Senior Statistical Modeler /
Analyst
Job # 3206
Location:
Reports to: General Manager
of Business Analytics
Our Customer Analytics team has a tremendous opportunity for a
motivated and experienced technical modeler who is looking for a new challenge.
This is your chance to be creative and drive innovation. With your technical
skills you will have the opportunity to solve complex data modeling and revenue
management problems while communicating to business owners and product
development members. The Customer Analytics team focuses on the application of
advanced analytic techniques (e.g., predictive modeling, data mining,
optimization, etc.) to business problems across all lines of business at
Expedia.
This position is not just a job change, it's a career move. We offer you
challenging problems, a fun and fast-paced environment, intelligent co-workers,
and the freedom to learn new things. The team is involved in system development
of cutting-edge features that integrate with the live-site product.
You will work on projects such as...
Forecasting predicting demand forecasting and supply-side availability to
drive internal business processes.
Pricing determining how to set prices based on market trends and available
inventory
Recommendation technology - selecting the most relevant items for our users.
A|B testing technology - determining the best approach to a feature.
Marketing Analytics customer segmentation and clustering algorithms
Responsibilities
Propose and lead innovative mathematical approaches to solving complex
business problems, utilizing available research at your disposal.
Perform analyses, statistical design, statistical coding, and model
validation in support of business requirements.
Generate statistical code that executes in an autonomous production
environment and fully considers error handling, exception conditions, etc.
Perform unit testing and model validation of statistical routines.
Collaborate extensively with stakeholders, program management, and software
development team members to ensure that solutions meet business needs, permit
valid inferences, and have functional implementability.
Document the technical details of your work to improve collaboration with
other team members.
Guide and mentor other modelers in best practices regarding methodology
(prototype formulation and testing, data mining and analysis), as well as
implementation (proper documentation, source control, and coding practices).
Assess the methodological and functional pros and cons of implementing
third-party products versus building an in-house system when facing a business
problem.
Requirements
We're looking for someone with passion and energy and several years
experience in a modeling or analyst role, someone with high energy and
creativity and an openness to new ideas/approaches.
Masters degree (Ph.D. preferred) in quantitative discipline such as
statistics, economics, applied mathematics, quantitative methods, operations
research, research methodology, etc. Comprehensive
understanding of quantitative methods and extreme attention to detail.
Previous experience in the e-commerce and/or travel/hospitality domain
preferred.
Strong proficiency in SAS and demonstrated ability to produce both ad hoc
analyses and production-grade analytic jobs that execute autonomously.
Functional proficiency in SQL.
Experience in several of the following areas: predictive modeling (including
ARIMA and regression techniques), neural nets and self-learning models (including
classification of skewed data), linear and non-linear optimization, etc.
Ability to estimate required effort for project objectives and prioritize
work items appropriately.