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Microsoft AI (MAI) builds an integrated consumer AI ecosystem across search, browsing, and content, focused on delivering trustworthy, scalable experiences with durable user and business value. The MAI Ecosystem Data Science Team owns MAI‑wide metrics, shared measurement systems, and experimentation frameworks to enable consistent, high‑confidence decisions and optimize MAI‑level outcomes. We are seeking a Principal, Data Science & Analytics for ecosystem data science to own cross product measurement strategy, partner across product and business teams, and uphold a high bar for metric quality, statistical rigor, and data driven leadership.
Job Responsibility:
Mentor data scientists and align work with MAI ecosystem goals, driving technical excellence, innovation, and cross-team collaboration
Develop ecosystem data strategies for marketplace and system performance, including standardized data collection, analysis, reporting, and interpretation
validate analytical approaches and results
Apply machine learning, statistical modeling, data mining, and experimentation to large datasets
define and deliver metrics that accurately measure user and business value across products and marketplace components
Design and execute experiments across user and demand dimensions
translate strategy into clear, actionable, and measurable plans, sharing progress and results with stakeholders
Partner closely with product, program management, engineering, and business teams to integrate data science solutions into shared platforms and marketplace operations
Identify cross-team opportunities for product and process improvement
implement data-driven solutions to improve efficiency, reliability, and user experience
Engage stakeholders with clear, compelling, and actionable insights
make independent decisions for the team and handle complex tradeoffs to drive product and service improvements
Develop and standardize processes for data acquisition, quality, and operationalizing ML models
provide expert review of analysis and modeling
lead adoption of new tools and technologies to improve availability, reliability, efficiency, and performance
Establish and uphold standards, policies, and best practices for high-quality, efficient, and extensible code
influence business, customer, and solution strategy with a strong customer focus
act as a trusted advisor across the ecosystem.
Requirements:
Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 7+ years data-science experience
OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years data science experience
OR equivalent experience.
Nice to have:
Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years data-science experience
OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years data-science experience
OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 12+ years data-science experience