Retail Data Scientist, P2M Optimizations & ML

The Gap, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Gap Inc. is seeking a Data Scientist to join our Product-to-Market (P2M) Data Science team. This hands-on role for someone early in their career applies ML, optimization, and analytics to improve catalog decisions, inventory positioning, pricing, and promotions.

This role offers collaboration with cross-functional partners and a fast-paced environment where ownership and proactive problem solving are valued. A Master’s degree and 2–3 years of experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• 2 to 3 years of data science or analytics experience.
• Experience with retail, supply chain, pricing, inventory, or merchandising problems.
• Strong Python and SQL fundamentals.
• Ability to communicate results clearly to technical and business teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and test machine learning, optimization, and statistical models for retail P2M problems.
• Analyze large datasets and develop analytical solutions using Python, SQL, and related technologies.
• Write reliable, maintainable code and contribute to testing, documentation, and code management.
• Evaluate model performance and measure business impact using appropriate statistical methods.
• Work with senior data scientists to troubleshoot, improve, and operationalize analytical solutions.
• Collaborate with business, product, engineering, and data science partners to understand requirements and communicate analytical findings.

Skills

Python

SQL

Machine Learning

Statistics

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in Operations Research / Data Science

Tools

Gurobi

Pyomo

OR-Tools

PySpark

Databricks

GCP

Job description

Gap Inc. is seeking a Data Scientist to join our Product-to-Market (P2M) Data Science team. This hands-on role for someone early in their career applies ML, optimization, and analytics to improve catalog decisions, inventory positioning, pricing, and promotions.

This role offers collaboration with cross-functional partners and a fast-paced environment where ownership and proactive problem solving are valued. A Master’s degree and 2–3 years of experience are preferred.