Title: Academic Ambassador (or level down)

Work Type: On-site

Location: Shanghai, China

Nice to meet you!

JMP, a subsidiary of SAS, is committed to empowering scientists and engineers via our world-class family of statistical software products. For over 30 years, JMP has enabled customers to speed new drugs to market, to design better products and processes, and to figure out how to restore ecosystems. Advancements are made when brilliant people use JMP statistical discovery software to see what they’ve not seen before. If you are a problem solver, a connector, and someone who enjoys helping others, then you might just be the next person to join this dynamic, growing, and global team.

About the Job:

JMP GC is looking for an Academic Ambassador to build and maintain strategic working relationships by networking with top academic programs that produce JMP users in order to further our JMP Academic Program.

As an AA, you will:

• Driving wider use of JMP at the university level
• Visiting top research universities and other 4 year college campuses
• Effectively presenting JMP Software at the department/school/regional level and via live or recorded webinars to department chairs, faculty, graduate students and researchers
• Networking and consulting with professors on how to teach with JMP effectively and to develop and provide support materials, sample data sets, follow-up, etc
• Develop new teaching and learning resources as needed
• Fostering research and book publications that reference JMP software
• Attending and speaking at academic conferences
• Performing other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Master or PhD degree in Statistics, Decision Sciences, Analytics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research or closely related field
• 5 years of experience in technical sales, consulting, marketing, technical support, information systems, or a related area of expertise
• Ability to travel 50% or as business needs dictate
• Languge: Chinese native speaker, fluent in English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledgeable of the pedagogical challenges and trends in teaching and learning statistics.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Experience presenting papers at academic conferences or software training in commercial setting.
• Possess strong command of JMP software and are able to relate its features to effective use in the classroom.
• Experience and command with one or more statistical tools (JMP, SAS, SPSS, R, Python)

Diverse and Inclusive

At JMP, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.

All valid JMP job openings are located on the Careers page at www.jmp.com. JMP only sends emails from verified “jmp.com” email addresses and never asks for sensitive, personal information or money. Should you have any doubts about the authenticity of any type of communication from, for, or on behalf of JMP, please contact us at Recruitingsupport@sas.com before taking any further action.

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