(usa) Senior Manager, Data Science

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Together Building AR Bentonville

Lead the strategy and execution for Walmart’s core Last Mile Delivery platform algorithm, applying LLMs, Gen AI, and advanced ML techniques to solve high-impact logistics challenges and improve routing efficiency.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own and lead end-to-end strategy, design, and optimization of Last Mile Delivery platform algorithms.
  2. Serve as the primary thought leader for algorithmic decisions affecting Last Mile logistics.
  3. Drive alignment with cross-functional teams including engineering, product, and business leadership.
  4. Integrate cutting-edge technologies such as LLMs, Gen AI, and advanced ML techniques to improve routing efficiency.
  5. Lead large-scale data analysis to identify opportunities for operational and business improvement.

Skills

Required

  • Proven leadership experience managing projects or teams in a technical environment.
  • Expertise in advanced data science, optimization, and AI
  • Strong business acumen combined with exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to have

  • Data science
  • machine learning
  • optimization models
  • PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics
  • Successful completion of one or more assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R
  • Supervisory experience
  • Using open source frameworks (for example, scikit learn, tensorflow, torch)

What the JD emphasized

  • advanced ML techniques
  • LLMs
  • Gen AI

Other signals

  • LLMs
  • Gen AI
  • advanced ML techniques
  • logistics challenges
  • routing efficiency