Staff, Data Scientist - Walmart Connect

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

2d•$132,000 - $264,000

About The Position

Join the Walmart Connect Sales Strategy and Enablement Team as a dynamic leader passionate about digital advertising and e-commerce. This role involves proactive account management, insights generation, and support for the fastest-growing segment in Ads Business. A strong executive presence is required to build essential relationships across Sales, Operations, and leadership teams. Key responsibilities include supporting the small and medium business (Emerging) team in areas such as insight development, strategic planning, in-depth analyses, scaled reporting, measurement, and operational practices. The Walmart Connect Sales Strategy and Enablement Team is seeking someone who is well-versed and passionate about retail media, digital advertising, and e-commerce. A strong executive presence is required to build essential relationships across Sales, Operations, and executive teams. We are searching for a motivated self-starter with exceptional analytical and communication skills dedicated to developing strategic insights, playbooks, and strategies with the broader team to execute key projects against aggressive goals across a scaled organization. In this role, you will be asked unique questions and investigate uncharted intel to provide key, actionable learnings to multiple layers of the organization. The ideal candidate will be an expert in analytical development, executive communication, modeling, strategy, process, and systems. Effective stakeholder management skills are vital for enabling cross-functional collaboration. They should be comfortable with ambiguity, exhibit strong attention to detail, and be motivated by a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment. In addition, this role requires the initiative to complete complex tasks and projects quickly and independently, respond promptly to situations requiring rapid turnaround, switch priorities on short notice, and take effective action. As a senior leader in the team, you will uphold high standards, possess strong technical skills, and have a track record of delivering results.

Requirements

At least 5 years of work experience in a role requiring analytical skills, such as business analyst, data analyst, or statistical analyst.
Profound experience in sales processes and tools, including Salesforce CRM systems, sales quota and territory assignment, and analytics, to support a world-class Sales Team.
Strong executive presence and communication skills with the ability to shift styles based on the setting and audience across all mediums including emails, presentations, and meetings.
Proficiency in writing complex and efficient SQL queries to extract data.
Ability to work with internal and external customers to gather and document business requirements and user stories, propose solutions, evaluate feasibility, conduct technology assessments, ROI analysis, and assess complexity for various potential processes and system solutions.
Competence in understanding and managing core Sales Processes, such as Account Planning, Quota Development, Performance Management, Pipeline and Forecasting.
Ability to partner with core internal technical teams (CRM, Data Warehouse, etc.) to design and implement sales operations solutions that address customer needs.
Proficiency in analyzing sales processes and mechanisms for sub-optimal performance, with an emphasis on defect reduction and productivity improvement.
The ability to communicate findings and make recommendations for improvement clearly and effectively.
The capability to model and simulate improvements to existing business processes, evaluate 'what-if' scenarios, and conduct dry runs to identify and resolve gaps before implementation.
Capacity to independently manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize responsibilities.
Aptitude for cross-functional collaboration across various teams, with a strong ability to multitask with a sense of urgency.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, even when faced with ambiguity.
Option 1: Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 4 years' experience in an analytics related field.
Option 2: Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 2 years' experience in an analytics related field.
Option 3: 6 years' experience in an analytics or related field

Nice To Haves

Master's degree (MBA, Business, Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field).
Advanced knowledge of data mining, SQL, data warehousing, statistical analysis tools, Data Science, Modeling Skills, Excel, and data visualization tools like Tableau or PowerBI.
Exceptional communication skills (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with both business and technical teams.
Excellent organizational skills, including prioritization, scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines.
Exposure to and understanding of digital advertising.
Experience working closely with a distributed sales teams
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 Walmart Connect to build business cases for new business initiatives.
Ensure smooth execution of these initiatives across diverse cross-functional partners.
Develop a profound understanding of our overall 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 WBR/MBR reporting process.
This role will also leverage strong data extraction skills to develop reporting deliverables, create ad hoc analyses on business results and sales performance, provide insights used to help business planning, and implement ideas for 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 Leaders, 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.
Work independently as the go-to person for day-to-day analytical needs.

Benefits

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.