Senior Commercial Data Scientist

Driven by integrity and united by the people-and-pet bond, we find strong purpose in the work we do and an even greater joy in those we get to work alongside. Together, we harness the expertise of our long-standing tradition of excellence to embrace possibility and continuously push to do what's never been done before in pet care. Discover your purpose and fuel your passions when you bring your love of pets to a team that prides itself on the power of togetherness—We are Proudly Connected.

Purely Driven.

Position Summary

Digital Transformation is at the center of all that we do. With data-driven innovators passionate about making a difference in the lives of pets, we create cutting-edge digital business models that solve complex problems.

You’llbe at the forefront of digital advancements as they happen in real time, as well as ensure weremaina leader and innovator in the pet care category. Have a hand in making a lasting impact within our long-standing history.

As a Senior Commercial Data Scientist at Nestlé Purina, you'll apply data science, machine learning, and emerging AI capabilities to solve important commercial and marketing challenges. You'll bring a consumer lens to your work, partnering closely with marketing, brand, sales, and other commercial teams to turn business questions into analytical solutions and measurable outcomes. You'll combine hands-on data science experience with an understanding of how data and analytics are used across commercial areas such as consumer engagement, media, personalization, pricing and promotion, and digital commerce.

• Serve as a hands-on data science consultant to brand, marketing, sales, and category teams, working directly with business partners to understand challenges, shape ambiguous problems, identify analytical opportunities, and translate commercial priorities into data science and AI solutions that change how work gets done
• Design, develop, validate, and implement statistical, predictive modeling, machine learning, and AI solutions to solve complex consumer-facing, go-to-market, and other commercial and marketing business problems
• Explore and apply Generative AI capabilities to commercial and marketing opportunities, working with other technical experts when specialized architecture or engineering expertise is needed
• Work within established AIOps/MLOps, monitoring, and model-governance practices to help move solutions from experimentation into production
• Leverage and contribute to reusable frameworks, tools, and best practices that help accelerate development and scale successful solutions
• Share knowledge with other data scientists and stay current on emerging AI and analytics approaches relevant to commercial and marketing applications

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Marketing Analytics, Applied Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field
• 2+ years of experience working directly with business stakeholders to translate ambiguous business problems into analytical approaches and communicate technical findings in clear, business-relevant terms
• 5+ years of professional experience, including 3+ years applying data science, advanced analytics, or machine learning to business problems focused on marketing, consumer, commercial, e-commerce, sales, or related customer-facing business problems

Other

• Master's or PhD in Data Science, Applied Statistics, Marketing Analytics, Economics, Computer Science, Business Administration or a related field is preferred
• Experience operationalizing AI solutions through AIOps/MLOps frameworks, model governance, and enterprise AI lifecycle management

Don’t meet all the qualifications listed under “other”? These are preferred, but not required. When you apply for a role with Nestlé Purina, we…