(IND) STAFF, DATA SCIENTIST

Position Summary...

Job Summary :

We are seeking a strategic, data-driven business leader to join Walmart’s Last Mile Strategy & Science team. This high-impact role sits at the intersection of strategy, performance management, and advanced analytics, leading initiatives that drive measurable improvements in delivery cost, speed, service quality, and customer / driver experience. You will lead cross-functional initiatives that address priorities such as revenue improvement, fee and monetization strategies, catchment and geo-expansion, cost-to-serve reduction, and defect elimination. You will also be responsible for designing, building, and operationalizing the metrics, analytics, and governance frameworks that provide visibility, drive accountability, and support continuous performance improvement across Walmart’s last-mile delivery network. This role involves developing advanced analytics models, leveraging statistical and ML techniques to identify performance drivers (e.g., driver search time, batching lag, routing inefficiencies), and partnering with AI teams to deploy agents that automate insights, proactively detect gaps, and enable better decision-making. It requires close collaboration with senior stakeholders across Operations, Strategy, Finance, Tech, and Data Science to align priorities, embed insights into decisions, and guide scalable execution. This position is pivotal in shaping strategic direction while institutionalising performance management discipline, helping Walmart deliver on its customer promise in a cost-effective and scalable manner.

What you'll do...

About the Team:

Last Mile Strategy & Science Team is a cross-functional team driving Walmart’s last-mile innovation by combining strategic thinking, advance analytics and data science, and operational excellence. We design and execute strategic initiatives, develop metrics and performance frameworks, and build AI-enabled insight engines that help identify opportunities, guide decisions, and drive execution at scale.

What You'll do:

• Lead high-priority strategic initiatives including revenue improvement, fee and monetization strategy, catchment / geo-expansion, cost-to-serve optimization, and defect reduction.
• Frame problems, design solutions, and develop business cases and KPIs to guide decision-making and measure impact.
• Develop and manage advanced analytics models to optimize delivery network performance, balancing customer satisfaction with operational cost and asset efficiency.
• Leverage statistical methods and ML models to isolate and quantify key performance drivers such as driver search time, batching lag, and routing inefficiencies.
• Establish and maintain standardized KPI and metric frameworks across Operations, Finance, and Tech, ensuring consistency and transparency.
• Partner with internal AI teams to deploy AI-driven agents that automate insights, proactively identify performance gaps, and streamline decision-making.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to secure alignment, sponsorship, and adoption of key initiatives, embedding data-driven insights into business processes.
• Oversee the creation of dashboards, reporting frameworks, and scenario models that provide leadership with actionable, forward-looking insights.
• Present clear, impact-oriented data narratives and recommendations to influence senior executives and guide strategic trade-offs.
• Mentor and coach junior team members, fostering a culture of disciplined execution, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration.
  
  

What You'll bring:

• 7–10+ years of experience in top-tier strategy consulting, corporate strategy, performance management, or advanced analytics in complex, large-scale businesses (preferably last-mile, supply-chain, logistics, or e-commerce).
• Proven ability to structure ambiguous problems, analyze large data sets, and translate insights into actionable strategies and measurable outcomes.
• Proficiency in analytics tools: For performance management roles, proficiency in SQL (Big Query or similar), Python (or R), Tableau / Looker, and experience with large-scale data handling and cloud-based platforms (e.g., GCP, Azure).
• Comfort working alongside data science and product partners to leverage advanced models for decision support.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills, with experience influencing senior cross-functional leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and scale metrics frameworks and governance processes that drive accountability.
• A track record of leading high-performing teams, mentoring talent, and fostering a culture of analytical rigor, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  
  

About Walmart Global Tech

Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That's what we do at Walmart Global Tech. Were a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the worlds leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered.

We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Flexible, hybrid work

We use a hybrid way of working with primary in office presence coupled with an optimal mix of virtual presence. We use our campuses to collaborate and be together in person, as business needs require and for development and networking opportunities. This approach helps us make quicker decisions, remove location barriers across our global team, be more flexible in our personal lives.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is ''everyone included.'' By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is and feels included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, were able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities 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...

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

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.

Primary Location...

BLOCK- 1, PRESTIGE TECH PACIFIC PARK, SY NO. 38/1, OUTER RING ROAD KADUBEESANAHALLI, , India R-2322639