continually improve the ability to meet Company objectives through data strategies and analytics.
    • Works closely with Information Technology and other data/system providers, both internal and external, to enhance systems, troubleshoot and resolve issues.
    • Ensures compliance with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained.

    Qualifications
    • Advanced degree in a quantitative field (i.e., Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics or another relevant discipline).
    • A minimum of 10 years management experience in data analytics, modeling and business intelligence.
    • A minimum of 10 years management experience in financial services, fraud prevention or related field.
    • Superior leadership and management skills together with strong business acumen.
    • Experience leading the implementation of business intelligence solutions from the ground up following a defined methodology.
    • Prior experience building a data analytics department highly preferred.
    • SAS certification preferred. Demonstrated proficiency utilizing SAS or equivalent statistical modeling tools required.
    • Approved background and drug screen is required.

    Benefits

    We offer competitive salary and a unique benefits package including concierge service for employee personal needs, credit monitoring service for identity theft protection, a host of activities for employees and their families, 4 weeks paid time off, 401k plan with company match and 2 year vesting, tuition assistance, and the more traditional benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

    Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

    Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire.

    Early Warning Services is an equal opportunity employer.

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18371xSr. StatisticianPhiladelphiaPANielsenhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18371x.shtml?source=latproNielsen is seeking a Senior Statistician/Methodologist in BASES Pharmaceutical business group. As a member of the Methodology and Advanced Analytics team, this position will work with many research teams to provide support in statistical analysis and consulting with innovative and creative statistical solutions.

    The successful candidate should have a solid background in statistics and enjoy conducting quantitative analysis in a team environment. Successful experience in statistical modeling R&D, and implementation is very important. Business experience in consulting and/or pharmaceutical industry is also desirable. Other requisite skills include programming skills in SAS, SPSS, and related statistical programming. The position requires a detail-oriented person with excellent project management skills who is successful at multi-tasking and working with different teams.

    Responsibilities

    • Use various programs (SAS, SPSS, ACCESS, etc.) for data transformation and management. Ensure the accuracy, completeness, standardization and integrity of data.
    • Help the research teams in designing quantitative market research studies.
    • Implement advanced statistical methods, including discrete choice models, conjoint analysis, forecasting, segmentation models and other types of analysis as required by different projects.
    • Mining of large databases (e.g., neural networks, machine learning, etc.)
    • Coordinate and participate in ad hoc analyses to address client inquiries and resolve anomalies.
    • Research and develop statistical methods and procedures.

    Qualifications
    • PhD degree is preferred while Master's degree is required in Statistics, Economics, Psychometrics, Marketing Research or other similar quantitative fields
    • Working knowledge of statistical programming languages (SAS, SPSS, LIMDEP, R, etc.)
    • 3+ years of research and/or working experience
    • Detail-oriented and proficient in quantitative analysis
    • Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18372xAnalytics ManagerSan DiegoCAOpera Solutionshttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18372x.shtml?source=latproCOMPANY OVERVIEW

    Opera Solutions turns Big Data into Big Profit for the world's leading companies. Established in 2004, we have today grown to 400+ professionals, with offices in New York, Jersey City, San Diego, London, Paris, New Delhi, and Shanghai.

    Analytics and technology are central to our value proposition, not an afterthought. When you come to work for us, you'll be joining a rapidly growing firm offering exceptional opportunities for mathematicians, scientists, computer scientists, and software experts - working on very interesting questions and using an array of cutting edge approaches. You will have the breadth and the support to try new and creative avenues to solve problems.

    More than 100 mathematicians, scientists, and statisticians staff our three scientific and technical Centers of Excellence in San Diego, Shanghai, and New Delhi, and we are committed to more than doubling this number by 2012. Our technology and analytics professionals are extraordinarily accomplished at applying advanced modeling techniques, machine learning, and new technologies to very large datasets and thorny analytic problems.

    The work environment at Opera Solutions is fluid, challenging and fast-paced, reflecting the diversity of our clients and their needs. We work in teams and draw on each other's strengths to deliver results that really make a difference. Each team member is supported by the guidance and expertise of the rest of the team. We staff projects globally, giving consultants the opportunity to work with a global group of the best and brightest from North America, Europe, and Asia.

    Position Title: Analytics Manager/Senior Manager

    The Analytics manager will design, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art, data-driven predictive models to solve business problems using the latest and most appropriate technologies in machine learning, statistical modeling and Operations Research. He or she will deliver value in the market place by supporting teams serving clients; spearheading the analytics/technology component of new product development; and/or leading key research initiatives.

    Main responsibilities include: development t of analytic solutions; pattern identification and feature extraction; variable selection; experimentation with algorithms; performance analysis and preparation for communication with internal and external clients; training and development of junior analytics staff.

    Work will require effective coordination of global analytics and software development resources, clients, and business consultants. Some travel may be required to client locations.

    Qualifications

    Required:

    • Advanced degree (MS/ Ph.D.) in a quantitative field (i.e., Statistics, Engineering, Machine Learning, Physics, Econometrics, etc.).
    • Software skills: Experience in Perl, C, Python, C++, or Java.
    • Deep knowledge of analytic methodologies (regression, signal processing, optimization, neural networks, etc.)
    • Track record of analytical product development, innovation, or research (patents or publications)
    • Industry Experience (eCommerce, Financial Services, Retail, Airlines, Defense, etc.) Preferred:
    • Experience managing global analytics teams
    • Strong UNIX background
    • Experience with statistics package, SAS

    To apply for this position, please send your cover letter and CV to analyticsrecruiting@operasolutions.com

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18373xData mining project / Bayesian networkTelecommuteUShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18373x.shtml?source=latproI am looking for someone with experience grouping large amounts of data mined data for insertion into a Bayesian network. This job will consist of organizing a data base framework and directing programmers where to insert the data into the framework. The data will be organized per instructions from the Bayesian architect. The programmers will be data mining from an extremely large information pool and will need to be told where it should be placed when it is parsed.

    This is not a full time job and could be completed in someone’s spare time. I personally am not experienced at all in this area. This is the reason for the job posting. I do not have an idea what this type of job would be worth so I will be accepting bids or quotes for someone’s spare time weekly. If someone wishes to take this job on as full time then that would welcomed.

    John Webb
    john@roxyspub.com
    561-312-6247

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18301xIndustrial StatisticianBeverlyMASensitechhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml?source=latproSensitech 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

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18302xClinical Innovations MetricianLouisvilleHumanahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml?source=latproHumana 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.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18301xIndustrial StatisticianBeverlyMASensitechhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml?source=latproSensitech 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

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18302xClinical Innovations MetricianLouisvilleKYHumanahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml?source=latproHumana 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.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18311xSAS Analyst, Credit/Fraud Services & ScoreCardWichitaKShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18311x.shtml?source=latproHeadquartered in Wichita Kansas, Client is a rapidly growing provider of consumer financial services. Since opening their first store in 1997 in Riverside, California, they have successfully expanded to nine states and eighty-two retail locations. Client is currently the leading small short term lender in the brick and mortar store market place in terms of top line revenue and bottom line profitability. In the last 12 months Client has also developed and is rapidly expanding an online loan businesses with intentions of achieving superior market share in this space in the next 24 months.

    This role will assist the Lead Analyst developing, implementing and monitoring loan approval models that will result in increased acceptance rates and lower default rates of our various consumer loan products. The objective of the role is to assist development, implementation, monitoring of client’s credit risk strategies to help manage and grow the loan portfolio by optimizing values of each loan application and customer. The business operates in “test and learn” culture, where for each of our key credit risk decisions you will help Lead Analyst develop challenger strategies, rolling out successful strategies to champion status, pulling unsuccessful ones quickly and helping develop new challengers.

    To help realize the client’s objectives, this Credit Data Analyst role will have a vital part to play. The role will be challenging, but also, be mentored by the Lead Analyst to fully support deliverables to individual business units’ Risk Data Management teams, with the aim to make all risks transparent and understood. Various responsibilities starting in Business and Finance and ending in Information Technology. Assist in the Start Up, Launch, and, Enhancements of new product development to meet loan regulatory and compliance requirements for new Internet Lending Practice. Web originated loan underwriting will be an eLoan / Web 2.0 consumer lending product. Work extensively with client’s Lead Credit Analyst, to assist in their own critical Credit ScoreCard development - From Chief Internet Officer’s desk :

    "Put another way, consumer lending companies are becoming much more interested in understanding their customers’ lives and psyches, because, the theory goes, knowing what makes cardholders tick will help firms determine who is a good bet and who should be shown the door as quickly as possible. Luckily for the industry, small groups of executives at most of the large firms like ours, have spent the last decade studying our customers from almost every angle, and collection agencies have developed more sophisticated dunning techniques. We have sought to draw psychological and behavioral lessons from the enormous amounts of data the credit- lending companies collect every day. They’ve run thousands of tests and crunched the numbers on millions of accounts. "

    Must be a US Citizen, or, have a Green Card

    Salary : To 75K Plus - D.O.E.
    Relocation : Available
    Permanent position in the Midwest :
    Wichita - Ranked 2 as most "Livable Communities" for its size : http://www.wichitakansas.org. and more recently, one of ten “All American Cities” : http://www.wichitakansas.org/user/file/All_America_City.pdf

    DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Assist Lead Analyst to develop, build and deploy various statistical models used for loan loss minimization, loss forecasting, and other targeted analysis.
    • Provide direct support to the Lead Analyst in the evaluation and analysis of all consumer credit risk.
    • Analyze portfolio level information to identify and monitor key risk factors and develop proposed solutions. Perform ad-hoc analysis of consumer portfolios.
    • Report and analyze characteristics of the Consumer Credit lines of business in relation to policies, guidelines and processes.
    • Deliver portfolio analysis and performance metrics as well as create insight into new areas of concern or benefit for the portfolio.
    • Monitor and evaluate problem loan statistics. Ensure that appropriate reporting of activity is occurring consistent with company policy.
    • Identify and communicate to the Lead Analyst potential policy and or operational improvements that will enhance credit quality.
    • Deliver requests tasked for Credit Scoring add-ons from the Lead Analyst
    • Deliver requests tasked for Test Validity of statistical results from Lead Analyst

    KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
    • 2+ years experience with combined online consumer lending and sub-prime risk analysis, or other high volume data intensive environments (i.e. marketing /web analytics). Previous experience with a high online transaction volume environment is highly considered.
    • 2+ years experience working with Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Reporting Services, BI Tools Suite, combined with strong analytical skills in their previous experience working with large volumes of transactional data.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in Quantitative Analytics.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in SAS, SQL / Excel. Hands-on Data Aggregator experience also preferred.
    • Some understanding of consumer finance industry. Sub-prime and non-secured loans a plus.
    • Demonstrated ability to interpret data from intensive, fast paced tasking requests.
    • Demonstrated ability to work with significant volumes of data in various formats and databases.
    • Demonstrated ability to learn and understand various applications and business intelligence/database tools.
    • Knowledge of credit report attributes and non-traditional data attributes preferred.
    • Knowledge in logistic regression, CHAID and decision trees strongly preferred.
    • Knowledge of data mining and reporting, default modeling, and loan portfolio analytics strongly recommended
    • Excellent critical thinking, analytical, verbal and written communication skills.
    • Degree in Economics, Statistics Mathematics, Finance, Operations Research, Computer Science or other related areas.

    To apply: email resume to tbirdsell@kc.rr.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18311x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18312xDirector of Data AnalyticsSan FranciscoCASpeedDatehttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18312x.shtml?source=latproSpeedDate.com is searching for a Director of Data Analytics. SpeedDate.com is a venture-backed online dating startup in Silicon Valley that allows users to join 3-minute speed dating sessions from home using live chat technology. Since we launched just over two years ago, weâ??ve amassed a large amount of data from our user population. For instance, SpeedDateâ??s millions of members have gone on over 63M online SpeedDates and sent over 100M digital â??winksâ?? through our site and Facebook/iPhone applications. Weâ??re looking for someone who is excited about digging into our data to come up with ways to enhance user experience and directly impact our business goals. This is a rare opportunity to use your advanced analysis skills on mounds of data, while simultaneously getting in on the ground floor of a growing startup. We view the Senior Data Analyst role as a key position to achieving our goal of becoming the largest and best dating service.

    Responsibilities

    • Generate tons of ideas for transforming SpeedDateâ??s data into practical product and marketing initiatives
    • Conduct research projects using techniques from statistics, machine learning, and data mining to gain insights into improving user experience and achieving business goals
    • Manipulate large volumes of both internal and external data
    • Communicate findings to technical and non-technical colleagues
    • Transform data analysis conclusions into actionable initiatives including predictive models, marketing recommendations, algorithm enhancements, and beyond
    • Work closely with engineers and product/marketing managers to get your ideas into production

    Desired experience and expertise
    • 5+ years in data analytics / business intelligence / database marketing
    • Excellent understanding of statistics, regression analysis, machine learning, and other predictive modeling techniques
    • Interest in any and all of the following subjects: matchmaking/recommendation systems, search, spam detection, social network analysis, segmentation, conversion rate optimization, lifetime value, retention analysis, and user experience modeling
    • You gravitate towards creating the simplest model possible to solve a problem, but donâ??t shy away from using complex methodologies when called for
    • Experience with SAS, SPSS or R
    • Comfortable with database schemas and command-line scripting for aggregating, cleaning, and processing data
    • Knowledge of SQL
    • Proactive, self-starter who is happy working both independently and with a team
    • PhD/Masters in a related field (i.e. statistics, mathematics, industrial engineering, or similar)
    • Comfortable working in a startup environment
    • Excited about applying data analysis to define the future of online and mobile dating

    Please email resume to: kathy@speeddate.com.


    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18312x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18313xSr. Research AnalystSan FranciscoCALooksmarthttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18313x.shtml?source=latproLookSmart is currently seeking an experienced Senior Data Analyst. In this role you will work with our account managers to define success metrics for our advertisers, and then work with the account management team to develop strategies that will beat those metrics

    You will:

    • Develop quantitative analyses, custom models and ad hoc reports to effectively monitor performance, trends, and opportunities of the ad network
    • Work with advertisers to help define their success metrics
    • Develop recommendations to beat advertiser’s desired metrics based on best practices
    • Recommend optimizations to account managers and assess the effectiveness of those recommendations
    • Work with product team to recommend enhancements to the AdCenter application that will support optimization of advertiser’s accounts

    Required Experience:
    • 2 years experience as a Business Analyst
    • Excellent Excel and basic SQL skills
    • Experience with databases and data warehousing
    • High attention to detail
    • Strong verbal and written communications skills
    • Experience in online advertising
    • Hyperion/brio experience

    For immediate consideration, please submit your resume in text format (no attachments) to jobs@looksmart.net and include "Senior Business Analyst” in subject line. For additional information, please visit www.looksmart.com.

    About LookSmart

    Going strong for over 10 years, one of the key contributors to LookSmart's success is the quality of its employees, and we are always looking for the best and the brightest. We have a fun, diverse, and challenging start-up environment where not only are your ideas encouraged, but you will have hands-on experience and the opportunity to impact the bottom line.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18313x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18331xDirector of ResearchSan FranciscoCAJustananswer.comhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18331x.shtml?source=latproWhat if your work in algorithm development could help save lives? At JustAnswer, it could! We're the largest paid question and answer platform, where thousands of Doctors, Lawyers, Veterinarians, Mechanics, and other Experts answer questions 24/7. Have a strange headache in the middle of the night? Ask a Health Expert on JustAnswer.com. Have a legal dispute with a neighbor? Check in with a Legal Expert. You get the idea!

    Since we're all about Questions & Answers, here are the details on this opportunity in Q&A Form:

    Q: What's the JustAnswer story?
    A: JustAnswer is a fast growing, top 200 website (quantcast.com/justanswer.com) started in 2003 by Internet entrepreneur Andy Kurtzig. You can learn more about how the company got started and what we do at JustAnswer.com/about-us.aspx

    Q: What's the difference between JustAnswer and the free answer sites?
    A: When you ask a serious question on the free answer sites, you often get an answer from a teenager. When you ask on JustAnswer, you get Experts. Who would you trust with your health related questions? What about taxes? Or, anything else that's important to you.

    Q: What do Customers think of JustAnswer?
    A: Check out www.justanswer.com/help/testimonials.aspx to see some customer testimonials.

    Q: What are the day-to-day responsibilities for this role?
    A: As the Director of Research at JustAnswer, you will be responsible for working with our engineering team on cutting edge research across a wide range of areas, including algorithm development, personalization, machine learning, data mining, statistical analysis and natural language processing. This is a new role in our organization, which means you’ll have the opportunity to build the function from the ground-up!

    Q: What is JustAnswer looking for in the ideal candidate?
    A: To be successful in this role, you'll need at least 2 years (5-10+ years preferably) of commercial experience analyzing search relevance data and developing personalization systems, algorithm development, data mining, NLP or machine learning. You'll also need to be passionate about developing creative solutions to some of the web’s toughest and biggest challenges. Advanced degree (Masters required, PhD preferred) in data mining, statistics, machine learning or related field (or the equivalent combination of education and experience).

    Q: What kind of person is successful at JustAnswer?
    A: Someone who is *Smart*, *Fun* and *Gets Things Done*

    Q: What's the Salary?
    A: Depends on your experience, but it'll be a competitive rate. And, you get stock options, health insurance, dental insurance, and many other really cool perks!

    Make a difference in the world! Click here to apply to JustAnswer today.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18331x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18351xStatistical AnalystLos GatosCANetflixhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18351x.shtml?source=latproNetflix is seeking an outgoing, curious, interdisciplinary data expert to work as a statistician, data miner, and business analyst. In this role you will have the opportunity to work across many areas of Netflix to analyze financial, operational, web, and consumer behavior. You will work with a variety of people and technologies to bring about advanced insights into our business.

    Your work will help management be better informed to make the right decisions for our customers, our suppliers, and to improve our overall efficiency and profitability. At Netflix, our culture and management is committed to being a fact-based and analysis driven organization; because of this, your contributions will be of great interest to the various business areas. To succeed in this role you should be passionate about delivering accurate and actionable analyses to business decision-makers and be able to understand and creatively solve problems that span statistics, technology, and business. You should have exceptional communication skills and be adept at translating business questions into meaningful analysis plans.

    One principal area of responsibility will be to help develop new and to tune existing statistical models used for demand prediction for our extensive library of content - for DVD, for Blu-Ray, and for streaming. We're proud of our expertise we're developing in understanding demand and ultimately translating this into consumer value - so come be a part of the story!

    Qualifications:

    • MS/PhD. degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, CS, Econometrics or equivalent/related degree.
    • 4 to 8 years relevant experience with a proven track record of leveraging data analysis to drive significant business impact.
    • Expertise in predictive modeling. Must have knowledge/experience in some/all of the following: Multivariate Regression, Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machines, Bagging, Boosting, Decision Trees, and Time Series Analysis.
    • Experience in Optimization, Stochastic Processes, Experiment Analysis, and/or Bootstrapping a plus.
    • Proficiency in at least one statistical analysis tools such as R, SAS, and/or Weka.
    • Above average capabilities with basic analysis tools of SQL and Excel.
    • Proven interpersonal, communication and presentation skills - must be able to explain technical concepts and analysis implications clearly to a wide audience and be able to translate business objectives into actionable analyses.
    • Java/C++/ Python/Perl programming skills, while not required, are considered a plus.

    Apply Online

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18351x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18352xData Quality AnalystRedmondWAMicrosofthttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18352x.shtml?source=latproProduct: Windows Live - Safety Platform. Position #: 723683.

    Do you want your friends and family to give you hi-5's when you tell them what you do for a living?

    Then come take a position on the front lines of the battle against Internet Abuse - fighting against spam, phishing, malware, identity hijacking, and more!

    The Windows Safety Services team is looking for a unique person who can take the controls of the reputation, filtering, analysis, and intelligence systems we've been developing for the past five years and re-target them, on a daily basis, to cause maximal disruption to Internet Abusers' businesses.

    This is a challenging role that requires a broad set of skills, a strong ability to deal with ambiguity, and a drive to win! An ideal candidate will have demonstrated proficiency at rapid development/prototyping, experience interfacing with large existing systems, an understanding of how the Internet and Internet abuse works, a functional background in statistics and data analysis, and the desire to work in a fast paced, exciting environment.

    Specific daily responsibilities include monitoring (or building tools that monitor) the telemetry coming through our anti-abuse systems; identifying abusers' latest tools and tactics and focusing our existing systems to best counter them; developing ad hoc systems when needed to bridge the gap until new production systems can be brought online; evaluating and advising on the development of proposed anti-abuse systems and data feeds; and working with our applied research and product development teams to shape the future Internet abuse battlefield to our advantage.

    Come join us and make a difference!

    Specific Qualifications:

  • C# and SQL skills required
  • Familiarity with applying data mining techniques (i.e., classification, clustering, association mining, forecasting), statistics and information retrieval methods to real-world data
  • Aptitude at working on multiple ambiguous projects simultaneously
  • Good communication skills
  • Good cross-group collaboration skills
  • BS Degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or equivalent
    Apply online to Data Quality Analyst, #723683.

    Note: Interested candidates must apply online via our careers site to be considered for this position. Resumes received via email alone cannot be considered.

    For follow up or questions, please email kenjiy [at] microsoft.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18352x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18353xSenior Director Client AnalyticsNew YorkNYhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18353x.shtml?source=latproThis position is responsible for managing all analytic and reporting deliverables for key client engagements for a new group. The role of this position is to drive the analytic engagement to support all Relationship Management and brand engagement activities for select clients

    • Participates in the account and strategic planning with clients. Uses analytic and business methodologies and philosophies to design solutions to meet client’s objectives.
    • Ensure client’s analytical and reporting needs are being addressed; develops plans of action when necessary. Directly accountable for customer satisfaction in regards to analytics & Reporting.
    • Drives leading best practices on CRM analytics and Healthcare measurement
    • Accountable for ongoing delivery effectiveness, quality assurance and customer satisfaction.
    • Creates and presents business insights and recommendations based on client objectives.
    • Managing and directing all client modeling/forecasting/segmentation activities. Experience with sales force optimization project management.
    • Minimum requirements include 15+ years hands-on and/or managing marketing analytics
    • Requirements include Masters/Doctorate Degree in Social Sciences/Computer Science/ advanced statistics/Business/Marketing
    • Proficiency with SAS/SPSS and/or OLAP or Datamining tools
    • Direct experience in modeling/forecasting/segmentation and in solving business problems
    • Fundamental understanding of common statistical techniques

    Submit resume to: mary [at] analyticsearches.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18353x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18354xMarketing Campaign AnalystTexasTXhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18354x.shtml?source=latproSUMMARY

    This position is responsible for the development and creation of direct marketing campaign
    populations for customers and prospects. The position is responsible for understanding the
    marketing requirements, developing and extracting the target population, and formatting the
    information for campaign execution.

    RESPONSIBILITES

    • Develop campaign populations for targeted marketing campaigns for multiple channels
    • Develop, understand and document campaign list requirements as defined by Marketing
    • Coordinate with Channel Marketing to ensure delivery and issue resolution of any campaign population issues during delivery and execution
    • Provide campaign population insights and report on progress in regularly scheduled marketing campaign meetings
    • Interact and coordinate with Marketing Analytics

    REQUIREMENTS
    • Three or more years experience in direct marketing, marketing analysis demonstrating strong
    • analytical, quantitative, and logical problem-solving skills.
    • Thorough understanding of direct marketing and campaign management concepts
    • Excellent SQL and relational database skills
    • Strong SAS or other data analysis tool skills in a UNIX and Windows environment
    • Data manipulation, preparation, and presentation skills
    • Microsoft Office proficiency, particularly Excel and Access
    • Familiarity with marketing campaign concepts and customer segmentation
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • Track record of on-time delivery of campaign and project deliverables
    • Serve as contact point to segment marketing and channel marketing
    • Provide quality assurance reviews for campaign development work
    • Provide additional marketing insights based on campaign marketing list work

    Additional desirable skills
    • Experience with campaign management tools a plus
    • Project management tool skills such as Microsoft Project

    Education

    Bachelor’s degree or higher in a quantitative discipline.

    www.datashaping.com/jobs18354x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18355xSenior Software Engineer, Information RetrievalLos AngelesCAIncenticahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18355x.shtml?source=latproJOB DESCRIPTION: SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER (INFORMATION RETRIEVAL)

    Does the Matrix have you?

    Are you looking for a company where you need to follow the orders of 10 levels of management to direct every moment of the day? Do you want a 9?5 role writing white papers about technology that you never build? Do you want to work for one of the largest corporations in the world where the office politics make you feel like a scared rabbit? Do you like to take long vacations in Hawaii or the Wine Country? Okay, well maybe we want that too! If you answered YES to any question, but the last one, then find another company, because Incentica is not the right place for you.

    If you answered, "NO!" then do you daydream about...

    Being an entrepreneurial engineer, driving product direction as well as technology implementation? Being recognized in remarkable articles on mashable.com, techcrunch.com, acm.org, or technorati.com? Well then Incentica may be the RIGHT place for you.

    At Incentica we are building groundbreaking technology for consumer research, social media, and social marketing for some of the largest global brands, and we want you to be apart of it. You will be on the ground floor in a fast-paced, growing company, with strong financial backing.

    Are you READY to unplug?

    Knock knock..

    Our positions are posted on: our website (www.incenticasolutions.com), Linkedin, and popular job sites. Send your resume to me Ed Fullman, CEO of Incentica at: Edward.Fullman@Incentica.net.

    FYI - Check out our website. There is a secret code you can't see here!

    Skills

    REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

    Masters Degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science (or closely related) with an emphasis in information retrieval and data mining.

    Preferred Experience:

    • Information retrieval technologies: Nutch, Katta/Solr and Lucene
    • Scripting languages: Bash, Python, Perl ?
    • Corpus un-structured, semi-structured and structured data
    • Data mining, statistics and statistical models
    • NLP techniques and text mining is a plus
    • Hadoop, Hbase, Pig or Mapreduce, Sawzall and Bigtable ?
    • RDBMS, such as Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL ?
    • Linux/UNIX

    Ideal Candidate:
    • Ability to function as a entrepreneur and work under aggressive deadlines
    • Excellent research and troubleshooting skills
    • Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
    • Strive for continued improvement

    Company Description

    Incentica is a privately-backed, Los Angeles based social media and consumer research technology company focused on helping the largest brands find and reach consumers with increased precision.

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18356xSoftware Engineer, Data MiningIncenticahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18356x.shtml?source=latproJOB DESCRIPTION: SOFTWARE ENGINEER (DATA MINING)

    Does the Matrix have you?

    Are you looking for a company where you need to follow the orders of 10 levels of management to direct every moment of the day? Do you want a 9Ñ5 role writing white papers about technology that you never build? Do you want to work for one of the largest corporations in the world where the office politics make you feel like a scared rabbit? Do you like to take long vacations in Hawaii or the Wine Country? Okay, well maybe we want that too! If you answered YES to any question, but the last one, then find another company, because Incentica is not the right place for you.

    If you answered, "NO!" then do you daydream about...

    Being an entrepreneurial engineer, driving product direction as well as technology implementation? Being recognized in remarkable articles on mashable.com, techcrunch.com, acm.org, or technorati.com? Well then Incentica may be the RIGHT place for you.

    At Incentica we are building groundbreaking technology for consumer research, social media, and social marketing for some of the largest global brands, and we want you to be apart of it. You will be on the ground floor in a fast-paced, growing company, with strong financial backing.

    Are you READY to unplug?

    Knock knock..

    Our positions are posted on: our website (www.incenticasolutions.com), Linkedin, and popular job sites. Send your resume to me Ed Fullman, CEO of Incentica at: Edward.Fullman@Incentica.net.

    FYI - Check out our website. There is a secret code you can't see here!

    Skills

    REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

    Requirements

    Masters degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science (or closely related) with an emphasis in the following: machine learning, statistics, and data mining.

    Preferred Experience

    • Proven knowledge of data mining and machine learning methods and tools (e.g. Weka, SAS, UNDO API, R etc.)
    • Java, J2EE and test frameworks (e.g.as JUnit, XMLUnit, DBUnit)
    • Hadoop, Hbase, Pig or Mapreduce, Sawzall and Bigtable
    • RDBMS, such as Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL
    • C++ and excellent mathematical skills are a plus
    • Scripting languages, such as bash, Python, Perl
    • XML technologies
    • Linux/UNIX

    Ideal Candidate:
    • Exploratory data analysis and in data mining processes (unbalanced and unclean data)
    • Analyzing and modeling large industrial data sets.
    • Applying data mining technique, statistics and statistical models
    • Ability to function as a entrepreneur and work under aggressive deadlines
    • Excellent research and troubleshooting skills
    • Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
    • Strive for continued improvement

    Company Description

    Incentica is a privately-backed, Los Angeles based social media and consumer research technology company focused on helping the largest brands find and reach consumers with increased precision.


