(USA) Senior, Data Scientist

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Position Summary

We’re looking for a highly driven and talented Senior Data Scientist to join our Marketing Decision Science team. In this pivotal role, you’ll be instrumental in shaping our future marketing strategies by developing, analyzing, and interpreting Marketing Mix Models (MMM). Your work will enable data-driven decisions, partnering with cross-functional teams to quantify the impact of marketing investments, identify optimization opportunities across various channels and campaigns, and ultimately drive scalable, measurable business growth.

Our ideal candidate is a sharp, thoughtful, and collaborative problem-solver. You enjoy uncovering key business drivers and challenges, then building data science and analytics solutions to enable strategic decision-making. You’ll have direct visibility with executives and play a key role in driving strategic initiatives that support the rapid growth of our omni-channel businesses.

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About Walmart Marketing

Walmart Marketing is a dynamic, multi-dimensional organization dedicated to redefining how the world shops. We achieve this through impactful creative work and fast-paced innovation, all grounded in customer insights and brand strategy. We live our company values every day, striving to exceed customer expectations and drive growth. You’ll join an internationally recognized team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who are passionate about helping people save money and live better.

We orchestrate marketing campaigns and experiences that reach millions of shoppers daily. Our work spans both digital and physical spaces, combining the efforts of numerous internal teams and external advertising and media agencies. Together, our teams show customers how they can save money and live better. If you’re motivated by complex challenges and want to build the future of commerce and consumer services, a Marketing role at Walmart could be exactly what you’re looking for.

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What You’ll Do & How You’ll Make an Impact

You’ll make a significant impact through:

• Data Science & Analytics Expertise: You’ll excel at designing and implementing impactful analytical approaches to help Walmart quantify and improve the effectiveness of our marketing investments. You’ll lead the adoption of Marketing Mix Models (MMM) to measure campaign performance and optimize marketing spend across a broad range of short- and long-term business objectives. Leveraging your deep understanding of data structures, you’ll scope and define data requirements to support model accuracy and scalability. You’re also hands-on, comfortable writing complex Python and SQL queries, proactively troubleshooting issues, and mentoring associates to elevate analytical rigor and quality across the team.

• Well-Balanced Skills: You’re a rare blend of business and technical acumen. Both business and technical/data teams will value your contributions. You’re equally comfortable and effective at persuading both technical and business audiences.

• Project Ownership: You operate with a high degree of agency, independently leading, executing, and overseeing end-to-end projects, even with significant ambiguity. You set ambitious timelines for yourself and your team, committing to them while adapting to changing priorities. Your strong organizational skills enable you to manage multiple priorities, set expectations, and collaborate effectively with stakeholders, managers, and peers.

• Business Acumen: You can translate insights into relevant business recommendations, anticipate the needs of business stakeholders, and connect the dots across various teams, research, and insights to build convincing and synthesized business recommendations.

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What Will Make You Stand Out

You’ll truly impress us if:

• Exceptional Communication: You’re a master storyteller, capable of conveying the insights behind the data to executive audiences. You’re a pro at building slide decks that simplify complex narratives and can customize your communication style based on your audience. You can also guide and coach junior associates on effective story types, structures, and techniques.
• Proactive & Detail-Oriented: You anticipate the needs of business stakeholders within the relevant business context. You can efficiently collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with meticulous attention to detail and accuracy. You’re equally adept at delving into the specifics, ensuring the data supporting metrics is consistent and available. You’re very comfortable rolling up your sleeves to write complex code for quick prototyping and helping junior associates debug their work, elevating the overall quality.
• Visualization Pro: You expertly leverage data visualization to craft compelling stories, integrating multiple pieces of information into cohesive insights tailored to the context.

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Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Statistics, Economics, or a related quantitative analytical field; a Ph.D. in Economics/Statistics or 3-5 years of working experience in retail/E-commerce are preferred.
• Expertise in Python and SQL, with direct experience working with very large datasets.
• Marketing Mix Model (MMM) experience is preferred.
• Proven experience leading data-driven projects from definition to execution, driving and influencing business decisions and outcomes.
• Strong organizational skills, a robust sense of ownership and accountability, and the ability to lead projects, communicate effectively, and be a self-starter.

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How You’ll Thrive at Walmart

At Walmart, we offer a supportive and rewarding environment where you can truly thrive. You’ll benefit from:

• Performance-based incentive awards
• 401k with company match
• Discounted employee stock purchase plan
• Paid parental leave, new surrogacy & adoption benefits
• Unlimited Flex Time Off
• Working alongside a diverse group of collaborative and innovative team members
• Opportunity for growth and development across several areas of the Fortune #1 organization

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we truly know them. This means understanding, respecting, and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions while being inclusive of all people.

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Who We Are

Join Walmart and your work could help over 275 million global customers live better every week. Yes, we are the Fortune #1 company. But you’ll quickly find we’re a company that wants you to feel comfortable bringing your whole self to work. A career at Walmart is where the world’s most complex challenges meet a kinder way of life. Our mission spreads far beyond the walls of our stores. Join us and you’ll discover why we are a world leader in a culture of belonging, sustainability, and community involvement. From day one, you’ll be empowered and equipped to do the best work of your life. Learn more at careers.walmart.com.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay, 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.

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