Senior Data Scientist, Pro CX

The Home Depot; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to drive data science initiatives that boost profitability, efficiency, and customer experience. This role helps build advanced analytics infrastructure and seeks business opportunities to leverage data science as a competitive advantage.

The position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams, mentoring data scientists, and presenting insights to leaders. Strong communication and recruiting input are essential.

Qualifications

• PhD in a quantitative field (e.g., CS, Math, Stats) preferred.
• 6+ years in BI and analytics
• Proficient in Python and modern scripting
• SQL queries against large datasets
• Experience with data visualization tools

Responsibilities

• Design and develop algorithms and models for large datasets to derive business insights.
• Lead projects, prioritize tasks, and mentor junior data scientists.
• Collaborate with partners to drive data-driven decisions and communicate impact.
• Contribute to reusable analytics libraries and codified data products

Skills

Python

Statistical analysis

Predictive modelling

Prescriptive modelling

Data mining

NLP

Optimization

Machine learning

Education

PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Google BigQuery

SQL

Tableau

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose: The Sr. Data Scientist is responsible for leading data science initiatives that drive business profitability, increased efficiencies and improved customer experience. This role assists in the development of the Home Depot advanced analytics infrastructure that informs decision making. Sr. Data Scientists are expected to seek out business opportunities to leverage data science as a competitive advantage. Based on the specific data science team, this role would need to be Proficient in one or more data science specializations, such as optimization, computer vision, recommendation, search or NLP.

As a Sr. Data Scientist, you will serve as a lead on data science projects, collaborating with project/product managers, providing prioritization of tasks, balancing workload and mentoring data scientists on the project team. This role is expected to present insights and recommendations to leaders and business partners and explain the benefits and impacts of the recommended solutions. This role supports the building of skilled and talented data science teams by providing input to staffing needs and participating in the recruiting and hiring process. In addition, Data Scientists collaborate with business partners and cross-functional teams, requiring effective communication skills, building relationships and partnerships, and leveraging business proficiency to solutions and recommendations.

Key Responsibilities

• 35% Solution Development - Proficiently design and develop algorithms and models to use against large datasets to create business insights; Execute tasks with high levels of efficiency and quality; Make appropriate selection, utilization and interpretation of advanced analytical methodologies; Effectively communicate insights and recommendations to both technical and non-technical leaders and business customers/partners; Prepare reports, updates and/or presentations related to progress made on a project or solution; Clearly communicate impacts of recommendations to drive alignment and appropriate implementation
• 30% Project Management & Team Support - Work with project teams and business partners to determine project goals; Provide direction on prioritization of work and ensure quality of work; Provide mentoring and coaching to more junior roles to support their technical competencies; Collaborate with managers and team in the distribution of workload and resources; Support recruiting and hiring efforts for the team
• 20% Business Collaboration - Leverage extensive business knowledge into solution approach; Effectively develop trust and collaboration with internal customers and cross-functional teams; Provide general education on advanced analytics to technical and non-technical business partners; Deep understanding of IT needs for the team to be successful in tackling business problems; Actively seek out new business opportunities to leverage data science as a competitive advantage
• 15% Technical Exploration & Development - Seek further knowledge on key developments within data science, technical skill sets, and additional data sources; Participate in the continuous improvement of data science and analytics by developing replicable solutions (for example, codified data products, project documentation, process flowcharts) to ensure solutions are leveraged for future projects; Define best practices and develop clear vision for data analysis and model productionalization; Contribute to library of reusable algorithms for future use, ensuring developed codes are documented

Direct Manager/Direct Reports

This position reports to manager or above

This position has 0 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements

Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Math, Statistics, etc.)
• 6+ years of experience in business intelligence and analytics
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Power Point
• Proficient in a modern scripting language (preferably Python)
• Proficient running queries against data (preferably with Google BigQuery or SQL)
• Proficient with data visualization software (preferably Tableau)
• Mastery utilizing statistical techniques to identify key insights that help solve business problems
• Proficient in Prescriptive Modeling like optimization, computer vision, recommendation, search or NLP
• Demonstrated proficiency in predictive modeling, data mining and data analysis

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