The Worldwide Incentive Compensation (WWIC) team’s mission is to enable strategy, motivate sellers and reward results. In pursuit of this mission, the team designs and implements variable incentive-based compensation plans for more than 30,000 sellers, sales leaders and consultants across Microsoft. We are the experts in Incentive Compensation at Microsoft that are responsible for aligning incentive plans and targets (quotas) to motivate seller behavior and drive the company's strategies. We are also the end-to-end owners of incentive compensation processes and data which includes quota setting management, delivering timely and accurate pay-outs.  

The Machine Learning Data Scientist will collaborate with key stakeholders across Business Operations & Sales Excellence, Finance, Mint Engineering, Finance Data & Experiences (FD&E), Plan Design, analytics and the broader WWIC organization. This role will lead the development of an AI agent to centrally manage budget restatements and proactively identify opportunities for quota adjustments based on both role-specific and overall business performance and forecasts. 

The ideal candidate should be detail-oriented, able to translate business context and requirements into quota modeling. Excels with machine learning algorithms, statistical analysis, forecast modeling and capable of deploying models in Azure. Ability to digest complex problems, formulate creative solutions and successfully land those solutions with business partners. This individual should have attention to detail and ability to make practical decisions in times of ambiguity. The candidate must also have proven ability to work effectively in a large, cross-geography, cross-business virtual team environment. Success for this role requires the individual to be proficient in communication, both written and verbal, and must be able to support answering questions from business partners.

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