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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18359xSearch / Data Feed DevelopperAnn ArborMITigerLead Solutionshttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18359x.shtml?source=latpro TigerLead Solutions is a leading provider of internet marketing services and proprietary lead management software to successful Realtors throughout North America. Our work involves manipulating and warehousing external data feeds and developing web interfaces to create home search tools for prospective buyers and lead management tools for real estate agents.We're looking for a skilled coder to join our small team of talented engineers in Ann Arbor. We hope to find an experienced programmer who is a good fit with our team, well-versed in multiple languages, able to learn quickly and work independently. We work in a Linux environment, and tools and languages we use include Perl, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and GIT. Perl experience is a significant plus, but your current comfort level with any of these specific tools is less important than overall technical aptitude and ability to learn quickly and fit in well with the current team.

    The environment here and in our company headquarters in Los Angeles is casual with no bureaucracy. The Ann Arbor office is located in a new building adjacent to the Nickels Arcade and S. State Street right across the street from the UM central campus. The office environment is extremely comfortable and dedicated to our engineering team only. The company is in its fourth year, growing steadily, and able to offer both stability as well as the opportunity for the right person to make an immediate impact on new projects. We would prefer a full-time commitment but would also consider a part-time or contractor arrangement. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with skill set and experience. Benefits for full-time employees include medical coverage, paid holidays and personal days, paid monthly parking if needed, paid professional development opportunities, and a casual work environment including dual monitors and a fast computer at your desk, no dress code, and an extremely nice group of folks as your co-workers. Interviewed candidates will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their skill set. Please forward a resume and cover letter to jobs@tigerlead.com along with descriptions or links to samples of previous work. Submissions with thoughtful cover letters and evidence of experience will receive careful consideration and prompt follow-up. No phone calls or drop-ins, please. Thank you for your interest.


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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18360xData Mining AnalystTorontoCanadaWaterfront Internationalhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18360x.shtml?source=latproWaterfront International is a Toronto-based financial consulting firm, specializing in developing computer based statistical trading strategies. Waterfront’s selective hiring process considers only highly talented individuals with a history of exceptional professional and academic achievement, and solid real-world experience.

    Primary Responsibilities:

    • Perform financial market data research and analysis to identify and resolve data issues using advanced data mining techniques.
    • Develop proprietary data mining tools and applications.
    • Develop predictive models.

    Requirements of the Candidate include:
    • PhD or Masters in mathematics, statistics or computer science specializing in data mining.
    • Experience with machine learning and knowledge discovery techniques.
    • Solid quantitative background with excellent analytical skills.
    • Strong working knowledge of data mining and statistics.
    • Must possess expert level C/C++ programming skills.
    • Some financial experience desired but not required.
    • Must be a strong self-starter and able to work well independently.

    Email: recruiting@wil.com


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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18361xSAS Analyst, Credit/Fraud Services & ScoreCardWichitaKShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18361x.shtml?source=latproHeadquartered in Wichita Kansas, Client is a rapidly growing provider of consumer financial services. Since opening their first store in 1997 in Riverside, California, they have successfully expanded to nine states and eighty-two retail locations. Client is currently the leading small short term lender in the brick and mortar store market place in terms of top line revenue and bottom line profitability. In the last 12 months Client has also developed and is rapidly expanding an online loan businesses with intentions of achieving superior market share in this space in the next 24 months.
    This role will assist the Lead Analyst developing, implementing and monitoring loan approval models that will result in increased acceptance rates and lower default rates of our various consumer loan products. The objective of the role is to assist development, implementation, monitoring of client’s credit risk strategies to help manage and grow the loan portfolio by optimizing values of each loan application and customer. The business operates in “test and learn” culture, where for each of our key credit risk decisions you will help Lead Analyst develop challenger strategies, rolling out successful strategies to champion status, pulling unsuccessful ones quickly and helping develop new challengers.

    To help realize the client’s objectives, this Credit Data Analyst role will have a vital part to play. The role will be challenging, but also, be mentored by the Lead Analyst to fully support deliverables to individual business units’ Risk Data Management teams, with the aim to make all risks transparent and understood. Various responsibilities starting in Business and Finance and ending in Information Technology. Assist in the Start Up, Launch, and, Enhancements of new product development to meet loan regulatory and compliance requirements for new Internet Lending Practice. Web originated loan underwriting will be an eLoan / Web 2.0 consumer lending product. Work extensively with client’s Lead Credit Analyst, to assist in their own critical Credit ScoreCard development - From Chief Internet Officer’s desk :

    "Put another way, consumer lending companies are becoming much more interested in understanding their customers’ lives and psyches, because, the theory goes, knowing what makes cardholders tick will help firms determine who is a good bet and who should be shown the door as quickly as possible. Luckily for the industry, small groups of executives at most of the large firms like ours, have spent the last decade studying our customers from almost every angle, and collection agencies have developed more sophisticated dunning techniques. We have sought to draw psychological and behavioral lessons from the enormous amounts of data the credit- lending companies collect every day. They’ve run thousands of tests and crunched the numbers on millions of accounts. "

    Must be a US Citizen, or, have a Green Card

    Salary : To 75K Plus - D.O.E.
    Relocation : Available
    Permanent position in the Midwest :
    Wichita - Ranked 2 as most "Livable Communities" for its size : http://www.wichitakansas.org. and more recently, one of ten “All American Cities” : http://www.wichitakansas.org/user/file/All_America_City.pdf

    DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Assist Lead Analyst to develop, build and deploy various statistical models used for loan loss minimization, loss forecasting, and other targeted analysis.
    • Provide direct support to the Lead Analyst in the evaluation and analysis of all consumer credit risk.
    • Analyze portfolio level information to identify and monitor key risk factors and develop proposed solutions. Perform ad-hoc analysis of consumer portfolios.
    • Report and analyze characteristics of the Consumer Credit lines of business in relation to policies, guidelines and processes.
    • Deliver portfolio analysis and performance metrics as well as create insight into new areas of concern or benefit for the portfolio.
    • Monitor and evaluate problem loan statistics. Ensure that appropriate reporting of activity is occurring consistent with company policy.
    • Identify and communicate to the Lead Analyst potential policy and or operational improvements that will enhance credit quality.
    • Deliver requests tasked for Credit Scoring add-ons from the Lead Analyst
    • Deliver requests tasked for Test Validity of statistical results from Lead Analyst

    KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
    • 2+ years experience with combined online consumer lending and sub-prime risk analysis, or other high volume data intensive environments (i.e. marketing /web analytics). Previous experience with a high online transaction volume environment is highly considered.
    • 2+ years experience working with Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Reporting Services, BI Tools Suite, combined with strong analytical skills in their previous experience working with large volumes of transactional data.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in Quantitative Analytics.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in SAS, SQL / Excel. Hands-on Data Aggregator experience also preferred.
    • Some understanding of consumer finance industry. Sub-prime and non-secured loans a plus.
    • Demonstrated ability to interpret data from intensive, fast paced tasking requests.
    • Demonstrated ability to work with significant volumes of data in various formats and databases.
    • Demonstrated ability to learn and understand various applications and business intelligence/database tools.
    • Knowledge of credit report attributes and non-traditional data attributes preferred.
    • Knowledge in logistic regression, CHAID and decision trees strongly preferred.
    • Knowledge of data mining and reporting, default modeling, and loan portfolio analytics strongly recommended
    • Excellent critical thinking, analytical, verbal and written communication skills.
    • Degree in Economics, Statistics Mathematics, Finance, Operations Research, Computer Science or other related areas.

    To apply: email resume to tbirdsell@kc.rr.com

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18362xRisk Forecasting AnalystSunnyvaleCACashEdgehttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18362x.shtml?source=latproJob Description:

    The Risk Management group is responsible for policies to control risks associated with daily ACH/EFT Internet transactions. The group also provides consulting assistance to client financial institutions in establishing and monitoring their own risk criteria. The Risk Forecasting Analyst will be responsible for providing data mining support on risk management initiatives.

    Location: preferred Sunnyvale, CA (but working from the NY office is possible)

    Responsibilities:

    • Extracting data and manipulating databases in developing analytical models for fraud detection and quantitative risk assessment.
    • Building and monitoring the effectiveness of risk models, assessing their adequacy for different portfolio segments and clients, and determining when model modification/redevelopment is necessary.
    • Investigating new data sources and analyzing predictive variables. Helping design, implement, and test new risk management strategies to optimize profitability while controlling risks.
    • Participating in the design and development of new products/services, especially in regards to identifying and quantifying associated risks.

    Qualifications Requirements:
    • Demonstrated experience in risk management of 5 years in payment or funds transfer operations. Must have fraud risk policy and model development experience. Credit card experience is acceptable.
    • Candidate should ideally possess 3-5 years of experience in the development of risk management policies / models / data mining for transaction risk management and resulting investigations.
    • Fluent in SAS (Base, Stat, Macros) and SQL. Experienced in putting models in production or working with others to run your production models.
    • Candidate must possess excellent written and oral communications skills; ability to work with other members of the team, strong interpersonal and communication skills to a non-technical audience. Are you a "geek that can speak?"
    • The successful candidate will be analytical, organized, dependable, self-motivated, and able to work with minimal supervision.
    • Applicant must be results oriented; shown proven leadership; and Must have ability to multi-task and handle deadlines.
    • Proficiency in MS Office Applications
    • Masters or advanced degree preferred (Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Management Science / Operations Research), although more years of relevant experience, patents or publications can demonstrate maturity of experience.

    Qualification Pluses:

    Helpful experience can include some of:

    • Experience with data mining algorithms (decision trees, SVM, clustering, fuzzy rules, Bayesian networks, boosting, bagging, L1 regularization, a-priori/AR, outlier detection...)
    • Oracle PL/SQL
    • Java
    • R
    • Internet advertising models (or experience on other problems of a low target rate, non-stationary, changing nature).

    Reports to: Director, Risk Policy and Analytics
    Compensation: Commensurate with experience.

    To Apply:

    Please send Microsoft Word version of resume to USAcareers@cashedge.com

    CashEdge is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.

    If you have questions or would simply like to get more information about career opportunities at CashEdge, please feel free to email us at USAcareers@cashedge.com.

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18363xSenior StatisticianShanghaiChinaAstraZeneca R&Dhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18363x.shtml?source=latproAn exciting new opportunity has arisen for a senior statistician at our innovative and expanding site in Shanghai. You will have responsibility for developing and delivering statistical support to a range of disciplines and projects, with opportunity for delivering significant impact to the business …

    Please click here for more information.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18363x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18366xPrincipal Lead ResearcherBellevueWABinghttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18366x.shtml?source=latproBing Search's mission: To deliver the most relevant knowledge to our customers by being more than just a search engine - Bing's goal is to be "decision engine". To achieve that mission data is critical. At Bing, we have enormous wealth of data, ranging from user interaction logs to web documents, from user feedback to system performance data.

    The Bing Data Mining Team is hiring extremely talented, highly motivated and productive lead with expertise in the areas of analytics, statistics, machine learning, and data mining. The team develops and applies advanced techniques to turn our petabytes of data into insights; and to drive actions based on those insights. The team works closely with teams across Bing search to enable rigorous, effective and data-driven decision making.

    At the core of our team's mission using data to understand users. Some example of the challenges we face: Understanding how users interact with different search features and how these features affect users' behaviors, understand user intent, detecting and filtering bot traffic, measuring user satisfaction, and analyzing the results of extremely large-scale experiments. We analyze a wealth of data to identify new information needs, find weak points in the current system, and quantify the business and user impact of technical issues (e.g. performance). The team also works on techniques to manage and process petabytes of data efficiently and effectively.

    At Bing, we can offer you a strong team, exciting challenges, and a fun place to work. The work environment empowers you to have a real impact on millions of end users. This is also a unique opportunity to work with world-class researchers and developers. Join us and be at the forefront of search technology!

    Job Responsibilities include:

    • Manage and grow a team of applied researchers (analysts) and drive analysis directions.
    • Apply data mining and statistics to measure and understand the search user experience and feature engagement.
    • Generate actionable insights for improving search systems and increasing user satisfaction.
    • Take high-level questions and analyze data to find answers to those questions.
    • Research and develop solutions for providing high quality data (e.g. system health, performance measurement, bot & spam traffic identification, outlier detection, etc.).
    • Analysis and design of large-scale (both number and size) experiments.
    • Work with team across Bing search to identify problem where data mining, machine learning, or statistics can help. Explore and develop solutions to these problems.
    • Act as an expert in the area of data mining, machine learning, statistics, or analytics.
    • Design and carry out experiments to evaluate research results.
    • Provide technical leadership and direction to others in the Bing Data Mining team.
    • Build high quality infrastructure and data mining & analysis solution
    • Drive actions in Search and OSD based on analysis results.

    Qualifications:
    • Bachelor degree and an advanced degree (Master, PhD) in data mining, statistics, machine learning, mathematics, or related field (or the equivalent combination of education and experience).
    • Extensive knowledge and experience in at least two of the following areas: statistics, data analysis, data mining, web mining, machine learning, business intelligence & customer intelligence, user modeling (three or more areas are preferred). With 12 years practical experience (15 years are preferred).
    • Experience technical manager with proven success records (3+ years).
    • Strong ability to apply your statistics, mathematical and algorithmic expertise to solve real problems.
    • Experience in analyzing very large real world datasets (esp. web data).
    • Expertise with data analysis and statistical tools (e.g. R, SAS, or SPSS).
    • Superior communications skills, both verbal and written.
    • Hands-on approach to data analysis and a strong focus on quality.
    • Ability to work independently and in a team to develop innovative solutions.
    • Programming skills and experience (e.g. C/C++/C#/SQL).
    • This position is located in Bellevue, Washington.

    Contact: v-ledav [at] microsoft.com (replace [at] with @). Resumes received via email cannot be considered until you formally apply online.

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18367xProject Manager in Applied StatisticsNovatoCAWilliam E. Weckerhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18367x.shtml?source=latproAbout the Job

    William E. Wecker Associates, Inc. provides consulting services in applied mathematics and statistics. Areas of application range from consumer product performance to epidemiology, and to issues in accounting, finance and economics. Clients include Fortune 500 companies in the automobile, consumer products, banking, insurance and pharmaceuticals industries.

    Project Manager responsibilities include liaison with client staff, working with Principal Consultants on problem definition and problem solving, and specifying and directing the work of Wecker Associates staff.

    Project Manager in Applied Statistics

    Desirable qualifications:

    • M.S. or Ph.D. in statistics, mathematics, operations research, economics or related field;
    • Aptitude for quantitative problem-solving and experience in data analysis;
    • Strong computer skills (we use SAS, S-Plus, Mathematica, and other business and scientific software on UNIX and Macintosh platforms);
    • Strong communication skills;
    • Ability to work in collaboration with others in an informal, collegial environment;
    • Ability to work effectively under deadlines.

    Compensation is competitive and commensurate with performance.

    We are located in the city of Novato, Marin County, California, thirty minutes north of San Francisco.

    To Apply: Applicants should e-mail, fax or mail résumé, most recent university transcript and compensation history to the following address. No telephone calls please.

    Employment
    William E. Wecker Associates Inc.
    505 San Marin Drive
    Building B
    Novato, CA 94945
    Email address: employment@wecker.com
    Fax: (415) 898-2260

    http://www.wecker.com

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    This position supports Data Analytic initiatives through the performance of data loading, data preparation and data cleansing and by providing basic data analysis and ad hoc reporting as requested.

    Essential Functions

    • Extracts, transforms and loads (ETL) datasets from various sources and formats.
    • Responsible for formatting, manipulating and transforming data in preparation for analysis and modeling.
    • Produces standard and ad hoc reports.
    • Monitors performance of production models and prepares related reporting and performance metrics.
    • Assists more senior analysts as requested in model development tasks such as data preparation, variable creation, and statistical measures for model development.
    • Responsible for a variety of exploratory data analysis (EDA) tasks
    • Completes analyses related to customer value testing.
    • Complies with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained.

    Qualifications
    • Bachelors Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field; Advanced degree preferred.
    • A minimum of 3+ years data analytics work experience or similar position.
    • A minimum of 2+ years work related experience in SAS programming (Base SAS, SAS STAT, and SAS Macro).
    • Data manipulation and data step programming experience required.
    • Ability to effectively communicate results non-technical
    • Ability to effectively communicate findings from complex analyses to non-technical audiences.
    • Approved background and drug screen is required.

    Physical Requirements

    Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching. Must be able to lift10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

    Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

    Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire

    The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18370xLeader, Data AnalyticsScottsdaleAZEarly Warning Serviceshttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18370x.shtml?source=latproOverall Purpose

    This position provides leadership and direction related to Company data asset strategies and initiatives to accurately predict fraud and to leverage the Company’s vast data assets to drive customer value, company revenues and operational efficiencies and enhance quality of deliverables and market position. Directs and drives enhancements in data capture, storage, analytics and modeling.

    Essential Functions

    • Manages the data analytics team(s) to ensure the best predictive fraud solutions and strategies are developed and employed, including evaluation of various complex performance definitions, sampling approaches and segmentation alternatives for new product development.
    • Partners with Sales, Marketing and Product groups to understand customer needs and cross-sell opportunities and provides data analytics support of business case models to further service solutions.
    • Serves as the Company’s Subject Matter Expert for internal data and business intelligence and is the primary contact with Information Technology, Product and Operations for requirements specific to the creation and ongoing maintenance of analytical scoring models and enhancements, such as building ROI models, defining business problems and internal business cases to support new solutions and product enhancements.
    • Develops appropriate processes and programs to ensure in-depth research and analysis of customer data and to enhance data collection, analysis, reporting tools and strategies.
    • Ensures proper testing processes are established and followed to enable high data integrity, volumes and frequency.
    • Understands key product metrics and identifies, defines, and ensures best practices in business intelligence analytics are utilized.
    • Works cross functionally within the organization to deliver integrated business intelligence solutions.
    • Responsible for managing prioritization of the Data Analytics project queue in conjunction with Product and other departments.
    • Conducts periodic needs assessments among key company executives to continually improve the ability to meet Company objectives through data strategies and analytics.
    • Works closely with Information Technology and other data/system providers, both internal and external, to enhance systems, troubleshoot and resolve issues.
    • Ensures compliance with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained.

    Qualifications
    • Advanced degree in a quantitative field (i.e., Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics or another relevant discipline).
    • A minimum of 10 years management experience in data analytics, modeling and business intelligence.
    • A minimum of 10 years management experience in financial services, fraud prevention or related field.
    • Superior leadership and management skills together with strong business acumen.
    • Experience leading the implementation of business intelligence solutions from the ground up following a defined methodology.
    • Prior experience building a data analytics department highly preferred.
    • SAS certification preferred. Demonstrated proficiency utilizing SAS or equivalent statistical modeling tools required.
    • Approved background and drug screen is required.

    Benefits

    We offer competitive salary and a unique benefits package including concierge service for employee personal needs, credit monitoring service for identity theft protection, a host of activities for employees and their families, 4 weeks paid time off, 401k plan with company match and 2 year vesting, tuition assistance, and the more traditional benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

    Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

    Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire.

    Early Warning Services is an equal opportunity employer.

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18371xSr. StatisticianPhiladelphiaPANielsenhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18371x.shtml?source=latproNielsen is seeking a Senior Statistician/Methodologist in BASES Pharmaceutical business group. As a member of the Methodology and Advanced Analytics team, this position will work with many research teams to provide support in statistical analysis and consulting with innovative and creative statistical solutions.

    The successful candidate should have a solid background in statistics and enjoy conducting quantitative analysis in a team environment. Successful experience in statistical modeling R&D, and implementation is very important. Business experience in consulting and/or pharmaceutical industry is also desirable. Other requisite skills include programming skills in SAS, SPSS, and related statistical programming. The position requires a detail-oriented person with excellent project management skills who is successful at multi-tasking and working with different teams.

    Responsibilities

    • Use various programs (SAS, SPSS, ACCESS, etc.) for data transformation and management. Ensure the accuracy, completeness, standardization and integrity of data.
    • Help the research teams in designing quantitative market research studies.
    • Implement advanced statistical methods, including discrete choice models, conjoint analysis, forecasting, segmentation models and other types of analysis as required by different projects.
    • Mining of large databases (e.g., neural networks, machine learning, etc.)
    • Coordinate and participate in ad hoc analyses to address client inquiries and resolve anomalies.
    • Research and develop statistical methods and procedures.

    Qualifications
    • PhD degree is preferred while Master's degree is required in Statistics, Economics, Psychometrics, Marketing Research or other similar quantitative fields
    • Working knowledge of statistical programming languages (SAS, SPSS, LIMDEP, R, etc.)
    • 3+ years of research and/or working experience
    • Detail-oriented and proficient in quantitative analysis
    • Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18372xAnalytics ManagerSan DiegoCAOpera Solutionshttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18372x.shtml?source=latproCOMPANY OVERVIEW

    Opera Solutions turns Big Data into Big Profit for the world's leading companies. Established in 2004, we have today grown to 400+ professionals, with offices in New York, Jersey City, San Diego, London, Paris, New Delhi, and Shanghai.

    Analytics and technology are central to our value proposition, not an afterthought. When you come to work for us, you'll be joining a rapidly growing firm offering exceptional opportunities for mathematicians, scientists, computer scientists, and software experts - working on very interesting questions and using an array of cutting edge approaches. You will have the breadth and the support to try new and creative avenues to solve problems.

    More than 100 mathematicians, scientists, and statisticians staff our three scientific and technical Centers of Excellence in San Diego, Shanghai, and New Delhi, and we are committed to more than doubling this number by 2012. Our technology and analytics professionals are extraordinarily accomplished at applying advanced modeling techniques, machine learning, and new technologies to very large datasets and thorny analytic problems.

    The work environment at Opera Solutions is fluid, challenging and fast-paced, reflecting the diversity of our clients and their needs. We work in teams and draw on each other's strengths to deliver results that really make a difference. Each team member is supported by the guidance and expertise of the rest of the team. We staff projects globally, giving consultants the opportunity to work with a global group of the best and brightest from North America, Europe, and Asia.

    Position Title: Analytics Manager/Senior Manager

    The Analytics manager will design, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art, data-driven predictive models to solve business problems using the latest and most appropriate technologies in machine learning, statistical modeling and Operations Research. He or she will deliver value in the market place by supporting teams serving clients; spearheading the analytics/technology component of new product development; and/or leading key research initiatives.

    Main responsibilities include: development t of analytic solutions; pattern identification and feature extraction; variable selection; experimentation with algorithms; performance analysis and preparation for communication with internal and external clients; training and development of junior analytics staff.

    Work will require effective coordination of global analytics and software development resources, clients, and business consultants. Some travel may be required to client locations.

    Qualifications

    Required:

    • Advanced degree (MS/ Ph.D.) in a quantitative field (i.e., Statistics, Engineering, Machine Learning, Physics, Econometrics, etc.).
    • Software skills: Experience in Perl, C, Python, C++, or Java.
    • Deep knowledge of analytic methodologies (regression, signal processing, optimization, neural networks, etc.)
    • Track record of analytical product development, innovation, or research (patents or publications)
    • Industry Experience (eCommerce, Financial Services, Retail, Airlines, Defense, etc.) Preferred:
    • Experience managing global analytics teams
    • Strong UNIX background
    • Experience with statistics package, SAS

    To apply for this position, please send your cover letter and CV to analyticsrecruiting@operasolutions.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18372x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18373xData mining project / Bayesian networkTelecommuteUShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18373x.shtml?source=latproI am looking for someone with experience grouping large amounts of data mined data for insertion into a Bayesian network. This job will consist of organizing a data base framework and directing programmers where to insert the data into the framework. The data will be organized per instructions from the Bayesian architect. The programmers will be data mining from an extremely large information pool and will need to be told where it should be placed when it is parsed.

    This is not a full time job and could be completed in someone’s spare time. I personally am not experienced at all in this area. This is the reason for the job posting. I do not have an idea what this type of job would be worth so I will be accepting bids or quotes for someone’s spare time weekly. If someone wishes to take this job on as full time then that would welcomed.

    John Webb
    john@roxyspub.com
    561-312-6247

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18373x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18376xResearch BiostatisticianAtlantaGARTIhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18376x.shtml?source=latproAbout RTI

    RTI International is one of the world’s leading research institutes, dedicated to improving the human condition by turning knowledge into practice. Our staff of more than 2,800 provides research and technical expertise to governments and businesses in more than 40 countries in the areas of health and pharmaceuticals, education and training, surveys and statistics, advanced technology, international development, economic and social policy, energy and the environment, and laboratory and chemistry services. For more information, visit www.rti.org

    Responsibilities

    The Statistics and Epidemiology Unit is seeking a Research Statistician in our Atlanta, Georgia office.

    Typical responsibilities will include:

    • The application of standard statistical and/or data management software package(s) to execute data processing, and data analysis activities
    • Conducting data processing and technically complicated data analysis with minimal or no supervision
    • Development of solutions to problems where established theories and techniques have not been identified or where procedures are not established or are available
    • Assist or lead in the preparation, presentation, and follow-up of research proposals by providing computer programming support and analysis as well as writing sections of the technical proposal
    • Participation in appropriate professional development and scientific stature efforts.

    Qualifications

    Minimum Qualifications include:

    • Strong oral and written skills (as demonstrated in a writing sample and possible presentation), are essential.
    • Master’s degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, or Mathematics with at least 3 years of nonacademic related experience in the aforementioned areas of study
    • Your experience should incude at least 1 year of data management and analytic experience with R, Java, Perl, SAS or Excel.
    • Familiarity with genetics and bioinformatics
    • Demonstrated data manipulation and data management skills

    Desired Qualifications
    • Experience with expression analysis, linkage, or association studies
    • Background or degree in biology, zoology, or other health science
    • Experience analyzing weighted data generated by survey designs in the social sciences, including education, health, and the environment.
    • To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.

    Closing Statement

    Important Information:

    RTI participates in the US Government E-Verify Program. Please copy & paste the following link in the address line of your Internet browser to see E-verify information: www.rti.org/jobs

    To learn more about the laws that protect you against discrimination relating to your legal right to work in the US, please visit www.rti.org/jobs

    Equal Employment Opportunity
    We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18377xDirector, Actuarial ServicesCypress CAUnitedHealthCarehttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18377x.shtml?source=latproRequirements:

    • Bachelors degree in Actuarial Science, Math, Economics or related degree.
    • ASA or FSA designation is required.
    • 5 years of experience in a health or managed care setting, specifically with developing pricing methodologies, program rates, cost estimates, valuation and reserves.
    • 5 years of experience managing a staff and leading a team in complex actuarial projects that have a large financial and/or risk impact.
    • Strong verbal and written skills are required.

    UnitedHealthcare is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.

    When you work with UnitedHealthcare, what you do matters. It's that simple... and it's that challenging.

    In providing consumer-oriented health benefit plans to millions of people, our goal is to create higher quality care, lower costs and greater access to health care. Join us and you will be empowered to achieve new levels of excellence and make a profound and personal impact as you contribute to new innovations in a vital and complex system.

    Regardless of your role at UnitedHealthcare, the support you feel all around you will enable you to do what you do with energy, integrity, and confidence. So take the first step in what is sure to be a fast paced and highly diversified career.

    Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

    UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.

    Requisition #: 331966

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18378xSenior Rates Quant DeveloperNew YorkNYhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18378x.shtml?source=latproMy Client , who are a highly prestigious investment bank are looking for a Senior Rates Quant Developer to join the New York quantitative development platform as a senior quant developer at VP - Director Level.

    They are seeking people who have:

    • Exceptional programming skills within either: C++, C#, VBA
    • Experience working at a well respected institution for at least 3+ Years
    • People who are commercially minded and open to working in a highly pressurized environment.
    • Exposure to Rates Derivatives Ideal but would consider hybrids or pure FX candidates.

    In Return:
    • Offering a VP to Director Title
    • A position with one of the best technologically advance platform in the market
    • Excellent Career potential to run a team or make a transition to Trading or Structuring
    • Excellent Compensation to be met for suitable candidate.

    Although preferable; you are not explicitly required to send your CV.

    If you want to have a chat about this role, please free to call. We treat all applications/conversations as 100% confidential.

    Applying: quant-jobs@globalquantrecruitment.com

    Contact: James Friend
    Company: GQR |Global Quant Recruitment
    LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/1615777

    Salary/Rate: $180k+ Base + Bonus
    Job Type: Full Time
    Term: Permanent

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18378x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18379xAVP, Analytics & ModelingCoppellTXAmerican Home Mortgage Servicinghttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18379x.shtml?source=latproStatistical modeling/Analytics Strategy will provide leadership to a team of model developers. This hands-on manager will lead, manage, and execute highly complex predictive modeling initiatives that are critical to the firm's success - strategic, tactical, & operational; whole loan acquisition pricing, mortgage servicing portfolio management, consumer behavior analysis, Home price trends, macro and micro economic trends, MSR valuation, credit risk, interest rate risk, etc. The professional in this role will establish/maintain relationships with all levels of management, initiate, prioritize, scope, design, and deliver high-visibility quantitative projects. Provide assistance in translation of business needs into technical requirements and insure high-quality and timely delivery of results.

