Senior Data Scientist (Remote)

Kohl's; Menomonee Falls (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Kohl's in Wisconsin seeks a data scientist to partner with a cross‑functional team and promote data‑driven decision making through advanced analytics and machine learning.

You will develop models, run experiments, and translate outputs into business value while guiding junior data scientists and staying current with industry trends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field.
• 3+ years of data science experience.
• Experience with ML algorithms and optimization methods.
• Proficient with Python/R/Spark and cloud platforms.
• Strong problem solving and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead exploratory data analysis to derive actionable insights.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Develop and deploy state‑of‑the‑art ML models.
• Fine‑tune and scale models for production use.
• Design experiments to answer targeted business questions.
• Drive adoption of data science products and metrics.

Skills

3+ years data science

Communication & collaboration

Model development & deployment

Problem solving for products

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science/CS/Statistics

Tools

Python

R

Spark

SQL

GCP

Job description

About The Role

In this role you will work with a data science team and cross-functional partners to solve business challenges and promote data-driven decision making with advanced data analysis and machine learning.

About The Role

In this role you will work with a data science team and cross-functional partners to solve business challenges and promote data-driven decision making with advanced data analysis and machine learning.

What You’ll Do

• Lead exploratory data analysis to cull actionable insights
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Develop and implement statistical and machine learning models
• Fine-tune, optimize and ensure the scalability of models and algorithms
• Aid in designing experiments to answer targeted questions
• Identify and drive continuous improvement of key business metrics in an assigned business functional area
• Drive adoption and usage of data science products and models
• Translate data science outputs into business outcomes and value delivered
• Mentor and guide junior data scientists, providing technical expertise and fostering a culture of continuous learning and development
• Stay up to date on the latest trends and developments in data science and technology and identify implementation opportunities to support innovation at Kohl’s
• Additional tasks may be assigned

Addendum

PERSONALIZATION & RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS

Accountabilities

• Design and support deployment of machine learning models to power personalized experiences across digital channels (e.g., homepage, PDP, cart, campaigns)
• Build and optimize recommendation and ranking systems balancing relevance, discovery, and business objectives (e.g., conversion, revenue)
• Develop multi-stage ranking approaches, including candidate generation and re‑ranking
• Address cold-start and long-tail challenges in large product catalogs
• Partner with engineering to support real-time personalization and scalable deployment

Required

What Skills You Have

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics or equivalent quantitative field
• 3+ years of progressively complex data science experience
• Extensive experience developing and deploying state-of-the-art algorithms using machine learning, statistical and optimization methods
• Expert in using modern analytics tools, programming languages, and cloud platforms (Python, R, Spark, SQL, GCP, etc.)
• Strong problem-solving skills with an emphasis on product development
• Experience proposing rapid experiments to test the effectiveness of new strategies or initiatives and iterating quickly
• Effective communication and collaboration skills at all levels

Preferred

• Master’s degree and/or Ph.D.
• Retail and Logistics experience
• Supply chain management
• Marketing models