Senior Director, Advanced Analytics

Overview

Position Summary... What you'll do... The Sr. Director, Advanced Analytics is a strategic leader responsible for driving results and shaping strategy around business objectives. This role provides consulting to senior leadership, including VPs and SVPs, articulating the needs of current and future Sellers to executive leadership. The Sr. Director consults with executive leadership to identify opportunities to leverage insights for shaping Seller Performance on the Walmart Platform.

• Act as a subject matter expert to senior leadership, advising on Seller Performance and identify analytics-driven opportunities.
• Develop scorecard/KPIs to evaluate Seller Performance and provide insights to identify opportunities to fine tune Seller Performance by developing tools and processes.
• Build and nurture internal and external partnerships to maximize business goals and lead key outreach initiatives.
• Lead all advanced analytics projects for a complex business area, category, or prototype across platforms.
• Ensure analytical solutions align with business priorities and reflect broad industry and organizational knowledge.
• Direct the development and implementation of data models for all projects within assigned areas.
• Lead the creation of new modeling algorithms and approaches by evaluating industry trends and business performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align modeling solutions with business strategies.
• Partner with functional and cross-functional leadership (e.g., Assortment, Risk, Merchandising) to develop consultative solutions.
• Ensure alignment and buy-in for recommendations across teams and business areas.
• Identify emerging skills needed by analytics associates and foster career growth.
• Build high-performing teams by embracing diversity in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences.

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Analytics, Business, or related field;
  Master’s preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in advanced analytics, data science, or related disciplines.
• Proven experience leading complex analytics projects and cross-functional teams.
• Expertise in modern analytics tools, modeling algorithms, and industry trends.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Commitment to integrity, diversity, and continuous improvement.

Respect the Individual:
Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; 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; supports strategies and drives initiatives that attract and retain the best talent.

Respect the Individual:
Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; communicates and listens attentively with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.

Act with Integrity:
Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and compliance; models Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by advancing opportunity, sustainability, community, and integrity; e.g., creating fair opportunities for associates and suppliers, driving local giving efforts.

Act with Integrity:
Ensures that teams follow the law, our code of conduct, and company policies; promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns and models a culture of nonretaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action; enables others to do the same; holds self and teams accountable for achieving results in a way consistent with our values.

Act with Integrity:
Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble and self-aware.

Serve our Customers and Members:
Delivers expected business results while putting the customer/members first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and an…