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When you join Verizon You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife. What You’ll Be Doing... You’ll be ensuring that analytics drive continuous business improvements, bringing more profitable growth and an even better customer experience. You’ll define the analytics strategy and champion that strategy across the business in order to build consensus for data-driven decision making. You’ll also co-own the data analytics team, planning and leading all aspects of the work, and crafting an engaging environment where team members can thrive. Your end goal is to recommend improvements that will go straight to the bottom line by helping us serve our customers. Leading a strong internal data analytics team to support the business.Partnering with others to understand business challenges.Crafting creative approaches to uncover the biggest opportunities for cost and time savings.Defining and driving the analytics strategy and modeling approaches.Building business cases and translating findings into practical business implications.Driving the adoption of analytics in decision making. What We’re Looking For... You are the one reading up on the latest standard methodologies in data mining and visualization. You can visualize the big picture strategy, but can also break it down into the components to get the job done. You believe that the best decisions are based in data and you’re the one that knows how to tease out the key learning within a dataset. You have credibility with people because you are a specialist in all things data but you also know how to bring it down to the level that your audience can understand—that’s practical and will help the business improve. And you’re an effective and inspiring leader who brings out the best in others. You’ll Need To Have Bachelor’s degree in Math, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Econometrics or four or more years of work experience.Ten or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.Experience with quantitative modeling, statistics, or data mining. Even better if you have one or more of the following: Master's degree or PhD in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Statistics, Economics, or a related field.Worked with SQL and statistical software packages like SAS and SPSS.Managed a team.Experience with visualization software like Qlikview, Tableau, or Excel.Coding experience (e.g., C/C++, Java or Python).Demonstrated communication and influence skills. If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above. Where you’ll be working In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager. Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Equal Employment Opportunity Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.
