Staff, Data Scientist- Performance Measurements and Insights

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

13h • $110,000 - $220,000

About The Position

Position Summary... Why Sam’s Club MAP? At Sam’s Club, we are member obsessed. We look to add value to Sam’s Club membership, and we partner with suppliers to bring unique and exciting values to our members. Sam’s Club Member Access Platform (MAP) is the nexus of the Supplier -Marketer- Merchant partnership and is responsible for delivering our suppliers (advertisers) impactful omnichannel advertising member experiences that are married with measurable insights. Why MAP MINDS team? The MAP Measurement, Insights and Data Strategy (MINDS) team is part of the Sam’s Club Member & Insights Center of Excellence org that is dedicated to supporting the retail media MAP business unit. It is comprised of two key workstreams - Performance Measurement & Insights team and Media Science & Experimentation team. MAP MINDS plays a critical role in MAP’s accelerated growth by bringing the power of 1st party deterministic membership data and advanced data science and innovative measurement approaches together to offer trusted data and insights to MAP advertisers and MAP internal teams. What you'll do... What will you do? Business Measurement & Reporting: Collaborate with leaders in Sales and other inter-dependent teams to design, develop, and propose automation and AI solutions for reporting and measurement needs. Own and develop scaled reporting solutions for Sales team needs. Manage reporting collateral, including dashboards, to facilitate teams' understanding of business health and goal achievement levels. Strategy Planning: Address ambiguous strategic questions facing the business and collaborate with leaders across MAP to build business cases for new business initiatives. Ensure smooth execution of these initiatives across diverse cross-functional partners. Develop a profound understanding of MAP’s business and how our different ads products, media channels, and sales investments align with our broader strategy. Develop various input and output metrics we will use to evaluate our progress, which will serve as the backbone of our MAP MINDS reporting process. This role will also leverage strong data science skills to develop reporting deliverables, create ad hoc analyses on business results and sales performance, provide insights used to help business planning, develop and deploy ML models and drive process improvement. Special Projects and In-Depth Analysis : Build quick automaton tools to drive quick data synthesis Work with product on robust data analytical asks Act as the primary point of contact for Sales, offering insights into metric movements and trends and providing data-driven insights. Support decision-making by specifying requirements for developing analytic capabilities, platforms, pipelines, and metrics, and then use them to analyze trends and identify root causes. Lead and conduct ad hoc analyses, ranging from creating new metrics to identifying the root causes of revenue fluctuations. Operate independently as the go-to analytics expert for day-to-day business needs . This role requires strong stakeholder management, comfort with ambiguity, attention to detail, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. As a staff data scientist, you will uphold high technical standards, deliver consistently, and lead by example .

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in data science, analytics, or statistical analysis
• Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to adapt messaging for different audiences
• Advanced SQL skills for complex data extraction and analysis
• Design, build, and maintain high-quality dashboards and visualizations using Superset and other BI tools as needed
• Experience partnering with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to design, train, test, and deploy ML models
• Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into clear analytical and ML roadmaps
• Experience conducting offline evaluations and A/B testing, causality, and communicating results to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience mentoring junior data scientists and acting as a technical leader
• Strong ability to gather business requirements, propose solutions, evaluate feasibility, and assess ROI
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a cross-functional environment
• Familiarity with sales processes and tools (e.g., Salesforce, quota and territory analytics)
• Have a MS /PhD in relevant technical degree (preferably Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering etc.) with 5 + years of relevant work experience.
• Strong prior experience in retail media and digital / in-store advertising
• Strong knowledge of Python, SQL, PySpark , Tableau, Machine Learning Libraries, Big Data processing systems in cloud environment is expected.
• Experience working cross-functionally product and technical teams
• Experience with large data sets and analytical tools e.g., Spark
• Sound knowledge of Ad tech and prior Retail Media working knowledge is
• A track record of building ML models or delivering impactful customer-facing products as tech lead and mentoring early-career data scientists.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and thrive in an environment with rapid change

Nice To Haves

• 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
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Business Measurement & Reporting: Collaborate with leaders in Sales and other inter-dependent teams to design, develop, and propose automation and AI solutions for reporting and measurement needs.
• Own and develop scaled reporting solutions for Sales team needs.
• Manage reporting collateral, including dashboards, to facilitate teams' understanding of business health and goal achievement levels.
• Strategy Planning: Address ambiguous strategic questions facing the business and collaborate with leaders across MAP to build business cases for new business initiatives.
• Ensure smooth execution of these initiatives across diverse cross-functional partners.
• Develop a profound understanding of MAP’s business and how our different ads products, media channels, and sales investments align with our broader strategy.
• Develop various input and output metrics we will use to evaluate our progress, which will serve as the backbone of our MAP MINDS reporting process.
• This role will also leverage strong data science skills to develop reporting deliverables, create ad hoc analyses on business results and sales performance, provide insights used to help business planning, develop and deploy ML models and drive process improvement.
• Special Projects and In-Depth Analysis : Build quick automaton tools to drive quick data synthesis
• Work with product on robust data analytical asks
• Act as the primary point of contact for Sales, offering insights into metric movements and trends and providing data-driven insights.
• Support decision-making by specifying requirements for developing analytic capabilities, platforms, pipelines, and metrics, and then use them to analyze trends and identify root causes.
• Lead and conduct ad hoc analyses, ranging from creating new metrics to identifying the root causes of revenue fluctuations.
• Operate independently as the go-to analytics expert for day-to-day business needs

Benefits

• At Sam's Club, 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, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• 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 .
• - Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
• Live Better U is a company 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 .

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees