Name of Positions: Sr. Statistician
Job Summary:
The Sr.
Statistician designs, develops, and implements econometric models of consumer
demand for use in a platform supporting hosted applications for Retailers and
Manufacturer customers. The ideal candidate will have a solid analytic and
quantitative background and both statistical and general programming expertise.
In addition, the candidate must have good written and oral communications
skills allowing them to describe sophisticated analyses to less-quantitative
team members. Candidates must be detail oriented, organized, and able to handle
multiple and shifting priorities. He or she must be able to work well with
others with minimum supervision in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
Responsibilities:
- Lead projects and interact with scientists, engineers, database administrators, and the product management team to maintain and improve the existing modeling code
- Develop next generation consumer response models; document and test the validity of modeling assumptions; develop methods and tools to expand modeling scope
- Support the Operations team in troubleshooting of econometric modeling production issues
- Perform ad hoc diagnostic and exploratory queries and analyses
Required Skill Sets:
- 3-5 years of experience in modeling (preferably in Econometrics)
- Development experience with a statistical packages such as S-Plus and/or SAS; programming experience with Java or other OO languages
- Experience / expertise in dealing with very large data files
Required Education:
- Graduate degree in Econometrics/Statistics (M.S., M.A., PhD)
Desired Skill Sets:
- Unix experience; programming experience in S-Plus and Java
- Experience conducting retail merchandising and/or marketing analyses
- 3+ years of work experience in modeling (preferably in Econometrics)
About DemandTec:
DemandTec's suite of on-demand applications empowers retailers and consumer products companies to optimize pricing, promotion, and other strategic decisions in order to achieve their revenue, profitability and sales volume objectives. DemandTec customers include leading retailers such as Advance Auto Parts, Best Buy, Circle K Stores, Delhaize America, Giant-Carlisle, H-E-B Grocery Co., Monoprix and Safeway, as well as more than 100 consumer products companies. For more information, please visit www.demandtec.com.
Job ID# DT0002-65
Contact Person: Galelynn Tate (Recruiting Coordinator)
Telephone: 650-226-4600
E-mail: Gale.Tate@demandtec.com
Posted 6/23/2008