Senior Lead Data Scientist – ML Impact & Cross‑Functional Leader

Starbucks Corp.; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Starbucks Corp. is hiring a Senior/Lead Data Scientist to guide business decisions by building statistical and ML models. You will partner across teams to turn ambiguous questions into measurable solutions, delivering insights and deployable models into real workflows.

The role emphasizes model deployment, production readiness, and collaboration with stakeholders to drive business actions. Onsite presence is expected weekly.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in data science, applied analytics, or a closely related field
• BA/BS in a quantitative field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Proficiency with Python or R and SQL

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply analytical models (statistical and/or machine learning) to improve decision-making and outcomes
• Translate business problems into data science solutions and communicate recommendations to stakeholders
• Operationalize work by creating repeatable analysis/model pipelines and improving performance over time

Skills

Data science

Python/R

SQL

Mentoring

Cross-functional

Education

BA/BS in quantitative field

MS/PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Python

R

SQL

AWS/Azure

Spark

Job description

Starbucks Corp. is hiring a Senior/Lead Data Scientist to guide business decisions by building statistical and ML models. You will partner across teams to turn ambiguous questions into measurable solutions, delivering insights and deployable models into real workflows.

The role emphasizes model deployment, production readiness, and collaboration with stakeholders to drive business actions. Onsite presence is expected weekly.