Distinguished, Data Scientist - Customer Digital Identity

Position Summary.
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What you'll do.
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At Walmart, we enable the connection between supplier brands and retail shoppers at unprecedented scale.
As primary stewards of our brand promise, "Save Money.
Live Better," we work alongside some of the most talented people in the world to engage with the more than 150M households who shop with us.
This is a unique opportunity to join a high growth business within the largest company in the world.
We believe all digital advertising can be targeted and accountable - and we have Walmart's sales data to prove it.
Walmart Connect wins when suppliers invest in digital media to drive growth; Walmart and our supplier partners win when your digital expertise helps sell more goods online and offline.
Growth in our digital advertising business is key to Walmart's overall growth strategy.
The Customer Digital Identity (CDI) organization is enabling the company to better understand who the Walmart customer is.
At the same time, we are ensuring streamlined processes, security, scalability, regulatory compliance and best in class customer experience.
The CDI team will amplify customer centricity by deepening the company's understanding of customers and their preferences.
When we do that, we can serve them when and how they need.
About the role: The Distinguished Data Scientist will lead our development efforts on Causal Inference Processes and Services.
This Causal Inference work will be used to guide near and long-range planning.
This exciting opportunity will join a team of data scientists embedded within the business unit to develop tools that quantify the impact of investment and operational decisions on the Customer, Associate and Shareholder.
This valued contributor will work with other teams within Walmart Membership (W+), Walmart Connect (WMC) and Data Ventures.
Location: San Bruno, CA or Sunnyvale, CA What you'll be doing: Provide overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs; developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practices; analyzing costs and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans; determining and supporting resource requirements; evaluating operational processes; measuring outcomes to ensure desired results; identifying and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; promoting a customer environment; and demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning.
Translate business requirements into strategies, initiatives, and projects and aligns them to business strategy and objectives, and drives the execution of deliverables.
Build and articulate the business case and return on investment and delivers work that has demonstrable value.
Challenge business assumptions on topics related to one's domain expertise.
Mentor the team members on new business insights and allied developments.
Proactively engage in the external community to build Walmart's brand and learn more about industry practices.
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Problem Formulation: Requires knowledge of Analytics/big data analytics / automation techniques and methods; Business understanding; Precedence and use cases; Business requirements and insights.
To analyze the business problem within one's discipline and questions assumptions to help the business identify the root cause.
Identify and recommend approach to resolve the business problem to create effective technology focused solutions.
Set relevant deliverables based on the established success criteria and define key metrics to measure progress and effectiveness of the solution.
Quantify business impact.
Data Strategy: Requires knowledge of understanding of business value and relevance of data and data enabled insights / decisions; Appropriate application and understanding of data ecosystem including Data Management, Data Quality Standards and Data Governance, Accessibility, Storage and Scalability, etc.
; Understanding of the methods and applications that unlock the monetary value of data assets.
To understand, articulate, interpret, and apply the principles of the defined strategy to unique, moderately complex business problems that may span one or more functions or domains.
Preferred Qualifications: PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or related field.
10+ years' experience data science, machine learning, optimization models.
Experience with deep learning library like TensorFlow and/or PyTorch is highly desirable as well as experience with Spark and/or Hadoop.
Hands-on experience with Python, PySpark, SQL and the ability to write reusable and efficient code to automate machine learning pipeline and data processes.
Experience with deep learning library like TensorFlow and/or PyTorch as well as experience with Spark and/or Hadoop.
Strong knowledge of Statistics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and NLP/NLU.
Applied industry experience in NLP/NLU, Forecasting and Anomaly detection solution development.
Minimum Qualifications: Option 1: Bachelor's degree and 10+ years' experience in related field Option 2: Master's degree and 7+ years' experience in related field 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.
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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.
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The annual salary range for this position is $169,000.
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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.
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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 6 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 4 years' experience in an analytics related field.
Option 3: 8 years' experience in an analytics or related field.
Preferred Qualifications.
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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, Publications or active peer reviewer in related journals or conference, Successful completion of one or more assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R, Using open source frameworks (for example, scikit learn, tensorflow, torch) Primary Location.
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850 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066-3031, United States of America