Position Summary...

What you'll do...

About Store No8

We are the incubation arm of Walmart. Store No8 was formed in 2017 as part of Walmart’s larger innovation mission to shape the future of commerce. We pursue big ideas and take risks by stepping outside of Walmart’s core business to focus on leapfrog capabilities across conversational commerce, mixed reality, in-store digitization, and more. Our ultimate goal: fuel Walmart’s core business, create new operational efficiencies, and unlock amazing experiences for our customers in the long-term.

About the Role:

As a Senior Manager II, Data Science for one of our Store Nº8’s portfolio companies, your focus will be leading a team of Data Scientists to finding trends in data sets and developing next-generation algorithms to leverage data for projects within our incubator. Reporting directly to the Director of Engineering, you will partner with the data engineering, product, software engineering and business teams. You will need to be a self-starter with a strong bias for action and excellent communication skills.

This is a rare opportunity, moving at the speed of a startup, with the backing and in house data (lots of data) of the Fortune 1 company. You will bridge the art of what’s possible across today’s rapidly evolving consumer & food landscape.

What You’ll Do:

• Recruit, lead, and mentor a dynamic team of data scientists, fostering a culture of learning and innovation.
• Utilize your understanding of both business requirements and machine learning architecture to shape our product roadmap, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Dive deep with team members, providing coaching and hands-on technical guidance in critical high-impact areas.
• Collaborate closely with product, , app development, and data engineering teams to prioritize and bring your team’s work to life. Identify new opportunities, develop prototypes, and communicate staffing needs.
• Communicate your team’s work effectively to senior leaders and the executive team on a regular basis.
• Leverage cloud-based architectures and technologies to deliver optimized AI/ML models at scale.
• Stay up to date with the latest state-of-the-art techniques in machine learning applications and models, fostering a culture of continuous learning within the organization.

 What You’ll Need:

• Master’s or PhD degree in STEM or relevant field; Professional experience in DS, ML, DL, or RL.
• 2+ years of experience leading and managing data science teams.
• Extensive experience with machine learning and deep learning packages (scikit-learn, lightGBM, Tensorflow or PyTorch).
• Experience writing complex SQL queries to surface insights from vast amounts of data.
• Significant programing experience in Python, Spark etc.; Comfortable implementing algorithms from academic papers and building data pipelines.
• Practical experience with cloud services (Google Cloud Platform etc.).
• Familiarity with experimentation design or causal inferences.

Perks and Benefits

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, options for hybrid and flexible schedules, and much more.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive 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 at https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J .

The annual salary range for this position is $184,000.00-$260,000.00

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance incentives.

Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

- Regional Pay Zone (RPZ) (based on location)

- Stock equity incentives

Minimum Qualifications...

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

Option 1: Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 5 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2: Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3: 7 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, PhD 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, Supervisory experience, Using open source frameworks (for example, scikit learn, tensorflow, torch)

Primary Location...

840 W CALIFORNIA AVE, SUNNYVALE, CA 94086-4828, United States of America