Staff, Data Scientist

Position Summary...

What You'Ll Do...

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As a Staff Data Scientist at Sam's Club, you will bridge the gap between advanced AI capabilities and business strategy. In this role, you’ll lead efforts to design and apply AI solutions that deliver measurable impact across Asset Protection, Operations, and Product. While grounded in AI/ML innovation, this position focuses on translating complex technologies into practical business outcomes—improving efficiency, strengthening member experience, and driving smarter decision-making. Success in this role requires strong business acumen, the ability to align AI initiatives with enterprise priorities, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams.  

 
About the team:  
Sam’s Club is a membership warehouse club that combines value, quality, and innovation for millions of members. Our team is dedicated to harnessing the power of data and AI to unlock new business opportunities and reimagine how retail operates. Working side-by-side with Asset Protection, Operations, and Product, we identify high-impact challenges and deliver AI-driven solutions that optimize business processes, strengthen risk management, and enhance operational excellence. We are at the forefront of retail transformation, ensuring AI is applied responsibly and strategically to support our associates and members.  
 

What You'Ll Do:

• Translate business challenges into AI solutions: partner with stakeholders in Asset Protection, Operations, and Product to understand pain points and opportunities, then design AI approaches that deliver measurable improvements. 
• Leverage AI for business impact: guide the use of AI agents, predictive modeling, and advanced analytics to improve decision-making, streamline workflows, and reduce inefficiencies across supported areas. 
• Integrate with enterprise systems: ensure AI initiatives connect seamlessly with existing tools, systems, and processes, enabling real-world adoption and sustainable impact. 
• Establish metrics, monitoring, and governance to ensure reliability, safety, and ethical use. 
• Bridge technical and business teams through leadership, mentoring, and setting adoption standards. 
• Build and stand up software and data products independently, demonstrating ownership of the full development lifecycle. 
• Apply foundational machine learning techniques and a working understanding of Generative AI to solve complex, ambiguous problems creatively and effectively. 
• Communicate clearly and confidently with both technical and non-technical audiences, presenting problems, hypotheses, and solutions with clarity and business relevance.
• Transition from onboarding to leadership within 3–6 months, taking charge of identifying opportunities, shaping project roadmaps, and driving measurable impact. 

What You'Ll Bring:

• Proven expertise in predictive analytics and machine learning algorithms to develop and validate advanced models. 
• Proficiency in Python programming and data visualization tools such as Matplotlib, Plotly, Tableau, or PowerBI. 
• Strong knowledge of data strategy, including data quality standards, governance, and scalable data ecosystems. 
• Experience with data source identification across SQL and NoSQL databases and performing initial data quality assessments. 
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into data-driven solutions and communicate insights effectively to stakeholders. 
• Familiarity with model deployment, monitoring, and iterative enhancement in production environments. 

Preferred Qualifications And Experience:

• 5+ years of professional experience working as a Data Scientist. 
• Professional work experience with Spark and dashboarding. 
• Working knowledge and understanding of GenAI and AI solutions. 

About Sam's Club: 
Sam Walton opened the first Sam's Club in 1983 to meet a growing need among customers who wanted to buy merchandise in bulk. Since then, Sam's Club has grown rapidly, opening more than 600 clubs in the U.S. and 100 clubs internationally. By offering affordable, wholesale merchandise to members, Sam's Club helps make saving simple for families and small business owners. Sam's Club employs about 110,000 associates in the U.S. The average club is 134,000 square feet and offers bulk groceries and general merchandise. Most clubs also have specialty services, such as a pharmacy, an optical department, a photo center, or a tire and battery center. 

Future Ways of Working: 
Our company's success can be attributed to our employees. While technology has allowed us to be effective while working remotely, there is no substitute for being in the office together; it helps to shape our culture, collaborate, innovate, build relationships, and move more quickly. We strive to provide flexibility in order to promote a healthy work-life balance but recognize that in-person interactions are important to our culture and shared success. We'll meet in person on a regular and purposeful basis. 

Benefits: 
Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more. 
 
Equal Opportunity Employer: 

Sam’s Club is an Equal Opportunity Employer – by choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions while being welcoming of all people. 
 
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process. 

#Li-Onsite

At Sam's Club, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet!

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- Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage

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- Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance

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- Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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- Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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Live Better U is a company paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00-$220,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1: Bachelors degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 4 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2: Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 2 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3: 6 years' experience in an analytics or related field

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Data science, machine learning, optimization models, PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Information Technology, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics, Successful completion of one or more assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R, Using open source frameworks (for example, scikit learn, tensorflow, torch), We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Primary Location...

2101 Se Simple Savings Dr, Bentonville, AR 72712-4304, United States of AmericaWalmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.