About the job
We are looking for a Principal Data Scientist to drive data-informed strategy and innovation across Walmart’s eCommerce ecosystem. In this role, you will design scalable data science strategies, develop impactful features, simulate business scenarios, and translate analytical insights into strategic decisions. You will work closely with product, engineering, and business teams to optimize customer experience, personalization, and AI-driven commerce initiatives.
Responsibilities
Design Data Science Strategies: Develop analytical frameworks and models that shape decision-making across customer behavior modeling, catalog enrichment, search and ads integration, recommendations, payments, and agentic commerce.
Feature Development and Impact Simulation: Identify, design, and evaluate high-impact features. Simulate large-scale customer and business outcomes to assess trade-offs and optimize performance metrics.
Optimization and Experimentation: Apply optimization, causal inference, and advanced statistical techniques to improve personalization, ranking, pricing, and recommendation accuracy. Design experiments and measure impact rigorously.
Data Exploration and Insight Generation: Deeply analyze customer and operational data to uncover actionable insights that drive strategy, growth, and efficiency across the eCommerce journey.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product managers, engineers, and strategy leaders to ensure analytical solutions align with business priorities and drive measurable results.
Thought Leadership: Lead strategic discussions on how data and AI can transform eCommerce. Influence roadmaps and establish best practices for data-driven decision-making across teams.
Qualifications
Minimum
Option 1: Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 5 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2: Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3: 7 years' experience in an analytics or related field.
Preferred
No preferred qualifications listed.