Analyst, Strategic Analytics
Company: Comcast Corporation
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: April 25, 2024
Job Description:
Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We
drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and
online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a
variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career
opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We
are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks
to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and
services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share
in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries
and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want
you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.Job SummaryStrategic
Analytics is a fast-growing team that provides deep insights and
advanced analytics to senior leaders across Comcast Cable. As
internal consultants, we support the strategic decisions that drive
Comcast's growth, improve its products, and improve its customers'
experiences. Our team is looking for a hands-on analyst who can
leverage Comcast's abundant data assets to become a trusted partner
for our business leaders and solve their most complex problems. The
role is highly visible and provides exposure to a broad range of
Comcast's product and functional areas.Job DescriptionCore
Responsibilities
- Proactively identify, prioritize, and conduct analyses that
drive meaningful change on key objectives established by senior
Comcast leadership
- Synthesize actionable insights by joining together large data
sets from across the company, and applying appropriate analytical
techniques
- Communicate findings clearly and concisely through
narrative-driven presentations and effective data visualizations to
Comcast executives and decision makers
- Leverage analytical background to determine when advanced
quantitative research tools and models should be used to address
stakeholder problems
- Develop analytic plans and testable hypotheses for key business
questions raised by partners to ensure that all important questions
are addressed fully, appropriately, and accurately
- Effectively manage competing priorities through planned and
ad-hoc requests
- Promote and evangelize a culture of excellence, data driven
discussions, healthy skepticism, intellectual curiosity, knowledge
sharing, and teamwork, while maintaining an environment that is
upbeat and fun
- Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in
matters of significance.
- Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to
work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as
necessary.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.Primary
Competencies
- Deeply understand the business challenges faced by Comcast
leadership, and their context
- Incorporate business acumen into analytical work: make the
right assumptions, control for the right variables, and interpret
results from the perspective of the business stakeholder
- Generate insights from large data sets that are actionable and
add value to the business
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with teammates and
business stakeholders
- As needed, learn and deploy advanced analytical techniques or
data science approaches, including natural language processing,
neural networks, random forests, clustering algorithms, graph
theory
- Able to filter through the ambiguity of business problems to be
able to produce a high-quality analysisOther Competencies
- Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Effective communication skills: ability to "tell the
story"
- Highly proficient in SQL. Proficient in or willing to learn
other analytical tools such as R, Python, or SAS
- Ability to learn and apply data science, machine learning, or
other advanced analytical techniques
- Ability to grasp complex analytic principles and
techniques
- Strong business acumen & demonstrated aptitude for analytics
that incite action
- "Lean forward" bias to find opportunities and drive
results
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to progress
multiple analyses in parallel
- Ability to work effectively across functions, disciplines and
levels
- Work on problems requiring judgment and in-depth evaluation of
multiple factors
- Independently identify key issues, patterns or deviations from
norm
- Skill in identifying data issues and anomalies during
analysis
- Big Data Experience a plus - working with
Hortonworks/HadoopEducation and Experience
- Minimum: BA/BS degree in marketing, economics, statistics,
psychology, engineering, computer science, mathematics, or
finance
- Preferred: MA/MS degree in a quantitative discipline
- 1+ years of relevant work experience in analytic role,
including time spent pursuing advanced
degree.#EBIStrategicAnalyticsEmployees at all levels are expected
to:
- Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines
for how you do your job.
- Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put
our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every
touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and
services.
- Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates
of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially
our digital tools and experiences.
- Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and
being open to new ideas.
- Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working
that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company -
by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate
opportunities to do better for our customers.
- Drive results and growth.
- Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
- Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and
our communities.Disclaimer:
- This information has been designed to indicate the general
nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is
not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive
inventory of all duties, responsibilities and
qualifications.Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT
employer.Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We
will consider all qualified applicants for employment without
regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status,
genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable
law.EducationBachelor's DegreeWhile possessing the stated degree is
preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some
combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive
related professional experience.Relevant Work Experience2-5
Years
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