(USA) Director, Data Science
Walmart

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What you'll do... Position Summary About The Walmart Marketplace Decision Management Team Walmart's Decision Management Team supports the growth of the e-Commerce Marketplace program through the practical application of data science and advanced analysis to optimize risk decision strategies. This includes data analysis, advanced statistics, case investigation and application of advanced modeling techniques to manage risk on the ecommerce platform. We work alongside business, product, and engineering teams to deliver solutions to manage Marketplace risk.What you'll do... The Director of Decision Management directly manages a US-based team of data scientists while collaborating with and coordinating across a larger international team to manage risk for domestic and international portfolio. You and your team will define, implement, test, and deploy decision strategies to mitigate fraud and performance risk for Walmart Marketplace. You will also be responsible for continuous monitoring, investigation, and response to emerging risk trends. This requires a close working relationship with product, engineering, and data science teams to implement and improve risk capabilities. How You'll Make an Impact: Protect the integrity of the Marketplace by seller success and delighting customers with Every Day Low prices. Support aggressive growth targets while delivering the risk and financial architecture. Lead and develop a team of data scientists, analysts, and investigators with direct oversight of decision outcomes. Rapid identification and response to evolving trends to disrupt fraudster economics. Partner and guide improvements in data science models and infrastructure needed to manage risk. Ensure close collaboration with business partners to define priorities and ensure that solutions are implemented and adopted. Build key measurements and a test/iterate rigor to improve results. Challenge accepted approaches and push innovative solutions that enable explosive growth across the Global Marketplace. What you'll bring: Expertise in data science, marketplace risk vectors, proven experience in building and managing scalable risk platforms. Ability to drive constant and data driven improvement in decision strategies. End to end systems thinking that translates into best in-class and scalable risk management. Adept at dealing with ambiguity and making independent decisions about what data and approach is best for the task at hand. Lead with what's needed but focused on building towards scale. Excellent at communicating with individuals and groups at all levels of an organization. Strong business insight, superb communication, and relationship skills >10 years of supervisory experience. Minimum Qualifications... Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 7 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 at least 5 years of applied experience Option 3: 15 years of applied experience and success in ecommerce risk management, applied analytics or related field Preferred Qualifications... Demonstrated success in risk management experience using data science, quantitative methods, machine learning, decision optimization, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics, Python, Spark, Scala, or R Live our Values Culture Champion• Models the Walmart values to foster our culture; holds oneself and others accountable; and supports Walmart's commitment to communities, social justice, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability; maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance. Servant Leadership• Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent. Embrace Change Curiosity & Courage• Demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks. Digital Transformation & Change• Drives continuous improvements, supervises the adoption of new technology, and supports digital disruption in line with Walmart's business model. Deliver for the Customer Customer Focus• Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans and initiatives. Strategic Thinking• Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and implementing strategies. Focus on our Associates Diversity, Equity & Inclusion• Supports strategies and drives initiatives that attract and retain diverse and inclusive talent; builds high-performing teams. Collaboration & Influence• Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action. Talent Management• Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, builds the talent pipeline, fosters an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work, empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company, and regularly recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments. 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.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 at https://bit.ly/3iOOb1J . 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

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.
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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.
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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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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.
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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.
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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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Hoboken, New Jersey US-10279/Bellevue, Washington US-11075:The annual salary range for this position is $156,000.00-$312,000.00
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Sunnyvale, California US-08479:The annual salary range for this position is $169,000.00-$338,000.00
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Bentonville, Arkansas US-09401:The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00-$260,000.00
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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
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- Stock
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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1: Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 6 years' experience in an analytics related field.
Option 2: Masters 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...

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, Successful completion of one or more assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R, Supervisory experience, 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.

Primary Location...

702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

About Walmart

At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability-and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries-all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?

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 really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.

"At Walmart, we get the opportunity to grow professionally and personally-all while improving how we work and what we deliver to consumers." - Lola, Project Analyst

Hello, NW Arkansas

With over 200 miles of trails, an emerging locally-sourced food scene, the world-renowned Crystal Bridges Museum-NWA has something for everyone.

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