Director, Data Science - Earnings Innovation & Automation

Walmart

Actively hiring
(Usa) Transitional Office Ar Bentonville Home Office, US Posted 43 days ago $130,000–$260,000 / year
View original post Log in to save

At a glance

AI generated

TL;DR

As Director of Data Science in the Independent Contractor Earnings Team, you will lead the development and implementation of advanced AI/ML strategies to enhance earnings calculation, tax compliance, and risk management for a global contractor network. Your day-to-day responsibilities include building and scaling production-grade ML solutions, leading a high-performing tiger team to innovate rapidly, and embedding robust governance practices into AI models. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure transparency and regulatory alignment while delivering measurable business impact through intelligent automation and insights. Ideal candidates have 10-12 years of experience in data science or related fields, including fintech or compliance-heavy domains, and expertise in Python, SQL, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and GenAI technologies.

Skills

Python TensorFlow PyTorch SQL GenAI LLMs CI/CD MLOps Kubernetes AWS Azure Google Cloud PostgreSQL Snowflake Git Jupyter Notebook Docker Prometheus Grafana Airflow Scikit-learn

What you'll do

  • Define and lead AI/ML strategy for contractor earnings, tax, and compliance.
  • Build and lead a high-performing data science team to prototype and scale solutions.
  • Develop intelligent automation using ML and GenAI to improve accuracy and efficiency.
  • Embed compliance and governance into AI solutions to ensure regulatory alignment.
  • Scale machine learning solutions into production with cross-functional teams.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in data science, ML, or AI with leadership in high-performing teams.
  • Proven track record of building and scaling production-grade ML/AI solutions in complex environments.
  • Expertise in Python, SQL, modern ML frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch.
  • Experience in fintech, payments, tax, or compliance-heavy domains preferred.
  • Hands-on experience with GenAI/LLMs applied to real-world business problems.
  • Strong understanding of model governance, explainability, and risk management.

Market check

Salary context

This $130,000–$260,000 range sits above 60% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$135,000–$225,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$162,000–$218,125

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 239 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Walmart

Walmart Inc. is the world''s largest retailer by revenue, operating a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, as well as a growing e-commerce presence through Walmart.com. Industry: General Merchandise & Grocery Retail

Walmart currently has 495 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $117,000–$234,000 across 487 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Walmart

More like this

Similar roles

Director, Data Science

Walmart

(Usa) Sunnyvale Tech Corners Bldg 6 Ca Sunnyvale Home Office, US 51 days ago $169,000–$338,000
LLMs RAG Python PyTorch TensorFlow Spark BigQuery GCP MLOps A/B testing reinforcement learning contextual bandits agentic AI systems multi-agent architectures conversational AI

Director, Data Science (Operation Research)

Walmart

(Usa) Sunnyvale V - 640 W California Ca Sunnyvale Home Office, US 56 days ago $169,000–$338,000
Python SQL R Apache Spark Hadoop Machine Learning Mathematical Optimization Agentic AI Applied AI Data Science Model Governance Ethical AI CI/CD Cloud Services Docker

Director, Data Science

Novartis

East Hanover, US 77 days ago $194,600–$361,400
Python TensorFlow PyTorch AWS Azure GPT BERT Spark R MachineLearning DeepLearning LLMs DataScience CloudComputing CI/CD

Director, Data Science & Analytics

Adobe

San Francisco, US 42 days ago $241,000–$349,000
Python SQL Tableau statistical modeling lifecycle analytics A/B testing cohort analysis data visualization machine learning predictive analytics customer segmentation forecasting models churn modeling data science methodologies CI/CD

Director, Data Science & Strategy

Adobe

San Francisco, US 8 days ago $241,000–$349,000
Python SQL LLMs A/B Testing Causal Inference Multivariate Analysis PLG Metrics Agentic Systems Data Infrastructure Experimentation Methodology Competitive Analysis Performance Benchmarking Adobe Firefly Third-Party AI Surfaces Cross-Functional Collaboration CI/CD

Associate Director, Commercial Data Science

Amgen

Remote (Us - California - Thousand Oaks, US) 73 days ago $197,041–$257,667
Python R Scala Java Databricks AWS CI/CD Git Machine Learning AI Predictive Modeling Deep Learning Causal Inference Reinforcement Learning Generative AI Omnichannel Media Strategy Data Analytics Object-Oriented Programming
Remote