Senior Manager, Data Science Core Ops & Strategy Enablement

Position Summary

As Sr Manager, Data Science for Walmart+ Core Ops & Strategy Enablement, you will lead a team of data scientists that powers experimentation and scalable data science solutions across Walmart+. You’ll shape how we test, learn, and deploy models that drive member growth, engagement, and retention at Walmart scale. This is a people‑leadership role that works closely with the Member Acquisition & New Benefits, Member Engagement & Retention and other partner teams to support one of Walmart’s most important and fastest‑evolving growth engines.

• Lead and develop a team of Walmart+ data scientists focused on building AI/ML models, experimentation, and enablement across the Walmart+ ecosystem.
• Own the cross‑portfolio experimentation agenda
  , including standards for test design, guardrails, measurement, and documentation used across all analytical teams supporting Walmart+.
• Prioritize and oversee data science and customer behavior modeling (e.g., propensity, churn, uplift, targeting) that unlocks new strategies or de‑risks key decisions for Walmart+ leadership.
• Scale and templatize solutions by transforming successful experiments and models into reusable packages, feature stores, code templates, or playbooks used across teams.
• Communicate insights and recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders, turning complex tests and models into simple narratives that influence Walmart+ strategy.

• A member‑and customer‑first mindset
  : you anchor experiments and models in how they drive value for Walmart+ members and Walmart as a whole.
• A strong test‑and‑learn orientation
  : you’re comfortable with ambiguity, quickly forming hypotheses, testing them, and scaling what works.
• Demonstrated people leadership
  : you grow talent, delegate thoughtfully, and create clarity in a fast‑moving, evolving space.
• A bias for speed with rigor
  : you know when we need a quick read versus a deep dive, and you build mechanisms so the organization can move faster over time.
• Collaboration and influence skills to align data science, product, engineering, and business stakeholders around shared goals and experiment frameworks.

The Walmart+ Core Ops & Strategy Enablement Data Science team plays a central role within the Walmart+ ecosystem. The team develops experimentation frameworks, creates rapid‑turn models such as propensity and churn, and transforms unique solutions into reusable data science assets. Collaborating closely with Member Acquisition & New Benefits and Member Engagement & Retention teams, they ensure rigorous experimentation, actionable insights, and scalable models.

This team leverages advanced skills in data science, machine learning, Python, SQL, and data visualization to drive impactful business outcomes across multiple customer journeys and channels.

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.

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  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…