Principal, Data Scientist

Position Summary... Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning. Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and ensuring diversity awareness. Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy. Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost-effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events. What youll do...

• Formulating a strategy and roadmap to design, develop, and deploy AI/ML, NLP and GenAI models into production environments with a focus on reliability and scalability.
• Build/Fine-tune state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) using Walmarts massive datasets.
• Lead and inspire a team of scientists and engineers solving AI/ML problems through RD while pushing the state-of-the-art to drive innovation at scale
• Executing full life cycle of projects through planning, data collection, model prototyping and deployment, with responsibilities encompassing stakeholder management and communication to cross-functional partners.
• Partner closely with Product and engineering leaders to inform, drive and accelerate innovations in discovery experiences via Insights, frameworks, machine learning prototypes, and the strategic importance of AI initiatives.
• Upholding standards, governance, and best practices in AI/ML model development and compliance with model and data governance standards.
• Build a strong external presence through publishing your team s work in top-tier AI/ML conferences and developing partnerships with academic institutions
• Adhere to Walmart s policies, procedures, mission, values, standards of ethics and integrity
• Adopt to Walmart s quality standards, develop/recommend process standards and best practices across the retail industry

• Bachelors/Masters/PhD from a reputed institution
• Minimum of 12+ years of data science experience
• Demonstrated history of technology leadership and strong hands-on experience
• Proven records of scientific publications or intellectual property generation
• Past experience in strong programming skills across data science, big data and ML engineering stack
• Strong communication skills with inclination to high ownership and commitment

• Experience with Ecommerce domain.

Minimum Qualifications... Minimum Qualifications: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 Qualifications... Primary Location...