Director of Data Strategy and Insights

Microsoft•Washington, DC

21h

About The Position

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than one hundred datacenters and one million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts, who work tirelessly to support digital services for more than one billion customers and twenty million businesses in over ninety countries worldwide. Within CO+I, the Core Datacenter Services (CDS) team is responsible for improving overall availability and efficiency for Microsoft’s cloud business. We have multiple teams focused on both Microsoft and Lessor datacenter performance and all aspects of datacenter utilization effectiveness that includes power, water and labor. We are seeking an experienced and hands-on leader for the Director of Data Strategy and Insights role to be responsible for strategy, backlog management and collaborating with a broad cross-discipline team. We need a people manager who fosters an inclusive culture and growth mindset. You will partner effectively with teams across Cloud Operations and Innovation and Azure to design holistic solutions requiring technical depth to balance multiple technology options. You will have to understand the limitations of the existing technology and how to plot a course for a scalable solution that enables the future of AI datacenters. The ideal candidate combines extensive product ownership and experience with data systems to provide a democratized reporting offering that is made scalable through governance, reporting automation, and KPI standardization. This person will drive efforts to consolidate, rationalize, and simplify how teams across the organization access, consume, and trust data—eliminating redundant BI reports, reducing manual correlation, and creating clear data benchmarks for measuring business performance. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Requirements

Master's Degree in Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 4+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 6+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR equivalent experience.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 8+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 12+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR equivalent experience.
5+ years people management experience.
5+ years of product and/or program management across an impactful portfolio of projects & stakeholders.
5+ years of demonstrated experience working in a data intensive environment and translating business needs into data requirements (e.g. - Microsoft Azure stack, SQL, Azure Databricks, Power BI, Fabric, Machine Learning and AI).
Demonstrated expertise in building, evolving and leading complex data platforms.
Worked on Business Intelligence problems and have deep knowledge of backend databases, delivering high impact reports to stakeholders, building statistical models to solve real business problems
Strong business acumen to identify projects that align with overall strategy and leverage data insights for strategic goals.
Skilled in delivering engaging presentations to all organizational levels.
Self-motivated with a growth mindset and commitment to continuous learning.
Proven ability to foster a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative team culture.

Responsibilities

Lead the analytics function for Core Datacenter Services spares supply chain, driving insights that drive supply chain and operations decisions.
Set the vision, drive prioritization, and guide technical approaches for leveraging data across all of Supply Chain and Data Center Operations to identify and pursue the right business opportunities.
Utilize Microsoft technologies to revolutionize data analytics growth within the team, enhancing the speed, accuracy, and scalability of data analysis and insight generation.
Develop and manage relationships with program and business leaders across the organization to understand objectives and identify opportunities.
Collaborate closely with other Microsoft Data Analytics and Data Engineering teams to deliver data-informed solutions to address the business's most essential needs.
Create and maintain a data analytics roadmap. Run sprint/quarter/semester planning and foster cross-team collaboration to deliver complex projects.
Develop and deploy Business Intelligence solutions to measure performance, identify trends, and enable data-driven decisions across the spares supply chain ecosystem. Oversee development and enhancement of analytics solution.
Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performing analytics team focused on operational excellence and innovation.
Establish success measures that set a high bar of achievement for our organization and drive accountability through our team and partners.
Ability to communicate technical concepts and quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner to non-technical audiences.
Embody our Microsoft One culture and values.