Senior Manager, Data Science - Last Mile Delivery

802 Respect Dr, Bentonville, AR

Bentonville, AR

R-2676955

$110,000 - $220,000/yr

Regular/ Permanent

Role summary: The Senior Manager, Data Science leads advanced analytical initiatives to drive business impact through robust modeling, data visualization, and strategic insights. This role oversees model development, validation, and deployment while ensuring alignment with business objectives. The position requires expertise in statistical methods, machine learning, and data quality, combined with strong stakeholder management and communication skills. The Senior Manager mentors teams, translates complex data into actionable recommendations, and collaborates across functions to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency within a dynamic, data-driven environment.
About the team: Theteamprovidesstrategicleadershipfor Walmart’sLast Mile Delivery and Physical Asset Deployment ,focusingonnetworkexpansion,delivery speed,andoperationalefficiency.

Itleadsdatascienceinitiativesfordepotstrategy,optimizingsiteselection,demand forecasting,andassetdeploymenttomaximizebusinessimpact.

Theteamdrivesenterprise-wideeffortstoachieveconsistentsub-30-minutedeliveryandsupports

Spark

Networkoptimizationthroughadvancedanalyticsandstrategicplanning.

Collaboratingacrossfunctions,theteamdeliversscalable,data-drivensolutionsthatenhancefulfillmentefficiency,improveoperationalperformance,and strengthen

Walmart’scompetitivepositioninthemarket.

• Lead the development, assessment, and validation of advanced analytical models using best practices to ensure accuracy, robustness, and business relevance.
• Design and implement data visualization solutions that effectively communicate complex insights to stakeholders and support decision-making.
• Translate business requirements into actionable data science projects aligned with strategic objectives and measurable outcomes.
• Guide and mentor team members on modeling techniques, feature engineering, and data quality standards to enhance overall capability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to identify data sources, ensure data integrity, and deploy scalable models into production environments.
• Drive continuous improvement by integrating emerging machine learning methods and optimizing model performance.

• Extensiveexperienceindatascience,machine learning,andadvancedstatisticalmethodstodevelopandvalidatecomplexmodels.
• Proficiency in Python,SQL,anddatavisualizationtoolssuchas
  
  Matplotlib,Plotly,Tableau,orPowerBI.
• StrongknowledgeofmodelassessmenttechniquesincludingROCcurve,Chi-square,androotmeansquareerror.
• Abilitytotranslatebusinessrequirementsintoactionabledatascienceprojectsalignedwithstrategicgoals.
• Expertiseinstakeholdermanagementandcommunicatingtechnicalinsightstonon-technicalbusinessaudiences.
• Provenleadershipinmentoringteamsanddrivingcontinuousimprovementinanalyticsanddataquality.
• Solidunderstandingofbusinessmetrics,project management,andbusinessintelligenceapplications.

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…