Senior Manager, Data Science, Marketplace Payments

Walmart

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Work type
On-site
Location
Bentonville, ARSunnyvale, CA
Salary
$110,000–$220,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
8 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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This role pays less than 64% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$214,900 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $165k versus about $188k for comparable roles.

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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 825 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Data Science, Marketplace Payments

The (USA) Senior Manager, Data Science - Marketplace Payments will lead a team of data scientists within the Marketplace Payments & Financial Services team. This role involves leading end-to-end model development, validation, and deployment of scalable AI/ML solutions to enhance the marketplace ecosystem. You will define the technical vision and roadmap for payments intelligence, building data assets, shared feature sets, and model monitoring capabilities. Key responsibilities include coaching a high-performing team, providing technical thought leadership, and translating complex business challenges into data-driven strategies. The role requires expertise in Python, SQL, enterprise data architecture, and open-source frameworks like scikit-learn, tensorflow, or torch. You will solve problems related to reliable seller payouts, monetization, and managing financial and compliance risks within a global marketplace platform.

What does a Data Science Manager earn?

Median $211200 from 43 postings across 13 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead the development of scalable data science and AI solutions for a global Marketplace Payments platform.
  • Define the technical vision, roadmap, and modeling frameworks for Payments and Financial Services.
  • Partner with Engineering and Product teams to build a scalable global data platform and shared feature sets.
  • Champion the adoption of emerging AI capabilities to improve automation and customer experience.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of data scientists.
  • Translate complex business challenges into data-driven strategies for Product, Engineering, and Operations leaders.
  • Provide technical thought leadership and drive continuous innovation across the organization.

What we're looking for

  • Must have a Bachelor's degree in a related field with 5 years of analytics experience, a Master's with 3 years, or 7 years of experience.
  • Must have proven expertise in machine learning, predictive analytics, advanced statistical modeling, and AI.
  • Must have strong people leadership experience building and coaching high-performing data science or analytics teams.
  • Must have expertise in Python, SQL, enterprise data architecture, and scalable AI/ML solutions.
  • Must be able to translate complex business challenges into data-driven strategies and influence senior leaders.
  • Must have experience building globally scalable analytics capabilities and championing emerging AI technologies.
  • Must have experience in defining data science strategy and establishing best practices across the model lifecycle (preferred).
  • Must have a PhD in a related field or successful completion of assessments in Python, Spark, Scala, or R (preferred).

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