Sam's Club
Staff Data Scientist – Sam's Club
Join Sam’s Club as a Staff Data Scientist and bridge the gap between advanced AI capabilities and business strategy. In this role you will lead efforts to design and apply AI solutions that deliver measurable impact across Asset Protection, Operations, and Product.
Base pay range $110,000 – $220,000 per year
Responsibilities
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.
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.
Qualifications
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.
Benefits
Health benefits including medical, vision and dental coverage.
Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase and company‑paid life insurance.
Paid time off benefits including PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
Other benefits include short‑term and long‑term disability, company discounts, military leave pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
Live Better U education benefit program covering tuition, books, and fees for full‑time and part‑time associates.
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.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 4 years’ experience in an analytics related field.
Master’s degree in the same fields and 2 years’ experience in an analytics related field.
Or 6 years’ experience in an analytics or related field.
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Base pay range $110,000 – $220,000 per year
Responsibilities
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.
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.
Qualifications
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.
Benefits
Health benefits including medical, vision and dental coverage.
Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase and company‑paid life insurance.
Paid time off benefits including PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
Other benefits include short‑term and long‑term disability, company discounts, military leave pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
Live Better U education benefit program covering tuition, books, and fees for full‑time and part‑time associates.
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.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 4 years’ experience in an analytics related field.
Master’s degree in the same fields and 2 years’ experience in an analytics related field.
Or 6 years’ experience in an analytics or related field.
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