    Manage and provide leadership and direction to a team of quantitative analysts (including international teams)

    • Research and deliver new ways of leveraging our extensive mortgage data infrastructure and provide data-driven insights.
    • Collaborate with key stake holders across various levels in the organization and serve as champion of analytics
    • Responsible for planning, organizing and leading tasks and projects, and insuring the quality of the deliverables.
    • Respond to the needs of management and external entities for data, analytical and quantitative support
    • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

    Qualifications
    • Graduate degree (Ph.D. preferred) in a highly quantitative field : Statistics / Bio-statistics / Computer Science with machine learning/data mining focus. Strong interest in delivering practical solutions that will have a quantifiable contribution to the business.
    • Minimum of 5+ years of experience in modeling/data intensive environments, providing competitive advantage/arbitrage using cutting edge analytics.
    • Expertise: Practical and theoretical, in a broad spectrum of analytical (modeling) techniques:
      • Least squares, maximum likelihood, GLM, time series, SEM, mixed models, survival models, panel regression, competing risk.
      • modern techniques such as neural nets, Kohonen, SVM, Classification trees, EM,
      • Meta learning/regularization techniques such as boosting, bagging, Lasso, etc.excellent grasp of EDA/data transformations
      • Experience in handling large, complex and messy data and expertise in key data sources used in mortgage industry.
    • Substantive experience working with senior business managers
    • Intellectual curiosity and honesty + Ability to package complex solutions in the business context
    • Strong verbal and written communication skills
    • Strong strategic, analytical, and creative thinking aptitude in both individual and team environment
      • - Holds self and others accountable for timely, high-quality results
    • Experience in risk mangement environments is preferred (credit risk scoring, PD,LGD, delinquency/prepayment predictions, HPI
    • Software: SAS (base,stats,ETS,enterprise miner, macros)/R etc., Good understanding of database/sql/software principles and code structure.

    About AHMSI, American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc.:

    Established in April 2008, AHMSI brought together two mortgage loan servicing platforms, each with strong capabilities and specialized expertise. By multiplying these strengths, the company has achieved more than the sum of its parts – it has taken servicing to new levels. With a multibillion portfolio under management, AHMSI is one of the country’s largest servicers of Alt-A and subprime loans.

    AHMSI is based in Coppell, Texas, with servicing operations in Irvine, Calif., Jacksonville, Fla., and Pune, India. It is funded by Wilbur Ross & Co. LLC., a private equity firm based in New York, and holds membership in the Mortgage Bankers Association and the HOPE NOW Alliance. Differentiated by a focus on creative solutions and innovative ideas, the company credits its success to a talented team who do the best possible job for its customers.

    Candi Cochran
    Senior Recruiter
    American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc.
    1525 S. Belt Line Road
    Coppell, TX 75019
    469.645.3449 Office
    972.829.7636 Fax
    Candi.Cochran@ahmsi3.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18379x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18301xIndustrial StatisticianBeverlyMASensitechhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml?source=latproSensitech 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

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18302xClinical Innovations MetricianLouisvilleHumanahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml?source=latproHumana 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.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18301xIndustrial StatisticianBeverlyMASensitechhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml?source=latproSensitech 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

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18302xClinical Innovations MetricianLouisvilleKYHumanahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml?source=latproHumana 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.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18311xSAS Analyst, Credit/Fraud Services & ScoreCardWichitaKShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18311x.shtml?source=latproHeadquartered in Wichita Kansas, Client is a rapidly growing provider of consumer financial services. Since opening their first store in 1997 in Riverside, California, they have successfully expanded to nine states and eighty-two retail locations. Client is currently the leading small short term lender in the brick and mortar store market place in terms of top line revenue and bottom line profitability. In the last 12 months Client has also developed and is rapidly expanding an online loan businesses with intentions of achieving superior market share in this space in the next 24 months.

    This role will assist the Lead Analyst developing, implementing and monitoring loan approval models that will result in increased acceptance rates and lower default rates of our various consumer loan products. The objective of the role is to assist development, implementation, monitoring of client’s credit risk strategies to help manage and grow the loan portfolio by optimizing values of each loan application and customer. The business operates in “test and learn” culture, where for each of our key credit risk decisions you will help Lead Analyst develop challenger strategies, rolling out successful strategies to champion status, pulling unsuccessful ones quickly and helping develop new challengers.

    To help realize the client’s objectives, this Credit Data Analyst role will have a vital part to play. The role will be challenging, but also, be mentored by the Lead Analyst to fully support deliverables to individual business units’ Risk Data Management teams, with the aim to make all risks transparent and understood. Various responsibilities starting in Business and Finance and ending in Information Technology. Assist in the Start Up, Launch, and, Enhancements of new product development to meet loan regulatory and compliance requirements for new Internet Lending Practice. Web originated loan underwriting will be an eLoan / Web 2.0 consumer lending product. Work extensively with client’s Lead Credit Analyst, to assist in their own critical Credit ScoreCard development - From Chief Internet Officer’s desk :

    "Put another way, consumer lending companies are becoming much more interested in understanding their customers’ lives and psyches, because, the theory goes, knowing what makes cardholders tick will help firms determine who is a good bet and who should be shown the door as quickly as possible. Luckily for the industry, small groups of executives at most of the large firms like ours, have spent the last decade studying our customers from almost every angle, and collection agencies have developed more sophisticated dunning techniques. We have sought to draw psychological and behavioral lessons from the enormous amounts of data the credit- lending companies collect every day. They’ve run thousands of tests and crunched the numbers on millions of accounts. "

    Must be a US Citizen, or, have a Green Card

    Salary : To 75K Plus - D.O.E.
    Relocation : Available
    Permanent position in the Midwest :
    Wichita - Ranked 2 as most "Livable Communities" for its size : http://www.wichitakansas.org. and more recently, one of ten “All American Cities” : http://www.wichitakansas.org/user/file/All_America_City.pdf

    DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Assist Lead Analyst to develop, build and deploy various statistical models used for loan loss minimization, loss forecasting, and other targeted analysis.
    • Provide direct support to the Lead Analyst in the evaluation and analysis of all consumer credit risk.
    • Analyze portfolio level information to identify and monitor key risk factors and develop proposed solutions. Perform ad-hoc analysis of consumer portfolios.
    • Report and analyze characteristics of the Consumer Credit lines of business in relation to policies, guidelines and processes.
    • Deliver portfolio analysis and performance metrics as well as create insight into new areas of concern or benefit for the portfolio.
    • Monitor and evaluate problem loan statistics. Ensure that appropriate reporting of activity is occurring consistent with company policy.
    • Identify and communicate to the Lead Analyst potential policy and or operational improvements that will enhance credit quality.
    • Deliver requests tasked for Credit Scoring add-ons from the Lead Analyst
    • Deliver requests tasked for Test Validity of statistical results from Lead Analyst

    KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
    • 2+ years experience with combined online consumer lending and sub-prime risk analysis, or other high volume data intensive environments (i.e. marketing /web analytics). Previous experience with a high online transaction volume environment is highly considered.
    • 2+ years experience working with Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Reporting Services, BI Tools Suite, combined with strong analytical skills in their previous experience working with large volumes of transactional data.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in Quantitative Analytics.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in SAS, SQL / Excel. Hands-on Data Aggregator experience also preferred.
    • Some understanding of consumer finance industry. Sub-prime and non-secured loans a plus.
    • Demonstrated ability to interpret data from intensive, fast paced tasking requests.
    • Demonstrated ability to work with significant volumes of data in various formats and databases.
    • Demonstrated ability to learn and understand various applications and business intelligence/database tools.
    • Knowledge of credit report attributes and non-traditional data attributes preferred.
    • Knowledge in logistic regression, CHAID and decision trees strongly preferred.
    • Knowledge of data mining and reporting, default modeling, and loan portfolio analytics strongly recommended
    • Excellent critical thinking, analytical, verbal and written communication skills.
    • Degree in Economics, Statistics Mathematics, Finance, Operations Research, Computer Science or other related areas.

    To apply: email resume to tbirdsell@kc.rr.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18311x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18312xDirector of Data AnalyticsSan FranciscoCASpeedDatehttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18312x.shtml?source=latproSpeedDate.com is searching for a Director of Data Analytics. SpeedDate.com is a venture-backed online dating startup in Silicon Valley that allows users to join 3-minute speed dating sessions from home using live chat technology. Since we launched just over two years ago, weâ??ve amassed a large amount of data from our user population. For instance, SpeedDateâ??s millions of members have gone on over 63M online SpeedDates and sent over 100M digital â??winksâ?? through our site and Facebook/iPhone applications. Weâ??re looking for someone who is excited about digging into our data to come up with ways to enhance user experience and directly impact our business goals. This is a rare opportunity to use your advanced analysis skills on mounds of data, while simultaneously getting in on the ground floor of a growing startup. We view the Senior Data Analyst role as a key position to achieving our goal of becoming the largest and best dating service.

    Responsibilities

    • Generate tons of ideas for transforming SpeedDateâ??s data into practical product and marketing initiatives
    • Conduct research projects using techniques from statistics, machine learning, and data mining to gain insights into improving user experience and achieving business goals
    • Manipulate large volumes of both internal and external data
    • Communicate findings to technical and non-technical colleagues
    • Transform data analysis conclusions into actionable initiatives including predictive models, marketing recommendations, algorithm enhancements, and beyond
    • Work closely with engineers and product/marketing managers to get your ideas into production

    Desired experience and expertise
    • 5+ years in data analytics / business intelligence / database marketing
    • Excellent understanding of statistics, regression analysis, machine learning, and other predictive modeling techniques
    • Interest in any and all of the following subjects: matchmaking/recommendation systems, search, spam detection, social network analysis, segmentation, conversion rate optimization, lifetime value, retention analysis, and user experience modeling
    • You gravitate towards creating the simplest model possible to solve a problem, but donâ??t shy away from using complex methodologies when called for
    • Experience with SAS, SPSS or R
    • Comfortable with database schemas and command-line scripting for aggregating, cleaning, and processing data
    • Knowledge of SQL
    • Proactive, self-starter who is happy working both independently and with a team
    • PhD/Masters in a related field (i.e. statistics, mathematics, industrial engineering, or similar)
    • Comfortable working in a startup environment
    • Excited about applying data analysis to define the future of online and mobile dating

    Please email resume to: kathy@speeddate.com.


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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18313xSr. Research AnalystSan FranciscoCALooksmarthttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18313x.shtml?source=latproLookSmart is currently seeking an experienced Senior Data Analyst. In this role you will work with our account managers to define success metrics for our advertisers, and then work with the account management team to develop strategies that will beat those metrics

    You will:

    • Develop quantitative analyses, custom models and ad hoc reports to effectively monitor performance, trends, and opportunities of the ad network
    • Work with advertisers to help define their success metrics
    • Develop recommendations to beat advertiser’s desired metrics based on best practices
    • Recommend optimizations to account managers and assess the effectiveness of those recommendations
    • Work with product team to recommend enhancements to the AdCenter application that will support optimization of advertiser’s accounts

    Required Experience:
    • 2 years experience as a Business Analyst
    • Excellent Excel and basic SQL skills
    • Experience with databases and data warehousing
    • High attention to detail
    • Strong verbal and written communications skills
    • Experience in online advertising
    • Hyperion/brio experience

    For immediate consideration, please submit your resume in text format (no attachments) to jobs@looksmart.net and include "Senior Business Analyst” in subject line. For additional information, please visit www.looksmart.com.

    About LookSmart

    Going strong for over 10 years, one of the key contributors to LookSmart's success is the quality of its employees, and we are always looking for the best and the brightest. We have a fun, diverse, and challenging start-up environment where not only are your ideas encouraged, but you will have hands-on experience and the opportunity to impact the bottom line.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18313x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18331xDirector of ResearchSan FranciscoCAJustananswer.comhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18331x.shtml?source=latproWhat if your work in algorithm development could help save lives? At JustAnswer, it could! We're the largest paid question and answer platform, where thousands of Doctors, Lawyers, Veterinarians, Mechanics, and other Experts answer questions 24/7. Have a strange headache in the middle of the night? Ask a Health Expert on JustAnswer.com. Have a legal dispute with a neighbor? Check in with a Legal Expert. You get the idea!

    Since we're all about Questions & Answers, here are the details on this opportunity in Q&A Form:

    Q: What's the JustAnswer story?
    A: JustAnswer is a fast growing, top 200 website (quantcast.com/justanswer.com) started in 2003 by Internet entrepreneur Andy Kurtzig. You can learn more about how the company got started and what we do at JustAnswer.com/about-us.aspx

    Q: What's the difference between JustAnswer and the free answer sites?
    A: When you ask a serious question on the free answer sites, you often get an answer from a teenager. When you ask on JustAnswer, you get Experts. Who would you trust with your health related questions? What about taxes? Or, anything else that's important to you.

    Q: What do Customers think of JustAnswer?
    A: Check out www.justanswer.com/help/testimonials.aspx to see some customer testimonials.

    Q: What are the day-to-day responsibilities for this role?
    A: As the Director of Research at JustAnswer, you will be responsible for working with our engineering team on cutting edge research across a wide range of areas, including algorithm development, personalization, machine learning, data mining, statistical analysis and natural language processing. This is a new role in our organization, which means you’ll have the opportunity to build the function from the ground-up!

    Q: What is JustAnswer looking for in the ideal candidate?
    A: To be successful in this role, you'll need at least 2 years (5-10+ years preferably) of commercial experience analyzing search relevance data and developing personalization systems, algorithm development, data mining, NLP or machine learning. You'll also need to be passionate about developing creative solutions to some of the web’s toughest and biggest challenges. Advanced degree (Masters required, PhD preferred) in data mining, statistics, machine learning or related field (or the equivalent combination of education and experience).

    Q: What kind of person is successful at JustAnswer?
    A: Someone who is *Smart*, *Fun* and *Gets Things Done*

    Q: What's the Salary?
    A: Depends on your experience, but it'll be a competitive rate. And, you get stock options, health insurance, dental insurance, and many other really cool perks!

    Make a difference in the world! Click here to apply to JustAnswer today.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18331x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18351xStatistical AnalystLos GatosCANetflixhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18351x.shtml?source=latproNetflix is seeking an outgoing, curious, interdisciplinary data expert to work as a statistician, data miner, and business analyst. In this role you will have the opportunity to work across many areas of Netflix to analyze financial, operational, web, and consumer behavior. You will work with a variety of people and technologies to bring about advanced insights into our business.

    Your work will help management be better informed to make the right decisions for our customers, our suppliers, and to improve our overall efficiency and profitability. At Netflix, our culture and management is committed to being a fact-based and analysis driven organization; because of this, your contributions will be of great interest to the various business areas. To succeed in this role you should be passionate about delivering accurate and actionable analyses to business decision-makers and be able to understand and creatively solve problems that span statistics, technology, and business. You should have exceptional communication skills and be adept at translating business questions into meaningful analysis plans.

    One principal area of responsibility will be to help develop new and to tune existing statistical models used for demand prediction for our extensive library of content - for DVD, for Blu-Ray, and for streaming. We're proud of our expertise we're developing in understanding demand and ultimately translating this into consumer value - so come be a part of the story!

    Qualifications:

    • MS/PhD. degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, CS, Econometrics or equivalent/related degree.
    • 4 to 8 years relevant experience with a proven track record of leveraging data analysis to drive significant business impact.
    • Expertise in predictive modeling. Must have knowledge/experience in some/all of the following: Multivariate Regression, Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machines, Bagging, Boosting, Decision Trees, and Time Series Analysis.
    • Experience in Optimization, Stochastic Processes, Experiment Analysis, and/or Bootstrapping a plus.
    • Proficiency in at least one statistical analysis tools such as R, SAS, and/or Weka.
    • Above average capabilities with basic analysis tools of SQL and Excel.
    • Proven interpersonal, communication and presentation skills - must be able to explain technical concepts and analysis implications clearly to a wide audience and be able to translate business objectives into actionable analyses.
    • Java/C++/ Python/Perl programming skills, while not required, are considered a plus.

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18352xData Quality AnalystRedmondWAMicrosofthttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18352x.shtml?source=latproProduct: Windows Live - Safety Platform. Position #: 723683.

    Do you want your friends and family to give you hi-5's when you tell them what you do for a living?

    Then come take a position on the front lines of the battle against Internet Abuse - fighting against spam, phishing, malware, identity hijacking, and more!

    The Windows Safety Services team is looking for a unique person who can take the controls of the reputation, filtering, analysis, and intelligence systems we've been developing for the past five years and re-target them, on a daily basis, to cause maximal disruption to Internet Abusers' businesses.

    This is a challenging role that requires a broad set of skills, a strong ability to deal with ambiguity, and a drive to win! An ideal candidate will have demonstrated proficiency at rapid development/prototyping, experience interfacing with large existing systems, an understanding of how the Internet and Internet abuse works, a functional background in statistics and data analysis, and the desire to work in a fast paced, exciting environment.

    Specific daily responsibilities include monitoring (or building tools that monitor) the telemetry coming through our anti-abuse systems; identifying abusers' latest tools and tactics and focusing our existing systems to best counter them; developing ad hoc systems when needed to bridge the gap until new production systems can be brought online; evaluating and advising on the development of proposed anti-abuse systems and data feeds; and working with our applied research and product development teams to shape the future Internet abuse battlefield to our advantage.

    Come join us and make a difference!

    Specific Qualifications:

  • C# and SQL skills required
  • Familiarity with applying data mining techniques (i.e., classification, clustering, association mining, forecasting), statistics and information retrieval methods to real-world data
  • Aptitude at working on multiple ambiguous projects simultaneously
  • Good communication skills
  • Good cross-group collaboration skills
  • BS Degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or equivalent
    Apply online to Data Quality Analyst, #723683.

    Note: Interested candidates must apply online via our careers site to be considered for this position. Resumes received via email alone cannot be considered.

    For follow up or questions, please email kenjiy [at] microsoft.com

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18353xSenior Director Client AnalyticsNew YorkNYhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18353x.shtml?source=latproThis position is responsible for managing all analytic and reporting deliverables for key client engagements for a new group. The role of this position is to drive the analytic engagement to support all Relationship Management and brand engagement activities for select clients

    • Participates in the account and strategic planning with clients. Uses analytic and business methodologies and philosophies to design solutions to meet client’s objectives.
    • Ensure client’s analytical and reporting needs are being addressed; develops plans of action when necessary. Directly accountable for customer satisfaction in regards to analytics & Reporting.
    • Drives leading best practices on CRM analytics and Healthcare measurement
    • Accountable for ongoing delivery effectiveness, quality assurance and customer satisfaction.
    • Creates and presents business insights and recommendations based on client objectives.
    • Managing and directing all client modeling/forecasting/segmentation activities. Experience with sales force optimization project management.
    • Minimum requirements include 15+ years hands-on and/or managing marketing analytics
    • Requirements include Masters/Doctorate Degree in Social Sciences/Computer Science/ advanced statistics/Business/Marketing
    • Proficiency with SAS/SPSS and/or OLAP or Datamining tools
    • Direct experience in modeling/forecasting/segmentation and in solving business problems
    • Fundamental understanding of common statistical techniques

    Submit resume to: mary [at] analyticsearches.com

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18354xMarketing Campaign AnalystTexasTXhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18354x.shtml?source=latproSUMMARY

    This position is responsible for the development and creation of direct marketing campaign
    populations for customers and prospects. The position is responsible for understanding the
    marketing requirements, developing and extracting the target population, and formatting the
    information for campaign execution.

    RESPONSIBILITES

    • Develop campaign populations for targeted marketing campaigns for multiple channels
    • Develop, understand and document campaign list requirements as defined by Marketing
    • Coordinate with Channel Marketing to ensure delivery and issue resolution of any campaign population issues during delivery and execution
    • Provide campaign population insights and report on progress in regularly scheduled marketing campaign meetings
    • Interact and coordinate with Marketing Analytics

    REQUIREMENTS
    • Three or more years experience in direct marketing, marketing analysis demonstrating strong
    • analytical, quantitative, and logical problem-solving skills.
    • Thorough understanding of direct marketing and campaign management concepts
    • Excellent SQL and relational database skills
    • Strong SAS or other data analysis tool skills in a UNIX and Windows environment
    • Data manipulation, preparation, and presentation skills
    • Microsoft Office proficiency, particularly Excel and Access
    • Familiarity with marketing campaign concepts and customer segmentation
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • Track record of on-time delivery of campaign and project deliverables
    • Serve as contact point to segment marketing and channel marketing
    • Provide quality assurance reviews for campaign development work
    • Provide additional marketing insights based on campaign marketing list work

    Additional desirable skills
    • Experience with campaign management tools a plus
    • Project management tool skills such as Microsoft Project

    Education

    Bachelor’s degree or higher in a quantitative discipline.

    www.datashaping.com/jobs18354x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18355xSenior Software Engineer, Information RetrievalLos AngelesCAIncenticahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18355x.shtml?source=latproJOB DESCRIPTION: SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER (INFORMATION RETRIEVAL)

    Does the Matrix have you?

    Are you looking for a company where you need to follow the orders of 10 levels of management to direct every moment of the day? Do you want a 9?5 role writing white papers about technology that you never build? Do you want to work for one of the largest corporations in the world where the office politics make you feel like a scared rabbit? Do you like to take long vacations in Hawaii or the Wine Country? Okay, well maybe we want that too! If you answered YES to any question, but the last one, then find another company, because Incentica is not the right place for you.

    If you answered, "NO!" then do you daydream about...

    Being an entrepreneurial engineer, driving product direction as well as technology implementation? Being recognized in remarkable articles on mashable.com, techcrunch.com, acm.org, or technorati.com? Well then Incentica may be the RIGHT place for you.

    At Incentica we are building groundbreaking technology for consumer research, social media, and social marketing for some of the largest global brands, and we want you to be apart of it. You will be on the ground floor in a fast-paced, growing company, with strong financial backing.

    Are you READY to unplug?

    Knock knock..

    Our positions are posted on: our website (www.incenticasolutions.com), Linkedin, and popular job sites. Send your resume to me Ed Fullman, CEO of Incentica at: Edward.Fullman@Incentica.net.

    FYI - Check out our website. There is a secret code you can't see here!

    Skills

    REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

    Masters Degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science (or closely related) with an emphasis in information retrieval and data mining.

    Preferred Experience:

    • Information retrieval technologies: Nutch, Katta/Solr and Lucene
    • Scripting languages: Bash, Python, Perl ?
    • Corpus un-structured, semi-structured and structured data
    • Data mining, statistics and statistical models
    • NLP techniques and text mining is a plus
    • Hadoop, Hbase, Pig or Mapreduce, Sawzall and Bigtable ?
    • RDBMS, such as Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL ?
    • Linux/UNIX

    Ideal Candidate:
    • Ability to function as a entrepreneur and work under aggressive deadlines
    • Excellent research and troubleshooting skills
    • Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
    • Strive for continued improvement

    Company Description

    Incentica is a privately-backed, Los Angeles based social media and consumer research technology company focused on helping the largest brands find and reach consumers with increased precision.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18355x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18356xSoftware Engineer, Data MiningIncenticahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18356x.shtml?source=latproJOB DESCRIPTION: SOFTWARE ENGINEER (DATA MINING)

    Does the Matrix have you?

    Are you looking for a company where you need to follow the orders of 10 levels of management to direct every moment of the day? Do you want a 9Ñ5 role writing white papers about technology that you never build? Do you want to work for one of the largest corporations in the world where the office politics make you feel like a scared rabbit? Do you like to take long vacations in Hawaii or the Wine Country? Okay, well maybe we want that too! If you answered YES to any question, but the last one, then find another company, because Incentica is not the right place for you.

    If you answered, "NO!" then do you daydream about...

    Being an entrepreneurial engineer, driving product direction as well as technology implementation? Being recognized in remarkable articles on mashable.com, techcrunch.com, acm.org, or technorati.com? Well then Incentica may be the RIGHT place for you.

    At Incentica we are building groundbreaking technology for consumer research, social media, and social marketing for some of the largest global brands, and we want you to be apart of it. You will be on the ground floor in a fast-paced, growing company, with strong financial backing.

    Are you READY to unplug?

    Knock knock..

    Our positions are posted on: our website (www.incenticasolutions.com), Linkedin, and popular job sites. Send your resume to me Ed Fullman, CEO of Incentica at: Edward.Fullman@Incentica.net.

    FYI - Check out our website. There is a secret code you can't see here!

    Skills

    REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

    Requirements

    Masters degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science (or closely related) with an emphasis in the following: machine learning, statistics, and data mining.

    Preferred Experience

    • Proven knowledge of data mining and machine learning methods and tools (e.g. Weka, SAS, UNDO API, R etc.)
    • Java, J2EE and test frameworks (e.g.as JUnit, XMLUnit, DBUnit)
    • Hadoop, Hbase, Pig or Mapreduce, Sawzall and Bigtable
    • RDBMS, such as Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL
    • C++ and excellent mathematical skills are a plus
    • Scripting languages, such as bash, Python, Perl
    • XML technologies
    • Linux/UNIX

    Ideal Candidate:
    • Exploratory data analysis and in data mining processes (unbalanced and unclean data)
    • Analyzing and modeling large industrial data sets.
    • Applying data mining technique, statistics and statistical models
    • Ability to function as a entrepreneur and work under aggressive deadlines
    • Excellent research and troubleshooting skills
    • Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
    • Strive for continued improvement

    Company Description

    Incentica is a privately-backed, Los Angeles based social media and consumer research technology company focused on helping the largest brands find and reach consumers with increased precision.


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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18359xSearch / Data Feed DevelopperAnn ArborMITigerLead Solutionshttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18359x.shtml?source=latpro TigerLead Solutions is a leading provider of internet marketing services and proprietary lead management software to successful Realtors throughout North America. Our work involves manipulating and warehousing external data feeds and developing web interfaces to create home search tools for prospective buyers and lead management tools for real estate agents.We're looking for a skilled coder to join our small team of talented engineers in Ann Arbor. We hope to find an experienced programmer who is a good fit with our team, well-versed in multiple languages, able to learn quickly and work independently. We work in a Linux environment, and tools and languages we use include Perl, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and GIT. Perl experience is a significant plus, but your current comfort level with any of these specific tools is less important than overall technical aptitude and ability to learn quickly and fit in well with the current team.

    The environment here and in our company headquarters in Los Angeles is casual with no bureaucracy. The Ann Arbor office is located in a new building adjacent to the Nickels Arcade and S. State Street right across the street from the UM central campus. The office environment is extremely comfortable and dedicated to our engineering team only. The company is in its fourth year, growing steadily, and able to offer both stability as well as the opportunity for the right person to make an immediate impact on new projects. We would prefer a full-time commitment but would also consider a part-time or contractor arrangement. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with skill set and experience. Benefits for full-time employees include medical coverage, paid holidays and personal days, paid monthly parking if needed, paid professional development opportunities, and a casual work environment including dual monitors and a fast computer at your desk, no dress code, and an extremely nice group of folks as your co-workers. Interviewed candidates will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their skill set. Please forward a resume and cover letter to jobs@tigerlead.com along with descriptions or links to samples of previous work. Submissions with thoughtful cover letters and evidence of experience will receive careful consideration and prompt follow-up. No phone calls or drop-ins, please. Thank you for your interest.


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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18360xData Mining AnalystTorontoCanadaWaterfront Internationalhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18360x.shtml?source=latproWaterfront International is a Toronto-based financial consulting firm, specializing in developing computer based statistical trading strategies. Waterfront’s selective hiring process considers only highly talented individuals with a history of exceptional professional and academic achievement, and solid real-world experience.

    Primary Responsibilities:

    • Perform financial market data research and analysis to identify and resolve data issues using advanced data mining techniques.
    • Develop proprietary data mining tools and applications.
    • Develop predictive models.

    Requirements of the Candidate include:
    • PhD or Masters in mathematics, statistics or computer science specializing in data mining.
    • Experience with machine learning and knowledge discovery techniques.
    • Solid quantitative background with excellent analytical skills.
    • Strong working knowledge of data mining and statistics.
    • Must possess expert level C/C++ programming skills.
    • Some financial experience desired but not required.
    • Must be a strong self-starter and able to work well independently.

    Email: recruiting@wil.com


    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18360x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18361xSAS Analyst, Credit/Fraud Services & ScoreCardWichitaKShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18361x.shtml?source=latproHeadquartered in Wichita Kansas, Client is a rapidly growing provider of consumer financial services. Since opening their first store in 1997 in Riverside, California, they have successfully expanded to nine states and eighty-two retail locations. Client is currently the leading small short term lender in the brick and mortar store market place in terms of top line revenue and bottom line profitability. In the last 12 months Client has also developed and is rapidly expanding an online loan businesses with intentions of achieving superior market share in this space in the next 24 months.
    This role will assist the Lead Analyst developing, implementing and monitoring loan approval models that will result in increased acceptance rates and lower default rates of our various consumer loan products. The objective of the role is to assist development, implementation, monitoring of client’s credit risk strategies to help manage and grow the loan portfolio by optimizing values of each loan application and customer. The business operates in “test and learn” culture, where for each of our key credit risk decisions you will help Lead Analyst develop challenger strategies, rolling out successful strategies to champion status, pulling unsuccessful ones quickly and helping develop new challengers.

