Senior Manager, HR Decision Science & Advanced Analytics
The Walt Disney Company
- Lake Buena Vista, FL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manage workload and resources to align with the strategic goals of People Insights and Decision Science, and maximize business value.
- Identify high-value opportunities for ML/AI/NLP to support HR and business strategies.
- Develop a work plan by connecting various issues and priorities, and proactively identify areas where Advanced Analytics, Decision Science, and Machine Learning can add the most value.
- Lead the development and implementation of statistical and machine learning techniques to support business decisions.
- Act as a thought partner and subject matter expert to refine ideas, generate hypotheses, analyze data, and apply advanced statistical models to formulate solutions.
- Identify future platform and analytical tools to evolve department capabilities in conjunction with Enterprise Technology.
- Lead the design, build, and maintenance of machine learning models, data pipelines, data engineering solutions, data science solutions, data integration solutions, and automated insights.
- Manage and sustain analytical infrastructure, technologies, and solutions by working with teams such as IT, Decision Scientists, and Analytics Partners.
- Stay up-to-date with emerging trends in ML, data engineering, processing, and the usage and integration of public, external, and third-party data.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performance team to manage complex projects and technical initiatives, and identify innovative solutions for system requirements and design.
- Demonstrated experience in statistics, optimization, machine learning, and/or econometrics
- Expertise in statistical and algorithmic solution development
- Competence in mathematical computing with at least one programming language (e.g. Python, R, Java), and the ability to learn technical methods and tools independently
- Competence in data engineering, architecture, including data modeling and data pipeline development
- Proficiency in data visualization / presentation skills, including the ability to simplify ML outputs, statistical concepts into simple and actionable insights
- Experience with cloud computing platforms like AWS and Google Cloud to build and deploy robust decision-making models and tools
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Ability to consult with non-technical teams and convert that to technical requirements
- Experience leading a team and developing others
- Contribution to Open-Source ML/Data projects
- Experience in Deep-Learning, NLP, and parallel and distributed programming
- Experience with HR / employee data
- Advanced degree (master’s or above) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or Engineering, or equivalent experience