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Walmart Canada · 2 days ago

Principal, Data Scientist

Bentonville, AR

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$110K/yr - $220K/yr

10+ years exp

Walmart Inc. is a leading retail company that is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to join their Global Tech team. This role focuses on driving data-derived insights through the development of advanced statistical models and machine learning algorithms to optimize business operations and enhance decision-making across various divisions.

DeliveryRetailShopping

Responsibilities

Drive data-derived insights across a wide range of retail and finance divisions by developing advanced statistical models, machine learning algorithms, and computational algorithms based on business initiatives

Direct the gathering of data, assess data validity, and synthesize data into large analytics datasets to support project goals

Build and train AI/ML models for replication in future projects

Communicate recommendations to business partners and influence future plans based on insights

Consult with business stakeholders regarding algorithm-based recommendations and be a thought leader to develop these into business actions

Closely partner with the Senior Manager and Director of Data Science to drive data science adoption in the domain

Guide data scientists, senior data scientists, and staff data scientists across multiple sub-domains to ensure on-time delivery of ML products

Drive efficiency across the domain in terms of DS and ML best practices, ML Ops practices, resource utilization, reusability, and multi-tenancy

Lead multiple complex ML products and guide senior tech leads in the domain in efficiently leading their products

Drive synergies across different products in terms of algorithmic innovation and sharing of best practices

Proactively identify complex business problems that can be solved using advanced ML, finding opportunities and gaps in the current business domain

Evaluate proposed business cases for projects and initiatives

Translate business requirements into strategies, initiatives, and projects, align them with business strategy and objectives, and drive the execution of deliverables

Set relevant deliverables based on established success criteria and define key metrics to measure progress and effectiveness of the solution

Quantify business impact and ensure regular impact measurement of all ML products in the domain

Identify and review model evaluation metrics based on analytical requirements

Ensure testing information is documented and maintained by the team

Play a key role in solving complex problems pivotal to Walmarts business and driving actionable insights

Utilize a product mindset to build, scale, and deploy holistic data science products after successful prototyping

Demonstrate an incremental solution approach with agile and flexible ability to overcome practical problems

Articulate and present recommendations to business partners and influence plans based on insights

Partner and engage with associates in other regions to deliver the best services to customers around the globe

Work with a customer-centric mindset to deliver high-quality business-driven analytic solutions

Drive innovation in approach, method, practices, process, outcome, delivery, or any component of end-to-end problem solving

Proactively engage in the external community to build Walmarts brand and learn more about industry practices

Promote and support company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity

Qualification

Machine LearningStatistical ModelsData Science SolutionsPythonBig Data PlatformsRGCP/AzureOptimization ModelsAnalytical SkillsCommunication SkillsLeadership SkillsProblem Solving

Required

Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 5 years' experience in an analytics related field

Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field

7 years' experience in an analytics or related field

Preferred

Data science, machine learning, optimization models

PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics

Publications or active peer reviewer in related journals or conference

Successful completion of one or more assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R

Using open source frameworks (for example, scikit learn, tensorflow, torch)

We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly

The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture