Senior Manager II, Data Science - IRL

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

Introduction

Intelligent Retail Lab is an innovation hub formed by the world’s largest retailer focused on identifying and investing in trends and technologies reshaping the shopping experience. Intelligent Retail Lab’s mission is to create step change in-store experiences, leveraging emerging technology to help define and deliver on evolving customer expectations. Its success requires a cross- functional, mission-based team that is highly entrepreneurial, collaborative and passionate about solving the unsolved problems.

We are seeking a Sr. Manager II, Data Science to join the IRL AI  team, an organization focused on productizing novel technologies for deployment in stores and distribution centers. In this role, your job will be to both manage and partner with groups working across the full spectrum from research to product development, managing our technical investment portfolio supporting multiple products across different timelines. You will oversee and be responsible for a broad array of state-of-the-art technology areas, spanning Computer Vision, Machine Learning, designed to run on edge devices. Prospective candidates should have sufficient technical depth and breadth in the associated set of technologies to make portfolio management, resourcing and roadmap decisions.

You’ll make an impact by:   

• Leading an organization comprised of technology leaders, applied scientists and engineers from prototyping across development and integration of advanced systems relying heavily on Computer Vision and Machine Learning technologies
• Owning the development of system requirements, and collaborating with respective teams to mature and integrate technologies necessary to create product architectures that can deliver these requirements
• Engaging cross-functionally with other technology leaders and engineers to develop concepts that advance the entire product pipeline (hardware, software, integration, infrastructure, and applications)
• Recruiting world-class talent and providing mentorship to team members
• Working closely with various organizations to define and execute long-term roadmaps
• Coordinating with research, user research, legal, privacy and business development teams to both define and execute technology development with key partners & suppliers
• Developing and communicating technology development strategies and status
• Facilitating and working with teams to proactively alleviate project bottlenecks

You’ll sweep us off our feet if…  

• BS degree in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science or equivalent
• 2+ years of people management experience in multi-disciplinary global teams at the intersection of tech and product, including building performing teams and organization
• 2+ years of experience supporting an engineering and/or research organization through technical leadership
• Demonstrated experience in recruiting and managing technical teams, including performance management
• Experience in managing teams productizing Computer Vision or AI/Machine Learning technologies from conception to end
• Leadership and interpersonal communication experience in working across many disciplines, driving best engineering practices, and mentoring team members
• Technical experience in leading teams/projects in one or more of the technical domains of machine perception (e.g., machine vision, deep learning, sensors and robotics)
• Flexibility and resilience in a dynamic environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD in Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, AI/Machine Learning or related field
• Experience managing joint hardware-software development and associated rapid prototyping projects
• Experience in leading teams developing technologies such as eye tracking, object detection and large scale classification
• Experience in leading teams interfacing with HW teams (e.g., sensors, silicon) in setting requirements and product tradeoffs

About Global Tech 

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people and put a smile on their face. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of 15,000+ software engineers, data scientists and service professionals within Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, delivering innovations that improve how our customers shop and empower our 2.2 million associates. To others, innovation looks like an app, service or some code, but Walmart has always been about people. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. Being human-led is our true disruption. 

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 5 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 2: Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field and 3 years' experience in an analytics related field. Option 3: 7 years' experience in an analytics or related field.
As permitted by applicable law, provide evidence of full vaccination as defined by CDC guidelines OR secure approval of medical or religious accommodation for the vaccination mandate.

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, Supervisory experience, Using open source frameworks (for example, scikit learn, tensorflow, torch)

Primary Location...

840 W CALIFORNIA AVE, SUNNYVALE, CA 94086-4828, United States of America