    To help realize the client’s objectives, this Credit Data Analyst role will have a vital part to play. The role will be challenging, but also, be mentored by the Lead Analyst to fully support deliverables to individual business units’ Risk Data Management teams, with the aim to make all risks transparent and understood. Various responsibilities starting in Business and Finance and ending in Information Technology. Assist in the Start Up, Launch, and, Enhancements of new product development to meet loan regulatory and compliance requirements for new Internet Lending Practice. Web originated loan underwriting will be an eLoan / Web 2.0 consumer lending product. Work extensively with client’s Lead Credit Analyst, to assist in their own critical Credit ScoreCard development - From Chief Internet Officer’s desk :

    "Put another way, consumer lending companies are becoming much more interested in understanding their customers’ lives and psyches, because, the theory goes, knowing what makes cardholders tick will help firms determine who is a good bet and who should be shown the door as quickly as possible. Luckily for the industry, small groups of executives at most of the large firms like ours, have spent the last decade studying our customers from almost every angle, and collection agencies have developed more sophisticated dunning techniques. We have sought to draw psychological and behavioral lessons from the enormous amounts of data the credit- lending companies collect every day. They’ve run thousands of tests and crunched the numbers on millions of accounts. "

    Must be a US Citizen, or, have a Green Card

    Salary : To 75K Plus - D.O.E.
    Relocation : Available
    Permanent position in the Midwest :
    Wichita - Ranked 2 as most "Livable Communities" for its size : http://www.wichitakansas.org. and more recently, one of ten “All American Cities” : http://www.wichitakansas.org/user/file/All_America_City.pdf

    DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Assist Lead Analyst to develop, build and deploy various statistical models used for loan loss minimization, loss forecasting, and other targeted analysis.
    • Provide direct support to the Lead Analyst in the evaluation and analysis of all consumer credit risk.
    • Analyze portfolio level information to identify and monitor key risk factors and develop proposed solutions. Perform ad-hoc analysis of consumer portfolios.
    • Report and analyze characteristics of the Consumer Credit lines of business in relation to policies, guidelines and processes.
    • Deliver portfolio analysis and performance metrics as well as create insight into new areas of concern or benefit for the portfolio.
    • Monitor and evaluate problem loan statistics. Ensure that appropriate reporting of activity is occurring consistent with company policy.
    • Identify and communicate to the Lead Analyst potential policy and or operational improvements that will enhance credit quality.
    • Deliver requests tasked for Credit Scoring add-ons from the Lead Analyst
    • Deliver requests tasked for Test Validity of statistical results from Lead Analyst

    KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
    • 2+ years experience with combined online consumer lending and sub-prime risk analysis, or other high volume data intensive environments (i.e. marketing /web analytics). Previous experience with a high online transaction volume environment is highly considered.
    • 2+ years experience working with Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Reporting Services, BI Tools Suite, combined with strong analytical skills in their previous experience working with large volumes of transactional data.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in Quantitative Analytics.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in SAS, SQL / Excel. Hands-on Data Aggregator experience also preferred.
    • Some understanding of consumer finance industry. Sub-prime and non-secured loans a plus.
    • Demonstrated ability to interpret data from intensive, fast paced tasking requests.
    • Demonstrated ability to work with significant volumes of data in various formats and databases.
    • Demonstrated ability to learn and understand various applications and business intelligence/database tools.
    • Knowledge of credit report attributes and non-traditional data attributes preferred.
    • Knowledge in logistic regression, CHAID and decision trees strongly preferred.
    • Knowledge of data mining and reporting, default modeling, and loan portfolio analytics strongly recommended
    • Excellent critical thinking, analytical, verbal and written communication skills.
    • Degree in Economics, Statistics Mathematics, Finance, Operations Research, Computer Science or other related areas.

    To apply: email resume to tbirdsell@kc.rr.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18361x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18362xRisk Forecasting AnalystSunnyvaleCACashEdgehttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18362x.shtml?source=latproJob Description:

    The Risk Management group is responsible for policies to control risks associated with daily ACH/EFT Internet transactions. The group also provides consulting assistance to client financial institutions in establishing and monitoring their own risk criteria. The Risk Forecasting Analyst will be responsible for providing data mining support on risk management initiatives.

    Location: preferred Sunnyvale, CA (but working from the NY office is possible)

    Responsibilities:

    • Extracting data and manipulating databases in developing analytical models for fraud detection and quantitative risk assessment.
    • Building and monitoring the effectiveness of risk models, assessing their adequacy for different portfolio segments and clients, and determining when model modification/redevelopment is necessary.
    • Investigating new data sources and analyzing predictive variables. Helping design, implement, and test new risk management strategies to optimize profitability while controlling risks.
    • Participating in the design and development of new products/services, especially in regards to identifying and quantifying associated risks.

    Qualifications Requirements:
    • Demonstrated experience in risk management of 5 years in payment or funds transfer operations. Must have fraud risk policy and model development experience. Credit card experience is acceptable.
    • Candidate should ideally possess 3-5 years of experience in the development of risk management policies / models / data mining for transaction risk management and resulting investigations.
    • Fluent in SAS (Base, Stat, Macros) and SQL. Experienced in putting models in production or working with others to run your production models.
    • Candidate must possess excellent written and oral communications skills; ability to work with other members of the team, strong interpersonal and communication skills to a non-technical audience. Are you a "geek that can speak?"
    • The successful candidate will be analytical, organized, dependable, self-motivated, and able to work with minimal supervision.
    • Applicant must be results oriented; shown proven leadership; and Must have ability to multi-task and handle deadlines.
    • Proficiency in MS Office Applications
    • Masters or advanced degree preferred (Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Management Science / Operations Research), although more years of relevant experience, patents or publications can demonstrate maturity of experience.

    Qualification Pluses:

    Helpful experience can include some of:

    • Experience with data mining algorithms (decision trees, SVM, clustering, fuzzy rules, Bayesian networks, boosting, bagging, L1 regularization, a-priori/AR, outlier detection...)
    • Oracle PL/SQL
    • Java
    • R
    • Internet advertising models (or experience on other problems of a low target rate, non-stationary, changing nature).

    Reports to: Director, Risk Policy and Analytics
    Compensation: Commensurate with experience.

    To Apply:

    Please send Microsoft Word version of resume to USAcareers@cashedge.com

    CashEdge is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.

    If you have questions or would simply like to get more information about career opportunities at CashEdge, please feel free to email us at USAcareers@cashedge.com.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18362x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18363xSenior StatisticianShanghaiChinaAstraZeneca R&Dhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18363x.shtml?source=latproAn exciting new opportunity has arisen for a senior statistician at our innovative and expanding site in Shanghai. You will have responsibility for developing and delivering statistical support to a range of disciplines and projects, with opportunity for delivering significant impact to the business …

    Please click here for more information.

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    The Bing Data Mining Team is hiring extremely talented, highly motivated and productive lead with expertise in the areas of analytics, statistics, machine learning, and data mining. The team develops and applies advanced techniques to turn our petabytes of data into insights; and to drive actions based on those insights. The team works closely with teams across Bing search to enable rigorous, effective and data-driven decision making.

    At the core of our team's mission using data to understand users. Some example of the challenges we face: Understanding how users interact with different search features and how these features affect users' behaviors, understand user intent, detecting and filtering bot traffic, measuring user satisfaction, and analyzing the results of extremely large-scale experiments. We analyze a wealth of data to identify new information needs, find weak points in the current system, and quantify the business and user impact of technical issues (e.g. performance). The team also works on techniques to manage and process petabytes of data efficiently and effectively.

    At Bing, we can offer you a strong team, exciting challenges, and a fun place to work. The work environment empowers you to have a real impact on millions of end users. This is also a unique opportunity to work with world-class researchers and developers. Join us and be at the forefront of search technology!

    Job Responsibilities include:

    • Manage and grow a team of applied researchers (analysts) and drive analysis directions.
    • Apply data mining and statistics to measure and understand the search user experience and feature engagement.
    • Generate actionable insights for improving search systems and increasing user satisfaction.
    • Take high-level questions and analyze data to find answers to those questions.
    • Research and develop solutions for providing high quality data (e.g. system health, performance measurement, bot & spam traffic identification, outlier detection, etc.).
    • Analysis and design of large-scale (both number and size) experiments.
    • Work with team across Bing search to identify problem where data mining, machine learning, or statistics can help. Explore and develop solutions to these problems.
    • Act as an expert in the area of data mining, machine learning, statistics, or analytics.
    • Design and carry out experiments to evaluate research results.
    • Provide technical leadership and direction to others in the Bing Data Mining team.
    • Build high quality infrastructure and data mining & analysis solution
    • Drive actions in Search and OSD based on analysis results.

    Qualifications:
    • Bachelor degree and an advanced degree (Master, PhD) in data mining, statistics, machine learning, mathematics, or related field (or the equivalent combination of education and experience).
    • Extensive knowledge and experience in at least two of the following areas: statistics, data analysis, data mining, web mining, machine learning, business intelligence & customer intelligence, user modeling (three or more areas are preferred). With 12 years practical experience (15 years are preferred).
    • Experience technical manager with proven success records (3+ years).
    • Strong ability to apply your statistics, mathematical and algorithmic expertise to solve real problems.
    • Experience in analyzing very large real world datasets (esp. web data).
    • Expertise with data analysis and statistical tools (e.g. R, SAS, or SPSS).
    • Superior communications skills, both verbal and written.
    • Hands-on approach to data analysis and a strong focus on quality.
    • Ability to work independently and in a team to develop innovative solutions.
    • Programming skills and experience (e.g. C/C++/C#/SQL).
    • This position is located in Bellevue, Washington.

    Contact: v-ledav [at] microsoft.com (replace [at] with @). Resumes received via email cannot be considered until you formally apply online.

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    William E. Wecker Associates, Inc. provides consulting services in applied mathematics and statistics. Areas of application range from consumer product performance to epidemiology, and to issues in accounting, finance and economics. Clients include Fortune 500 companies in the automobile, consumer products, banking, insurance and pharmaceuticals industries.

    Project Manager responsibilities include liaison with client staff, working with Principal Consultants on problem definition and problem solving, and specifying and directing the work of Wecker Associates staff.

    Project Manager in Applied Statistics

    Desirable qualifications:

    • M.S. or Ph.D. in statistics, mathematics, operations research, economics or related field;
    • Aptitude for quantitative problem-solving and experience in data analysis;
    • Strong computer skills (we use SAS, S-Plus, Mathematica, and other business and scientific software on UNIX and Macintosh platforms);
    • Strong communication skills;
    • Ability to work in collaboration with others in an informal, collegial environment;
    • Ability to work effectively under deadlines.

    Compensation is competitive and commensurate with performance.

    We are located in the city of Novato, Marin County, California, thirty minutes north of San Francisco.

    To Apply: Applicants should e-mail, fax or mail résumé, most recent university transcript and compensation history to the following address. No telephone calls please.

    Employment
    William E. Wecker Associates Inc.
    505 San Marin Drive
    Building B
    Novato, CA 94945
    Email address: employment@wecker.com
    Fax: (415) 898-2260

    http://www.wecker.com

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    This position supports Data Analytic initiatives through the performance of data loading, data preparation and data cleansing and by providing basic data analysis and ad hoc reporting as requested.

    Essential Functions

    • Extracts, transforms and loads (ETL) datasets from various sources and formats.
    • Responsible for formatting, manipulating and transforming data in preparation for analysis and modeling.
    • Produces standard and ad hoc reports.
    • Monitors performance of production models and prepares related reporting and performance metrics.
    • Assists more senior analysts as requested in model development tasks such as data preparation, variable creation, and statistical measures for model development.
    • Responsible for a variety of exploratory data analysis (EDA) tasks
    • Completes analyses related to customer value testing.
    • Complies with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained.

    Qualifications
    • Bachelors Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field; Advanced degree preferred.
    • A minimum of 3+ years data analytics work experience or similar position.
    • A minimum of 2+ years work related experience in SAS programming (Base SAS, SAS STAT, and SAS Macro).
    • Data manipulation and data step programming experience required.
    • Ability to effectively communicate results non-technical
    • Ability to effectively communicate findings from complex analyses to non-technical audiences.
    • Approved background and drug screen is required.

    Physical Requirements

    Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching. Must be able to lift10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

    Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

    Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire

    The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

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    This position provides leadership and direction related to Company data asset strategies and initiatives to accurately predict fraud and to leverage the Company’s vast data assets to drive customer value, company revenues and operational efficiencies and enhance quality of deliverables and market position. Directs and drives enhancements in data capture, storage, analytics and modeling.

    Essential Functions

    • Manages the data analytics team(s) to ensure the best predictive fraud solutions and strategies are developed and employed, including evaluation of various complex performance definitions, sampling approaches and segmentation alternatives for new product development.
    • Partners with Sales, Marketing and Product groups to understand customer needs and cross-sell opportunities and provides data analytics support of business case models to further service solutions.
    • Serves as the Company’s Subject Matter Expert for internal data and business intelligence and is the primary contact with Information Technology, Product and Operations for requirements specific to the creation and ongoing maintenance of analytical scoring models and enhancements, such as building ROI models, defining business problems and internal business cases to support new solutions and product enhancements.
    • Develops appropriate processes and programs to ensure in-depth research and analysis of customer data and to enhance data collection, analysis, reporting tools and strategies.
    • Ensures proper testing processes are established and followed to enable high data integrity, volumes and frequency.
    • Understands key product metrics and identifies, defines, and ensures best practices in business intelligence analytics are utilized.
    • Works cross functionally within the organization to deliver integrated business intelligence solutions.
    • Responsible for managing prioritization of the Data Analytics project queue in conjunction with Product and other departments.
    • Conducts periodic needs assessments among key company executives to continually improve the ability to meet Company objectives through data strategies and analytics.
    • Works closely with Information Technology and other data/system providers, both internal and external, to enhance systems, troubleshoot and resolve issues.
    • Ensures compliance with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained.

    Qualifications
    • Advanced degree in a quantitative field (i.e., Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics or another relevant discipline).
    • A minimum of 10 years management experience in data analytics, modeling and business intelligence.
    • A minimum of 10 years management experience in financial services, fraud prevention or related field.
    • Superior leadership and management skills together with strong business acumen.
    • Experience leading the implementation of business intelligence solutions from the ground up following a defined methodology.
    • Prior experience building a data analytics department highly preferred.
    • SAS certification preferred. Demonstrated proficiency utilizing SAS or equivalent statistical modeling tools required.
    • Approved background and drug screen is required.

    Benefits

    We offer competitive salary and a unique benefits package including concierge service for employee personal needs, credit monitoring service for identity theft protection, a host of activities for employees and their families, 4 weeks paid time off, 401k plan with company match and 2 year vesting, tuition assistance, and the more traditional benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

    Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

    Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire.

    Early Warning Services is an equal opportunity employer.

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    The successful candidate should have a solid background in statistics and enjoy conducting quantitative analysis in a team environment. Successful experience in statistical modeling R&D, and implementation is very important. Business experience in consulting and/or pharmaceutical industry is also desirable. Other requisite skills include programming skills in SAS, SPSS, and related statistical programming. The position requires a detail-oriented person with excellent project management skills who is successful at multi-tasking and working with different teams.

    Responsibilities

    • Use various programs (SAS, SPSS, ACCESS, etc.) for data transformation and management. Ensure the accuracy, completeness, standardization and integrity of data.
    • Help the research teams in designing quantitative market research studies.
    • Implement advanced statistical methods, including discrete choice models, conjoint analysis, forecasting, segmentation models and other types of analysis as required by different projects.
    • Mining of large databases (e.g., neural networks, machine learning, etc.)
    • Coordinate and participate in ad hoc analyses to address client inquiries and resolve anomalies.
    • Research and develop statistical methods and procedures.

    Qualifications
    • PhD degree is preferred while Master's degree is required in Statistics, Economics, Psychometrics, Marketing Research or other similar quantitative fields
    • Working knowledge of statistical programming languages (SAS, SPSS, LIMDEP, R, etc.)
    • 3+ years of research and/or working experience
    • Detail-oriented and proficient in quantitative analysis
    • Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

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    Opera Solutions turns Big Data into Big Profit for the world's leading companies. Established in 2004, we have today grown to 400+ professionals, with offices in New York, Jersey City, San Diego, London, Paris, New Delhi, and Shanghai.

    Analytics and technology are central to our value proposition, not an afterthought. When you come to work for us, you'll be joining a rapidly growing firm offering exceptional opportunities for mathematicians, scientists, computer scientists, and software experts - working on very interesting questions and using an array of cutting edge approaches. You will have the breadth and the support to try new and creative avenues to solve problems.

    More than 100 mathematicians, scientists, and statisticians staff our three scientific and technical Centers of Excellence in San Diego, Shanghai, and New Delhi, and we are committed to more than doubling this number by 2012. Our technology and analytics professionals are extraordinarily accomplished at applying advanced modeling techniques, machine learning, and new technologies to very large datasets and thorny analytic problems.

    The work environment at Opera Solutions is fluid, challenging and fast-paced, reflecting the diversity of our clients and their needs. We work in teams and draw on each other's strengths to deliver results that really make a difference. Each team member is supported by the guidance and expertise of the rest of the team. We staff projects globally, giving consultants the opportunity to work with a global group of the best and brightest from North America, Europe, and Asia.

    Position Title: Analytics Manager/Senior Manager

    The Analytics manager will design, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art, data-driven predictive models to solve business problems using the latest and most appropriate technologies in machine learning, statistical modeling and Operations Research. He or she will deliver value in the market place by supporting teams serving clients; spearheading the analytics/technology component of new product development; and/or leading key research initiatives.

    Main responsibilities include: development t of analytic solutions; pattern identification and feature extraction; variable selection; experimentation with algorithms; performance analysis and preparation for communication with internal and external clients; training and development of junior analytics staff.

    Work will require effective coordination of global analytics and software development resources, clients, and business consultants. Some travel may be required to client locations.

    Qualifications

    Required:

    • Advanced degree (MS/ Ph.D.) in a quantitative field (i.e., Statistics, Engineering, Machine Learning, Physics, Econometrics, etc.).
    • Software skills: Experience in Perl, C, Python, C++, or Java.
    • Deep knowledge of analytic methodologies (regression, signal processing, optimization, neural networks, etc.)
    • Track record of analytical product development, innovation, or research (patents or publications)
    • Industry Experience (eCommerce, Financial Services, Retail, Airlines, Defense, etc.) Preferred:
    • Experience managing global analytics teams
    • Strong UNIX background
    • Experience with statistics package, SAS

    To apply for this position, please send your cover letter and CV to analyticsrecruiting@operasolutions.com

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    This is not a full time job and could be completed in someone’s spare time. I personally am not experienced at all in this area. This is the reason for the job posting. I do not have an idea what this type of job would be worth so I will be accepting bids or quotes for someone’s spare time weekly. If someone wishes to take this job on as full time then that would welcomed.

    John Webb
    john@roxyspub.com
    561-312-6247

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    RTI International is one of the world’s leading research institutes, dedicated to improving the human condition by turning knowledge into practice. Our staff of more than 2,800 provides research and technical expertise to governments and businesses in more than 40 countries in the areas of health and pharmaceuticals, education and training, surveys and statistics, advanced technology, international development, economic and social policy, energy and the environment, and laboratory and chemistry services. For more information, visit www.rti.org

    Responsibilities

    The Statistics and Epidemiology Unit is seeking a Research Statistician in our Atlanta, Georgia office.

    Typical responsibilities will include:

    • The application of standard statistical and/or data management software package(s) to execute data processing, and data analysis activities
    • Conducting data processing and technically complicated data analysis with minimal or no supervision
    • Development of solutions to problems where established theories and techniques have not been identified or where procedures are not established or are available
    • Assist or lead in the preparation, presentation, and follow-up of research proposals by providing computer programming support and analysis as well as writing sections of the technical proposal
    • Participation in appropriate professional development and scientific stature efforts.

    Qualifications

    Minimum Qualifications include:

    • Strong oral and written skills (as demonstrated in a writing sample and possible presentation), are essential.
    • Master’s degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, or Mathematics with at least 3 years of nonacademic related experience in the aforementioned areas of study
    • Your experience should incude at least 1 year of data management and analytic experience with R, Java, Perl, SAS or Excel.
    • Familiarity with genetics and bioinformatics
    • Demonstrated data manipulation and data management skills

    Desired Qualifications
    • Experience with expression analysis, linkage, or association studies
    • Background or degree in biology, zoology, or other health science
    • Experience analyzing weighted data generated by survey designs in the social sciences, including education, health, and the environment.
    • To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.

    Closing Statement

    Important Information:

    RTI participates in the US Government E-Verify Program. Please copy & paste the following link in the address line of your Internet browser to see E-verify information: www.rti.org/jobs

    To learn more about the laws that protect you against discrimination relating to your legal right to work in the US, please visit www.rti.org/jobs

    Equal Employment Opportunity
    We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V

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    • Bachelors degree in Actuarial Science, Math, Economics or related degree.
    • ASA or FSA designation is required.
    • 5 years of experience in a health or managed care setting, specifically with developing pricing methodologies, program rates, cost estimates, valuation and reserves.
    • 5 years of experience managing a staff and leading a team in complex actuarial projects that have a large financial and/or risk impact.
    • Strong verbal and written skills are required.

    UnitedHealthcare is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.

    When you work with UnitedHealthcare, what you do matters. It's that simple... and it's that challenging.

    In providing consumer-oriented health benefit plans to millions of people, our goal is to create higher quality care, lower costs and greater access to health care. Join us and you will be empowered to achieve new levels of excellence and make a profound and personal impact as you contribute to new innovations in a vital and complex system.

    Regardless of your role at UnitedHealthcare, the support you feel all around you will enable you to do what you do with energy, integrity, and confidence. So take the first step in what is sure to be a fast paced and highly diversified career.

    Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

    UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.

    Requisition #: 331966

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18378xSenior Rates Quant DeveloperNew YorkNYhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18378x.shtml?source=latproMy Client , who are a highly prestigious investment bank are looking for a Senior Rates Quant Developer to join the New York quantitative development platform as a senior quant developer at VP - Director Level.

    They are seeking people who have:

    • Exceptional programming skills within either: C++, C#, VBA
    • Experience working at a well respected institution for at least 3+ Years
    • People who are commercially minded and open to working in a highly pressurized environment.
    • Exposure to Rates Derivatives Ideal but would consider hybrids or pure FX candidates.

    In Return:
    • Offering a VP to Director Title
    • A position with one of the best technologically advance platform in the market
    • Excellent Career potential to run a team or make a transition to Trading or Structuring
    • Excellent Compensation to be met for suitable candidate.

    Although preferable; you are not explicitly required to send your CV.

    If you want to have a chat about this role, please free to call. We treat all applications/conversations as 100% confidential.

    Applying: quant-jobs@globalquantrecruitment.com

    Contact: James Friend
    Company: GQR |Global Quant Recruitment
    LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/1615777

    Salary/Rate: $180k+ Base + Bonus
    Job Type: Full Time
    Term: Permanent

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18379xAVP, Analytics & ModelingCoppellTXAmerican Home Mortgage Servicinghttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18379x.shtml?source=latproStatistical modeling/Analytics Strategy will provide leadership to a team of model developers. This hands-on manager will lead, manage, and execute highly complex predictive modeling initiatives that are critical to the firm's success - strategic, tactical, & operational; whole loan acquisition pricing, mortgage servicing portfolio management, consumer behavior analysis, Home price trends, macro and micro economic trends, MSR valuation, credit risk, interest rate risk, etc. The professional in this role will establish/maintain relationships with all levels of management, initiate, prioritize, scope, design, and deliver high-visibility quantitative projects. Provide assistance in translation of business needs into technical requirements and insure high-quality and timely delivery of results.

    Manage and provide leadership and direction to a team of quantitative analysts (including international teams)

    • Research and deliver new ways of leveraging our extensive mortgage data infrastructure and provide data-driven insights.
    • Collaborate with key stake holders across various levels in the organization and serve as champion of analytics
    • Responsible for planning, organizing and leading tasks and projects, and insuring the quality of the deliverables.
    • Respond to the needs of management and external entities for data, analytical and quantitative support
    • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

    Qualifications
    • Graduate degree (Ph.D. preferred) in a highly quantitative field : Statistics / Bio-statistics / Computer Science with machine learning/data mining focus. Strong interest in delivering practical solutions that will have a quantifiable contribution to the business.
    • Minimum of 5+ years of experience in modeling/data intensive environments, providing competitive advantage/arbitrage using cutting edge analytics.
    • Expertise: Practical and theoretical, in a broad spectrum of analytical (modeling) techniques:
      • Least squares, maximum likelihood, GLM, time series, SEM, mixed models, survival models, panel regression, competing risk.
      • modern techniques such as neural nets, Kohonen, SVM, Classification trees, EM,
      • Meta learning/regularization techniques such as boosting, bagging, Lasso, etc.excellent grasp of EDA/data transformations
      • Experience in handling large, complex and messy data and expertise in key data sources used in mortgage industry.
    • Substantive experience working with senior business managers
    • Intellectual curiosity and honesty + Ability to package complex solutions in the business context
    • Strong verbal and written communication skills
    • Strong strategic, analytical, and creative thinking aptitude in both individual and team environment
      • - Holds self and others accountable for timely, high-quality results
    • Experience in risk mangement environments is preferred (credit risk scoring, PD,LGD, delinquency/prepayment predictions, HPI
    • Software: SAS (base,stats,ETS,enterprise miner, macros)/R etc., Good understanding of database/sql/software principles and code structure.

    About AHMSI, American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc.:

    Established in April 2008, AHMSI brought together two mortgage loan servicing platforms, each with strong capabilities and specialized expertise. By multiplying these strengths, the company has achieved more than the sum of its parts – it has taken servicing to new levels. With a multibillion portfolio under management, AHMSI is one of the country’s largest servicers of Alt-A and subprime loans.

    AHMSI is based in Coppell, Texas, with servicing operations in Irvine, Calif., Jacksonville, Fla., and Pune, India. It is funded by Wilbur Ross & Co. LLC., a private equity firm based in New York, and holds membership in the Mortgage Bankers Association and the HOPE NOW Alliance. Differentiated by a focus on creative solutions and innovative ideas, the company credits its success to a talented team who do the best possible job for its customers.

    Candi Cochran
    Senior Recruiter
    American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc.
    1525 S. Belt Line Road
    Coppell, TX 75019
    469.645.3449 Office
    972.829.7636 Fax
    Candi.Cochran@ahmsi3.com

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    Applicants must have a strong background in data modeling and analysis with deep expertise in one or more relevant areas, including, but not limited to, dynamic regression, time series models, decision support, recommendation systems, information retrieval, stochastic process modeling, graph theory, and Bayesian forecasting. The applicant must demonstrate state-of-the-art knowledge and presence in the research and/or entrepreneurial community in this area.

    The successful candidate will be a team player capable of developing scalable solutions that go into real products. This will include developing actionable business information by extracting, standardizing, and transforming text and unstructured data from various sources. The candidate is expected to work from theory to application and needs to be an independent thinker and problem-solver with the ability to work directly with diverse business groups, anticipate business needs, and develop tools and processes in order to meet these needs.

    The candidate should have strong software skills with expertise in modeling languages such as R, SAS or Matlab and, preferably, programming languages such as Java, Python or C#. Experience with large scale datasets and Hadoop/Mahout is also highly desired.

    Role/Responsibilities:

    Main responsibilities include analyzing large set of data, building models (data clean-up & filtering, pattern identification & feature extraction, variable selection, experimentation with algorithms). Additional responsibilities include communicating with research and business teams in order to develop partnerships through cross-functional collaboration.

    Requirements:

    • A Ph.D. in a quantitative field (Statistics, Information Science, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Engineering) with a strong record of scholarship or entrepreneurship and work experience of 2-5 years.
    • Proficiency in modeling environments such as R, SAS or Matlab.
    • Preferred experience in programming languages such as Java, Python or C#.
    • Preferred experience with large databases.
    • Desire to turn theory into practice and solve market value problems.
    • Ability to develop partnerships through cross-functional collaboration.
    • Research or entrepreneurial experience with one or more predictive modeling domains, including, but not limited to, dynamic regression, time series models, decision support, recommendation systems, information retrieval, data mining, and Bayesian forecasting.
    • Strong analytical as well as written, and verbal communication skills.

    To apply: Enter 6623BR in the keyword box at www.xeroxcareers.com/search-jobs/default.aspx


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    Looking for an energetic quantitative problem solver to work with our consulting team to develop thoughtful business insights and solutions.

    We are a small, boutique consulting firm that works with the senior management of small to mid-size companies at the intersection of strategy and tactics. Most of our clients have had no or limited exposure to advanced analytics. As a result, there is tremendous opportunity to add value through highly quantitative issue identification and solution development.

