Data Operations Transformation Associate

Job Description - Data Operations Transformation Associate (2400001Q)
- Job Number: 2400001Q
Requisition Title : Data Operations Transformation Associate

**Description**:

**Your team responsibilities**

***You will play a key role in defining the data product roadmap and prioritization as well as driving execution of MSCI Real Asset data initiatives. This role will drive the analysis of business and customer requirements and transform them into well-designed data products and features. The Business Analyst has strong analytical skills and communication, as well as, a belief that data driven processes lead to great products. If you enjoy collaborating cross-functionally and are excited to work with large amounts of data to create actionable insights then this is a great opportunity to grow your skills and contribute

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**What we offer you**
- At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose - to power better investment decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.
- Wherever you are located you will find transparent compensation schemes and employee benefits that can help ensure your financial security and health. While they vary by different locations, we offer a broad range of benefits that are part of the value you receive as an MSCI employee.
- Our flexible ways of working will allow you to maximize your potential, and we will empower you with the trust, accountability, and advanced technology to perform at your very best.
- You’ll find a purposeful approach to wellbeing to provide you with all the resources you need to be your best at work and in your personal life. Our ‘Here For You’ Employee Assistance Program is available for our employees globally, providing confidential emotional support, financial and legal advice free of charge.

**Your key responsibilities**
- Working as part of a growing team of real estate performance analysts who provide real estate direct property indexes, benchmarks, performance analysis reports, and custom/ bespoke analysis to global real estate asset managers and asset owners
- Comprehend a characteristic or legal/financial mechanism of the commercial real estate market to translate into a user story and set of requirements for development
- Develop, implement, and test business logic’s impact on data input and output
- Based on analysis, develop project proposals or implementation strategies as necessary and present to management
- Distill and present complex ideas into a clear and concise visual representation
- Elicit stakeholder needs, investigate, and clarify desires to understand issues and causes
- Solve product problems to make MSCI Real Assets data inbound/outbound pipeline more effective
- Generate ideas from data and user testing to drive initiatives, decisions, and the product roadmap
- Measure success with actionable metrics to optimize the iterative process
- Work closely with all key stakeholders, including business executives, engineering leadership and peer product owners, to prioritize and ensure that product development is focused and impactful.
- Be able to work autonomously with developers to assess feasibility of ideas, implement your designs to spec and ship great products
- Commercial real estate knowledge a plus

**Your skills and experience that will help you excel**
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills; ability to define metrics that tell the right story in the data.
- Experience managing and analyzing large datasets in Microsoft Excel, SQL, Python, R, SAS, and Tableau or other BI and/or data visualization tools is preferred.
- The ideal applicant is well-organized, exceptionally detail-orientated, resourceful, comfortable working independently in an entrepreneurial environment, and has an analytical mindset with a curiosity for commercial real estate.

**How we’ll support you**
- Our culture of high performance and innovation relies on our people sharing their knowledge and lifting each other up. You’ll be surrounded by a collaborative, global network of talented colleagues who will support and inspire you to do the best work of your career.
- We believe new and challenging experiences drive personal growth and innovation. With the right challenges, encouragement, and development support you can shape your own career experience. Career paths are multi-directional, and we encourage and support internal mobility to help you identify new opportunities to progress and take control of your future.
- As a new joiner you’ll be enrolled on our Global Orientation interactive learning experience to set you up for success.
- At MSCI we act in ways that encourage respect for all voices, ensuring that everyone can be themselves and feel like they are a part of the company. We are intentional ab