The Xbox Planning & Insights team needs to shape the strategic direction of the Gaming organization by delivering business intelligence, analytics, and decision science. The Senior Data Scientist will accelerate product development using A/B experiments and statistical analysis, driving an end-to-end experimentation lifecycle.
Requirements
- Proficiency in statistical analysis tools and programming languages (e.g., Python, R, SQL) with a focus on reproducibility and clarity.
- Experience with statistical hypothesis testing (e.g. randomized controlled experiments or A/B testing) in a research or industry setting.
- Familiarity with building and validating metrics that reflect customer experience, product performance, or business impact.
- Ability to translate complex data insights into clear, actionable recommendations for cross-functional teams.
- Experience mentoring or supporting others in experimentation practices, whether through documentation, workshops, or coaching.
- Comfortable working in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments, especially with product managers, engineers, and user researchers.
Responsibilities
- Integrate A/B testing and feature rollout capabilities into new products and services
- Build high-quality, actionable, trustworthy metrics to measure customer experience and business impact
- Advise on experimental design, target audience filters, optimal holdout groups, and statistical power.
- Drive deep-dive analysis, post-hoc investigations, and interpretation of results.
- Work with product managers, engineering, user researchers and other data scientists to formulate data-driven and scientifically rigorous answers to business problems and customer needs.
- Grow a culture of experimentation through education, training, documentation, and one-on-one coaching
Other
- Embody our Culture & Values
- Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 16th, 2025.