    Your role is to supplement our team of experienced consultants with the analytic firepower to shape the analytic approach, synthesize the results of these efforts, and lead solution development.

    Initially, this role is on a project basis, but could develop into a full-time position as the business develops.

    Desirable qualifications:

    • M.S. in statistics, applied statistics or related field;
    • Aptitude for quantitative problem-solving and experience in data analysis;
    • Ability to extract, transform and process complex data sets through experience working with data mining tools like SPSS, SAS, R, etc.;
    • Interest in applying quantitative skills to a wide variety of business problems;
    • Desire and ability to work directly with clients a plus.

    Please send your resume in pdf format, along with a paragraph or two about why you are interested in this position, to:

    analytics@insightresults.com

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18301xIndustrial StatisticianBeverlyMASensitechhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml?source=latproSensitech 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

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18302xClinical Innovations MetricianLouisvilleHumanahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml?source=latproHumana 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.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18301xIndustrial StatisticianBeverlyMASensitechhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml?source=latproSensitech 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

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18302xClinical Innovations MetricianLouisvilleKYHumanahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml?source=latproHumana 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.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18311xSAS Analyst, Credit/Fraud Services & ScoreCardWichitaKShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18311x.shtml?source=latproHeadquartered in Wichita Kansas, Client is a rapidly growing provider of consumer financial services. Since opening their first store in 1997 in Riverside, California, they have successfully expanded to nine states and eighty-two retail locations. Client is currently the leading small short term lender in the brick and mortar store market place in terms of top line revenue and bottom line profitability. In the last 12 months Client has also developed and is rapidly expanding an online loan businesses with intentions of achieving superior market share in this space in the next 24 months.

    This role will assist the Lead Analyst developing, implementing and monitoring loan approval models that will result in increased acceptance rates and lower default rates of our various consumer loan products. The objective of the role is to assist development, implementation, monitoring of client’s credit risk strategies to help manage and grow the loan portfolio by optimizing values of each loan application and customer. The business operates in “test and learn” culture, where for each of our key credit risk decisions you will help Lead Analyst develop challenger strategies, rolling out successful strategies to champion status, pulling unsuccessful ones quickly and helping develop new challengers.

    To help realize the client’s objectives, this Credit Data Analyst role will have a vital part to play. The role will be challenging, but also, be mentored by the Lead Analyst to fully support deliverables to individual business units’ Risk Data Management teams, with the aim to make all risks transparent and understood. Various responsibilities starting in Business and Finance and ending in Information Technology. Assist in the Start Up, Launch, and, Enhancements of new product development to meet loan regulatory and compliance requirements for new Internet Lending Practice. Web originated loan underwriting will be an eLoan / Web 2.0 consumer lending product. Work extensively with client’s Lead Credit Analyst, to assist in their own critical Credit ScoreCard development - From Chief Internet Officer’s desk :

    "Put another way, consumer lending companies are becoming much more interested in understanding their customers’ lives and psyches, because, the theory goes, knowing what makes cardholders tick will help firms determine who is a good bet and who should be shown the door as quickly as possible. Luckily for the industry, small groups of executives at most of the large firms like ours, have spent the last decade studying our customers from almost every angle, and collection agencies have developed more sophisticated dunning techniques. We have sought to draw psychological and behavioral lessons from the enormous amounts of data the credit- lending companies collect every day. They’ve run thousands of tests and crunched the numbers on millions of accounts. "

    Must be a US Citizen, or, have a Green Card

    Salary : To 75K Plus - D.O.E.
    Relocation : Available
    Permanent position in the Midwest :
    Wichita - Ranked 2 as most "Livable Communities" for its size : http://www.wichitakansas.org. and more recently, one of ten “All American Cities” : http://www.wichitakansas.org/user/file/All_America_City.pdf

    DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Assist Lead Analyst to develop, build and deploy various statistical models used for loan loss minimization, loss forecasting, and other targeted analysis.
    • Provide direct support to the Lead Analyst in the evaluation and analysis of all consumer credit risk.
    • Analyze portfolio level information to identify and monitor key risk factors and develop proposed solutions. Perform ad-hoc analysis of consumer portfolios.
    • Report and analyze characteristics of the Consumer Credit lines of business in relation to policies, guidelines and processes.
    • Deliver portfolio analysis and performance metrics as well as create insight into new areas of concern or benefit for the portfolio.
    • Monitor and evaluate problem loan statistics. Ensure that appropriate reporting of activity is occurring consistent with company policy.
    • Identify and communicate to the Lead Analyst potential policy and or operational improvements that will enhance credit quality.
    • Deliver requests tasked for Credit Scoring add-ons from the Lead Analyst
    • Deliver requests tasked for Test Validity of statistical results from Lead Analyst

    KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
    • 2+ years experience with combined online consumer lending and sub-prime risk analysis, or other high volume data intensive environments (i.e. marketing /web analytics). Previous experience with a high online transaction volume environment is highly considered.
    • 2+ years experience working with Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Reporting Services, BI Tools Suite, combined with strong analytical skills in their previous experience working with large volumes of transactional data.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in Quantitative Analytics.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in SAS, SQL / Excel. Hands-on Data Aggregator experience also preferred.
    • Some understanding of consumer finance industry. Sub-prime and non-secured loans a plus.
    • Demonstrated ability to interpret data from intensive, fast paced tasking requests.
    • Demonstrated ability to work with significant volumes of data in various formats and databases.
    • Demonstrated ability to learn and understand various applications and business intelligence/database tools.
    • Knowledge of credit report attributes and non-traditional data attributes preferred.
    • Knowledge in logistic regression, CHAID and decision trees strongly preferred.
    • Knowledge of data mining and reporting, default modeling, and loan portfolio analytics strongly recommended
    • Excellent critical thinking, analytical, verbal and written communication skills.
    • Degree in Economics, Statistics Mathematics, Finance, Operations Research, Computer Science or other related areas.

    To apply: email resume to tbirdsell@kc.rr.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18311x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18312xDirector of Data AnalyticsSan FranciscoCASpeedDatehttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18312x.shtml?source=latproSpeedDate.com is searching for a Director of Data Analytics. SpeedDate.com is a venture-backed online dating startup in Silicon Valley that allows users to join 3-minute speed dating sessions from home using live chat technology. Since we launched just over two years ago, weâ??ve amassed a large amount of data from our user population. For instance, SpeedDateâ??s millions of members have gone on over 63M online SpeedDates and sent over 100M digital â??winksâ?? through our site and Facebook/iPhone applications. Weâ??re looking for someone who is excited about digging into our data to come up with ways to enhance user experience and directly impact our business goals. This is a rare opportunity to use your advanced analysis skills on mounds of data, while simultaneously getting in on the ground floor of a growing startup. We view the Senior Data Analyst role as a key position to achieving our goal of becoming the largest and best dating service.

    Responsibilities

    • Generate tons of ideas for transforming SpeedDateâ??s data into practical product and marketing initiatives
    • Conduct research projects using techniques from statistics, machine learning, and data mining to gain insights into improving user experience and achieving business goals
    • Manipulate large volumes of both internal and external data
    • Communicate findings to technical and non-technical colleagues
    • Transform data analysis conclusions into actionable initiatives including predictive models, marketing recommendations, algorithm enhancements, and beyond
    • Work closely with engineers and product/marketing managers to get your ideas into production

    Desired experience and expertise
    • 5+ years in data analytics / business intelligence / database marketing
    • Excellent understanding of statistics, regression analysis, machine learning, and other predictive modeling techniques
    • Interest in any and all of the following subjects: matchmaking/recommendation systems, search, spam detection, social network analysis, segmentation, conversion rate optimization, lifetime value, retention analysis, and user experience modeling
    • You gravitate towards creating the simplest model possible to solve a problem, but donâ??t shy away from using complex methodologies when called for
    • Experience with SAS, SPSS or R
    • Comfortable with database schemas and command-line scripting for aggregating, cleaning, and processing data
    • Knowledge of SQL
    • Proactive, self-starter who is happy working both independently and with a team
    • PhD/Masters in a related field (i.e. statistics, mathematics, industrial engineering, or similar)
    • Comfortable working in a startup environment
    • Excited about applying data analysis to define the future of online and mobile dating

    Please email resume to: kathy@speeddate.com.


    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18312x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18313xSr. Research AnalystSan FranciscoCALooksmarthttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18313x.shtml?source=latproLookSmart is currently seeking an experienced Senior Data Analyst. In this role you will work with our account managers to define success metrics for our advertisers, and then work with the account management team to develop strategies that will beat those metrics

    You will:

    • Develop quantitative analyses, custom models and ad hoc reports to effectively monitor performance, trends, and opportunities of the ad network
    • Work with advertisers to help define their success metrics
    • Develop recommendations to beat advertiser’s desired metrics based on best practices
    • Recommend optimizations to account managers and assess the effectiveness of those recommendations
    • Work with product team to recommend enhancements to the AdCenter application that will support optimization of advertiser’s accounts

    Required Experience:
    • 2 years experience as a Business Analyst
    • Excellent Excel and basic SQL skills
    • Experience with databases and data warehousing
    • High attention to detail
    • Strong verbal and written communications skills
    • Experience in online advertising
    • Hyperion/brio experience

    For immediate consideration, please submit your resume in text format (no attachments) to jobs@looksmart.net and include "Senior Business Analyst” in subject line. For additional information, please visit www.looksmart.com.

    About LookSmart

    Going strong for over 10 years, one of the key contributors to LookSmart's success is the quality of its employees, and we are always looking for the best and the brightest. We have a fun, diverse, and challenging start-up environment where not only are your ideas encouraged, but you will have hands-on experience and the opportunity to impact the bottom line.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18313x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18331xDirector of ResearchSan FranciscoCAJustananswer.comhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18331x.shtml?source=latproWhat if your work in algorithm development could help save lives? At JustAnswer, it could! We're the largest paid question and answer platform, where thousands of Doctors, Lawyers, Veterinarians, Mechanics, and other Experts answer questions 24/7. Have a strange headache in the middle of the night? Ask a Health Expert on JustAnswer.com. Have a legal dispute with a neighbor? Check in with a Legal Expert. You get the idea!

    Since we're all about Questions & Answers, here are the details on this opportunity in Q&A Form:

    Q: What's the JustAnswer story?
    A: JustAnswer is a fast growing, top 200 website (quantcast.com/justanswer.com) started in 2003 by Internet entrepreneur Andy Kurtzig. You can learn more about how the company got started and what we do at JustAnswer.com/about-us.aspx

    Q: What's the difference between JustAnswer and the free answer sites?
    A: When you ask a serious question on the free answer sites, you often get an answer from a teenager. When you ask on JustAnswer, you get Experts. Who would you trust with your health related questions? What about taxes? Or, anything else that's important to you.

    Q: What do Customers think of JustAnswer?
    A: Check out www.justanswer.com/help/testimonials.aspx to see some customer testimonials.

    Q: What are the day-to-day responsibilities for this role?
    A: As the Director of Research at JustAnswer, you will be responsible for working with our engineering team on cutting edge research across a wide range of areas, including algorithm development, personalization, machine learning, data mining, statistical analysis and natural language processing. This is a new role in our organization, which means you’ll have the opportunity to build the function from the ground-up!

    Q: What is JustAnswer looking for in the ideal candidate?
    A: To be successful in this role, you'll need at least 2 years (5-10+ years preferably) of commercial experience analyzing search relevance data and developing personalization systems, algorithm development, data mining, NLP or machine learning. You'll also need to be passionate about developing creative solutions to some of the web’s toughest and biggest challenges. Advanced degree (Masters required, PhD preferred) in data mining, statistics, machine learning or related field (or the equivalent combination of education and experience).

    Q: What kind of person is successful at JustAnswer?
    A: Someone who is *Smart*, *Fun* and *Gets Things Done*

    Q: What's the Salary?
    A: Depends on your experience, but it'll be a competitive rate. And, you get stock options, health insurance, dental insurance, and many other really cool perks!

    Make a difference in the world! Click here to apply to JustAnswer today.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18331x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18351xStatistical AnalystLos GatosCANetflixhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18351x.shtml?source=latproNetflix is seeking an outgoing, curious, interdisciplinary data expert to work as a statistician, data miner, and business analyst. In this role you will have the opportunity to work across many areas of Netflix to analyze financial, operational, web, and consumer behavior. You will work with a variety of people and technologies to bring about advanced insights into our business.

    Your work will help management be better informed to make the right decisions for our customers, our suppliers, and to improve our overall efficiency and profitability. At Netflix, our culture and management is committed to being a fact-based and analysis driven organization; because of this, your contributions will be of great interest to the various business areas. To succeed in this role you should be passionate about delivering accurate and actionable analyses to business decision-makers and be able to understand and creatively solve problems that span statistics, technology, and business. You should have exceptional communication skills and be adept at translating business questions into meaningful analysis plans.

    One principal area of responsibility will be to help develop new and to tune existing statistical models used for demand prediction for our extensive library of content - for DVD, for Blu-Ray, and for streaming. We're proud of our expertise we're developing in understanding demand and ultimately translating this into consumer value - so come be a part of the story!

    Qualifications:

    • MS/PhD. degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, CS, Econometrics or equivalent/related degree.
    • 4 to 8 years relevant experience with a proven track record of leveraging data analysis to drive significant business impact.
    • Expertise in predictive modeling. Must have knowledge/experience in some/all of the following: Multivariate Regression, Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machines, Bagging, Boosting, Decision Trees, and Time Series Analysis.
    • Experience in Optimization, Stochastic Processes, Experiment Analysis, and/or Bootstrapping a plus.
    • Proficiency in at least one statistical analysis tools such as R, SAS, and/or Weka.
    • Above average capabilities with basic analysis tools of SQL and Excel.
    • Proven interpersonal, communication and presentation skills - must be able to explain technical concepts and analysis implications clearly to a wide audience and be able to translate business objectives into actionable analyses.
    • Java/C++/ Python/Perl programming skills, while not required, are considered a plus.

    Apply Online

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18351x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18352xData Quality AnalystRedmondWAMicrosofthttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18352x.shtml?source=latproProduct: Windows Live - Safety Platform. Position #: 723683.

    Do you want your friends and family to give you hi-5's when you tell them what you do for a living?

    Then come take a position on the front lines of the battle against Internet Abuse - fighting against spam, phishing, malware, identity hijacking, and more!

    The Windows Safety Services team is looking for a unique person who can take the controls of the reputation, filtering, analysis, and intelligence systems we've been developing for the past five years and re-target them, on a daily basis, to cause maximal disruption to Internet Abusers' businesses.

    This is a challenging role that requires a broad set of skills, a strong ability to deal with ambiguity, and a drive to win! An ideal candidate will have demonstrated proficiency at rapid development/prototyping, experience interfacing with large existing systems, an understanding of how the Internet and Internet abuse works, a functional background in statistics and data analysis, and the desire to work in a fast paced, exciting environment.

    Specific daily responsibilities include monitoring (or building tools that monitor) the telemetry coming through our anti-abuse systems; identifying abusers' latest tools and tactics and focusing our existing systems to best counter them; developing ad hoc systems when needed to bridge the gap until new production systems can be brought online; evaluating and advising on the development of proposed anti-abuse systems and data feeds; and working with our applied research and product development teams to shape the future Internet abuse battlefield to our advantage.

    Come join us and make a difference!

    Specific Qualifications:

  • C# and SQL skills required
  • Familiarity with applying data mining techniques (i.e., classification, clustering, association mining, forecasting), statistics and information retrieval methods to real-world data
  • Aptitude at working on multiple ambiguous projects simultaneously
  • Good communication skills
  • Good cross-group collaboration skills
  • BS Degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or equivalent
    Apply online to Data Quality Analyst, #723683.

    Note: Interested candidates must apply online via our careers site to be considered for this position. Resumes received via email alone cannot be considered.

    For follow up or questions, please email kenjiy [at] microsoft.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18352x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18353xSenior Director Client AnalyticsNew YorkNYhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18353x.shtml?source=latproThis position is responsible for managing all analytic and reporting deliverables for key client engagements for a new group. The role of this position is to drive the analytic engagement to support all Relationship Management and brand engagement activities for select clients

    • Participates in the account and strategic planning with clients. Uses analytic and business methodologies and philosophies to design solutions to meet client’s objectives.
    • Ensure client’s analytical and reporting needs are being addressed; develops plans of action when necessary. Directly accountable for customer satisfaction in regards to analytics & Reporting.
    • Drives leading best practices on CRM analytics and Healthcare measurement
    • Accountable for ongoing delivery effectiveness, quality assurance and customer satisfaction.
    • Creates and presents business insights and recommendations based on client objectives.
    • Managing and directing all client modeling/forecasting/segmentation activities. Experience with sales force optimization project management.
    • Minimum requirements include 15+ years hands-on and/or managing marketing analytics
    • Requirements include Masters/Doctorate Degree in Social Sciences/Computer Science/ advanced statistics/Business/Marketing
    • Proficiency with SAS/SPSS and/or OLAP or Datamining tools
    • Direct experience in modeling/forecasting/segmentation and in solving business problems
    • Fundamental understanding of common statistical techniques

    Submit resume to: mary [at] analyticsearches.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18353x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18354xMarketing Campaign AnalystTexasTXhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18354x.shtml?source=latproSUMMARY

    This position is responsible for the development and creation of direct marketing campaign
    populations for customers and prospects. The position is responsible for understanding the
    marketing requirements, developing and extracting the target population, and formatting the
    information for campaign execution.

    RESPONSIBILITES

    • Develop campaign populations for targeted marketing campaigns for multiple channels
    • Develop, understand and document campaign list requirements as defined by Marketing
    • Coordinate with Channel Marketing to ensure delivery and issue resolution of any campaign population issues during delivery and execution
    • Provide campaign population insights and report on progress in regularly scheduled marketing campaign meetings
    • Interact and coordinate with Marketing Analytics

    REQUIREMENTS
    • Three or more years experience in direct marketing, marketing analysis demonstrating strong
    • analytical, quantitative, and logical problem-solving skills.
    • Thorough understanding of direct marketing and campaign management concepts
    • Excellent SQL and relational database skills
    • Strong SAS or other data analysis tool skills in a UNIX and Windows environment
    • Data manipulation, preparation, and presentation skills
    • Microsoft Office proficiency, particularly Excel and Access
    • Familiarity with marketing campaign concepts and customer segmentation
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • Track record of on-time delivery of campaign and project deliverables
    • Serve as contact point to segment marketing and channel marketing
    • Provide quality assurance reviews for campaign development work
    • Provide additional marketing insights based on campaign marketing list work

    Additional desirable skills
    • Experience with campaign management tools a plus
    • Project management tool skills such as Microsoft Project

    Education

    Bachelor’s degree or higher in a quantitative discipline.

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18355xSenior Software Engineer, Information RetrievalLos AngelesCAIncenticahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18355x.shtml?source=latproJOB DESCRIPTION: SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER (INFORMATION RETRIEVAL)

    Does the Matrix have you?

    Are you looking for a company where you need to follow the orders of 10 levels of management to direct every moment of the day? Do you want a 9?5 role writing white papers about technology that you never build? Do you want to work for one of the largest corporations in the world where the office politics make you feel like a scared rabbit? Do you like to take long vacations in Hawaii or the Wine Country? Okay, well maybe we want that too! If you answered YES to any question, but the last one, then find another company, because Incentica is not the right place for you.

    If you answered, "NO!" then do you daydream about...

    Being an entrepreneurial engineer, driving product direction as well as technology implementation? Being recognized in remarkable articles on mashable.com, techcrunch.com, acm.org, or technorati.com? Well then Incentica may be the RIGHT place for you.

    At Incentica we are building groundbreaking technology for consumer research, social media, and social marketing for some of the largest global brands, and we want you to be apart of it. You will be on the ground floor in a fast-paced, growing company, with strong financial backing.

    Are you READY to unplug?

    Knock knock..

    Our positions are posted on: our website (www.incenticasolutions.com), Linkedin, and popular job sites. Send your resume to me Ed Fullman, CEO of Incentica at: Edward.Fullman@Incentica.net.

    FYI - Check out our website. There is a secret code you can't see here!

    Skills

    REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

    Masters Degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science (or closely related) with an emphasis in information retrieval and data mining.

    Preferred Experience:

    • Information retrieval technologies: Nutch, Katta/Solr and Lucene
    • Scripting languages: Bash, Python, Perl ?
    • Corpus un-structured, semi-structured and structured data
    • Data mining, statistics and statistical models
    • NLP techniques and text mining is a plus
    • Hadoop, Hbase, Pig or Mapreduce, Sawzall and Bigtable ?
    • RDBMS, such as Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL ?
    • Linux/UNIX

    Ideal Candidate:
    • Ability to function as a entrepreneur and work under aggressive deadlines
    • Excellent research and troubleshooting skills
    • Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
    • Strive for continued improvement

    Company Description

    Incentica is a privately-backed, Los Angeles based social media and consumer research technology company focused on helping the largest brands find and reach consumers with increased precision.

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18356xSoftware Engineer, Data MiningIncenticahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18356x.shtml?source=latproJOB DESCRIPTION: SOFTWARE ENGINEER (DATA MINING)

    Does the Matrix have you?

    Are you looking for a company where you need to follow the orders of 10 levels of management to direct every moment of the day? Do you want a 9Ñ5 role writing white papers about technology that you never build? Do you want to work for one of the largest corporations in the world where the office politics make you feel like a scared rabbit? Do you like to take long vacations in Hawaii or the Wine Country? Okay, well maybe we want that too! If you answered YES to any question, but the last one, then find another company, because Incentica is not the right place for you.

    If you answered, "NO!" then do you daydream about...

    Being an entrepreneurial engineer, driving product direction as well as technology implementation? Being recognized in remarkable articles on mashable.com, techcrunch.com, acm.org, or technorati.com? Well then Incentica may be the RIGHT place for you.

    At Incentica we are building groundbreaking technology for consumer research, social media, and social marketing for some of the largest global brands, and we want you to be apart of it. You will be on the ground floor in a fast-paced, growing company, with strong financial backing.

    Are you READY to unplug?

    Knock knock..

    Our positions are posted on: our website (www.incenticasolutions.com), Linkedin, and popular job sites. Send your resume to me Ed Fullman, CEO of Incentica at: Edward.Fullman@Incentica.net.

    FYI - Check out our website. There is a secret code you can't see here!

    Skills

    REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

    Requirements

    Masters degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science (or closely related) with an emphasis in the following: machine learning, statistics, and data mining.

    Preferred Experience

    • Proven knowledge of data mining and machine learning methods and tools (e.g. Weka, SAS, UNDO API, R etc.)
    • Java, J2EE and test frameworks (e.g.as JUnit, XMLUnit, DBUnit)
    • Hadoop, Hbase, Pig or Mapreduce, Sawzall and Bigtable
    • RDBMS, such as Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL
    • C++ and excellent mathematical skills are a plus
    • Scripting languages, such as bash, Python, Perl
    • XML technologies
    • Linux/UNIX

    Ideal Candidate:
    • Exploratory data analysis and in data mining processes (unbalanced and unclean data)
    • Analyzing and modeling large industrial data sets.
    • Applying data mining technique, statistics and statistical models
    • Ability to function as a entrepreneur and work under aggressive deadlines
    • Excellent research and troubleshooting skills
    • Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
    • Strive for continued improvement

    Company Description

    Incentica is a privately-backed, Los Angeles based social media and consumer research technology company focused on helping the largest brands find and reach consumers with increased precision.


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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18359xSearch / Data Feed DevelopperAnn ArborMITigerLead Solutionshttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18359x.shtml?source=latpro TigerLead Solutions is a leading provider of internet marketing services and proprietary lead management software to successful Realtors throughout North America. Our work involves manipulating and warehousing external data feeds and developing web interfaces to create home search tools for prospective buyers and lead management tools for real estate agents.We're looking for a skilled coder to join our small team of talented engineers in Ann Arbor. We hope to find an experienced programmer who is a good fit with our team, well-versed in multiple languages, able to learn quickly and work independently. We work in a Linux environment, and tools and languages we use include Perl, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and GIT. Perl experience is a significant plus, but your current comfort level with any of these specific tools is less important than overall technical aptitude and ability to learn quickly and fit in well with the current team.

    The environment here and in our company headquarters in Los Angeles is casual with no bureaucracy. The Ann Arbor office is located in a new building adjacent to the Nickels Arcade and S. State Street right across the street from the UM central campus. The office environment is extremely comfortable and dedicated to our engineering team only. The company is in its fourth year, growing steadily, and able to offer both stability as well as the opportunity for the right person to make an immediate impact on new projects. We would prefer a full-time commitment but would also consider a part-time or contractor arrangement. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with skill set and experience. Benefits for full-time employees include medical coverage, paid holidays and personal days, paid monthly parking if needed, paid professional development opportunities, and a casual work environment including dual monitors and a fast computer at your desk, no dress code, and an extremely nice group of folks as your co-workers. Interviewed candidates will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their skill set. Please forward a resume and cover letter to jobs@tigerlead.com along with descriptions or links to samples of previous work. Submissions with thoughtful cover letters and evidence of experience will receive careful consideration and prompt follow-up. No phone calls or drop-ins, please. Thank you for your interest.


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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18360xData Mining AnalystTorontoCanadaWaterfront Internationalhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18360x.shtml?source=latproWaterfront International is a Toronto-based financial consulting firm, specializing in developing computer based statistical trading strategies. Waterfront’s selective hiring process considers only highly talented individuals with a history of exceptional professional and academic achievement, and solid real-world experience.

    Primary Responsibilities:

    • Perform financial market data research and analysis to identify and resolve data issues using advanced data mining techniques.
    • Develop proprietary data mining tools and applications.
    • Develop predictive models.

    Requirements of the Candidate include:
    • PhD or Masters in mathematics, statistics or computer science specializing in data mining.
    • Experience with machine learning and knowledge discovery techniques.
    • Solid quantitative background with excellent analytical skills.
    • Strong working knowledge of data mining and statistics.
    • Must possess expert level C/C++ programming skills.
    • Some financial experience desired but not required.
    • Must be a strong self-starter and able to work well independently.

    Email: recruiting@wil.com


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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18361xSAS Analyst, Credit/Fraud Services & ScoreCardWichitaKShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18361x.shtml?source=latproHeadquartered in Wichita Kansas, Client is a rapidly growing provider of consumer financial services. Since opening their first store in 1997 in Riverside, California, they have successfully expanded to nine states and eighty-two retail locations. Client is currently the leading small short term lender in the brick and mortar store market place in terms of top line revenue and bottom line profitability. In the last 12 months Client has also developed and is rapidly expanding an online loan businesses with intentions of achieving superior market share in this space in the next 24 months.
    This role will assist the Lead Analyst developing, implementing and monitoring loan approval models that will result in increased acceptance rates and lower default rates of our various consumer loan products. The objective of the role is to assist development, implementation, monitoring of client’s credit risk strategies to help manage and grow the loan portfolio by optimizing values of each loan application and customer. The business operates in “test and learn” culture, where for each of our key credit risk decisions you will help Lead Analyst develop challenger strategies, rolling out successful strategies to champion status, pulling unsuccessful ones quickly and helping develop new challengers.

