FLEX Senior Manager, Operations Research Scientist

This is a temporary position. 

 

Applies advanced computational techniques in the development of business solutions to data-intensive problems in the hospitality industry. This rewarding position provides a career as part of a team that makes a direct revenue impact on Marriott hotels, globally, by providing tools that facilitate data-driven decision making in the disciplines of pricing, revenue management, sales and reservations. Works as part of a team supporting revenue-impacting data analysis and modeling applications, provides pricing and statistical modeling and technical expertise; performs undirected research on large volumes of data to reach business conclusions and recommendations; contributes complex programming and analysis in revenue management and sales systems; analyzes data and builds innovative models to deliver business solutions; functions as a subject matter expert in all phases of the project lifecycle – inception, prototyping, design, testing, rollout and support. The Operations Research team seeks a flexible candidate with a willingness to learn that brings unique perspectives to enable creative data-driven solutions to the challenges at Marriott.

 

CANDIDATE PROFILE

 

Education and Experience

Required:

·      Graduate degree in a rigorous quantitative, technical or scientific subject, including Operations Research, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Data Engineering, Computer Science or Engineering. Bachelors’ degree + 5 years’ experience in the field can be substituted for the advanced degree requirement

·      2+ years’ industry or research experience; applying analytical and programming skills with data-intensive, complex modeling or systems development problems. Experience designing or supporting analytical systems, focusing on model quality and code efficiency

·      Software engineering skills (e.g. distributed computing, object-oriented development, data cleansing, algorithms, and data structures) with 2+ years development experience

·      Knowledge and experience coding with Python (pandas / Numpy / SciPy), Java or C/C++, SQL at an advanced level with an understanding of complexity theory

·      An inherent curiosity in researching and developing solutions to complex and often open-ended business problems

·      An ability to explain and present mathematical concepts and results to technical and non-technical audiences

·      Strong communications skills and ability to work within a team

·      Knowledge of relational databases

Preferred:

·      Experience performing predictive modeling, forecasting, or statistical analysis on large scale datasets.

·      Experience with Big Data platforms (i.e. Hadoop)

·      Experience with Machine learning tools and techniques (e.g. k-nearest neighbors, random forests, ensemble methods, etc.)

·      Experience in developing analytic driven solutions to business problems

·      Understands complex, discrete data sets with subtle underlying biases

·      Experience with linear, mixed integer, non-linear or dynamic programming models and familiarity with optimization software (CPLEX, Gurobi).

·      Readiness to debug existing codes to identify source of reported application issues

 

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

 

Technical Leadership

·      Trains and/or mentors other team members, and peers as appropriate

·      Provides leadership on solution structure, tasks, timeline and estimates for revenue management deliverables

·      Partners with planning teams to articulate possible solutions to business problems and to develop requirements for new models

 

Delivering Technology

·      Formulates methods for measuring the effectiveness of pricing and revenue management activities.

·      Prepares detailed specifications for translation of complex business processes into models and prototypes

·      Develops and implements efficient, scalable algorithms using appropriate technologies/software/architectures

·      Writes software and utility software tools to create and test new models

·      Assists the Application Delivery teams in support of operations

·      Assists the Application Delivery team in the maintenance of existing models

·      Provides work/cost estimates for client requests

·      Prepares documentation for client review.

·      Conducts reviews, discusses findings, risks and challenges and establishes courses of action

 

IT Governance

·       Follows all defined iT standards and processes and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed

·       Maintains a