(USA) Senior, Data Scientist

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Senior Data Scientist to join our Marketing Decision Science team. As part of our team, you will play a critical role in shaping the future of marketing strategy by building, analyzing, and interpreting Marketing Mix Models (MMM) to enable data-driven decisions. You'll partner closely with cross-functional teams to quantify the impact of marketing investments, identify optimization opportunities across channels and campaigns, and help drive scalable, measurable business growth.

Our ideal candidate is a sharp, thoughtful, and collaborative problem solver, who enjoys uncovering key business drivers and challenges, and then building data science and analytics solutions to enable strategic decision making. You will have direct visibility with executives and drive our strategic initiatives to support the rapid growth of our omni-channel businesses.

About Walmart Marketing

Walmart Marketing is a dynamic, multidimensional organization dedicated to redefining how the world shops through impactful creative and fast-paced innovation - all grounded in customer insights and brand strategy. We live out our company values each day while striving to exceed customer expectations and drive growth for the company. You'll join an internationally recognized team of thinkers, creators, and problem solvers passionate about helping people save money and live better.

We orchestrate marketing campaigns and experiences that reach millions of daily shoppers. Our work spans the digital and physical spaces and combines the work of numerous internal teams and external advertising and media agencies. Our teams work together to show our customers how they can save money and live better. If you are motivated by complex challenges and want to build the future of commerce and consumer services, a Marketing role at Walmart could be what you've been looking for.

You will make an impact by:

• Data science & analytics expertise - You excel at designing and implementing impactful analytical approaches to help Walmart quantify and improve the effectiveness of our marketing investments. You will lead the adoption of Marketing Mix Models (MMM) to measure campaign performance and optimize marketing spend across a broad range of short- and long-term business objectives. Leveraging your deep understanding of data structures, you will scope and define data requirements to support model accuracy and scalability. You are also hands-on-comfortable writing complex Python and SQL queries, proactively troubleshooting issues, and mentoring associates to elevate analytical rigor and quality across the team.
• Well balanced skills - People have trouble pinning you down. Both business and technical/ data teams claim you as their own. You are equal parts technical and functional. You are equally comfortable and effective in persuading both technical and business audiences.
• Project ownership - You operate with a high agency mindset and can independently lead, execute and oversee end-to-end projects with a high degree of ambiguity. You set ambitious timelines for yourself/team and commit to them while adapting to changing priorities. You have strong organizational skills that enable you to manage multiple priorities, set expectations and collaborate across stakeholders, managers, and peers.
• Business acumen - You can translate insights into relevant business recommendations, anticipate the needs of business stakeholders and connect the dots across various teams, research, and insights in order to build convincing and synthesized business recommendations.

You'll sweep us off our feet if:

• Well balanced skills - People have trouble pinning you down. Both business and technical/ data teams claim you as their own. You are equal parts technical and functional. You are equally comfortable and effective in persuading both technical and business audience
• Great communicator - You're capable of telling the story behind the data and resulting insights to exec audience and you are a pro at building slide decks that can simplify any complex story. You can customize your communication style based on stakeholders. You can guide and coach junior associates on story types, structures, and techniques based on context.
• You are able to anticipate the needs of business stakeholders in the relevant business context.
• You can collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy. You are equally strong at getting into the weeds and making sure that the data needed to support these metrics is consistent and available. You are very comfortable rolling up your sleeves when needed and writing complex codes for quick prototyping and helping junior associates debug their work and raise the bar.
• You are a pro at leveraging visualization to build compelling stories based on context to integrate multiple pieces of information into cohesive insights.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Statistics, Economics or related quantitative analytical field; PhD in Economics/Statistics, or 3-5 years working experience in retail/E-commerce are preferred.
• Expert in Python and SQL. Direct experience working with very large datasets.
• MMM experience is preferred.
• Proven experience in leading data-driven projects from definition to execution, driving and influencing business decisions and outcomes.
• Strong organizational skills, a strong sense of ownership and accountability, and the ability to lead projects, communicate effectively, and be a self-starter.

How you'll thrive at Walmart:

• Performance-based incentive awards
• 401k with company match
• Discounted employee stock purchase plan
• Paid parental leave,
• New surrogacy & adoption benefits
• Unlimited Flex Time Off
• Working alongside a diverse group of collaborative and innovative team members
• Opportunity for growth and development across several areas of the Fortune 1 organization

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer - By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions - while being inclusive of all people.

Who We Are

Join Walmart and your work could help over 275 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you'll quickly find we're a company who wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world's most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you'll discover why we are a world leader in diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community involvement. From day one, you'll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life. careers.walmart.com

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

Hoboken, New Jersey US-10279:The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00-$216,000.00

Bentonville, Arkansas US-10735:The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00-$180,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

- Stock

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1- Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2- Master's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 1 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3 - 5 years' experience in an analytics or related field.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Data science, machine learning, optimization models, Master's degree in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics, 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.

Primary Location...

2501 Se J St, Ste A, Bentonville, AR 72716-3724, United States of America