    To help realize the client’s objectives, this Credit Data Analyst role will have a vital part to play. The role will be challenging, but also, be mentored by the Lead Analyst to fully support deliverables to individual business units’ Risk Data Management teams, with the aim to make all risks transparent and understood. Various responsibilities starting in Business and Finance and ending in Information Technology. Assist in the Start Up, Launch, and, Enhancements of new product development to meet loan regulatory and compliance requirements for new Internet Lending Practice. Web originated loan underwriting will be an eLoan / Web 2.0 consumer lending product. Work extensively with client’s Lead Credit Analyst, to assist in their own critical Credit ScoreCard development - From Chief Internet Officer’s desk :

    "Put another way, consumer lending companies are becoming much more interested in understanding their customers’ lives and psyches, because, the theory goes, knowing what makes cardholders tick will help firms determine who is a good bet and who should be shown the door as quickly as possible. Luckily for the industry, small groups of executives at most of the large firms like ours, have spent the last decade studying our customers from almost every angle, and collection agencies have developed more sophisticated dunning techniques. We have sought to draw psychological and behavioral lessons from the enormous amounts of data the credit- lending companies collect every day. They’ve run thousands of tests and crunched the numbers on millions of accounts. "

    Must be a US Citizen, or, have a Green Card

    Salary : To 75K Plus - D.O.E.
    Relocation : Available
    Permanent position in the Midwest :
    Wichita - Ranked 2 as most "Livable Communities" for its size : http://www.wichitakansas.org. and more recently, one of ten “All American Cities” : http://www.wichitakansas.org/user/file/All_America_City.pdf

    DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Assist Lead Analyst to develop, build and deploy various statistical models used for loan loss minimization, loss forecasting, and other targeted analysis.
    • Provide direct support to the Lead Analyst in the evaluation and analysis of all consumer credit risk.
    • Analyze portfolio level information to identify and monitor key risk factors and develop proposed solutions. Perform ad-hoc analysis of consumer portfolios.
    • Report and analyze characteristics of the Consumer Credit lines of business in relation to policies, guidelines and processes.
    • Deliver portfolio analysis and performance metrics as well as create insight into new areas of concern or benefit for the portfolio.
    • Monitor and evaluate problem loan statistics. Ensure that appropriate reporting of activity is occurring consistent with company policy.
    • Identify and communicate to the Lead Analyst potential policy and or operational improvements that will enhance credit quality.
    • Deliver requests tasked for Credit Scoring add-ons from the Lead Analyst
    • Deliver requests tasked for Test Validity of statistical results from Lead Analyst

    KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
    • 2+ years experience with combined online consumer lending and sub-prime risk analysis, or other high volume data intensive environments (i.e. marketing /web analytics). Previous experience with a high online transaction volume environment is highly considered.
    • 2+ years experience working with Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Reporting Services, BI Tools Suite, combined with strong analytical skills in their previous experience working with large volumes of transactional data.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in Quantitative Analytics.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in SAS, SQL / Excel. Hands-on Data Aggregator experience also preferred.
    • Some understanding of consumer finance industry. Sub-prime and non-secured loans a plus.
    • Demonstrated ability to interpret data from intensive, fast paced tasking requests.
    • Demonstrated ability to work with significant volumes of data in various formats and databases.
    • Demonstrated ability to learn and understand various applications and business intelligence/database tools.
    • Knowledge of credit report attributes and non-traditional data attributes preferred.
    • Knowledge in logistic regression, CHAID and decision trees strongly preferred.
    • Knowledge of data mining and reporting, default modeling, and loan portfolio analytics strongly recommended
    • Excellent critical thinking, analytical, verbal and written communication skills.
    • Degree in Economics, Statistics Mathematics, Finance, Operations Research, Computer Science or other related areas.

    To apply: email resume to tbirdsell@kc.rr.com

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18362xRisk Forecasting AnalystSunnyvaleCACashEdgehttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18362x.shtml?source=latproJob Description:

    The Risk Management group is responsible for policies to control risks associated with daily ACH/EFT Internet transactions. The group also provides consulting assistance to client financial institutions in establishing and monitoring their own risk criteria. The Risk Forecasting Analyst will be responsible for providing data mining support on risk management initiatives.

    Location: preferred Sunnyvale, CA (but working from the NY office is possible)

    Responsibilities:

    • Extracting data and manipulating databases in developing analytical models for fraud detection and quantitative risk assessment.
    • Building and monitoring the effectiveness of risk models, assessing their adequacy for different portfolio segments and clients, and determining when model modification/redevelopment is necessary.
    • Investigating new data sources and analyzing predictive variables. Helping design, implement, and test new risk management strategies to optimize profitability while controlling risks.
    • Participating in the design and development of new products/services, especially in regards to identifying and quantifying associated risks.

    Qualifications Requirements:
    • Demonstrated experience in risk management of 5 years in payment or funds transfer operations. Must have fraud risk policy and model development experience. Credit card experience is acceptable.
    • Candidate should ideally possess 3-5 years of experience in the development of risk management policies / models / data mining for transaction risk management and resulting investigations.
    • Fluent in SAS (Base, Stat, Macros) and SQL. Experienced in putting models in production or working with others to run your production models.
    • Candidate must possess excellent written and oral communications skills; ability to work with other members of the team, strong interpersonal and communication skills to a non-technical audience. Are you a "geek that can speak?"
    • The successful candidate will be analytical, organized, dependable, self-motivated, and able to work with minimal supervision.
    • Applicant must be results oriented; shown proven leadership; and Must have ability to multi-task and handle deadlines.
    • Proficiency in MS Office Applications
    • Masters or advanced degree preferred (Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Management Science / Operations Research), although more years of relevant experience, patents or publications can demonstrate maturity of experience.

    Qualification Pluses:

    Helpful experience can include some of:

    • Experience with data mining algorithms (decision trees, SVM, clustering, fuzzy rules, Bayesian networks, boosting, bagging, L1 regularization, a-priori/AR, outlier detection...)
    • Oracle PL/SQL
    • Java
    • R
    • Internet advertising models (or experience on other problems of a low target rate, non-stationary, changing nature).

    Reports to: Director, Risk Policy and Analytics
    Compensation: Commensurate with experience.

    To Apply:

    Please send Microsoft Word version of resume to USAcareers@cashedge.com

    CashEdge is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.

    If you have questions or would simply like to get more information about career opportunities at CashEdge, please feel free to email us at USAcareers@cashedge.com.

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18363xSenior StatisticianShanghaiChinaAstraZeneca R&Dhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18363x.shtml?source=latproAn exciting new opportunity has arisen for a senior statistician at our innovative and expanding site in Shanghai. You will have responsibility for developing and delivering statistical support to a range of disciplines and projects, with opportunity for delivering significant impact to the business …

    Please click here for more information.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18363x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18366xPrincipal Lead ResearcherBellevueWABinghttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18366x.shtml?source=latproBing Search's mission: To deliver the most relevant knowledge to our customers by being more than just a search engine - Bing's goal is to be "decision engine". To achieve that mission data is critical. At Bing, we have enormous wealth of data, ranging from user interaction logs to web documents, from user feedback to system performance data.

    The Bing Data Mining Team is hiring extremely talented, highly motivated and productive lead with expertise in the areas of analytics, statistics, machine learning, and data mining. The team develops and applies advanced techniques to turn our petabytes of data into insights; and to drive actions based on those insights. The team works closely with teams across Bing search to enable rigorous, effective and data-driven decision making.

    At the core of our team's mission using data to understand users. Some example of the challenges we face: Understanding how users interact with different search features and how these features affect users' behaviors, understand user intent, detecting and filtering bot traffic, measuring user satisfaction, and analyzing the results of extremely large-scale experiments. We analyze a wealth of data to identify new information needs, find weak points in the current system, and quantify the business and user impact of technical issues (e.g. performance). The team also works on techniques to manage and process petabytes of data efficiently and effectively.

    At Bing, we can offer you a strong team, exciting challenges, and a fun place to work. The work environment empowers you to have a real impact on millions of end users. This is also a unique opportunity to work with world-class researchers and developers. Join us and be at the forefront of search technology!

    Job Responsibilities include:

    • Manage and grow a team of applied researchers (analysts) and drive analysis directions.
    • Apply data mining and statistics to measure and understand the search user experience and feature engagement.
    • Generate actionable insights for improving search systems and increasing user satisfaction.
    • Take high-level questions and analyze data to find answers to those questions.
    • Research and develop solutions for providing high quality data (e.g. system health, performance measurement, bot & spam traffic identification, outlier detection, etc.).
    • Analysis and design of large-scale (both number and size) experiments.
    • Work with team across Bing search to identify problem where data mining, machine learning, or statistics can help. Explore and develop solutions to these problems.
    • Act as an expert in the area of data mining, machine learning, statistics, or analytics.
    • Design and carry out experiments to evaluate research results.
    • Provide technical leadership and direction to others in the Bing Data Mining team.
    • Build high quality infrastructure and data mining & analysis solution
    • Drive actions in Search and OSD based on analysis results.

    Qualifications:
    • Bachelor degree and an advanced degree (Master, PhD) in data mining, statistics, machine learning, mathematics, or related field (or the equivalent combination of education and experience).
    • Extensive knowledge and experience in at least two of the following areas: statistics, data analysis, data mining, web mining, machine learning, business intelligence & customer intelligence, user modeling (three or more areas are preferred). With 12 years practical experience (15 years are preferred).
    • Experience technical manager with proven success records (3+ years).
    • Strong ability to apply your statistics, mathematical and algorithmic expertise to solve real problems.
    • Experience in analyzing very large real world datasets (esp. web data).
    • Expertise with data analysis and statistical tools (e.g. R, SAS, or SPSS).
    • Superior communications skills, both verbal and written.
    • Hands-on approach to data analysis and a strong focus on quality.
    • Ability to work independently and in a team to develop innovative solutions.
    • Programming skills and experience (e.g. C/C++/C#/SQL).
    • This position is located in Bellevue, Washington.

    Contact: v-ledav [at] microsoft.com (replace [at] with @). Resumes received via email cannot be considered until you formally apply online.

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18367xProject Manager in Applied StatisticsNovatoCAWilliam E. Weckerhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18367x.shtml?source=latproAbout the Job

    William E. Wecker Associates, Inc. provides consulting services in applied mathematics and statistics. Areas of application range from consumer product performance to epidemiology, and to issues in accounting, finance and economics. Clients include Fortune 500 companies in the automobile, consumer products, banking, insurance and pharmaceuticals industries.

    Project Manager responsibilities include liaison with client staff, working with Principal Consultants on problem definition and problem solving, and specifying and directing the work of Wecker Associates staff.

    Project Manager in Applied Statistics

    Desirable qualifications:

    • M.S. or Ph.D. in statistics, mathematics, operations research, economics or related field;
    • Aptitude for quantitative problem-solving and experience in data analysis;
    • Strong computer skills (we use SAS, S-Plus, Mathematica, and other business and scientific software on UNIX and Macintosh platforms);
    • Strong communication skills;
    • Ability to work in collaboration with others in an informal, collegial environment;
    • Ability to work effectively under deadlines.

    Compensation is competitive and commensurate with performance.

    We are located in the city of Novato, Marin County, California, thirty minutes north of San Francisco.

    To Apply: Applicants should e-mail, fax or mail résumé, most recent university transcript and compensation history to the following address. No telephone calls please.

    Employment
    William E. Wecker Associates Inc.
    505 San Marin Drive
    Building B
    Novato, CA 94945
    Email address: employment@wecker.com
    Fax: (415) 898-2260

    http://www.wecker.com

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18369xStatistical Data Analyst IIScottsdaleAZEarly Warning Serviceshttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18369x.shtml?source=latproOverall Purpose

    This position supports Data Analytic initiatives through the performance of data loading, data preparation and data cleansing and by providing basic data analysis and ad hoc reporting as requested.

    Essential Functions

    • Extracts, transforms and loads (ETL) datasets from various sources and formats.
    • Responsible for formatting, manipulating and transforming data in preparation for analysis and modeling.
    • Produces standard and ad hoc reports.
    • Monitors performance of production models and prepares related reporting and performance metrics.
    • Assists more senior analysts as requested in model development tasks such as data preparation, variable creation, and statistical measures for model development.
    • Responsible for a variety of exploratory data analysis (EDA) tasks
    • Completes analyses related to customer value testing.
    • Complies with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained.

    Qualifications
    • Bachelors Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field; Advanced degree preferred.
    • A minimum of 3+ years data analytics work experience or similar position.
    • A minimum of 2+ years work related experience in SAS programming (Base SAS, SAS STAT, and SAS Macro).
    • Data manipulation and data step programming experience required.
    • Ability to effectively communicate results non-technical
    • Ability to effectively communicate findings from complex analyses to non-technical audiences.
    • Approved background and drug screen is required.

    Physical Requirements

    Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching. Must be able to lift10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

    Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

    Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire

    The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18370xLeader, Data AnalyticsScottsdaleAZEarly Warning Serviceshttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18370x.shtml?source=latproOverall Purpose

    This position provides leadership and direction related to Company data asset strategies and initiatives to accurately predict fraud and to leverage the Company’s vast data assets to drive customer value, company revenues and operational efficiencies and enhance quality of deliverables and market position. Directs and drives enhancements in data capture, storage, analytics and modeling.

    Essential Functions

    • Manages the data analytics team(s) to ensure the best predictive fraud solutions and strategies are developed and employed, including evaluation of various complex performance definitions, sampling approaches and segmentation alternatives for new product development.
    • Partners with Sales, Marketing and Product groups to understand customer needs and cross-sell opportunities and provides data analytics support of business case models to further service solutions.
    • Serves as the Company’s Subject Matter Expert for internal data and business intelligence and is the primary contact with Information Technology, Product and Operations for requirements specific to the creation and ongoing maintenance of analytical scoring models and enhancements, such as building ROI models, defining business problems and internal business cases to support new solutions and product enhancements.
    • Develops appropriate processes and programs to ensure in-depth research and analysis of customer data and to enhance data collection, analysis, reporting tools and strategies.
    • Ensures proper testing processes are established and followed to enable high data integrity, volumes and frequency.
    • Understands key product metrics and identifies, defines, and ensures best practices in business intelligence analytics are utilized.
    • Works cross functionally within the organization to deliver integrated business intelligence solutions.
    • Responsible for managing prioritization of the Data Analytics project queue in conjunction with Product and other departments.
    • Conducts periodic needs assessments among key company executives to continually improve the ability to meet Company objectives through data strategies and analytics.
    • Works closely with Information Technology and other data/system providers, both internal and external, to enhance systems, troubleshoot and resolve issues.
    • Ensures compliance with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained.

    Qualifications
    • Advanced degree in a quantitative field (i.e., Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics or another relevant discipline).
    • A minimum of 10 years management experience in data analytics, modeling and business intelligence.
    • A minimum of 10 years management experience in financial services, fraud prevention or related field.
    • Superior leadership and management skills together with strong business acumen.
    • Experience leading the implementation of business intelligence solutions from the ground up following a defined methodology.
    • Prior experience building a data analytics department highly preferred.
    • SAS certification preferred. Demonstrated proficiency utilizing SAS or equivalent statistical modeling tools required.
    • Approved background and drug screen is required.

    Benefits

    We offer competitive salary and a unique benefits package including concierge service for employee personal needs, credit monitoring service for identity theft protection, a host of activities for employees and their families, 4 weeks paid time off, 401k plan with company match and 2 year vesting, tuition assistance, and the more traditional benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

    Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

    Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire.

    Early Warning Services is an equal opportunity employer.

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18371xSr. StatisticianPhiladelphiaPANielsenhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18371x.shtml?source=latproNielsen is seeking a Senior Statistician/Methodologist in BASES Pharmaceutical business group. As a member of the Methodology and Advanced Analytics team, this position will work with many research teams to provide support in statistical analysis and consulting with innovative and creative statistical solutions.

    The successful candidate should have a solid background in statistics and enjoy conducting quantitative analysis in a team environment. Successful experience in statistical modeling R&D, and implementation is very important. Business experience in consulting and/or pharmaceutical industry is also desirable. Other requisite skills include programming skills in SAS, SPSS, and related statistical programming. The position requires a detail-oriented person with excellent project management skills who is successful at multi-tasking and working with different teams.

    Responsibilities

    • Use various programs (SAS, SPSS, ACCESS, etc.) for data transformation and management. Ensure the accuracy, completeness, standardization and integrity of data.
    • Help the research teams in designing quantitative market research studies.
    • Implement advanced statistical methods, including discrete choice models, conjoint analysis, forecasting, segmentation models and other types of analysis as required by different projects.
    • Mining of large databases (e.g., neural networks, machine learning, etc.)
    • Coordinate and participate in ad hoc analyses to address client inquiries and resolve anomalies.
    • Research and develop statistical methods and procedures.

    Qualifications
    • PhD degree is preferred while Master's degree is required in Statistics, Economics, Psychometrics, Marketing Research or other similar quantitative fields
    • Working knowledge of statistical programming languages (SAS, SPSS, LIMDEP, R, etc.)
    • 3+ years of research and/or working experience
    • Detail-oriented and proficient in quantitative analysis
    • Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18372xAnalytics ManagerSan DiegoCAOpera Solutionshttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18372x.shtml?source=latproCOMPANY OVERVIEW

    Opera Solutions turns Big Data into Big Profit for the world's leading companies. Established in 2004, we have today grown to 400+ professionals, with offices in New York, Jersey City, San Diego, London, Paris, New Delhi, and Shanghai.

    Analytics and technology are central to our value proposition, not an afterthought. When you come to work for us, you'll be joining a rapidly growing firm offering exceptional opportunities for mathematicians, scientists, computer scientists, and software experts - working on very interesting questions and using an array of cutting edge approaches. You will have the breadth and the support to try new and creative avenues to solve problems.

    More than 100 mathematicians, scientists, and statisticians staff our three scientific and technical Centers of Excellence in San Diego, Shanghai, and New Delhi, and we are committed to more than doubling this number by 2012. Our technology and analytics professionals are extraordinarily accomplished at applying advanced modeling techniques, machine learning, and new technologies to very large datasets and thorny analytic problems.

    The work environment at Opera Solutions is fluid, challenging and fast-paced, reflecting the diversity of our clients and their needs. We work in teams and draw on each other's strengths to deliver results that really make a difference. Each team member is supported by the guidance and expertise of the rest of the team. We staff projects globally, giving consultants the opportunity to work with a global group of the best and brightest from North America, Europe, and Asia.

    Position Title: Analytics Manager/Senior Manager

    The Analytics manager will design, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art, data-driven predictive models to solve business problems using the latest and most appropriate technologies in machine learning, statistical modeling and Operations Research. He or she will deliver value in the market place by supporting teams serving clients; spearheading the analytics/technology component of new product development; and/or leading key research initiatives.

    Main responsibilities include: development t of analytic solutions; pattern identification and feature extraction; variable selection; experimentation with algorithms; performance analysis and preparation for communication with internal and external clients; training and development of junior analytics staff.

    Work will require effective coordination of global analytics and software development resources, clients, and business consultants. Some travel may be required to client locations.

    Qualifications

    Required:

    • Advanced degree (MS/ Ph.D.) in a quantitative field (i.e., Statistics, Engineering, Machine Learning, Physics, Econometrics, etc.).
    • Software skills: Experience in Perl, C, Python, C++, or Java.
    • Deep knowledge of analytic methodologies (regression, signal processing, optimization, neural networks, etc.)
    • Track record of analytical product development, innovation, or research (patents or publications)
    • Industry Experience (eCommerce, Financial Services, Retail, Airlines, Defense, etc.) Preferred:
    • Experience managing global analytics teams
    • Strong UNIX background
    • Experience with statistics package, SAS

    To apply for this position, please send your cover letter and CV to analyticsrecruiting@operasolutions.com

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18373xData mining project / Bayesian networkTelecommuteUShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18373x.shtml?source=latproI am looking for someone with experience grouping large amounts of data mined data for insertion into a Bayesian network. This job will consist of organizing a data base framework and directing programmers where to insert the data into the framework. The data will be organized per instructions from the Bayesian architect. The programmers will be data mining from an extremely large information pool and will need to be told where it should be placed when it is parsed.

    This is not a full time job and could be completed in someone’s spare time. I personally am not experienced at all in this area. This is the reason for the job posting. I do not have an idea what this type of job would be worth so I will be accepting bids or quotes for someone’s spare time weekly. If someone wishes to take this job on as full time then that would welcomed.

    John Webb
    john@roxyspub.com
    561-312-6247

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18376xResearch BiostatisticianAtlantaGARTIhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18376x.shtml?source=latproAbout RTI

    RTI International is one of the world’s leading research institutes, dedicated to improving the human condition by turning knowledge into practice. Our staff of more than 2,800 provides research and technical expertise to governments and businesses in more than 40 countries in the areas of health and pharmaceuticals, education and training, surveys and statistics, advanced technology, international development, economic and social policy, energy and the environment, and laboratory and chemistry services. For more information, visit www.rti.org

    Responsibilities

    The Statistics and Epidemiology Unit is seeking a Research Statistician in our Atlanta, Georgia office.

    Typical responsibilities will include:

    • The application of standard statistical and/or data management software package(s) to execute data processing, and data analysis activities
    • Conducting data processing and technically complicated data analysis with minimal or no supervision
    • Development of solutions to problems where established theories and techniques have not been identified or where procedures are not established or are available
    • Assist or lead in the preparation, presentation, and follow-up of research proposals by providing computer programming support and analysis as well as writing sections of the technical proposal
    • Participation in appropriate professional development and scientific stature efforts.

    Qualifications

    Minimum Qualifications include:

    • Strong oral and written skills (as demonstrated in a writing sample and possible presentation), are essential.
    • Master’s degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, or Mathematics with at least 3 years of nonacademic related experience in the aforementioned areas of study
    • Your experience should incude at least 1 year of data management and analytic experience with R, Java, Perl, SAS or Excel.
    • Familiarity with genetics and bioinformatics
    • Demonstrated data manipulation and data management skills

    Desired Qualifications
    • Experience with expression analysis, linkage, or association studies
    • Background or degree in biology, zoology, or other health science
    • Experience analyzing weighted data generated by survey designs in the social sciences, including education, health, and the environment.
    • To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.

    Closing Statement

    Important Information:

    RTI participates in the US Government E-Verify Program. Please copy & paste the following link in the address line of your Internet browser to see E-verify information: www.rti.org/jobs

    To learn more about the laws that protect you against discrimination relating to your legal right to work in the US, please visit www.rti.org/jobs

    Equal Employment Opportunity
    We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V

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    • Bachelors degree in Actuarial Science, Math, Economics or related degree.
    • ASA or FSA designation is required.
    • 5 years of experience in a health or managed care setting, specifically with developing pricing methodologies, program rates, cost estimates, valuation and reserves.
    • 5 years of experience managing a staff and leading a team in complex actuarial projects that have a large financial and/or risk impact.
    • Strong verbal and written skills are required.

    UnitedHealthcare is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.

    When you work with UnitedHealthcare, what you do matters. It's that simple... and it's that challenging.

    In providing consumer-oriented health benefit plans to millions of people, our goal is to create higher quality care, lower costs and greater access to health care. Join us and you will be empowered to achieve new levels of excellence and make a profound and personal impact as you contribute to new innovations in a vital and complex system.

    Regardless of your role at UnitedHealthcare, the support you feel all around you will enable you to do what you do with energy, integrity, and confidence. So take the first step in what is sure to be a fast paced and highly diversified career.

    Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

    UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.

    Requisition #: 331966

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18378xSenior Rates Quant DeveloperNew YorkNYhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18378x.shtml?source=latproMy Client , who are a highly prestigious investment bank are looking for a Senior Rates Quant Developer to join the New York quantitative development platform as a senior quant developer at VP - Director Level.

    They are seeking people who have:

    • Exceptional programming skills within either: C++, C#, VBA
    • Experience working at a well respected institution for at least 3+ Years
    • People who are commercially minded and open to working in a highly pressurized environment.
    • Exposure to Rates Derivatives Ideal but would consider hybrids or pure FX candidates.

    In Return:
    • Offering a VP to Director Title
    • A position with one of the best technologically advance platform in the market
    • Excellent Career potential to run a team or make a transition to Trading or Structuring
    • Excellent Compensation to be met for suitable candidate.

    Although preferable; you are not explicitly required to send your CV.

    If you want to have a chat about this role, please free to call. We treat all applications/conversations as 100% confidential.

    Applying: quant-jobs@globalquantrecruitment.com

    Contact: James Friend
    Company: GQR |Global Quant Recruitment
    LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/1615777

    Salary/Rate: $180k+ Base + Bonus
    Job Type: Full Time
    Term: Permanent

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18379xAVP, Analytics & ModelingCoppellTXAmerican Home Mortgage Servicinghttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18379x.shtml?source=latproStatistical modeling/Analytics Strategy will provide leadership to a team of model developers. This hands-on manager will lead, manage, and execute highly complex predictive modeling initiatives that are critical to the firm's success - strategic, tactical, & operational; whole loan acquisition pricing, mortgage servicing portfolio management, consumer behavior analysis, Home price trends, macro and micro economic trends, MSR valuation, credit risk, interest rate risk, etc. The professional in this role will establish/maintain relationships with all levels of management, initiate, prioritize, scope, design, and deliver high-visibility quantitative projects. Provide assistance in translation of business needs into technical requirements and insure high-quality and timely delivery of results.

    Manage and provide leadership and direction to a team of quantitative analysts (including international teams)

    • Research and deliver new ways of leveraging our extensive mortgage data infrastructure and provide data-driven insights.
    • Collaborate with key stake holders across various levels in the organization and serve as champion of analytics
    • Responsible for planning, organizing and leading tasks and projects, and insuring the quality of the deliverables.
    • Respond to the needs of management and external entities for data, analytical and quantitative support
    • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

    Qualifications
    • Graduate degree (Ph.D. preferred) in a highly quantitative field : Statistics / Bio-statistics / Computer Science with machine learning/data mining focus. Strong interest in delivering practical solutions that will have a quantifiable contribution to the business.
    • Minimum of 5+ years of experience in modeling/data intensive environments, providing competitive advantage/arbitrage using cutting edge analytics.
    • Expertise: Practical and theoretical, in a broad spectrum of analytical (modeling) techniques:
      • Least squares, maximum likelihood, GLM, time series, SEM, mixed models, survival models, panel regression, competing risk.
      • modern techniques such as neural nets, Kohonen, SVM, Classification trees, EM,
      • Meta learning/regularization techniques such as boosting, bagging, Lasso, etc.excellent grasp of EDA/data transformations
      • Experience in handling large, complex and messy data and expertise in key data sources used in mortgage industry.
    • Substantive experience working with senior business managers
    • Intellectual curiosity and honesty + Ability to package complex solutions in the business context
    • Strong verbal and written communication skills
    • Strong strategic, analytical, and creative thinking aptitude in both individual and team environment
      • - Holds self and others accountable for timely, high-quality results
    • Experience in risk mangement environments is preferred (credit risk scoring, PD,LGD, delinquency/prepayment predictions, HPI
    • Software: SAS (base,stats,ETS,enterprise miner, macros)/R etc., Good understanding of database/sql/software principles and code structure.

    About AHMSI, American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc.:

    Established in April 2008, AHMSI brought together two mortgage loan servicing platforms, each with strong capabilities and specialized expertise. By multiplying these strengths, the company has achieved more than the sum of its parts – it has taken servicing to new levels. With a multibillion portfolio under management, AHMSI is one of the country’s largest servicers of Alt-A and subprime loans.

    AHMSI is based in Coppell, Texas, with servicing operations in Irvine, Calif., Jacksonville, Fla., and Pune, India. It is funded by Wilbur Ross & Co. LLC., a private equity firm based in New York, and holds membership in the Mortgage Bankers Association and the HOPE NOW Alliance. Differentiated by a focus on creative solutions and innovative ideas, the company credits its success to a talented team who do the best possible job for its customers.

    Candi Cochran
    Senior Recruiter
    American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc.
    1525 S. Belt Line Road
    Coppell, TX 75019
    469.645.3449 Office
    972.829.7636 Fax
    Candi.Cochran@ahmsi3.com

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18381xResearcher, Predictive AnalyticsWebsterNYXeroxhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18381x.shtml?source=latproThe Xerox Research Center Webster is seeking a researcher in the area of Predictive Analytics to design, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art, data-driven predictive models to solve business problems using the latest and most appropriate technologies in machine learning, pattern recognition, statistical modeling, information retrieval or stochastic operations research (Markov decision processes and reasoning under uncertainty).

    Applicants must have a strong background in data modeling and analysis with deep expertise in one or more relevant areas, including, but not limited to, dynamic regression, time series models, decision support, recommendation systems, information retrieval, stochastic process modeling, graph theory, and Bayesian forecasting. The applicant must demonstrate state-of-the-art knowledge and presence in the research and/or entrepreneurial community in this area.

    The successful candidate will be a team player capable of developing scalable solutions that go into real products. This will include developing actionable business information by extracting, standardizing, and transforming text and unstructured data from various sources. The candidate is expected to work from theory to application and needs to be an independent thinker and problem-solver with the ability to work directly with diverse business groups, anticipate business needs, and develop tools and processes in order to meet these needs.

    The candidate should have strong software skills with expertise in modeling languages such as R, SAS or Matlab and, preferably, programming languages such as Java, Python or C#. Experience with large scale datasets and Hadoop/Mahout is also highly desired.

    Role/Responsibilities:

    Main responsibilities include analyzing large set of data, building models (data clean-up & filtering, pattern identification & feature extraction, variable selection, experimentation with algorithms). Additional responsibilities include communicating with research and business teams in order to develop partnerships through cross-functional collaboration.

    Requirements:

    • A Ph.D. in a quantitative field (Statistics, Information Science, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Engineering) with a strong record of scholarship or entrepreneurship and work experience of 2-5 years.
    • Proficiency in modeling environments such as R, SAS or Matlab.
    • Preferred experience in programming languages such as Java, Python or C#.
    • Preferred experience with large databases.
    • Desire to turn theory into practice and solve market value problems.
    • Ability to develop partnerships through cross-functional collaboration.
    • Research or entrepreneurial experience with one or more predictive modeling domains, including, but not limited to, dynamic regression, time series models, decision support, recommendation systems, information retrieval, data mining, and Bayesian forecasting.
    • Strong analytical as well as written, and verbal communication skills.

    To apply: Enter 6623BR in the keyword box at www.xeroxcareers.com/search-jobs/default.aspx


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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18382xBusiness Problem Solving with Advanced AnalyticsTelecommuteUShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18382x.shtml?source=latproBusiness Problem Solving with Advanced Analytics – Project Basis

    Looking for an energetic quantitative problem solver to work with our consulting team to develop thoughtful business insights and solutions.

