General Mills · 2 weeks ago
Lead Data Scientist - Agentic AI (Minneapolis Preferred, Remote Eligible)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$127K/yr - $211K/yr
6+ years expGeneral Mills is a leading food company seeking a Lead Data Scientist to enhance decision-making through advanced analytics. The role involves designing and implementing machine learning models and collaborating with various teams to optimize data-driven insights and solutions.
Food and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingSnack FoodWholesale
Responsibilities
Lead, design, and execute novel ways to help business partners achieve objectives through analysis and modeling
Work closely with data science leadership, engineering, and business partners to develop machine learning models using best-in-class tools and technology
Provide technical leadership through strong partnerships and by offering alternative solutions
Lead the design & implementation of LLM, NLP and computer vision solutions for unstructured text and images, covering problem framing, data curation, fine‑tuning/adapters, and evaluation across classification, entity extraction & summarization
Partner closely with AI Leadership, ML Engineering, and business stakeholders to architect high‑quality Agentic AI and RAG workflows, optimizing ingestion, chunking, embeddings and vector indexing with established frameworks and stores to maximize retrieval performance
Create production-ready, scalable models that provide real-time insights that align with General Mills technology standards
Provide technical leadership for analytical solution design by hypothesis‑driven experimentation, defining robust evaluation strategies and error taxonomies with human‑in‑the‑loop reviews, with clear documentation for transparency and reusability
Serve as a part of the data science leadership team, contributing to technical strategy, best practices, and team development
Coach junior data scientists on key technical and domain topics through solution reviews and mentoring
Champion Responsible AI by ensuring privacy, security, and governance compliance; reducing model errors and bias; and partnering across teams to integrate solutions into daily work
Act as a thought leader in data science techniques and represent the Digital and Technology organization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree required, with 6+ years of commensurate experience in Data Science, with 1+ years of experience working on agentic AI experiences
Experience in statistical analysis, machine learning, clustering, and data mining techniques to identify trends and insights
Experience with Python, comfortable working with large and dynamic Data Frames & writing complex SQL queries
Highly adaptable, curious, and willing to work independently on complex and challenging problems
Understanding of data warehousing and databases is critical
Experience with machine learning and data visualization tools
Number sense, ability to identify questionable data, dig in and address it
Exemplary organizational skills with attention to detail and accuracy
Bias for action with ability to deliver outstanding results through task prioritization and time management
Expertise in leading the development of large-scale AI and machine learning based models
Strong communication and collaboration skills to understand customer needs and deliver solutions in alignment with business needs
Preferred
Master's Degree or PhD in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or Statistics preferred
8+ years' Experience working in data science / related quantitative field
3+ years' Experience building ML solutions using unstructured data techniques like Computer Vision (CV) and/or Natural Language Programming (NLP)
Experience with Google Cloud Platform or similar technology
Applied experience in supply chain, logistics, pricing, revenue management, or other commercial areas is a plus
Benefits
Foundation of health benefits
Retirement and financial wellbeing
Time off programs
Wellbeing support and perks
Annual incentive program
Company
General Mills
General Mills is a food company that manufactures and markets branded consumer foods.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.7B2024-10-15Post Ipo Debt· $2.7B
1928-11-30IPO
Leadership Team
Asheesh Saksena
Chief Growth Officer
Jacqueline R. Williams Roll
Chief Human Resources Officer
Recent News
2026-01-07
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