Title: Quantitative Analyst - BoulderLink:http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/answer.py?answer=146020Department: Marketing and Communications.Location:1433 Pearl Street #100, Boulder, CO, 80302, USAModified: 2009/10/14Issued: 2009/4/28Summary:This position is based in Boulder, CO.The area: MarketingThe Google Marketing team is responsible for marketing the company's exceptional product portfolio to end users, partners and customers on a worldwide basis. Our approach is to embrace the strength of our products and pace of innovation to drive marketing programs that are as entrepreneurial, data-driven and respectful of our users as Google itself. We have a variety of roles, including product marketing, creative services, event management, quantitative marketing and field marketing.The role: Quantitative AnalystThe Quantitative Analyst is responsible for analyzing large data sets and building expert systems that improve the performance of our advertisers. This effort includes performing complex statistical analysis and working with engineers to embed models into production systems. Managing fast changing business priorities and interfacing with sales associates, product managers, and engineers are required for success.Responsibilities:* Apply advanced statistical methods.* Work with large, complex data sets.* Solve difficult, non-routine problems.* Clearly communicate highly technical results and methods.* Interact cross-functionally with a wide variety of people and teams.Requirements:* PhD in Statistics or Econometrics required or equivalent work experience.* Experience with Bayesian methods, longitudinal analysis, causal methods.* Experience with manipulating large data sets using R/Splus.* Programming experience with Python, JAVA, or C++ is desired, but not required.For immediate consideration, pleasecomplete our online application.