    We are a small, boutique consulting firm that works with the senior management of small to mid-size companies at the intersection of strategy and tactics. Most of our clients have had no or limited exposure to advanced analytics. As a result, there is tremendous opportunity to add value through highly quantitative issue identification and solution development.

    Your role is to supplement our team of experienced consultants with the analytic firepower to shape the analytic approach, synthesize the results of these efforts, and lead solution development.

    Initially, this role is on a project basis, but could develop into a full-time position as the business develops.

    Desirable qualifications:

    • M.S. in statistics, applied statistics or related field;
    • Aptitude for quantitative problem-solving and experience in data analysis;
    • Ability to extract, transform and process complex data sets through experience working with data mining tools like SPSS, SAS, R, etc.;
    • Interest in applying quantitative skills to a wide variety of business problems;
    • Desire and ability to work directly with clients a plus.

    Please send your resume in pdf format, along with a paragraph or two about why you are interested in this position, to:

    analytics@insightresults.com

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18391xBlack Belt IIJacksonvilleFLBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Floridahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18391x.shtml?source=latproJob ID: B1222JUN10
    Type Full Time

    Job duties include but are not limited to the following:

    • Complete a minimum of 4 DMAIC and/or LEAN projects per year
    • Actively lead teams and provide individual contribution through problem solving efforts to reduce defects, cycle time, and rework
    • Work with finance and other members of the organization in assessing, tracking and reporting the financial benefit of all improvement projects
    • Identify and work to remove barriers that slow or prevent the successful attainment of process/productivity improvement and administrative efficiencies that will lead to cost reduction and competitive advantage
    • Provide management with project status through monthly project reviews
    • Prepare and write a final report on each project per the BCBSF final project report format
    • Influence leaders to make the necessary changes for improved performance
    • Metric Management Plan preparation and maintenance
    • Support Business Process Management through metric identification, measurement development and periodic Measurement Systems Analysis
    • Identify projects for, and maintain a list of future CI projects to be worked
    • Influence Leaders to make the necessary changes for improved performance
    • Mentor Green Belts and upcoming Black Belts
    • Complete non-project related assignments as requested by Master Black Belt or area VP

    Job Requirements:
    • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
    • 6+ years business experience with a minimum of 2+ years experience to include quality-related work with both DMAIC and Lean tool sets
    • Black Belt certified
    • Successfully started and completed 2+ Black Belt projects (must have supporting documentation)
    • Must have completed 2+ transactional-type projects
    • Demonstrated mastery of Six Sigma "soft" skill-set including but not limited to Communication Plans, ARMI, Includes/Excludes, and other project planning tools
    • Outstanding presentation skills with abundant experience in communicating with people at all levels
    • Proficient with Excel (specifically pivot tables), Word, PowerPoint and Minitab
    • Excellent written communication skills
    • Ability to quickly analyze data and create succinct presentations tailored to the audience at hand

    Business Specific Criteria (preferred skills):
    • PMP Certification
    • Knowledge of Health Insurance Industry Enrollment and Billing processes
    • Familiarity with Siebel, Siebel Analytics and RBMS

    Click here to see our Career Video: http://www.view-career-video.com/videos/bcbsfl

    For consideration, please visit our website at www.bcbsfl.com and click on the Careers link at the bottom of the page. Click on Search Career Opportunities and follow these important steps:

    1. Log-in if you have an existing profile on the BCBSFL website. Otherwise, you will need to create a profile by following the steps provided on the site.
    2. Search for the position by typing in the requisition ID: B1222JUN10 in the keyword search field.
    3. Click on the Apply to this Job link.

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.
    Business Leader Network Member

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18301xIndustrial StatisticianBeverlyMASensitechhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml?source=latproSensitech 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

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18302xClinical Innovations MetricianLouisvilleHumanahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml?source=latproHumana 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.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18301xIndustrial StatisticianBeverlyMASensitechhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml?source=latproSensitech 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

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18301x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18302xClinical Innovations MetricianLouisvilleKYHumanahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml?source=latproHumana 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.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18302x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18311xSAS Analyst, Credit/Fraud Services & ScoreCardWichitaKShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18311x.shtml?source=latproHeadquartered in Wichita Kansas, Client is a rapidly growing provider of consumer financial services. Since opening their first store in 1997 in Riverside, California, they have successfully expanded to nine states and eighty-two retail locations. Client is currently the leading small short term lender in the brick and mortar store market place in terms of top line revenue and bottom line profitability. In the last 12 months Client has also developed and is rapidly expanding an online loan businesses with intentions of achieving superior market share in this space in the next 24 months.

    This role will assist the Lead Analyst developing, implementing and monitoring loan approval models that will result in increased acceptance rates and lower default rates of our various consumer loan products. The objective of the role is to assist development, implementation, monitoring of client’s credit risk strategies to help manage and grow the loan portfolio by optimizing values of each loan application and customer. The business operates in “test and learn” culture, where for each of our key credit risk decisions you will help Lead Analyst develop challenger strategies, rolling out successful strategies to champion status, pulling unsuccessful ones quickly and helping develop new challengers.

    To help realize the client’s objectives, this Credit Data Analyst role will have a vital part to play. The role will be challenging, but also, be mentored by the Lead Analyst to fully support deliverables to individual business units’ Risk Data Management teams, with the aim to make all risks transparent and understood. Various responsibilities starting in Business and Finance and ending in Information Technology. Assist in the Start Up, Launch, and, Enhancements of new product development to meet loan regulatory and compliance requirements for new Internet Lending Practice. Web originated loan underwriting will be an eLoan / Web 2.0 consumer lending product. Work extensively with client’s Lead Credit Analyst, to assist in their own critical Credit ScoreCard development - From Chief Internet Officer’s desk :

    "Put another way, consumer lending companies are becoming much more interested in understanding their customers’ lives and psyches, because, the theory goes, knowing what makes cardholders tick will help firms determine who is a good bet and who should be shown the door as quickly as possible. Luckily for the industry, small groups of executives at most of the large firms like ours, have spent the last decade studying our customers from almost every angle, and collection agencies have developed more sophisticated dunning techniques. We have sought to draw psychological and behavioral lessons from the enormous amounts of data the credit- lending companies collect every day. They’ve run thousands of tests and crunched the numbers on millions of accounts. "

    Must be a US Citizen, or, have a Green Card

    Salary : To 75K Plus - D.O.E.
    Relocation : Available
    Permanent position in the Midwest :
    Wichita - Ranked 2 as most "Livable Communities" for its size : http://www.wichitakansas.org. and more recently, one of ten “All American Cities” : http://www.wichitakansas.org/user/file/All_America_City.pdf

    DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Assist Lead Analyst to develop, build and deploy various statistical models used for loan loss minimization, loss forecasting, and other targeted analysis.
    • Provide direct support to the Lead Analyst in the evaluation and analysis of all consumer credit risk.
    • Analyze portfolio level information to identify and monitor key risk factors and develop proposed solutions. Perform ad-hoc analysis of consumer portfolios.
    • Report and analyze characteristics of the Consumer Credit lines of business in relation to policies, guidelines and processes.
    • Deliver portfolio analysis and performance metrics as well as create insight into new areas of concern or benefit for the portfolio.
    • Monitor and evaluate problem loan statistics. Ensure that appropriate reporting of activity is occurring consistent with company policy.
    • Identify and communicate to the Lead Analyst potential policy and or operational improvements that will enhance credit quality.
    • Deliver requests tasked for Credit Scoring add-ons from the Lead Analyst
    • Deliver requests tasked for Test Validity of statistical results from Lead Analyst

    KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
    • 2+ years experience with combined online consumer lending and sub-prime risk analysis, or other high volume data intensive environments (i.e. marketing /web analytics). Previous experience with a high online transaction volume environment is highly considered.
    • 2+ years experience working with Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Reporting Services, BI Tools Suite, combined with strong analytical skills in their previous experience working with large volumes of transactional data.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in Quantitative Analytics.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in SAS, SQL / Excel. Hands-on Data Aggregator experience also preferred.
    • Some understanding of consumer finance industry. Sub-prime and non-secured loans a plus.
    • Demonstrated ability to interpret data from intensive, fast paced tasking requests.
    • Demonstrated ability to work with significant volumes of data in various formats and databases.
    • Demonstrated ability to learn and understand various applications and business intelligence/database tools.
    • Knowledge of credit report attributes and non-traditional data attributes preferred.
    • Knowledge in logistic regression, CHAID and decision trees strongly preferred.
    • Knowledge of data mining and reporting, default modeling, and loan portfolio analytics strongly recommended
    • Excellent critical thinking, analytical, verbal and written communication skills.
    • Degree in Economics, Statistics Mathematics, Finance, Operations Research, Computer Science or other related areas.

    To apply: email resume to tbirdsell@kc.rr.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18311x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18312xDirector of Data AnalyticsSan FranciscoCASpeedDatehttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18312x.shtml?source=latproSpeedDate.com is searching for a Director of Data Analytics. SpeedDate.com is a venture-backed online dating startup in Silicon Valley that allows users to join 3-minute speed dating sessions from home using live chat technology. Since we launched just over two years ago, weâ??ve amassed a large amount of data from our user population. For instance, SpeedDateâ??s millions of members have gone on over 63M online SpeedDates and sent over 100M digital â??winksâ?? through our site and Facebook/iPhone applications. Weâ??re looking for someone who is excited about digging into our data to come up with ways to enhance user experience and directly impact our business goals. This is a rare opportunity to use your advanced analysis skills on mounds of data, while simultaneously getting in on the ground floor of a growing startup. We view the Senior Data Analyst role as a key position to achieving our goal of becoming the largest and best dating service.

    Responsibilities

    • Generate tons of ideas for transforming SpeedDateâ??s data into practical product and marketing initiatives
    • Conduct research projects using techniques from statistics, machine learning, and data mining to gain insights into improving user experience and achieving business goals
    • Manipulate large volumes of both internal and external data
    • Communicate findings to technical and non-technical colleagues
    • Transform data analysis conclusions into actionable initiatives including predictive models, marketing recommendations, algorithm enhancements, and beyond
    • Work closely with engineers and product/marketing managers to get your ideas into production

    Desired experience and expertise
    • 5+ years in data analytics / business intelligence / database marketing
    • Excellent understanding of statistics, regression analysis, machine learning, and other predictive modeling techniques
    • Interest in any and all of the following subjects: matchmaking/recommendation systems, search, spam detection, social network analysis, segmentation, conversion rate optimization, lifetime value, retention analysis, and user experience modeling
    • You gravitate towards creating the simplest model possible to solve a problem, but donâ??t shy away from using complex methodologies when called for
    • Experience with SAS, SPSS or R
    • Comfortable with database schemas and command-line scripting for aggregating, cleaning, and processing data
    • Knowledge of SQL
    • Proactive, self-starter who is happy working both independently and with a team
    • PhD/Masters in a related field (i.e. statistics, mathematics, industrial engineering, or similar)
    • Comfortable working in a startup environment
    • Excited about applying data analysis to define the future of online and mobile dating

    Please email resume to: kathy@speeddate.com.


    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18312x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18313xSr. Research AnalystSan FranciscoCALooksmarthttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18313x.shtml?source=latproLookSmart is currently seeking an experienced Senior Data Analyst. In this role you will work with our account managers to define success metrics for our advertisers, and then work with the account management team to develop strategies that will beat those metrics

    You will:

    • Develop quantitative analyses, custom models and ad hoc reports to effectively monitor performance, trends, and opportunities of the ad network
    • Work with advertisers to help define their success metrics
    • Develop recommendations to beat advertiser’s desired metrics based on best practices
    • Recommend optimizations to account managers and assess the effectiveness of those recommendations
    • Work with product team to recommend enhancements to the AdCenter application that will support optimization of advertiser’s accounts

    Required Experience:
    • 2 years experience as a Business Analyst
    • Excellent Excel and basic SQL skills
    • Experience with databases and data warehousing
    • High attention to detail
    • Strong verbal and written communications skills
    • Experience in online advertising
    • Hyperion/brio experience

    For immediate consideration, please submit your resume in text format (no attachments) to jobs@looksmart.net and include "Senior Business Analyst” in subject line. For additional information, please visit www.looksmart.com.

    About LookSmart

    Going strong for over 10 years, one of the key contributors to LookSmart's success is the quality of its employees, and we are always looking for the best and the brightest. We have a fun, diverse, and challenging start-up environment where not only are your ideas encouraged, but you will have hands-on experience and the opportunity to impact the bottom line.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18313x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18331xDirector of ResearchSan FranciscoCAJustananswer.comhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18331x.shtml?source=latproWhat if your work in algorithm development could help save lives? At JustAnswer, it could! We're the largest paid question and answer platform, where thousands of Doctors, Lawyers, Veterinarians, Mechanics, and other Experts answer questions 24/7. Have a strange headache in the middle of the night? Ask a Health Expert on JustAnswer.com. Have a legal dispute with a neighbor? Check in with a Legal Expert. You get the idea!

    Since we're all about Questions & Answers, here are the details on this opportunity in Q&A Form:

    Q: What's the JustAnswer story?
    A: JustAnswer is a fast growing, top 200 website (quantcast.com/justanswer.com) started in 2003 by Internet entrepreneur Andy Kurtzig. You can learn more about how the company got started and what we do at JustAnswer.com/about-us.aspx

    Q: What's the difference between JustAnswer and the free answer sites?
    A: When you ask a serious question on the free answer sites, you often get an answer from a teenager. When you ask on JustAnswer, you get Experts. Who would you trust with your health related questions? What about taxes? Or, anything else that's important to you.

    Q: What do Customers think of JustAnswer?
    A: Check out www.justanswer.com/help/testimonials.aspx to see some customer testimonials.

    Q: What are the day-to-day responsibilities for this role?
    A: As the Director of Research at JustAnswer, you will be responsible for working with our engineering team on cutting edge research across a wide range of areas, including algorithm development, personalization, machine learning, data mining, statistical analysis and natural language processing. This is a new role in our organization, which means you’ll have the opportunity to build the function from the ground-up!

    Q: What is JustAnswer looking for in the ideal candidate?
    A: To be successful in this role, you'll need at least 2 years (5-10+ years preferably) of commercial experience analyzing search relevance data and developing personalization systems, algorithm development, data mining, NLP or machine learning. You'll also need to be passionate about developing creative solutions to some of the web’s toughest and biggest challenges. Advanced degree (Masters required, PhD preferred) in data mining, statistics, machine learning or related field (or the equivalent combination of education and experience).

    Q: What kind of person is successful at JustAnswer?
    A: Someone who is *Smart*, *Fun* and *Gets Things Done*

    Q: What's the Salary?
    A: Depends on your experience, but it'll be a competitive rate. And, you get stock options, health insurance, dental insurance, and many other really cool perks!

    Make a difference in the world! Click here to apply to JustAnswer today.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18331x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18351xStatistical AnalystLos GatosCANetflixhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18351x.shtml?source=latproNetflix is seeking an outgoing, curious, interdisciplinary data expert to work as a statistician, data miner, and business analyst. In this role you will have the opportunity to work across many areas of Netflix to analyze financial, operational, web, and consumer behavior. You will work with a variety of people and technologies to bring about advanced insights into our business.

    Your work will help management be better informed to make the right decisions for our customers, our suppliers, and to improve our overall efficiency and profitability. At Netflix, our culture and management is committed to being a fact-based and analysis driven organization; because of this, your contributions will be of great interest to the various business areas. To succeed in this role you should be passionate about delivering accurate and actionable analyses to business decision-makers and be able to understand and creatively solve problems that span statistics, technology, and business. You should have exceptional communication skills and be adept at translating business questions into meaningful analysis plans.

    One principal area of responsibility will be to help develop new and to tune existing statistical models used for demand prediction for our extensive library of content - for DVD, for Blu-Ray, and for streaming. We're proud of our expertise we're developing in understanding demand and ultimately translating this into consumer value - so come be a part of the story!

    Qualifications:

    • MS/PhD. degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, CS, Econometrics or equivalent/related degree.
    • 4 to 8 years relevant experience with a proven track record of leveraging data analysis to drive significant business impact.
    • Expertise in predictive modeling. Must have knowledge/experience in some/all of the following: Multivariate Regression, Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machines, Bagging, Boosting, Decision Trees, and Time Series Analysis.
    • Experience in Optimization, Stochastic Processes, Experiment Analysis, and/or Bootstrapping a plus.
    • Proficiency in at least one statistical analysis tools such as R, SAS, and/or Weka.
    • Above average capabilities with basic analysis tools of SQL and Excel.
    • Proven interpersonal, communication and presentation skills - must be able to explain technical concepts and analysis implications clearly to a wide audience and be able to translate business objectives into actionable analyses.
    • Java/C++/ Python/Perl programming skills, while not required, are considered a plus.

    Apply Online

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18351x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18352xData Quality AnalystRedmondWAMicrosofthttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18352x.shtml?source=latproProduct: Windows Live - Safety Platform. Position #: 723683.

    Do you want your friends and family to give you hi-5's when you tell them what you do for a living?

    Then come take a position on the front lines of the battle against Internet Abuse - fighting against spam, phishing, malware, identity hijacking, and more!

    The Windows Safety Services team is looking for a unique person who can take the controls of the reputation, filtering, analysis, and intelligence systems we've been developing for the past five years and re-target them, on a daily basis, to cause maximal disruption to Internet Abusers' businesses.

    This is a challenging role that requires a broad set of skills, a strong ability to deal with ambiguity, and a drive to win! An ideal candidate will have demonstrated proficiency at rapid development/prototyping, experience interfacing with large existing systems, an understanding of how the Internet and Internet abuse works, a functional background in statistics and data analysis, and the desire to work in a fast paced, exciting environment.

    Specific daily responsibilities include monitoring (or building tools that monitor) the telemetry coming through our anti-abuse systems; identifying abusers' latest tools and tactics and focusing our existing systems to best counter them; developing ad hoc systems when needed to bridge the gap until new production systems can be brought online; evaluating and advising on the development of proposed anti-abuse systems and data feeds; and working with our applied research and product development teams to shape the future Internet abuse battlefield to our advantage.

    Come join us and make a difference!

    Specific Qualifications:

  • C# and SQL skills required
  • Familiarity with applying data mining techniques (i.e., classification, clustering, association mining, forecasting), statistics and information retrieval methods to real-world data
  • Aptitude at working on multiple ambiguous projects simultaneously
  • Good communication skills
  • Good cross-group collaboration skills
  • BS Degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or equivalent
    Apply online to Data Quality Analyst, #723683.

    Note: Interested candidates must apply online via our careers site to be considered for this position. Resumes received via email alone cannot be considered.

    For follow up or questions, please email kenjiy [at] microsoft.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18352x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18353xSenior Director Client AnalyticsNew YorkNYhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18353x.shtml?source=latproThis position is responsible for managing all analytic and reporting deliverables for key client engagements for a new group. The role of this position is to drive the analytic engagement to support all Relationship Management and brand engagement activities for select clients

    • Participates in the account and strategic planning with clients. Uses analytic and business methodologies and philosophies to design solutions to meet client’s objectives.
    • Ensure client’s analytical and reporting needs are being addressed; develops plans of action when necessary. Directly accountable for customer satisfaction in regards to analytics & Reporting.
    • Drives leading best practices on CRM analytics and Healthcare measurement
    • Accountable for ongoing delivery effectiveness, quality assurance and customer satisfaction.
    • Creates and presents business insights and recommendations based on client objectives.
    • Managing and directing all client modeling/forecasting/segmentation activities. Experience with sales force optimization project management.
    • Minimum requirements include 15+ years hands-on and/or managing marketing analytics
    • Requirements include Masters/Doctorate Degree in Social Sciences/Computer Science/ advanced statistics/Business/Marketing
    • Proficiency with SAS/SPSS and/or OLAP or Datamining tools
    • Direct experience in modeling/forecasting/segmentation and in solving business problems
    • Fundamental understanding of common statistical techniques

    Submit resume to: mary [at] analyticsearches.com

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18353x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18354xMarketing Campaign AnalystTexasTXhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18354x.shtml?source=latproSUMMARY

    This position is responsible for the development and creation of direct marketing campaign
    populations for customers and prospects. The position is responsible for understanding the
    marketing requirements, developing and extracting the target population, and formatting the
    information for campaign execution.

    RESPONSIBILITES

    • Develop campaign populations for targeted marketing campaigns for multiple channels
    • Develop, understand and document campaign list requirements as defined by Marketing
    • Coordinate with Channel Marketing to ensure delivery and issue resolution of any campaign population issues during delivery and execution
    • Provide campaign population insights and report on progress in regularly scheduled marketing campaign meetings
    • Interact and coordinate with Marketing Analytics

    REQUIREMENTS
    • Three or more years experience in direct marketing, marketing analysis demonstrating strong
    • analytical, quantitative, and logical problem-solving skills.
    • Thorough understanding of direct marketing and campaign management concepts
    • Excellent SQL and relational database skills
    • Strong SAS or other data analysis tool skills in a UNIX and Windows environment
    • Data manipulation, preparation, and presentation skills
    • Microsoft Office proficiency, particularly Excel and Access
    • Familiarity with marketing campaign concepts and customer segmentation
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • Track record of on-time delivery of campaign and project deliverables
    • Serve as contact point to segment marketing and channel marketing
    • Provide quality assurance reviews for campaign development work
    • Provide additional marketing insights based on campaign marketing list work

    Additional desirable skills
    • Experience with campaign management tools a plus
    • Project management tool skills such as Microsoft Project

    Education

    Bachelor’s degree or higher in a quantitative discipline.

    www.datashaping.com/jobs18354x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18355xSenior Software Engineer, Information RetrievalLos AngelesCAIncenticahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18355x.shtml?source=latproJOB DESCRIPTION: SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER (INFORMATION RETRIEVAL)

    Does the Matrix have you?

    Are you looking for a company where you need to follow the orders of 10 levels of management to direct every moment of the day? Do you want a 9?5 role writing white papers about technology that you never build? Do you want to work for one of the largest corporations in the world where the office politics make you feel like a scared rabbit? Do you like to take long vacations in Hawaii or the Wine Country? Okay, well maybe we want that too! If you answered YES to any question, but the last one, then find another company, because Incentica is not the right place for you.

    If you answered, "NO!" then do you daydream about...

    Being an entrepreneurial engineer, driving product direction as well as technology implementation? Being recognized in remarkable articles on mashable.com, techcrunch.com, acm.org, or technorati.com? Well then Incentica may be the RIGHT place for you.

    At Incentica we are building groundbreaking technology for consumer research, social media, and social marketing for some of the largest global brands, and we want you to be apart of it. You will be on the ground floor in a fast-paced, growing company, with strong financial backing.

    Are you READY to unplug?

    Knock knock..

    Our positions are posted on: our website (www.incenticasolutions.com), Linkedin, and popular job sites. Send your resume to me Ed Fullman, CEO of Incentica at: Edward.Fullman@Incentica.net.

    FYI - Check out our website. There is a secret code you can't see here!

    Skills

    REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

    Masters Degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science (or closely related) with an emphasis in information retrieval and data mining.

    Preferred Experience:

    • Information retrieval technologies: Nutch, Katta/Solr and Lucene
    • Scripting languages: Bash, Python, Perl ?
    • Corpus un-structured, semi-structured and structured data
    • Data mining, statistics and statistical models
    • NLP techniques and text mining is a plus
    • Hadoop, Hbase, Pig or Mapreduce, Sawzall and Bigtable ?
    • RDBMS, such as Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL ?
    • Linux/UNIX

    Ideal Candidate:
    • Ability to function as a entrepreneur and work under aggressive deadlines
    • Excellent research and troubleshooting skills
    • Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
    • Strive for continued improvement

    Company Description

    Incentica is a privately-backed, Los Angeles based social media and consumer research technology company focused on helping the largest brands find and reach consumers with increased precision.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18355x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18356xSoftware Engineer, Data MiningIncenticahttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18356x.shtml?source=latproJOB DESCRIPTION: SOFTWARE ENGINEER (DATA MINING)

    Does the Matrix have you?

    Are you looking for a company where you need to follow the orders of 10 levels of management to direct every moment of the day? Do you want a 9Ñ5 role writing white papers about technology that you never build? Do you want to work for one of the largest corporations in the world where the office politics make you feel like a scared rabbit? Do you like to take long vacations in Hawaii or the Wine Country? Okay, well maybe we want that too! If you answered YES to any question, but the last one, then find another company, because Incentica is not the right place for you.

    If you answered, "NO!" then do you daydream about...

    Being an entrepreneurial engineer, driving product direction as well as technology implementation? Being recognized in remarkable articles on mashable.com, techcrunch.com, acm.org, or technorati.com? Well then Incentica may be the RIGHT place for you.

    At Incentica we are building groundbreaking technology for consumer research, social media, and social marketing for some of the largest global brands, and we want you to be apart of it. You will be on the ground floor in a fast-paced, growing company, with strong financial backing.

    Are you READY to unplug?

    Knock knock..

    Our positions are posted on: our website (www.incenticasolutions.com), Linkedin, and popular job sites. Send your resume to me Ed Fullman, CEO of Incentica at: Edward.Fullman@Incentica.net.

    FYI - Check out our website. There is a secret code you can't see here!

    Skills

    REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

    Requirements

    Masters degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science (or closely related) with an emphasis in the following: machine learning, statistics, and data mining.

    Preferred Experience

    • Proven knowledge of data mining and machine learning methods and tools (e.g. Weka, SAS, UNDO API, R etc.)
    • Java, J2EE and test frameworks (e.g.as JUnit, XMLUnit, DBUnit)
    • Hadoop, Hbase, Pig or Mapreduce, Sawzall and Bigtable
    • RDBMS, such as Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL
    • C++ and excellent mathematical skills are a plus
    • Scripting languages, such as bash, Python, Perl
    • XML technologies
    • Linux/UNIX

    Ideal Candidate:
    • Exploratory data analysis and in data mining processes (unbalanced and unclean data)
    • Analyzing and modeling large industrial data sets.
    • Applying data mining technique, statistics and statistical models
    • Ability to function as a entrepreneur and work under aggressive deadlines
    • Excellent research and troubleshooting skills
    • Exceptional problem solving and analytical skills
    • Strive for continued improvement

    Company Description

    Incentica is a privately-backed, Los Angeles based social media and consumer research technology company focused on helping the largest brands find and reach consumers with increased precision.


    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18356x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18359xSearch / Data Feed DevelopperAnn ArborMITigerLead Solutionshttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18359x.shtml?source=latpro TigerLead Solutions is a leading provider of internet marketing services and proprietary lead management software to successful Realtors throughout North America. Our work involves manipulating and warehousing external data feeds and developing web interfaces to create home search tools for prospective buyers and lead management tools for real estate agents.We're looking for a skilled coder to join our small team of talented engineers in Ann Arbor. We hope to find an experienced programmer who is a good fit with our team, well-versed in multiple languages, able to learn quickly and work independently. We work in a Linux environment, and tools and languages we use include Perl, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and GIT. Perl experience is a significant plus, but your current comfort level with any of these specific tools is less important than overall technical aptitude and ability to learn quickly and fit in well with the current team.

    The environment here and in our company headquarters in Los Angeles is casual with no bureaucracy. The Ann Arbor office is located in a new building adjacent to the Nickels Arcade and S. State Street right across the street from the UM central campus. The office environment is extremely comfortable and dedicated to our engineering team only. The company is in its fourth year, growing steadily, and able to offer both stability as well as the opportunity for the right person to make an immediate impact on new projects. We would prefer a full-time commitment but would also consider a part-time or contractor arrangement. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with skill set and experience. Benefits for full-time employees include medical coverage, paid holidays and personal days, paid monthly parking if needed, paid professional development opportunities, and a casual work environment including dual monitors and a fast computer at your desk, no dress code, and an extremely nice group of folks as your co-workers. Interviewed candidates will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their skill set. Please forward a resume and cover letter to jobs@tigerlead.com along with descriptions or links to samples of previous work. Submissions with thoughtful cover letters and evidence of experience will receive careful consideration and prompt follow-up. No phone calls or drop-ins, please. Thank you for your interest.


    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18359x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18360xData Mining AnalystTorontoCanadaWaterfront Internationalhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18360x.shtml?source=latproWaterfront International is a Toronto-based financial consulting firm, specializing in developing computer based statistical trading strategies. Waterfront’s selective hiring process considers only highly talented individuals with a history of exceptional professional and academic achievement, and solid real-world experience.

    Primary Responsibilities:

    • Perform financial market data research and analysis to identify and resolve data issues using advanced data mining techniques.
    • Develop proprietary data mining tools and applications.
    • Develop predictive models.

    Requirements of the Candidate include:
    • PhD or Masters in mathematics, statistics or computer science specializing in data mining.
    • Experience with machine learning and knowledge discovery techniques.
    • Solid quantitative background with excellent analytical skills.
    • Strong working knowledge of data mining and statistics.
    • Must possess expert level C/C++ programming skills.
    • Some financial experience desired but not required.
    • Must be a strong self-starter and able to work well independently.

