AI Strategy Lead: Data Science & Automation

Walmart; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) matching

Stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Live Better U education benefit

Job summary

Walmart in Bentonville, AR is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Science - AI Strategy to own and drive AI and automation for Spark Earnings Excellence. You will identify high-impact opportunities to automate manual work and apply AI/ML to earnings analysis, partnering with business and technology teams to deliver them.

You will bridge business and tech, embedding AI across the team's work, with leadership responsibility and a focus on responsible AI, governance, and measurable outcomes for drivers

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 5 years' analytics experience.
• Master's degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 3 years' analytics experience.
• 7 years' experience in an analytics or related field.

Responsibilities

• Set and own the multi-year AI and automation vision across Spark Earnings Excellence pillars.
• Architect scalable data, platform, and governance foundations that enable AI at enterprise scale.
• Ship agentic AI for use cases like payment validation, defect root-cause analysis, reconciliation, anomaly detection, and audit reporting.
• Drive portfolio prioritization through rigorous business cases balancing impact, effort, and risk.
• Lead cross-functional Engineering, Data Science, and platform teams from concept to production with measurable outcomes.
• Raise the bar on responsible AI with Legal, Compliance, and InfoSec, including evals and drift monitoring.
• Scale AI fluency and change management; communicate impact to executive leadership.

Skills

Team Leadership

Data Science Leadership

GenAI Systems

Python

SQL

Experimentation

Governance & Compliance

Communication to Execs

ML & AI Strategy

Education

Master's degree in quantitative field

Master's degree in Statistics/Economics/Analytics/Math/CS/IT

PhD preferred in ML/CS/OR/Stats

Tools

Spark

TensorFlow

Job description

Walmart in Bentonville, AR is seeking a Senior Manager, Data Science - AI Strategy to own and drive AI and automation for Spark Earnings Excellence. You will identify high-impact opportunities to automate manual work and apply AI/ML to earnings analysis, partnering with business and technology teams to deliver them.

You will bridge business and tech, embedding AI across the team's work, with leadership responsibility and a focus on responsible AI, governance, and measurable outcomes for drivers