Senior Forecasting Data Scientist

New Balance; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 82,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K

Lifestyle Reimbursement

Vacation

Holidays

Parental Leave

Mentorship Programs

Work-Life Balance

Job summary

New Balance, with its Boston, MA headquarters, is seeking a Senior Data Scientist focused on forecasting to join our Data Science Team. You will develop and maintain global forecasting models, partnering with business partners to improve accuracy and usability of forecasting methods across retail and supply chain domains.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in data science or forecasting roles, strong Python/SQL, and experience deploying models in production.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as a Data Scientist, ML Engineer, Forecasting Analyst, or similar role.
• Experience with forecasting models and optimization techniques across areas such as demand planning, inventory optimization, simulation, or decision science.
• Strong Python and SQL skills with experience building scalable, production-quality modeling workflows using large datasets.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder partnership skills.
• BA/BS in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Operations Research, or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve forecasting models for demand planning, allocation, assortment, inventory, and related planning decisions.
• Analyze demand, inventory, traffic, logistics, retail fashion, and sport-trend data to identify drivers of forecast performance.
• Translate business needs into modeling requirements and communicate model outputs in clear, actionable terms.
• Partner with engineering and MLOps teams to deploy, monitor, retrain, and maintain production forecasting models.
• Create reusable code, documentation, and tests that improve model reliability and maintainability.

Skills

Python

SQL

Forecasting

Data analysis

Education

BA/BS in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Operations Research, or a related technical field

Masters or PhD in a technical field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

New Balance, with its Boston, MA headquarters, is seeking a Senior Data Scientist focused on forecasting to join our Data Science Team. You will develop and maintain global forecasting models, partnering with business partners to improve accuracy and usability of forecasting methods across retail and supply chain domains.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in data science or forecasting roles, strong Python/SQL, and experience deploying models in production.