    Email: recruiting@wil.com


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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18361xSAS Analyst, Credit/Fraud Services & ScoreCardWichitaKShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18361x.shtml?source=latproHeadquartered in Wichita Kansas, Client is a rapidly growing provider of consumer financial services. Since opening their first store in 1997 in Riverside, California, they have successfully expanded to nine states and eighty-two retail locations. Client is currently the leading small short term lender in the brick and mortar store market place in terms of top line revenue and bottom line profitability. In the last 12 months Client has also developed and is rapidly expanding an online loan businesses with intentions of achieving superior market share in this space in the next 24 months.
    This role will assist the Lead Analyst developing, implementing and monitoring loan approval models that will result in increased acceptance rates and lower default rates of our various consumer loan products. The objective of the role is to assist development, implementation, monitoring of client’s credit risk strategies to help manage and grow the loan portfolio by optimizing values of each loan application and customer. The business operates in “test and learn” culture, where for each of our key credit risk decisions you will help Lead Analyst develop challenger strategies, rolling out successful strategies to champion status, pulling unsuccessful ones quickly and helping develop new challengers.

    To help realize the client’s objectives, this Credit Data Analyst role will have a vital part to play. The role will be challenging, but also, be mentored by the Lead Analyst to fully support deliverables to individual business units’ Risk Data Management teams, with the aim to make all risks transparent and understood. Various responsibilities starting in Business and Finance and ending in Information Technology. Assist in the Start Up, Launch, and, Enhancements of new product development to meet loan regulatory and compliance requirements for new Internet Lending Practice. Web originated loan underwriting will be an eLoan / Web 2.0 consumer lending product. Work extensively with client’s Lead Credit Analyst, to assist in their own critical Credit ScoreCard development - From Chief Internet Officer’s desk :

    "Put another way, consumer lending companies are becoming much more interested in understanding their customers’ lives and psyches, because, the theory goes, knowing what makes cardholders tick will help firms determine who is a good bet and who should be shown the door as quickly as possible. Luckily for the industry, small groups of executives at most of the large firms like ours, have spent the last decade studying our customers from almost every angle, and collection agencies have developed more sophisticated dunning techniques. We have sought to draw psychological and behavioral lessons from the enormous amounts of data the credit- lending companies collect every day. They’ve run thousands of tests and crunched the numbers on millions of accounts. "

    Must be a US Citizen, or, have a Green Card

    Salary : To 75K Plus - D.O.E.
    Relocation : Available
    Permanent position in the Midwest :
    Wichita - Ranked 2 as most "Livable Communities" for its size : http://www.wichitakansas.org. and more recently, one of ten “All American Cities” : http://www.wichitakansas.org/user/file/All_America_City.pdf

    DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Assist Lead Analyst to develop, build and deploy various statistical models used for loan loss minimization, loss forecasting, and other targeted analysis.
    • Provide direct support to the Lead Analyst in the evaluation and analysis of all consumer credit risk.
    • Analyze portfolio level information to identify and monitor key risk factors and develop proposed solutions. Perform ad-hoc analysis of consumer portfolios.
    • Report and analyze characteristics of the Consumer Credit lines of business in relation to policies, guidelines and processes.
    • Deliver portfolio analysis and performance metrics as well as create insight into new areas of concern or benefit for the portfolio.
    • Monitor and evaluate problem loan statistics. Ensure that appropriate reporting of activity is occurring consistent with company policy.
    • Identify and communicate to the Lead Analyst potential policy and or operational improvements that will enhance credit quality.
    • Deliver requests tasked for Credit Scoring add-ons from the Lead Analyst
    • Deliver requests tasked for Test Validity of statistical results from Lead Analyst

    KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
    • 2+ years experience with combined online consumer lending and sub-prime risk analysis, or other high volume data intensive environments (i.e. marketing /web analytics). Previous experience with a high online transaction volume environment is highly considered.
    • 2+ years experience working with Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Reporting Services, BI Tools Suite, combined with strong analytical skills in their previous experience working with large volumes of transactional data.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in Quantitative Analytics.
    • Sufficient hands-on experience in SAS, SQL / Excel. Hands-on Data Aggregator experience also preferred.
    • Some understanding of consumer finance industry. Sub-prime and non-secured loans a plus.
    • Demonstrated ability to interpret data from intensive, fast paced tasking requests.
    • Demonstrated ability to work with significant volumes of data in various formats and databases.
    • Demonstrated ability to learn and understand various applications and business intelligence/database tools.
    • Knowledge of credit report attributes and non-traditional data attributes preferred.
    • Knowledge in logistic regression, CHAID and decision trees strongly preferred.
    • Knowledge of data mining and reporting, default modeling, and loan portfolio analytics strongly recommended
    • Excellent critical thinking, analytical, verbal and written communication skills.
    • Degree in Economics, Statistics Mathematics, Finance, Operations Research, Computer Science or other related areas.

    To apply: email resume to tbirdsell@kc.rr.com

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    The Risk Management group is responsible for policies to control risks associated with daily ACH/EFT Internet transactions. The group also provides consulting assistance to client financial institutions in establishing and monitoring their own risk criteria. The Risk Forecasting Analyst will be responsible for providing data mining support on risk management initiatives.

    Location: preferred Sunnyvale, CA (but working from the NY office is possible)

    Responsibilities:

    • Extracting data and manipulating databases in developing analytical models for fraud detection and quantitative risk assessment.
    • Building and monitoring the effectiveness of risk models, assessing their adequacy for different portfolio segments and clients, and determining when model modification/redevelopment is necessary.
    • Investigating new data sources and analyzing predictive variables. Helping design, implement, and test new risk management strategies to optimize profitability while controlling risks.
    • Participating in the design and development of new products/services, especially in regards to identifying and quantifying associated risks.

    Qualifications Requirements:
    • Demonstrated experience in risk management of 5 years in payment or funds transfer operations. Must have fraud risk policy and model development experience. Credit card experience is acceptable.
    • Candidate should ideally possess 3-5 years of experience in the development of risk management policies / models / data mining for transaction risk management and resulting investigations.
    • Fluent in SAS (Base, Stat, Macros) and SQL. Experienced in putting models in production or working with others to run your production models.
    • Candidate must possess excellent written and oral communications skills; ability to work with other members of the team, strong interpersonal and communication skills to a non-technical audience. Are you a "geek that can speak?"
    • The successful candidate will be analytical, organized, dependable, self-motivated, and able to work with minimal supervision.
    • Applicant must be results oriented; shown proven leadership; and Must have ability to multi-task and handle deadlines.
    • Proficiency in MS Office Applications
    • Masters or advanced degree preferred (Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Management Science / Operations Research), although more years of relevant experience, patents or publications can demonstrate maturity of experience.

    Qualification Pluses:

    Helpful experience can include some of:

    • Experience with data mining algorithms (decision trees, SVM, clustering, fuzzy rules, Bayesian networks, boosting, bagging, L1 regularization, a-priori/AR, outlier detection...)
    • Oracle PL/SQL
    • Java
    • R
    • Internet advertising models (or experience on other problems of a low target rate, non-stationary, changing nature).

    Reports to: Director, Risk Policy and Analytics
    Compensation: Commensurate with experience.

    To Apply:

    Please send Microsoft Word version of resume to USAcareers@cashedge.com

    CashEdge is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.

    If you have questions or would simply like to get more information about career opportunities at CashEdge, please feel free to email us at USAcareers@cashedge.com.

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    Please click here for more information.

    URL: www.datashaping.com/jobs18363x.shtml
    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18366xPrincipal Lead ResearcherBellevueWABinghttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18366x.shtml?source=latproBing Search's mission: To deliver the most relevant knowledge to our customers by being more than just a search engine - Bing's goal is to be "decision engine". To achieve that mission data is critical. At Bing, we have enormous wealth of data, ranging from user interaction logs to web documents, from user feedback to system performance data.

    The Bing Data Mining Team is hiring extremely talented, highly motivated and productive lead with expertise in the areas of analytics, statistics, machine learning, and data mining. The team develops and applies advanced techniques to turn our petabytes of data into insights; and to drive actions based on those insights. The team works closely with teams across Bing search to enable rigorous, effective and data-driven decision making.

    At the core of our team's mission using data to understand users. Some example of the challenges we face: Understanding how users interact with different search features and how these features affect users' behaviors, understand user intent, detecting and filtering bot traffic, measuring user satisfaction, and analyzing the results of extremely large-scale experiments. We analyze a wealth of data to identify new information needs, find weak points in the current system, and quantify the business and user impact of technical issues (e.g. performance). The team also works on techniques to manage and process petabytes of data efficiently and effectively.

    At Bing, we can offer you a strong team, exciting challenges, and a fun place to work. The work environment empowers you to have a real impact on millions of end users. This is also a unique opportunity to work with world-class researchers and developers. Join us and be at the forefront of search technology!

    Job Responsibilities include:

    • Manage and grow a team of applied researchers (analysts) and drive analysis directions.
    • Apply data mining and statistics to measure and understand the search user experience and feature engagement.
    • Generate actionable insights for improving search systems and increasing user satisfaction.
    • Take high-level questions and analyze data to find answers to those questions.
    • Research and develop solutions for providing high quality data (e.g. system health, performance measurement, bot & spam traffic identification, outlier detection, etc.).
    • Analysis and design of large-scale (both number and size) experiments.
    • Work with team across Bing search to identify problem where data mining, machine learning, or statistics can help. Explore and develop solutions to these problems.
    • Act as an expert in the area of data mining, machine learning, statistics, or analytics.
    • Design and carry out experiments to evaluate research results.
    • Provide technical leadership and direction to others in the Bing Data Mining team.
    • Build high quality infrastructure and data mining & analysis solution
    • Drive actions in Search and OSD based on analysis results.

    Qualifications:
    • Bachelor degree and an advanced degree (Master, PhD) in data mining, statistics, machine learning, mathematics, or related field (or the equivalent combination of education and experience).
    • Extensive knowledge and experience in at least two of the following areas: statistics, data analysis, data mining, web mining, machine learning, business intelligence & customer intelligence, user modeling (three or more areas are preferred). With 12 years practical experience (15 years are preferred).
    • Experience technical manager with proven success records (3+ years).
    • Strong ability to apply your statistics, mathematical and algorithmic expertise to solve real problems.
    • Experience in analyzing very large real world datasets (esp. web data).
    • Expertise with data analysis and statistical tools (e.g. R, SAS, or SPSS).
    • Superior communications skills, both verbal and written.
    • Hands-on approach to data analysis and a strong focus on quality.
    • Ability to work independently and in a team to develop innovative solutions.
    • Programming skills and experience (e.g. C/C++/C#/SQL).
    • This position is located in Bellevue, Washington.

    Contact: v-ledav [at] microsoft.com (replace [at] with @). Resumes received via email cannot be considered until you formally apply online.

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18367xProject Manager in Applied StatisticsNovatoCAWilliam E. Weckerhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18367x.shtml?source=latproAbout the Job

    William E. Wecker Associates, Inc. provides consulting services in applied mathematics and statistics. Areas of application range from consumer product performance to epidemiology, and to issues in accounting, finance and economics. Clients include Fortune 500 companies in the automobile, consumer products, banking, insurance and pharmaceuticals industries.

    Project Manager responsibilities include liaison with client staff, working with Principal Consultants on problem definition and problem solving, and specifying and directing the work of Wecker Associates staff.

    Project Manager in Applied Statistics

    Desirable qualifications:

    • M.S. or Ph.D. in statistics, mathematics, operations research, economics or related field;
    • Aptitude for quantitative problem-solving and experience in data analysis;
    • Strong computer skills (we use SAS, S-Plus, Mathematica, and other business and scientific software on UNIX and Macintosh platforms);
    • Strong communication skills;
    • Ability to work in collaboration with others in an informal, collegial environment;
    • Ability to work effectively under deadlines.

    Compensation is competitive and commensurate with performance.

    We are located in the city of Novato, Marin County, California, thirty minutes north of San Francisco.

    To Apply: Applicants should e-mail, fax or mail résumé, most recent university transcript and compensation history to the following address. No telephone calls please.

    Employment
    William E. Wecker Associates Inc.
    505 San Marin Drive
    Building B
    Novato, CA 94945
    Email address: employment@wecker.com
    Fax: (415) 898-2260

    http://www.wecker.com

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    This position supports Data Analytic initiatives through the performance of data loading, data preparation and data cleansing and by providing basic data analysis and ad hoc reporting as requested.

    Essential Functions

    • Extracts, transforms and loads (ETL) datasets from various sources and formats.
    • Responsible for formatting, manipulating and transforming data in preparation for analysis and modeling.
    • Produces standard and ad hoc reports.
    • Monitors performance of production models and prepares related reporting and performance metrics.
    • Assists more senior analysts as requested in model development tasks such as data preparation, variable creation, and statistical measures for model development.
    • Responsible for a variety of exploratory data analysis (EDA) tasks
    • Completes analyses related to customer value testing.
    • Complies with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained.

    Qualifications
    • Bachelors Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field; Advanced degree preferred.
    • A minimum of 3+ years data analytics work experience or similar position.
    • A minimum of 2+ years work related experience in SAS programming (Base SAS, SAS STAT, and SAS Macro).
    • Data manipulation and data step programming experience required.
    • Ability to effectively communicate results non-technical
    • Ability to effectively communicate findings from complex analyses to non-technical audiences.
    • Approved background and drug screen is required.

    Physical Requirements

    Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling, and reaching. Must be able to lift10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

    Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

    Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire

    The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18370xLeader, Data AnalyticsScottsdaleAZEarly Warning Serviceshttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18370x.shtml?source=latproOverall Purpose

    This position provides leadership and direction related to Company data asset strategies and initiatives to accurately predict fraud and to leverage the Company’s vast data assets to drive customer value, company revenues and operational efficiencies and enhance quality of deliverables and market position. Directs and drives enhancements in data capture, storage, analytics and modeling.

    Essential Functions

    • Manages the data analytics team(s) to ensure the best predictive fraud solutions and strategies are developed and employed, including evaluation of various complex performance definitions, sampling approaches and segmentation alternatives for new product development.
    • Partners with Sales, Marketing and Product groups to understand customer needs and cross-sell opportunities and provides data analytics support of business case models to further service solutions.
    • Serves as the Company’s Subject Matter Expert for internal data and business intelligence and is the primary contact with Information Technology, Product and Operations for requirements specific to the creation and ongoing maintenance of analytical scoring models and enhancements, such as building ROI models, defining business problems and internal business cases to support new solutions and product enhancements.
    • Develops appropriate processes and programs to ensure in-depth research and analysis of customer data and to enhance data collection, analysis, reporting tools and strategies.
    • Ensures proper testing processes are established and followed to enable high data integrity, volumes and frequency.
    • Understands key product metrics and identifies, defines, and ensures best practices in business intelligence analytics are utilized.
    • Works cross functionally within the organization to deliver integrated business intelligence solutions.
    • Responsible for managing prioritization of the Data Analytics project queue in conjunction with Product and other departments.
    • Conducts periodic needs assessments among key company executives to continually improve the ability to meet Company objectives through data strategies and analytics.
    • Works closely with Information Technology and other data/system providers, both internal and external, to enhance systems, troubleshoot and resolve issues.
    • Ensures compliance with all security policies and procedures, to ensure that the highest level of system and data confidentiality, integrity and availability is maintained.

    Qualifications
    • Advanced degree in a quantitative field (i.e., Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics or another relevant discipline).
    • A minimum of 10 years management experience in data analytics, modeling and business intelligence.
    • A minimum of 10 years management experience in financial services, fraud prevention or related field.
    • Superior leadership and management skills together with strong business acumen.
    • Experience leading the implementation of business intelligence solutions from the ground up following a defined methodology.
    • Prior experience building a data analytics department highly preferred.
    • SAS certification preferred. Demonstrated proficiency utilizing SAS or equivalent statistical modeling tools required.
    • Approved background and drug screen is required.

    Benefits

    We offer competitive salary and a unique benefits package including concierge service for employee personal needs, credit monitoring service for identity theft protection, a host of activities for employees and their families, 4 weeks paid time off, 401k plan with company match and 2 year vesting, tuition assistance, and the more traditional benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

    Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

    Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States at the date of hire.

    Early Warning Services is an equal opportunity employer.

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18371xSr. StatisticianPhiladelphiaPANielsenhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18371x.shtml?source=latproNielsen is seeking a Senior Statistician/Methodologist in BASES Pharmaceutical business group. As a member of the Methodology and Advanced Analytics team, this position will work with many research teams to provide support in statistical analysis and consulting with innovative and creative statistical solutions.

    The successful candidate should have a solid background in statistics and enjoy conducting quantitative analysis in a team environment. Successful experience in statistical modeling R&D, and implementation is very important. Business experience in consulting and/or pharmaceutical industry is also desirable. Other requisite skills include programming skills in SAS, SPSS, and related statistical programming. The position requires a detail-oriented person with excellent project management skills who is successful at multi-tasking and working with different teams.

    Responsibilities

    • Use various programs (SAS, SPSS, ACCESS, etc.) for data transformation and management. Ensure the accuracy, completeness, standardization and integrity of data.
    • Help the research teams in designing quantitative market research studies.
    • Implement advanced statistical methods, including discrete choice models, conjoint analysis, forecasting, segmentation models and other types of analysis as required by different projects.
    • Mining of large databases (e.g., neural networks, machine learning, etc.)
    • Coordinate and participate in ad hoc analyses to address client inquiries and resolve anomalies.
    • Research and develop statistical methods and procedures.

    Qualifications
    • PhD degree is preferred while Master's degree is required in Statistics, Economics, Psychometrics, Marketing Research or other similar quantitative fields
    • Working knowledge of statistical programming languages (SAS, SPSS, LIMDEP, R, etc.)
    • 3+ years of research and/or working experience
    • Detail-oriented and proficient in quantitative analysis
    • Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18372xAnalytics ManagerSan DiegoCAOpera Solutionshttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18372x.shtml?source=latproCOMPANY OVERVIEW

    Opera Solutions turns Big Data into Big Profit for the world's leading companies. Established in 2004, we have today grown to 400+ professionals, with offices in New York, Jersey City, San Diego, London, Paris, New Delhi, and Shanghai.

    Analytics and technology are central to our value proposition, not an afterthought. When you come to work for us, you'll be joining a rapidly growing firm offering exceptional opportunities for mathematicians, scientists, computer scientists, and software experts - working on very interesting questions and using an array of cutting edge approaches. You will have the breadth and the support to try new and creative avenues to solve problems.

    More than 100 mathematicians, scientists, and statisticians staff our three scientific and technical Centers of Excellence in San Diego, Shanghai, and New Delhi, and we are committed to more than doubling this number by 2012. Our technology and analytics professionals are extraordinarily accomplished at applying advanced modeling techniques, machine learning, and new technologies to very large datasets and thorny analytic problems.

    The work environment at Opera Solutions is fluid, challenging and fast-paced, reflecting the diversity of our clients and their needs. We work in teams and draw on each other's strengths to deliver results that really make a difference. Each team member is supported by the guidance and expertise of the rest of the team. We staff projects globally, giving consultants the opportunity to work with a global group of the best and brightest from North America, Europe, and Asia.

    Position Title: Analytics Manager/Senior Manager

    The Analytics manager will design, develop, and deploy state-of-the-art, data-driven predictive models to solve business problems using the latest and most appropriate technologies in machine learning, statistical modeling and Operations Research. He or she will deliver value in the market place by supporting teams serving clients; spearheading the analytics/technology component of new product development; and/or leading key research initiatives.

    Main responsibilities include: development t of analytic solutions; pattern identification and feature extraction; variable selection; experimentation with algorithms; performance analysis and preparation for communication with internal and external clients; training and development of junior analytics staff.

    Work will require effective coordination of global analytics and software development resources, clients, and business consultants. Some travel may be required to client locations.

    Qualifications

    Required:

    • Advanced degree (MS/ Ph.D.) in a quantitative field (i.e., Statistics, Engineering, Machine Learning, Physics, Econometrics, etc.).
    • Software skills: Experience in Perl, C, Python, C++, or Java.
    • Deep knowledge of analytic methodologies (regression, signal processing, optimization, neural networks, etc.)
    • Track record of analytical product development, innovation, or research (patents or publications)
    • Industry Experience (eCommerce, Financial Services, Retail, Airlines, Defense, etc.) Preferred:
    • Experience managing global analytics teams
    • Strong UNIX background
    • Experience with statistics package, SAS

    To apply for this position, please send your cover letter and CV to analyticsrecruiting@operasolutions.com

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18373xData mining project / Bayesian networkTelecommuteUShttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18373x.shtml?source=latproI am looking for someone with experience grouping large amounts of data mined data for insertion into a Bayesian network. This job will consist of organizing a data base framework and directing programmers where to insert the data into the framework. The data will be organized per instructions from the Bayesian architect. The programmers will be data mining from an extremely large information pool and will need to be told where it should be placed when it is parsed.

    This is not a full time job and could be completed in someone’s spare time. I personally am not experienced at all in this area. This is the reason for the job posting. I do not have an idea what this type of job would be worth so I will be accepting bids or quotes for someone’s spare time weekly. If someone wishes to take this job on as full time then that would welcomed.

    John Webb
    john@roxyspub.com
    561-312-6247

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18376xResearch BiostatisticianAtlantaGARTIhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18376x.shtml?source=latproAbout RTI

    RTI International is one of the world’s leading research institutes, dedicated to improving the human condition by turning knowledge into practice. Our staff of more than 2,800 provides research and technical expertise to governments and businesses in more than 40 countries in the areas of health and pharmaceuticals, education and training, surveys and statistics, advanced technology, international development, economic and social policy, energy and the environment, and laboratory and chemistry services. For more information, visit www.rti.org

    Responsibilities

    The Statistics and Epidemiology Unit is seeking a Research Statistician in our Atlanta, Georgia office.

    Typical responsibilities will include:

    • The application of standard statistical and/or data management software package(s) to execute data processing, and data analysis activities
    • Conducting data processing and technically complicated data analysis with minimal or no supervision
    • Development of solutions to problems where established theories and techniques have not been identified or where procedures are not established or are available
    • Assist or lead in the preparation, presentation, and follow-up of research proposals by providing computer programming support and analysis as well as writing sections of the technical proposal
    • Participation in appropriate professional development and scientific stature efforts.

    Qualifications

    Minimum Qualifications include:

    • Strong oral and written skills (as demonstrated in a writing sample and possible presentation), are essential.
    • Master’s degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, or Mathematics with at least 3 years of nonacademic related experience in the aforementioned areas of study
    • Your experience should incude at least 1 year of data management and analytic experience with R, Java, Perl, SAS or Excel.
    • Familiarity with genetics and bioinformatics
    • Demonstrated data manipulation and data management skills

    Desired Qualifications
    • Experience with expression analysis, linkage, or association studies
    • Background or degree in biology, zoology, or other health science
    • Experience analyzing weighted data generated by survey designs in the social sciences, including education, health, and the environment.
    • To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.

    Closing Statement

    Important Information:

    RTI participates in the US Government E-Verify Program. Please copy & paste the following link in the address line of your Internet browser to see E-verify information: www.rti.org/jobs

    To learn more about the laws that protect you against discrimination relating to your legal right to work in the US, please visit www.rti.org/jobs

    Equal Employment Opportunity
    We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V

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    • Bachelors degree in Actuarial Science, Math, Economics or related degree.
    • ASA or FSA designation is required.
    • 5 years of experience in a health or managed care setting, specifically with developing pricing methodologies, program rates, cost estimates, valuation and reserves.
    • 5 years of experience managing a staff and leading a team in complex actuarial projects that have a large financial and/or risk impact.
    • Strong verbal and written skills are required.

    UnitedHealthcare is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.

    When you work with UnitedHealthcare, what you do matters. It's that simple... and it's that challenging.

    In providing consumer-oriented health benefit plans to millions of people, our goal is to create higher quality care, lower costs and greater access to health care. Join us and you will be empowered to achieve new levels of excellence and make a profound and personal impact as you contribute to new innovations in a vital and complex system.

    Regardless of your role at UnitedHealthcare, the support you feel all around you will enable you to do what you do with energy, integrity, and confidence. So take the first step in what is sure to be a fast paced and highly diversified career.

    Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

    UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.

    Requisition #: 331966

    Apply Online

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18378xSenior Rates Quant DeveloperNew YorkNYhttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18378x.shtml?source=latproMy Client , who are a highly prestigious investment bank are looking for a Senior Rates Quant Developer to join the New York quantitative development platform as a senior quant developer at VP - Director Level.

    They are seeking people who have:

    • Exceptional programming skills within either: C++, C#, VBA
    • Experience working at a well respected institution for at least 3+ Years
    • People who are commercially minded and open to working in a highly pressurized environment.
    • Exposure to Rates Derivatives Ideal but would consider hybrids or pure FX candidates.

    In Return:
    • Offering a VP to Director Title
    • A position with one of the best technologically advance platform in the market
    • Excellent Career potential to run a team or make a transition to Trading or Structuring
    • Excellent Compensation to be met for suitable candidate.

    Although preferable; you are not explicitly required to send your CV.

    If you want to have a chat about this role, please free to call. We treat all applications/conversations as 100% confidential.

    Applying: quant-jobs@globalquantrecruitment.com

    Contact: James Friend
    Company: GQR |Global Quant Recruitment
    LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/1615777

    Salary/Rate: $180k+ Base + Bonus
    Job Type: Full Time
    Term: Permanent

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    Please mention datashaping.com when applying. Thank you. 18379xAVP, Analytics & ModelingCoppellTXAmerican Home Mortgage Servicinghttp://www.datashaping.com/jobs18379x.shtml?source=latproStatistical modeling/Analytics Strategy will provide leadership to a team of model developers. This hands-on manager will lead, manage, and execute highly complex predictive modeling initiatives that are critical to the firm's success - strategic, tactical, & operational; whole loan acquisition pricing, mortgage servicing portfolio management, consumer behavior analysis, Home price trends, macro and micro economic trends, MSR valuation, credit risk, interest rate risk, etc. The professional in this role will establish/maintain relationships with all levels of management, initiate, prioritize, scope, design, and deliver high-visibility quantitative projects. Provide assistance in translation of business needs into technical requirements and insure high-quality and timely delivery of results.

    Manage and provide leadership and direction to a team of quantitative analysts (including international teams)

    • Research and deliver new ways of leveraging our extensive mortgage data infrastructure and provide data-driven insights.
    • Collaborate with key stake holders across various levels in the organization and serve as champion of analytics
    • Responsible for planning, organizing and leading tasks and projects, and insuring the quality of the deliverables.
    • Respond to the needs of management and external entities for data, analytical and quantitative support
    • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

    Qualifications
    • Graduate degree (Ph.D. preferred) in a highly quantitative field : Statistics / Bio-statistics / Computer Science with machine learning/data mining focus. Strong interest in delivering practical solutions that will have a quantifiable contribution to the business.
    • Minimum of 5+ years of experience in modeling/data intensive environments, providing competitive advantage/arbitrage using cutting edge analytics.
    • Expertise: Practical and theoretical, in a broad spectrum of analytical (modeling) techniques:
      • Least squares, maximum likelihood, GLM, time series, SEM, mixed models, survival models, panel regression, competing risk.
      • modern techniques such as neural nets, Kohonen, SVM, Classification trees, EM,
      • Meta learning/regularization techniques such as boosting, bagging, Lasso, etc.excellent grasp of EDA/data transformations
      • Experience in handling large, complex and messy data and expertise in key data sources used in mortgage industry.
    • Substantive experience working with senior business managers
    • Intellectual curiosity and honesty + Ability to package complex solutions in the business context
    • Strong verbal and written communication skills
    • Strong strategic, analytical, and creative thinking aptitude in both individual and team environment
      • - Holds self and others accountable for timely, high-quality results
    • Experience in risk mangement environments is preferred (credit risk scoring, PD,LGD, delinquency/prepayment predictions, HPI
    • Software: SAS (base,stats,ETS,enterprise miner, macros)/R etc., Good understanding of database/sql/software principles and code structure.

    About AHMSI, American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc.:

    Established in April 2008, AHMSI brought together two mortgage loan servicing platforms, each with strong capabilities and specialized expertise. By multiplying these strengths, the company has achieved more than the sum of its parts – it has taken servicing to new levels. With a multibillion portfolio under management, AHMSI is one of the country’s largest servicers of Alt-A and subprime loans.

    AHMSI is based in Coppell, Texas, with servicing operations in Irvine, Calif., Jacksonville, Fla., and Pune, India. It is funded by Wilbur Ross & Co. LLC., a private equity firm based in New York, and holds membership in the Mortgage Bankers Association and the HOPE NOW Alliance. Differentiated by a focus on creative solutions and innovative ideas, the company credits its success to a talented team who do the best possible job for its customers.

    Candi Cochran
    Senior Recruiter
    American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc.
    1525 S. Belt Line Road
    Coppell, TX 75019
    469.645.3449 Office
    972.829.7636 Fax
    Candi.Cochran@ahmsi3.com

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