Sr. Director Data Science

Key Skills

Java Programming, Python Programming, SQL, Azure, Apache Hadoop, Snowflake, SPARK Programming, Databricks

Job Description

Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. With a fixation on innovation and building culture, our team is rallying our company around a unique vision: forging a retail winner that is admired for national strength, deep roots in the communities we serve, and a team that has passion for food and delivering great service.

Albertsons is one of the largest retail employers, providing approximately 300,000 jobs across 2,200 stores, 22 distribution centers, 20 food and beverage plants and various support offices. We operate in 34 states and the District of Columbia under the Albertsons banner, as well as Safeway, Tom Thumb, Jewel Osco, Shaw's and many more recognizable names.

What you will be doing

You will enjoy working with one of the richest data sets in the world, cutting edge technology, and the ability to see your insights turned into business impacts on regular basis. You'll lead data scientists and partner with business in identifying and defining data science projects, building machine learning algorithms and models on top of existing data platforms. The candidate will have a background in computer science or a related technical field with experiences working with large data sets and applying data-driven decision making. A successful candidate will be both technically strong and business savvy, with a passion to make an impact through creative storytelling and timely actions. You are a self-starter, smart yet humble, with a bias for action. The level of this position will be determined at the time of the interview. The Data Science Department has an opening for a Senior Director Data Science. This position is located in Pleasanton, California.

Main responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver lovable shopping experiences based on personalization. Interface with cross functional leaders and represent point of views from data science to drive measurable success
• Build and lead a high-performing team of data scientists and machine learning engineers in a hands-on technical capacity. Inspire and deliver data science innovations that fuel the growth of business
• Provide technical leadership in data science. Guide architectures, data science models, machine learning algorithms and engineering best practices. Coach team members and grow the skill sets.
• Use machine learning to solve real customer problems, power the next generation experiences for large scale applications at real time. Deliver breakthrough benefits to customers using personalized, enriched, and derived data from a range of sources
• Drive meetings and lead discussions. Prioritize projects across the team and allocate resources to meet business and team goals
• Communicate sophisticated machine learning and modeling solutions effectively with intuitive visualizations for business stakeholders

What we are searching for

• Masters or PhD degree in quantitative discipline: Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Math, Statistics or related fields
• 5+ years management experience in building and leading data science teams
• Track record of guiding teams through unstructured technical problems to deliver business impact. Ability to translate high-level business objectives into actions
• Skilled at running cross-functional relationships and communicating with leadership across multiple organizations
• 8+ years of industry experience in applying data science: experimental design, machine learning, deep learning algorithm etc.
• 8+ years of experience and proficiency in Python, SQL
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in building data science solutions and production-ready systems on big data platforms such as Snowflake, Spark, Hadoop
• Excellent communications skills, with the ability to synthesize, simplify and explain complex problems to different audience
• Experience with recommender system, Snowflakes, Azure Databricks is a plus

What it is like at Albertsons?

Albertsons Culture Principles

• Compassion: We always treat each other with kindness and respect
• Team: We always support and recognize each other
• Inclusive: We always value everyone's perspective
• Learning: We always strive to grow and develop ourselves and others
• Competitive: We always act with integrity to win over the customer
• Ownership: We always take actions to drive our success