Data Scientist, Modeler

The Wonderful Company • Los Angeles, CA

2d • $100,000 - $135,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Teleflora is seeking a Data Scientist to lead forecasting, budgeting, and advanced analytics for its eCommerce business, while also driving the adoption of AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) across analytics and business workflows. This role combines traditional data science (forecasting, LTV modeling, experimentation validation) with emerging AI capabilities to unlock new efficiencies and insights. A key aspect of this role is the ability to translate complex analyses into clear, compelling narratives for non-technical stakeholders, including senior leadership. The Data Scientist will also support A/B testing by validating results, while not owning test execution. This position will be based at our West Los Angeles, CA office. We work a hybrid schedule with an in-office requirement Monday-Wednesday and the option to work remotely on Thursday and Friday.

Requirements

• 5+ years in Data Science or Advanced Analytics (preferably eCommerce or consumer business)
• Experience presenting to senior executives and driving decisions
• Strong experience with forecasting and time series modeling
• Strong experience with Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) modeling
• Strong experience with Python and SQL (BigQuery preferred)
• Strong experience with statistical analysis and experimentation
• Proven ability to build executive-level presentations and communicate complex insights clearly
• Hands-on experience with LLMs and AI tools (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, etc.)
• Experience building or prototyping AI-powered workflows or applications
• Strong ability to evaluate and validate AI-generated outputs for accuracy and plausibility
• Understanding of prompt engineering
• Understanding of model limitations (hallucination, bias, cost tradeoffs)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to influence stakeholders across Product, Marketing, Finance, and Leadership
• Master's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Data Science or Statistics

Nice To Haves

• Experience with GCP ecosystem
• Exposure to MLOps or productionizing models
• Experience in eCommerce or high-volume consumer environments

Responsibilities

• Own forecasting models for revenue, orders, conversion rates, and AOV, as well as marketing performance and demand planning.
• Partner with Finance and Leadership on budgeting and planning cycles.
• Build scenario models to support strategic decisions.
• Continuously improve forecast accuracy using statistical and machine learning techniques.
• Design and maintain Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) models.
• Perform cohort analysis, retention modeling, and customer segmentation.
• Identify key drivers of long-term customer value and profitability.
• Partner with Marketing and Product to apply LTV insights to acquisition, retention, and personalization strategies.
• Lead adoption of AI/LLM capabilities across analytics and business workflows.
• Identify and implement use cases such as automated insight generation and reporting, natural language querying (NL → SQL), and customer behavior summarization and segmentation.
• Build prototypes and scalable solutions using APIs (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, etc.).
• Critically evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy, plausibility, and business relevance.
• Develop models for demand forecasting and seasonality, and customer behavior and conversion drivers.
• Leverage GCP/BigQuery for large-scale data analysis.
• Identify key drivers of performance across product, pricing, and customer behavior.
• Validate statistical significance and methodology of A/B tests.
• Ensure accuracy and consistency of test readouts.
• Define guardrails and best practices for experimentation measurement.
• Partner with Product and Analytics teams (without owning test execution).
• Translate complex analyses into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
• Develop high-quality presentations and narratives for senior leadership and executives.
• Clearly articulate assumptions, risks, and confidence levels in models and forecasts.
• Influence decision-making through structured, data-driven storytelling.
• Work closely with Data Analytics Manager (India), Data Engineering / DW team, and Product, Marketing, and Finance stakeholders.
• Help define scalable data models and structures to support analytics and AI use cases.
• Build models and workflows using Python (preferred) or R, and SQL / BigQuery (GCP ecosystem).
• Work with modern AI tooling: LLM APIs (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, etc.).
• Help establish scalable pipelines for both traditional ML and LLM-based systems.
• Establish best practices for prompt design, validation, and governance.

Benefits

• Access to top-notch medical coverage
• Comprehensive vision and dental plans
• 401k with match eligibility
• 24/7 online physician consultations
• Virtual mental health resources
• Life coaching
• Engaging employee community groups
• Cash rewards for healthy habits and fitness reimbursements
• Library of on-demand fitness videos
• Clear paths for career progression and internal mobility
• Dedicated Learning and Organizational Development department offering extensive resources like People Manager and leadership training, webinars, and eLearning courses
• Company-wide mentorship program
• Continuous Improvement Training

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior