Director Data Science
BJ's Wholesale Club
- Marlborough, MA
- $158,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- BJ’s pays weekly
- Generous time off programs to support busy lifestyles*
- Benefit plans for your changing needs*
- Support the enterprise by providing ad hoc data science support inclusive of data engineering, software solutioning, modelling and measurement
- Govern enterprise-wide testing design and measurement to ensure statistical validity
- Maintain and build upon our internal data science technologies inclusive of marketing, pricing measurement, consumer insight and digital use cases (MMM/MTA)
- Partner in the creation of testing plans and deliver timely measurement of performance
- Ability to frame business problems and decompose their constituent parts for data science analysis and building new solutions
- Build machine learning models and use applied statistics (supervised/unsupervised learning, lift modeling, linear/nonlinear programming) to support the business
- Certify all engagement and loyalty testing design/measurement (hypothesis testing, A/B testing, design of experiment, sample size/power calculation)
- Develop and maintain machine learning pipelines including ETL and ML Ops pipelines
- Provide opinion on existing and new integrations of 3rd party data science solutions and measurement
- Ability to communicate data science concepts/insights to non-technical audiences
- Manage, coach and develop a team of Data Science Managers and Data Scientists
- 10+ years of experience of data science/analytics experience, preferably in the retail space
- 5+ years of experience with progressive management/team lead experience, leading team of 10+, including data science managers
- Experience working with global and remote teams
- Track record in building/implementing machine learning algorithms and applications in production
- Experience guiding teams in addressing technical and delivery challenges
- Excellent communication and visualization skills
- Thorough knowledge in statistics and experience with ideating, designing, and analyzing experiments and A/B tests
- Hands-on coding skills with SQL, Python or R
- Deep understanding and commitment to software engineering tools/principles/processes (eg., Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, GIT, Jira, Confluence)
- Eager to learn new algorithms, new application areas and new tools
- Preferred experience with cloud-computing frameworks (e. g. AWS/GCP/Azure)
- BSc in Computer Science, engineering (or related area), or equivalent experience