Senior Data Scientist, Online Merchandising

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger. Position Purpose: The Sr. Data Scientist, Online Merchandising leads data science work that drives profitability, efficiency and a better customer experience across The Home Depot’s online channel.

builds and scales models behind key merchandising decisions, including pricing and promotions, assortment, product discovery, and inventory and fulfillment tradeoffs. Sr. Data Scientists are expected to look for business opportunities where data science can be a competitive advantage.

requires proficiency in one or more specializations such as optimization, simulation, reinforcement learning, causal ML, elasticity modeling, NLP, or search. Experience applying these methods to retail or supply chain problems is a strong plus. As a Sr.

Data Scientist, you will lead data science projects: working with product managers, merchants and engineering partners, setting task priorities, balancing workload and mentoring data scientists on the project team. You will turn complex modeling work into clear insights and recommendations for leaders and business partners, explaining the expected benefits, tradeoffs and impacts of each solution. You will also help build a strong data science team by giving input on staffing needs and taking part in recruiting and hiring.

works closely with Online Merchandising and cross-functional technology teams, so it requires strong communication,